Group on Environment, Reaction and Separation Engineering
	GERSE is a R&D group that focuses different research areas in the reaction engineering and separation fields, with special emphasis on environmental technologies.

objectives		Thesis PhD Thesis: 2009 Rodrigo José Góis Lopes, "Catalytic Studies and Trickle-Bed Reactor Behaviour for Wet Oxidation of Phenolic Wastewaters: CFD and Experimental Analysis", Dissertação de Doutoramento, Departamento de Engenharia Química - FCTUC, Universidade de Coimbra 2006 Ana Cristina Almeida Costa, "Estudo do Comportamento Estacionário e Dinâmico de Reactores Catalíticos de Leito Fixo com convecção Intraparticular", Dissertação de Doutoramento, Departamento de Engenharia Química – FCTUC, Universidade de Coimbra Margarida Maria João de Quina, "Processos de Inertização e Valorização de Cinzas Volantes. Incineração de Resíduos Sólidos Urbanos", Universidade de Coimbra 2005 Adrián Manuel Tavares da Silva, “Tratamento de poluentes líquidos por oxidação catalítica húmida”, Dissertação de Doutoramento, Departamento de Engenharia Química - FCTUC, Universidade de Coimbra MSc Thesis: 1998 Margarida Maria Castelão de Sousa Dias, “Preparação e Caracterização de Catalisadores à Base de óxidos Mistos de Mo-Fe”, Universidade de Coimbra 1997 Margarida Maria João de Quina, “Estabilidade Térmica em Reactores Catalíticos de Leito Fixo”, Universidade de Coimbra Chapters in books 2007 R. Martins, H. Leal, R. M. Quinta-Ferreira, Single and Catalytic Ozonation for Phenolic Acids Remediation in: Current Themes in Engineering Technologies: World Congress on Engineering and Computer Science: Selected Papers. S. Ao, M- Amouzegar and S. Chen (eds.), AIP, USA. R. J. G. Lopes, R. M. Quinta-Ferreira, Multiphase CFD modelling of Trickle-Bed Reactors in: Current Themes in Engineering Technologies: World Congress on Engineering and Computer Science: Selected Papers. S. Ao, M- Amouzegar and S. Chen (eds.), AIP, USA. 2003 A.M.T. Silva, R.N.P. Vaz, R.M. Quinta-Ferreira, J. Levec, “Environmental protection by catalytic and non-catalytic wet oxidation technologies for wastewaters containing polyvinyl alcohol”, in “Chemical Engineering Transactions”, Ed. Pierucci, S., AIDIC Servize, Italy, Vol. 3, pp. 659-664 2002 M. M. J. Quina, J. C.M. Bordado, R. M. Quinta-Ferreira, “Toxicidade das Cinzas Volantes Resultantes da Incineraçãode de Resíduos Ubanos”, em “Ecotoxicologia e remoção de poluentes: Estudos na Península Ibérica", (Eds) A. Duarte, T.R. Santos, A. Panteleitchouk, R. Prego, Instituto Piaget, Lisboa, pg. 75-83 I. Castelo-Branco, A. Silva, R.M Quinta-Ferreira,., “Catalysts for wastewater treatment”, in “Principles and Methods for Accelerated Catalyst Design and Testing”, E.G. Derouane, V. Parmon, F. Lemos and F. Ramôa Ribeiro Eds., Kluwer Academic Publishers, London, NATO Science Series, Vol. 69, pg. 383-388 1996 Ferreira, L., Loureiro, J. M. and Rodrigues, A., "Regeneration of Ion Exchange Complexing Resins in a CSTR Adsorber", Ion Exchange Developments and Aplications, Cambridge, pg 291, edited by J. A. Greig.
reaction engineering
separation engineering
environmental eng
simulation studies
experimental tests
lab installations
publications
R&D projects
cooperation
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		1991 Ferreira, L., Costa, C. and Rodrigues, A., "Adsorptive Parametric Pumping", Intern.Confer. on Env. Pollution, Lisbon, 2 (1991), pg 849, edited by B.Nath 1989 A. Rodrigues, C. Costa,J. Loureiro, A. Leitão, R. Ferreira, "Design Aspects of Fixed-Bed Adsorption Processes", em Adsorption: Science and Technology, pg. 239 a 256, editado por A.E. Rodrigues et al., Kwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht 1986 A. Rodrigues, C. Costa e R. Ferreira, "Transport processes in catalyst pellets", em Chemical Reactor Design and Technology, editado por H. de Lasa, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Dordrecht 1984 A. Rodrigues, C. Costa, R. Ferreira, J. Loureiro, S. Azevedo, "Design Aspects of Catalytic Reactors and Absorbers", em Zeolites: Science and Technology, pg. 423 a 489, editado por F. Ribeiro et al., Martinus Nijhoft Publishers, The Hague Papers in international scientific periodicals with referees 2010 Lopes, R.J.G., Quinta-Ferreira, R.M., (2010). Hydrodynamic Simulation of Pulsing Flow Regime in High-Pressure Trickle-Bed Reactors. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research. 49, 1105–1112 Lopes, R.J.G., Quinta-Ferreira, R.M., (2010). Assessment of CFD Euler-Euler method for trickle-bed reactor modelling in the catalytic wet oxidation of phenolic wastewaters. Chemical Engineering Journal 160 (2010) 293–301 Lopes, R.J.G., Quinta-Ferreira, R.M., (2010). Assessment of CFD-VOF Method for Trickle-Bed Reactor Modeling in the Catalytic Wet Oxidation of Phenolic Wastewaters. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research. 49, 2638–2648 Lopes, R.J.G., Quinta-Ferreira, R.M., (2010). Evaluation of multiphase CFD models in gas–liquid packed-bed reactors for water pollution abatement. Chemical Engineering Science 65, 291–297 Lopes, R.J.G., Quinta-Ferreira, R.M., (2010). Numerical Studies of Catalyst Wetting and Total Organic Carbon Reaction on Environmentally Based Trickle-Bed Reactors. