Call: +34 876555485
Email: vmercader@unizar.es
Address: Lab 4.2.10 c/Mariano Esquillor SN Edificio I+D+i, I3A, 50018, Zaragoza (Spain)
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ABOUT ME
BSc (2018) and MSc (2020) in Chemical Engineering at University of Zaragoza (Spain), and LUT University (Finland). There, I also prepared my master’s Thesis working for VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland in the Renewable Energy Processes team in issues related to CO2 adsorption from air. Back in Spain, I was hired as a research engineer in the Thermochemical Processes Group of UNIZAR in the reduction of NOx emissions from ammonia combustion. Since 2021, I am preparing my PhD Thesis in the field of energy valorization of biogas and renewable hydrogen by intensification with advanced materials and multifunctional reactors in the Catalysis and Reactor Engineering Group (CREG) of UNIZAR. Currently working as visiting doctoral researcher in the Large Scale Energy Storage group of TU Delft (The Netherlands).
Additional Education: Certificate of Higher Education in Industrial Chemistry (2013), MSc (2022) in Occupational Risk Prevention at International University of La Rioja.
Patents:
ES2725999A1 & WO2019186312A1 – Thermoplastic polymer body with a surface structure, process for its manufacture and household appliance comprising the thermoplastic polymer body.
Conquest and Prizes:
Best contribution at the congress “IV Jornada del I3A – XII Jornada de Jóvenes Investigadores e Investigadoras”, June 2023.
Part of the team winner of the entrepreneur conquest Innounita 2022 at Spanish level and at European Innounita program, December 2022. Cofounder of Agrofood4ZeroWaste project.
Finalist in the 2022 young researchers’ awards of European Gas Technology Conference (EGATEC), May 2022. https://www.gerg.eu/the-2022-young-researchers-awards/
Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0395-0143
Scopus: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57259122800
PUBLICATIONS
2024
González Pizarro, Rodrigo; Durán Sánchez, Paúl; Aragüés Aldea, Pablo; Mercader Plou, Victor; Francés, Eva; Peña Llorente, José Ángel; Herguido Huerta, Javier
vol. 12, 2024.
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title = {Enriquecimiento de biogás por metanación de CO2 sobre Ni-MnxOy en reactor de lecho fijo con alimentación distribuida},
author = {González Pizarro, Rodrigo and Durán Sánchez, Paúl and Aragüés Aldea, Pablo and Mercader Plou, Victor and Francés, Eva and Peña Llorente, José Ángel and Herguido Huerta, Javier},
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year = {2024},
date = {2024-07-01},
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Sanz Monreal, Pablo; Mercader Plou, Víctor; Durán Sánchez, Paúl; Francés Pérez, Eva; Herguido Huerta, Javier; Peña Llorente, José Ángel
Modelado cinético para la metanación de CO2 sobre un catalizador Ni3Fe/Al2O3. Proceedings
vol. 12, 2024.
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title = {Modelado cinético para la metanación de CO2 sobre un catalizador Ni3Fe/Al2O3.},
author = {Sanz Monreal, Pablo and Mercader Plou, Víctor and Durán Sánchez, Paúl and Francés Pérez, Eva and Herguido Huerta, Javier and Peña Llorente, José Ángel},
url = {https://papiro.unizar.es/ojs/index.php/jji3a/article/view/10693},
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Mercader Plou, Víctor Daniel; Ruiz-Alejos, David; de Jong, Wiebren; Durán, Paul; Aragüés Aldea, Pablo; Sanz Monreal, Pablo; Becerril, Miguel Ángel; Francés, Eva; Herguido, Javier; Peña, José Ángel
vol. 12, 2024.
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title = {Influence of Ni-Fe load in a bimetallic catalyst supported on Zeolite 13X for CO2 methanation in a fixed bed reactor},
author = {Mercader Plou, Víctor Daniel and Ruiz-Alejos, David and de Jong, Wiebren and Durán, Paul and Aragüés Aldea, Pablo and Sanz Monreal, Pablo and Becerril, Miguel Ángel and Francés, Eva and Herguido, Javier and Peña, José Ángel},
url = {https://papiro.unizar.es/ojs/index.php/jji3a/article/view/10689},
year = {2024},
date = {2024-07-01},
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Aragüés Aldea, Pablo; Gimeno Izquierdo, Chuan; Durán, Paúl; Mercader, Víctor Daniel; Francés, Eva; Peña, José Ángel; Herguido, Javier
Metanación de biogás en reactor de lecho fijo. Influencia de la configuración de la alimentación Proceedings
vol. 12, 2024.
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title = {Metanación de biogás en reactor de lecho fijo. Influencia de la configuración de la alimentación},
author = {Aragüés Aldea, Pablo and Gimeno Izquierdo, Chuan and Durán, Paúl and Mercader, Víctor Daniel and Francés, Eva and Peña, José Ángel and Herguido, Javier},
url = {https://papiro.unizar.es/ojs/index.php/jji3a/article/view/10657},
year = {2024},
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Durán, P.; Aragüés-Aldea, P.; González-Pizarro, R.; Mercader, V. D.; Cazaña, F.; Francés, E.; Peña, J. A.; Herguido, J.
Biogas upgrading through CO2 methanation in a polytropic – distributed feed fixed bed reactor Journal Article
En: Catalysis Today, vol. 440, pp. 114849, 2024, ISSN: 0920-5861.
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title = {Biogas upgrading through CO2 methanation in a polytropic - distributed feed fixed bed reactor},
author = {P. Durán and P. Aragüés-Aldea and R. González-Pizarro and V. D. Mercader and F. Cazaña and E. Francés and J. A. Peña and J. Herguido},
url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0920586124003432},
doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2024.114849},
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journal = {Catalysis Today},
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abstract = {Methanation of the CO2 contained in a biogas stream has been experimentally analyzed in a fixed bed reactor with a Ni-Mn catalyst, evaluating the effect of feeding reactants distributed throughout the bed. The performance of different feeding configurations (conventional cofeeding and others implying a lateral distribution of one of the reactive streams) has been analyzed for different nominal temperatures T (250–400 ºC) and weight-related space velocities WHSV (47.71–6.63 gCO2 gcat-1 h-1), always keeping a H2: CO2 ratio of 4:1, and a CH4:CO2 ratio of 7:3. For identical WHSV, the lateral biogas distribution (Poly-Biogas feeding configuration) always showed the best results in terms of activity (higher conversion at the same temperature) and selectivity (lower selectivity to CO in iso-conversion). These better results agree with what was observed in a previous work in methanation of CO2 (i.e., without methane in the feed). In that work, CO2 was distributed along the catalytic bed by several lateral feeds (Poly-CO2). When T was kept constant and WHSV was varied, the reactor fed with distributed biogas (Poly-Biogas), again confirmed its higher efficiency and better selectivity for biogas upgrading (i.e., higher CH4 content). Furthermore, by adopting a Poly-Biogas (or poly-CO2) feeding configuration, a more homogeneous temperature profile was achieved along the bed avoiding the severity of hot spots appearance. In contrast, the lateral distribution of hydrogen (Poly-H2) always led to similar or worse results than those for the conventional co-feeding configuration.},
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