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research Martins, R.C., Rossi, A., Quinta-Ferreira, R.M. (2010) Fenton’s oxidation process for phenolic wastewater remediation and biodegradability enhancement. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 180, 716-721.   Martins, R.C., Rossi, A., Castro-Silva, S., Quinta-Ferreira, R.M. (2010) Fenton’s process for post-biologically treated cheese production wastewaters final remediation. Toxicity assessment. International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering: Vol. 8, A84   Martins, R.C., Amaral-Silva, N., Quinta-Ferreira, R.M. (2010) Ceria based solid catalysts for Fenton’s depuration of phenolic wastewaters: Biodegradability enhancement and toxicity removal. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 99, 27-42   Martins, R.C., Quinta-Ferreira, R. (2010) Final remediation of post-biological treated milk whey wastewaters by ozone. International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering Vol. 8, A142 Martins R.C., Gomes T., Quinta-Ferreira R. M. (2010). Fenton’s Depuration of Weathered Olive Mill Wastewaters over a Fe-Ce-O Solid Catalyst. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research   Martins R.C., Lopes, R.J.G., Quinta-Ferreira R. M. (2010). Lumped Kinetic Models for Single Ozonation of Phenolic Effluents. Chemical Engineering Journal Martins, R.C., Silva, A., Castro-Silva, S., Garção-Nunes, P., Quinta-Ferreira, R. (2010) Adopting strategies to improve the efficiency of ozonation in the real scale treatment of olive oil mill wastewaters. Environmental Technology. Martins, R.C.; Silva, A.M.T.; Castro-Silva, S.; Garção-Nunes, P.; Quinta-Ferreira, R.M. (2010). Advanced oxidation processes for the treatment of effluents from detergent industries. Environmental Technology 2009 Lopes, R.J.G., Quinta-Ferreira, R.M. (2009). Turbulence modelling of high-pressure trickle-bed reactor. Chemical Engineering Science. 64, 1806-1819. Lopes, R.J.G., Quinta-Ferreira, R.M. (2009). CFD modelling of multiphase flow distribution in trickle beds. Chemical Engineering Journal. 64, 1806-1819. Lopes, R.J.G., Quinta-Ferreira, R.M. (2009). VOF based Model for Multiphase Flow in High-Pressure Trickle-Bed Reactor: Optimization of Numerical Parameters. A.I.Ch.E. Journal. 55, 2920-2933. Lopes, R.J.G., Quinta-Ferreira, R. M. (2009). Numerical Simulation of Trickle-Bed Reactor Hydrodynamics with RANS-Based Models Using a Volume of Fluid Technique. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research. 48, 1740-1748 Lopes, R.J.G., Quinta-Ferreira, R.M., (2009). Assessment of CFD-VOF Method for Trickle-bed Reactor Modeling in the Catalytic Wet Oxidation of Phenolic Wastewaters. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research. Lopes, R.J.G., Quinta-Ferreira, R.M., (2009). Evaluation of Multiphase CFD models in Gas-Liquid Packed-Bed Reactors for Pollution Abatement: Euler-Euler and Volume-of-Fluid. Chemical Engineering Science.   Martins, R. and Quinta-Ferreira, R. (2009). Screening of ceria-based and commercial ceramic catalysts for catalytic ozonation of simulated olive mill wastewaters. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 48 (3), 1196-1202   Martins, R.C., Quinta-Ferreira, R.M. (2009). Catalytic ozonation of phenolic acids over a Mn–Ce–O catalyst. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 90, 1-2, 268-277   Martins, R.C., Abegão, F.J.R, Silva, A.M.T, Quinta-Ferreira, R.M.,Integrated strategy for treatment of winery wastewaters using flocculation, Ozonation and Fenton's oxidation, Journal of Advanced Oxidation Technologies, 12(2), 255-264 (2009).   Martins, R.C. and Quinta-Ferreira, R.M., Manganese Based Catalysts for the Catalytic Remediation of Phenolic Acids by Ozone, Ozone Science & Engineering, 31 (5), 2009, 402-411   2008 M. J. Quina, R.C. Santos, J.C.M. Bordado, R.M. Quinta Ferreira, Characterization of air pollution control residues produced in a municipal solid waste incinerator in Portugal, Journal of Hazardous Materials (in press) M. J. Quina, J.C.M. Bordado, R.M. Quinta Ferreira, Treatment and Use of Air Pollution Control Residues from MSW Incineration: an Overview, Waste Management (in press) C.M. Augusto, M. J. Quina, L.M., Gando-Ferreira, Kinetic studies of COD biological degradation in urban landfill leachate (submitted) 2007 Adrián M.T. Silva, Ekaterini Nouli, Nikolaos P. Xekoukoulotakis, Dionissios Mantzavinos, Effect of key operating parameters on phenols degradation during H2O2-assisted TiO2 photocatalytic treatment of simulated and actual olive mill wastewaters, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 73, 11–22 Adrián M.T. Silva, Ekaterini Nouli, Ângela C. Carmo-Apolinário, Nikolaos P. Xekoukoulotakis, Dionissios Mantzavinos, Sonophotocatalytic/H2O2 degradation of phenolic compounds in agro-industrial effluents, Catalysis Today 124, 232–239 João Abel Pais and Licínio Manuel G.A. Ferreira, “Performance study of an industrial RO plant for seawater desalination”, Desalination, pg 269-276, Vol. 208 Sofia F. Mota, Joana G. Paulo, Carlos A. Van Zeller, Licínio M. G.Ferreira and M.Graça V.S. Carvalho “Pressurized hydrogen peroxide bleaching of Eucalyptus globulus pulps. Part I: Effect of process variables”, Nordic Pulp and Paper Research Journal, pg 17-22, Vol. 22 nº 1 Sofia F. Mota, M. Graça V.S. Carvalho and Licínio M. G.Ferreira, “Pressurized hydrogen peroxide bleaching of Eucalyptus globulus pulps. Part II: Kinetics” ”, Nordic Pulp and Paper Research Journal pg 23-27, Vol. 22 nº 1 Sofia A. Cavaco, Sandra Fernandes, Margarida M. Quina and Licínio M. Ferreira, "Removal of chromium from electroplating industry effluents by ion-exchange resins", Journal of Hazardous Materials, 144, 634-638 Ana C. Rafael, José C. Teixeira, Licínio M. Ferreira, Fernando Bernardo and Maria G. Rasteiro, “Virtual Applications using a Web Platform to Teach Chemical Engineering: the distillation case", IChemE, Education for Chemical Engineers, pg 20-28, Vol. 2 Maria G. Rasteiro, Licínio M. G. A. Ferreira, António Gonçalves e Albano Jorge, “Análise da viabilidade na preparação de esmaltes cerâmicos (I)”, Kéramica, pg 18 - 36, Nº 282 Maria G. Rasteiro, Licínio M. G. A. Ferreira, António Gonçalves e Albano Jorge, “Análise da viabilidade na preparação de esmaltes cerâmicos (II)”, Kéramica, pg 34 - 42, Nº 284 Maria G. Rasteiro, Licínio M. G. A. Ferreira, António Gonçalves e Albano Jorge, “Análise da viabilidade na preparação de esmaltes cerâmicos (III)”, Kéramica, pg 15 - 22, Nº 285 João Abel G.C.R. Pais and Licínio Manuel G.A. Ferreira, “Estimation of stream compositions in reverse osmosis seawater desalination systems”, Submetido à revista Desalination M. J. Quina, J.C.M. Bordado, R.M. Quinta Ferreira, A Incineração de Resíduos Sólidos Urbanos e a Produção de Resíduos Perigosos, Engenharia Química - Indústria, Ciência e Tecnologia, 7, 54-58 S.A. Cavaco, S. Fernandes, M.J. Quina, L.M. Ferreira, A comparative study of the performance of ion-exchange resins for chromium removal from industrial effluents (submitted, 2007) Lopes, R.J.G., Silva, A.M.T., Quinta-Ferreira, R.M., Screening of catalysts and effect of temperature for kinetic degradation studies of aromatic compounds during wet oxidation. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 73 (1), 193-202, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2006.11.013 Lopes, R.J.G., Silva, A.M.T., Quinta-Ferreira, R.M., Kinetic Modelling and Trickle-Bed CFD Studies in the Catalytic Wet Oxidation of Vanillic Acid. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 46 (25), 8380-8387, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ie070009a Lopes, R.J.G., Quinta-Ferreira, R.M., Trickle-Bed CFD Studies in the Catalytic Wet Oxidation of Phenolic Acids, Chemical Engineering Science, 62 (24), 7045-7052, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2007.08.085 2006 Quina, M.M.J., Quinta-Ferreira, R. M , "Prediction of Solid Waste Incineration Residues Quantity for Valorization in Lightweight Aggregates", Adv.Mat.Forum III, 1731-1735 (2006) 2005 Maria J. Moreira and Licínio M. G. A. Ferreira, “Kinetic studies for sorption of amino acid using a strong anion-exchange resin. Effect of ionic strength”, J. Chromatography A, pg 101-106, Vol. 1092 1 doi:10.1016/j.chroma.2005.02.017 Maria J. Moreira and Licínio M. G. A. Ferreira, “Equilibrium studies of phenylalanine and tyrosine on ion-exchange resins”, Chem. Eng. Sci., pg 5022-5034, Vol. 60 18 doi:10.1016/j.ces.2005.03.039 Maria G. Rasteiro, Licínio M. G. A. Ferreira, António Gonçalves e Albano Jorge, “Reutilização de águas processuais na preparação de esmaltes cerâmicos”, Cerâmica Industrial, pg 24 - 31, Vol. 10 13 2004 A.M.T. Silva, R.R.N. Marques, R.M. Quinta-Ferreira, “Catalysts Based in Cerium Oxide for Wet Oxidation of Acrylic Acid in the Prevention of Environmental Risks”, Appl. Catal. B., 47, 269-279 A.M.T. Silva, A.C.M. Oliveira, R.M. Quinta-Ferreira, “Catalytic Wet Oxidation of Ethylene Glycol: Kinetics of Reaction on a Mn-Ce-O Catalyst” Chem. Eng. Sci., 59, 5291-5299 Licínio M. G. A. Ferreira, Luís Amaral, and Luís Machado, “Removal of Chloride in the Kraft Chemical Recovery Cycle of Pulp Mills Using the Ion-Exchange Process”, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., pg 7121-7128, Vol. 43 22 DOI: 10.1021/ie030862j 2003 A.M.T. Silva, I.M. Castelo-Branco, R.M. Quinta-Ferreira.,J. Levec, “Catalytic studies in wet oxidation of effluents from formaldehyde industry”, Chem. Eng. Sci., 58, 963-970 A.M.T. Silva, R.N.P. Vaz., R.M. Quinta-Ferreira, J. Levec, “Gas-Liquid-Solid Reactions of Polyvinyl Alcohol on Oxidation Treatments for Environmental Pollution Remediation”, Can. J. Chem. Eng., 81, 566-573 A.M.T. Silva, R.M. Quinta-Ferreira, J. Levec, “Catalytic and noncatalytic Wet Oxidation of Formaldehyde. A Novel Kinetic Model”, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 42(21), 5099-5108 A.M.T. Silva, R.R.N Marques, R.M. Quinta-Ferreira, “Catalytic Wet Oxidation of Acrylic Acid: Studies with Manganese-based Oxides”, Int. J. Chem. React. Eng., 1, S4 Licínio G. A. Ferreira, Micaela A. R. Soares, Ana P. Egas and José A.M. Castro, “Selective removal of chloride and potassium in kraft pulp mills”, TAPPI Journal, Vol. 2 (4) 2002 Licínio Ferreira, José A.M. Castro, and Alírio E. Rodrigues, “An analytical and experimental study of heat transfer in fixed bed”, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, pg 951-961, Vol 45 S0017-9310(01)00209-5 Agostinho Garcia, José Silva, Licínio Ferreira, Anabela Leitão, and Alírio Rodrigues, “Regeneration of fixed-bed adsorbers saturated with single and binary mixtures of phenol and m-cresol”, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., pg 6165-6174, 41 (24) DOI: 10.1021/ie010888f Quina, M.M.J., Quinta-Ferreira, R. M., "Properties of a Recent Hazardous Waste in Portugal", Adv.Mat.Forum I, 400-403 2001 Maria J. Barroca, Isabel M. Seco, Pedro M. Fernandes, Licínio M. Ferreira and José Almiro AM Castro, “Reduction of AOX in the Bleaching Plant of a Pulp Mill”, Environmental Science & Technology, pg 4390-4393, Vol 35 (21) DOI: 10.1021/es010019h M. Castelão-Dias, B. F. O. Costa, R. M. Quinta-Ferreira, “57Fe Mossbauer Studies in MO-Fe Supported Catalysts”, Hyperfine Interactions, 00, 1-8 V.J.M.de Campos, R. M. Quinta-Ferreira, “Structured Catalysts for Partial Oxidations”, Catalysis Today, 69, 121-124 2000 M. M. J. Quina e R.M. Quinta Ferreira, “Start-up and Wrong-Way Behaviour in a Tubular Reactor: Dilution Effect of the Catalytic Bed”, Chem. Eng. Sci., 55, 3885-3897 1999 R.M. Quinta Ferreira, C. Almeida Costa, S. Masetti, “Reverse-Flow Reactor For a Selective Oxidation Process”, Chem. Eng. Sci., 54, 4615-4627 M. M. J. Quina e R.M. Quinta Ferreira, “Model Comparison and Sensitivity Analysis for a Fixed Bed Reactor with two Catalytic Zones, Chem. Eng. J., 75, 149-159 M. M. J. Quina e R.M. Quinta Ferreira, “Thermal Runaway Conditions of a Partially Diluted Catalytic Reactor”, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 38, 4615-4623 R.R. Davesac, L.T. Pinto, F.A. da Silva, L.M. Ferreira and A. E. Rodrigues,”A package for thermal parametric pumping adsorptive processes”, Chemical Engineering Journal, pg 1-11, 3512 doi:10.1016/S1385-8947(99)00117-5 Agostinho Garcia, Licínio Ferreira, Anabela Leitão and Alírio E. Rodrigues,”Bynary adsorption of phenol and m-cresol mixtures onto polymeric adsorbents”, Adsorption, J., pg 359 - 368, Vol.5 doi:10.1023/A:1008904631147 1998 Ferreira, L., Loureiro, J. M. and Rodrigues, A., “ Sorption of Metals by a Chelating Amidoxime resin. Part I: Equilibrium”, Separation Science and Technology, 11, pg. 1585-1604, Vol.33. Sergi Díez, Anabela Leitão, Licínio Ferreira and Alírio E. Rodrigues, “Adsorption of Phenylalanine onto polymeric resins: equilibrium, kinetics and operation of a parametric pumping units”, Separation and Purification Technology, pg 25-35, Vol. 13, DOI: 10.1016/S1383-5866(97)00053-1 1996 R.M. Quinta Ferreira, C.A. Almeida Costa, A.E. Rodrigues, "Effect of Intraparticle convection on the Transient Behaviour of Fixed-Bed Reactors: Finite Differences and Collocation Methods for Solving Unidimensional Models", Comp. Chem. Eng., 20, 1201-1225 R.M. Quinta Ferreira, C.A. Almeida Costa, A.E. Rodrigues, "Heterogeneous Models of Tubular Reactors Packed with Ion Exchange Resins: Simulation of the MTBE Synthesis", Ind. Eng. Chem., 35, 3287-3841 1995 Ferreira, L. and Rodrigues, A., "Adsorptive Separation by Parametric Pumping Part. I: Modelling and Simulation", Adsorption, J., pg 213-231, Vol. I Ferreira, L. and Rodrigues, A., "Adsorptive Separation by Parametric Pumping Part. II: Experimental Study of the Purification of Aqueous Phenolic Solutions at Pilot Scale", Adsorption, J., pg 233 - 252, Vol.I 1994 C.A. Almeida Costa, R.M. Quinta Ferreira, A.E. Rodrigues, "Wrong-Way Behavior in Fixed-Bed Reactors With Large-Pore Catalysts", Chem. Eng. Sci., 49, 5571-5583 1993 R.M. Quinta Ferreira, A.E. Rodrigues, "Diffusion and Catalytic Zero Order Reaction in a Macroreticular Ion Exchange Resin", Chem. Eng. Sci., 48, 2927-2950 1992 R.M. Quinta Ferreira, A.C.A. Costa, A.E. Rodrigues, "Dynamic Behavior of Fixed-Bed Reactors with "Large-Pore Catalysts - Bidimensional Heterogeneous Diffusion/Convection Model", Comp. Chem. Eng., 16 (8), 721-751 R.M. Quinta Ferreira, M.M. Marques, M.F. Babo, A.E. Rodrigues, "Modelling of the Methane Steam Reforming Reactor with Large-Pore Catalysts", Chem. Eng. Sci., 47, 2909 - 2914 1991 A. Rodrigues, J. Loureiro, R. Quinta Ferreira, "Intraparticle convection revisited", Chem. Eng. Comm., 107, 21-33 1990 A.E. Rodrigues, R.M. Quinta Ferreira, "Effect of Intraparticle Convection on the Steady-State Behavior of Fixed-Bed Catalytic Reactors", Chem. Eng. Sci, 45 (8), 2653-2660 1988 A. Rodrigues, R. Quinta Ferreira, "Convection, diffusion and reaction in a large-pore catalyst particle", AIChE Symp. Ser., 84, 80-87 Papers in conference proceedings 2008 Martins, R., Quinta-Ferreira, R., Screening of Ceramic Catalysts for Simulated and Actual Olive Mill Wastewaters Catalytic Ozonation. MCCRE – Mexican Congress on Chemical Reactors Engineering, Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico, 15-19 June 2008 (accepted). Martins, R., Quinta-Ferreira, R., Lumped Kinetic Models for Wastewater Catalytic Ozonation, ISCRE20 – International Symposium on Chemical Reaction Engineering, Kyoto International Conference Center, Kyoto, Japan, 7-10 September 2008 (submitted) Lopes, R. J. G., Quinta-Ferreira, R., Assessment of CFD Volume of Fluid Method for Trickle-bed Reactor Modeling. MCCRE – Mexican Congress on Chemical Reactors Engineering, Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, Mexico, 15-19 June 2008 (accepted). Lopes, R. J. G., Quinta-Ferreira, R., Evaluation of Multiphase CFD Models in Gas-Liquid Packed-bed Reactors for Pollution Abatement: Euler-Euler versus Volume of Fluid, ISCRE20 – International Symposium on Chemical Reaction Engineering, Kyoto International Conference Center, Kyoto, Japan, 7-10 September 2008 (submitted) 2007 M. J. Quina, A. C. Almeida Costa, R.M. Quinta-Ferreira, Fixed-Bed Reactor Modeling and Simulation with e-Learning Tools, Proc. ICEE’2007- International Conference on Engineering Education (CD-ROM), 3-7 Setembro, Coimbra. M. Graça V.S. Carvalho, Nuno M. V. Carvalho, Marco A.R. Campos, Licínio M.G.A. Ferreira, José L. Amaral, “Aplicação de peróxido de hidrogénio no branqueamento final de pastas kraft de eucalipto”, XX ENCONTRO NACIONAL DA TECNICELPA, 10-12 Outubro, Tomar Sofia M. F. Mota, Licínio M.G.A. Ferreira , M. Graça V.S. Carvalho, “Cinética de branqueamento e de degradação da celulose num estágio de peróxido de hidrogénio pressurizado aplicado a pastas kraft de eucalipto”, XX ENCONTRO NACIONAL DA TECNICELPA, 10-12 Outubro, Tomar M. G. Rasteiro, L. Ferreira, J. Teixeira, F. P. Bernardo, M. G. Carvalho, A. Ferreira, R. Q. Ferreira, F. Garcia, C. G. Baptista, N. Oliveira, M. Quina, L. Santos, P. A. Saraiva and A. Mendes, “A virtual Platform to teach Chemical Processes”, ICEE2007, 3 – 7 September, Coimbra S. Fernandes, S. A. Cavaco, M. J. Quina and L. M. Ferreira, “Selective separation of chromium (III) from electroplating effluents by ion-exchange processes”, European Congress of Chemical Engineering (ECEE-6), 16 – 21 September, Copenhagen M.G.Rasteiro, L.M.Ferreira, A. Tomás and S. Figueiredo, “Correlating the Rheology of PVC Pastes with Particle Characteristics“, XVth International Workshop on Numerical Methods for non-Newtonian Flows, June 6-10, Rhodes, Greece Lopes, R.J.G., Silva, A.M.T., Quinta-Ferreira, R.M., Kinetic modelling and Trickle-Bed studies in the catalytic wet oxidation of vanillic acid, CAMURE 6 - 6th International Symposium on Catalysis in Multhiphase Reactors & ISMR 5 - 5th International Symposium on Multifunctional Reactors, Pune, Índia, 14-17 January 2007 Lopes, R.J.G., Quinta-Ferreira, R.M., CFD Modelling of Trickle-Bed Reactors for Wastewater Treatment, 17th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering- ESCAPE17, Bucharest, JW Marriott Conference Centre, 27-30 May 2007 Martins, R., Leal, H., Quinta-Ferreira, R. Catalytic Removal of Phenolic Compounds by Ozone Using Manganese and Cerium Oxides, WCECS’07 – World Congress of Engineering and Computer Science – International Conference on Chemical Engineering, San Francisco, USA, International Association of Engineers - ISBN: 978-988-98671-6-4, 24 – 26 October 2007 Lopes, R.J.G., Quinta-Ferreira, R.M., Multiphase CFD Modeling of Trickle-Bed Reactor Hydrodynamics. WCECS’07 – World Congress of Engineering and Computer Science – International Conference on Chemical Engineering, San Francisco, USA, International Association of Engineers - ISBN: 978-988-98671-6-4, 24-26 October 2007 Lopes, R.J.G., Quinta-Ferreira, R.M., Trickle-Bed CFD Studies in the Catalytic Wet Oxidation of Phenolic Acids, GLS8 – 8th International Conference on Gas-Liquid and Gas-Liquid-Solid Reactor Engineering, New Delhi, India, 16-19 December 2007 Rubalcaba, A., Marques, R.R.N., Lopes, R.J.G., Fortuny, A., Quinta-Ferreira, R.M., Fabregat, A., Catalytic Wet Air Oxidation of Phenol over Activated Carbon Catalyst Promoted with Hydrogen Peroxide at Soft Temperature Conditons, GLS8 – 8th International Conference on Gas-Liquid and Gas-Liquid-Solid Reactor Engineering, New Delhi, India, 16-19 December 2007 2006 Silva, A.M.T., Nouli, E., Xekoukoulotakis, N.P., Quinta-Ferreira, R.M., Mantzavinos, D., “Photocatalytic degradation of phenolic compounds in olive oil mills effluents”, IWA 4th Conference on Oxidation Technologies for Water and Wastewater Treatment, Goslar, Germany, 15-17 May 2006 Cardoso-Martins, R.C., Abegão, F.J.R., Silva, A.M.T., Quinta-Ferreira, R.M., “Integrating flocculation, ozonation and Fenton processes for winery wastewater treatment”, EAAOP-1 Conference - Environmental application of advanced oxidation processes, Chania-Crete, Greece, 7-9 September 2006. Silva, A.M.T., Nouli, E., Xekoukoulotakis, N.P., Quinta-Ferreira, R.M., Mantzavinos, D., “Photocatalytic degradation of phenolic compounds in olive oil mills effluents”, IWA 4th Conference on Oxidation Technologies for Water and Wastewater Treatment, Goslar, Alemanha, 15-17 Maio 2006. Silva, A.M.T., Nouli, E., Xekoukoulotakis, N.P., Quinta-Ferreira, R.M., Mantzavinos, D., “Sonophotocatalytic/H2O2 degradation of aromatic compounds typically found in liquid agro-effluents”, EAAOP-1 Conference - 1st Environmental application of advanced oxidation processes, Chania-Crete, Greece, 7-9 September 2006. Lopes, R.J.G., Silva, A.M.T., Quinta-Ferreira, R.M., “Catalytic wet air oxidation of phenolic acids from olive oil mills: kinetic studies”, EAAOP-1 Conference - Environmental application of advanced oxidation processes, Chania-Crete, Greece, 7-9 September 2006 Sofia A. Cavaco, Sandra Fernandes, Margarida M. Quina and Licínio M. Ferreira, "Removal of chromium from electroplating industry effluents by ion-exchange resins" Chemical Industry and Environment V, Vienna/Austria, pg 191, edited by W. Höflinger. Ana Rita Negrão, Licínio M. Ferreira, “Biosorption of heavy metals by aquatic macrophytes”, 10ª International conference on wetland systems for water pollution control, 23 a 29 Setembro, Lisboa 2005 M. J. Quina, J.C. Bordado, R.M. Quinta-Ferreira, A washing process to improve waste technological properties, Proc. CHEMPOR’2005 (CD-ROM), Setembro, Coimbra M. J. Quina, M.A. Almeida, R. Santos, J.C. Bordado, R.M. Quinta-Ferreira, Prediction of Solid Waste Incineration Residues Quantity for Valorization in Lightweight Aggregates, Proc. Materials’2005 (CD-ROM) Tatiana M. Póvoas, Carlos A. Van Zeller, Licínio M. Ferreira e Maria Graça V.S. Carvalho “Estudos de selectividade da deslenhificação com oxigénio de pastas kraft de eucalyptus globulus", XIXº Encontro Nacional TECNICELPA – Inovação e Competitividade, 20 a 23 de Abril, Tomar Ana C. Rafael, José C. Teixeira, Licínio M. Ferreira, Fernando Bernardo and Maria G. Rasteiro, “Virtual Applications using a web platform to teach chemical engineering: the distillation case", 7th Word Congress of Chemical Engineering, 10 – 12 July, Glasgow Tatiana M. Póvoas, Ana P. Egas, Maria Graça V.S. Carvalho and Licínio M. Ferreira, “Studies on oxygen delignification of eucalyptus kraft pulps", International Pulp Bleaching Conference, June 14-16 de Junho, Stockholm Isabel M. Duarte, Margarida M. Quina and Licínio M. Ferreira, “Chromium recovery from wastewater of metal surface treatment plants by an ion-exchange process", CHEMPOR’ 2005 - 9th International Chemical Engineering Conference, in CD.ROM (IP061), 21 a 23 de Setembro, Coimbra João Abel Pais and Licínio M. Ferreira, “Estudo do desempenho da unidade 1 da Dessalinizadora do Porto Santo", CHEMPOR’ 2005 - 9th International Chemical Engineering Conference, in CD.ROM (IP062), 21 a 23 de Setembro, Coimbra Marco A. Campos, José A. Amaral, Licínio M. Ferreira and M. Graça Carvalho, “Hydrogen peroxide applied to a final bleaching stage of Eucalyptus globulus Kraft pulps”, CHEMPOR’ 2005 - 9th International Chemical Engineering Conference, in CD.ROM (IP011), 21 a 23 de Setembro, Coimbra Sofia F. Mota, Joana G. Paulo, Carlos A. Van Zeller, Licínio M. Ferreira and M. Graça Carvalho, “Optimization of a pressurized hydrogen peroxide stage in the bleaching of Eucalyptus globulus pulps”, CHEMPOR’ 2005 - 9th International Chemical Engineering Conference, in CD.ROM (IP038), 21 a 23 de Setembro, Coimbra Silva, A.M.T., Quinta-Ferreira, R.M., “Multiphase wet oxidation technology catalyzed by Mn-Ce-O. Kinetics of acrylic acid”, CAMURE 5 - 5th International Symposium on Catalysis in Multhiphase Reactors & ISMR 4 - 4th International Symposium on Multifunctional Reactors, Portorose, Slovenia, 15-18 June 2005. Castro-Silva, S., Silva, A.M.T., Chaouki, J., Quinta-Ferreira, R.M., “Numerical simulations of the behaviour of a catalytic autothermal reactor”, CAMURE 5 - 5th International Symposium on Catalysis in Multhiphase Reactors & ISMR 4 - 4th International Symposium on Multifunctional Reactors, Portorose, Slovenia, 15-18 June 2005. Silva, A.M.T., Quinta-Ferreira, R.M., “Lumped kinetic models in wet oxidation”, ChemPor 2005 9th International Chemical Engineering Conference, Coimbra, Portugal, 21-23 September 2005. Silva, A.M.T., Lopes, R.J.G., Quinta-Ferreira, R.M., “Screening of catalysts for wet oxidation of acrylic acid”, 10th Mediterranean Congress of Chemical Engineering, Barcelona, Spain, 15-18 November 2005. I. M. Castelo-Branco, P. C. Marques, R. Santos, R. M. Quinta-Ferreira “Wet Oxidation of Orange II using MnCe composite oxides”, Proc. CHEMPOR’2005, Coimbra, Portugal, 22-24 Setembro 2005 2004 Paulo Brito, Licínio M. Ferreira, António Portugal, Maarten Blox and Piet Van Kerkhof, "Modelização de separações por membrana através de métodos de refinamento de malha", Congresso de métodos computacionais em engenharia, Lnec, 31 de Maio, pg. 473, Lisboa M. G. Rasteiro, L. Ferreira, A. Gonçalves e Albano Jorge, “Reutilização de águas processuais na preparação de esmaltes cerâmicos”, 4ªs Jornadas Politécnicas de Engenharia, ISEC, 17 e 18 de Novembro, Porto M. J. Moreira and L. M. Ferreira, “Kinetic studies for sorption of amino acids using a strong anion exchange resin. Effect of ionic strength”, SPICA 2004, Aachen João Pedro Calado e L. M. Ferreira, “Estudo do equilíbrio de partição de metais entre fibras e solução de pasta kraft”, CIADICYP, Congreso Iberoamericano de Investigación en Celulosa y Papel, 10 a 12 de Novembro, Córdova Tatiana M. Póvoas, L. M. Ferreira e M. Graça Carvalho, “Optimização de um duplo estágio de oxigénio na deslenhificação de pastas kraft de Eucalyptus globulus”, CIADICYP, Congreso Iberoamericano de Investigación en Celulosa y Papel, 10 a 12 de Novembro, Córdova Silva, A.M.T., Quinta-Ferreira, R.M., “Catalytic wet oxidation of ethylene glycol: kinetics of reaction on a CuO-MnOx catalyst”, ISCRE 18 - 18th International Symposium on Chemical Reaction Engineering: from Molecular to Product and Process Engineering, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 6-9 June 2004. Silva, A.M.T., Quinta-Ferreira, R.M., “Wet oxidation of acrylic acid by a CuO-ZnO/Al2O3 catalyst”, CHISA 2004 -16th International Congress of Chemical and Process Engineering, Praha, Czech Republic, 22-26 August 2004. I. M. Castelo-Branco, P. C. Marques, R. M. Quinta-Ferreira “Environmental Protection: Mn Supported Oxides for Decolouration of Orange II Solutions”, Proc. CHISA 2004 – 16th International Congress of Chemical and Process Engineering, Praga, República Checa, 22-26 Agosto 2004 M. J. Quina, M.A. Almeida, R. Santos, A. S. Correia, R.M. Quinta-Ferreira, Recycling Incineration Wastes for Producing Synthetic Aggregates, Proc. RILEM, Use of Recycled Materials in Buildings and Structures, pag 316-322, Novembro, Barcelona 2003 C.A. Costa., R.M. Quinta-Ferreira, “The impact of intraparticle convection of the multiplicity behaviour of large-pore catalysts particles”, Proc. Modelling and Simulation in Chemical Engineering, Coimbra, Portugal P. Portugal, H. Jorge, R.M. Quinta-Ferreira., “Sequential method for kinetic models discrimination”, Proc. Modelling and Simulation in Chemical Engineering, Coimbra, Portugal M.M.J. Quina, M.A. Almeida, R. Santos, J.C.M. Bordado, R.M. Quinta-Ferreira, Utilisation of a Waste for Producing Lightweight Aggregates, Proc. WASCON’2003, 925-928, S. Sebastian, Espanha Dina A. Angélico, Ana P. Egas and Licínio M. Ferreira "Selectivity Improvement of the Oxygen Pre-delignification Stage using Additives ", 28th EUCEPA Conference, Lisboa Licínio M. Ferreira, Paulo Brito, António Portugal, Maarten Blox and Piet Van Kerkhof "A Study on the Simulation of Transport Phenomena in Ultrafiltration", Worshop on Moddeling and Simulation in Chemical Engineering, Coimbra Ferreira, L., Loureiro, J. M. and Rodrigues, A., "Ion-Exchange Kinetics using na Amidoxime Chelating Resin", ECCE-4, 4th European Congress in Chemical Engineering Conference, Granada Egas, A.V., Ferreira, L.M., Carvalho and M. Graça "Alternatives to acidic chelation (Q): impact of a stabilizer on bleaching sequences with oxygen and peroxide", Chemical Technology of wood pulp and paper, Bratislava Póvoas, T., Egas, A.V., Carvalho, M. Graça and Ferreira, L.M., "Minimizing Environmental Impact by Enhanced Usage of Oxygen and Peroxide in the Bleaching of Eucalyptus Kraft Pulps", ECCE-4, 4th European Congress in Chemical Engineering Conference, Granada Silva, A.M.T., Vaz, R.N.P., Quinta-Ferreira, R.M., Levec, J., “Environmental protection by catalytic and non-catalytic wet oxidation technologies for wastewaters containing polyvinyl alcohol”, ICheap-6 -The sixth Italian Conference on Chemical and Process Engineering, Pisa, Italy, 8-11 June 2003 Silva, A.M.T., Marques, R.R.N., Quinta-Ferreira, R.M., “Environmental catalysis for wet oxidation of acrylic acid: studies with manganese-based oxides”, CRE IX - Chemical Reaction Engineering IX: Chemical Reactor Engineering: Meeting The Challenges For New Technology, Quebec, Canada, 29 June - 4 July 2003 Silva, A.M.T., Vaz, R.N.P., Quinta-Ferreira, R.M., Levec, J., “Gas-liquid-solid reactions of polyvinyl alcohol on oxidation treatments for environmental pollution remediation”, GLS-6 - 6th International Conference on Gas-Liquid and Gas-Liquid-Solid Reactor Engineering, Vancouver, Canada, 17-20 August 2003 M.M.J. Quina, J.C.M. Bordado, R.M. Quinta-Ferreira, Uncertainty in Measurements on Leaching Tests of APC Residues, Proc. ECCE-4 - 4th European Congress in Chemical Engineering: Chemical Engineering a Toll for Progress, (CD-ROM), Granada, Espanha Silva, A.M.T., Oliveira, A.C.M., Quinta-Ferreira, R.M., “Enhanced wet oxidation of wastewaters containing ethylene glycol using active catalysts”, ECCE-4 - 4th European Congress in Chemical Engineering: Chemical Engineering a Toll for Progress, Granada, Spain, 21-25 September 2003. I. M. Castelo-Branco, D. Guilhermino, R. Quinta-Ferreira, “Colour Reduction of a Dye Solution: Catalyst Influence”, Proceedings of the 4th European Congress in Chemical Engineering: “Chemical Engineering a Tool for Progress” – ECCE 4, Granada, Espanha, 21-25 Setembro 2003 I. Castelo-Branco, S. Rodrigues, R. Quinta-Ferreira, R. Santos, “Catalysts for Decolorization of Dye Solutions”, EUROPACAT – VI, Innbruck, Austria, 31 Agosto - 04 Setembro 2003 I. M. Castelo-Branco, S. R. Rodrigues, R. Santos, R. M. Quinta-Ferreira, “Environmental Catalysts: Catalytic Wet Oxidation of Different Model Compounds”, International Symposium on Applied Catalysis, Glasgow, Escócia, 16-18 Julho 2003 2002 M.M.J. Quina, J.C.M. Bordado, R.M. Quinta-Ferreira, “Stabilisation/solidificatio treatment and diffusion tests with MSW incineration fly ashes”, 17th Symposium on Chemical Reaction Engineering-ISCRE 17, Hong Kong, China S. Castro-Silva, D. Klvana, J. Chaouki, R. Quinta-Ferreira, “Novel Catalytic Reactor to Clean Polluted Gases”, 17th Symposium on Chemical Reaction Engineering-ISCRE 17, Hong Kong, China A. T. Silva, I. M. Castelo-Branco, R.M. Quinta-Ferreira, J. Levec, “Catalytic Studies in Wet Oxidation of Effluents from Formaldehyde Industry”, in Proc. 17th International Symposium on Chemical Reaction Engineering – ISCRE 17, HongKong, China, 25-28 Agosto 2002 Silva, A.T., Castelo-Branco, I.M., Quinta-Ferreira, R.M., Levec, J., “Catalytic studies in wet oxidation of effluents from formaldehyde industry”, ISCRE 17 - 17th International Symposium on Chemical Reaction Engineering: Challenges and Opportunities in a Global Environment, Hong Kong, China, 25-28 August 2002. M.J. Quina, R.M. Quinta Ferreira, Properties of a recent hazardous waste in Portugal, Advanced Materials Forum I, Proc. 1st International Materials Symposium, 400-403 2001 V.J.M. de Campos, R. M. Quinta-Ferreira, “Structured Catalysts for Partial Oxidations”, Proc. 1st International Conference on Structured Catalyst and Reactors- ICOSCAR-1, Delft, The Netherlands Rui Justiniano S. Ferreira and Licínio M. Ferreira "The Chemical Engineering using the Internet", CINTEC 2001 - International Conference on New Technologies in Science Education, Aveiro Maria J. Moreira, José Almiro e Castro and Licínio M. Ferreira "Sorption of phenylalanine on strong cationic resins: determination of ion-exchange equilibrium and kinetic parameters", CHEMPOR’ 2001 - 8th International Chemical Engineering Conference, Aveiro Rui Pires, Licínio Ferreira, C. Gaudêncio Baptista and Maria H. Gill, "Preparação e caracterização de microesferas de base quitosano ", CHEMPOR’ 2001 - 8th International Chemical Engineering Conference, Aveiro Micaela A. R. Soares, Danielle, C.A. Jaguaribe, José Almiro e Castro and Licínio M. Ferreira "An overview on the chloride and potassium removal in a kraft pulp mill ", CHEMPOR’ 2001 - 8th International Chemical Engineering Conference, Aveiro M.M.J. Quina, R.M. Quinta-Ferreira, "Properties of a recent hazardous waste in Portugal ", Proc. MATERIAIS’2001, Coimbra M.M.J. Quina, J.C.M. Bordado, R.M. Quinta-Ferreira, Toxicidade das Cinzas Volantes Resultantes da Incineração de Resíduos Sólidos Urbanos, Proc. Conferencia Ibérica sobre Protecção Ambiental, Viseu M.J. Quina, J.C.M. Bordado, R.M. Quinta Ferreira, Improvements on the Stabilisation Treatment of Municipal Solid Waste Incineration Residues, Proc. CHEMPOR’2001, Vol.2, pag. 1445-1450, Aveiro M.J. Quina, J.C.M. Bordado, R.M. Quinta Ferreira, Leaching Behaviour and Treatment of a Solid Waste Residue, Proc. 6th World Congress of Chemical Engineering, Melbourn (CD-ROM), Australia Quinta-Ferreira, R.M., Silva, A.T., Redondo, V.F., “Catalytic oxidation of wastewaters”, 6th World Congress of Chemical Engineering in association with the GLS-5 - 5th International Conference on Gas-Liquid and Gas-Liquid-Solid Reactor Engineering, Melbourne, Australia, 23-27 September 2001 Castelo-Branco, I.M., Silva, A.T., Quinta-Ferreira, R.M., “Catalysts for wastewater treatment”, NATO, Vilamoura, Portugal, 15-18 July 2001 Quinta-Ferreira, R.M., Silva, A.T., Castelo-Branco, I.M., “Catalytic wet oxidation of liquid pollutants”, Chempor´2001- 8ª Conferência Internacional de Engenharia Química, Aveiro, Portugal, 12-14 September 2001 R. Quinta-Ferreira, I. M. Castelo-Branco, A. T. Silva, “Catalytic Wet Oxidation of Liquid Pollutants”, in Proc. CHEMPOR’2001, Aveiro, Portugal, 12-14 de Setembro 2001 I.M. Castelo-Branco, A. T. Silva, R. Quinta-Ferreira, “Catalysts for Wastewater Treatment”, in Proc. Principles and Methods for Accelerated Catalyst Design, Preparation, Testing, and Development, (Derouane, E. G.; Parmon, V.; Lemos, F.; Ramôa Ribeiro, F., eds.); Vilamoura, Portugal, 15-28 de Julho 2001 2000 Quinta-Ferreira, R.M., Silva, A.T., Redondo, V.F., “Catalytic treatment of liquid effluents”, AIChE - 2000 Annual Meeting Exchanging Ideas for Innovation, Los Angeles, USA, 12-17 November 2000. Moreira, M.J., Castro, J.A. and Ferreira, L. ,"Sorption of phenylalanine and tyrosine by a strong anion-exchange resin. Effect of ionic strength", CHISA 2000, Praha 1999 M. Castelão-Dias, B. F. O. Costa, R. M. Quinta-Ferreira, “Deactivaction of Mo-Fe Catalysts on the Formaldehyde Synthesis using Methanol Contaminated with Sea Water”, Proc. EUROPACAT-IV- 4th European Congress on Catalysis, Rimini, Itália M. Castelão-Dias, B. F. O. Costa, R. M. Quinta-Ferreira, “Using Mössbauer Spectroscopy in the Choice of Materials for Mo-Fe Suported Catalysts”, Proc. ICAME99 - International Conference on Applied Mössbauer Spectroscopy, Munique, Alemanha 1998 Maria J. Moreira, Isabel Pinto, Luís Barbosa and Licínio M. Ferreira "Kinetic Aspects of the Sorption of the Phenylalanine by a Cation-exchange Resin", CHEMPOR’ 98 - 7th International Chemical Engineering Conference, Lisboa, pg 663, edited by Fernando Ramôa Ribeiro and Sebastião S. Alves. Maria J. Barroca, Maria A. S. Fernandes, Licínio M. Ferreira and José A. Castro, "Do Bleaching: effect of operating variables on specific consumption", 16º Encontro TECNICELPA - Pasta e Papel: os desafios de século XXI, Covilhã, (1998), pg 390. M.J. Quina, R.M. Quinta Ferreira, "Simulation of a Fixed Bed Reactor with Two Catalytic Zones: Numerical Methods", Proc. 2nd Meeting on Numerical Methods for Differential Equations, pag. 447-456, Coimbra M.J. Quina, R.M. Quinta Ferreira, "Steady State and Dynamic Behaviour of a Fixed bed Reactor with Catalyst Dilution", Proc. CHEMPOR’98, Vol. 1, pag. 679-686, Lisboa R.M. Quinta Ferreira, C.S. Santos, A.C. Almeida-Costa, “Analysis of a Partial Oxidation Reaction in a Flow Reversal Reactor”, Proc. USPC-3, St. Petersburg, Rússia 1997 C.A. Almeida-Costa, R.M. Quinta Ferreira, “Effect on Intraparticle Convection on the Multiplicity Behaviour of Large-Pore Catalysts”, Proc. First Europ. Cong. Chem. Eng.-ECCE 1, Florence, Italy C.A. Almeida-Costa, R.M. Quinta Ferreira, “The Influence of Intraparticle Convection on the Performance of a Fixed Bed Reactor for o-xylene oxidation”, Proc. First Europ. Cong. Chem. Eng.-ECCE 1, 2515-2518, Florence, Italy M.M. J. Quina, R.M. Quinta Ferreira, “Studies of Parametric Sensitivity of a Tubular Catalytic Reactor”, Proc. First Europ. Cong. Chem. Eng.-ECCE 1, 2427-2430, Florence, Italy 1996 Pato, F.F., Ferreira, L. M. e Saraiva, P., "Modelização e Simulação da Produção de Biogás a partir de RSU”, 5ª Conf. Nacional sobre a Qualidade do Ambiente, Aveiro, 2, pg 1133, editado por C. Borrego, C. Coelho, L. Arroja, C. Boia e E. Figueiredo. Rebelo, P. A. F., Ferreira, L.M. e Fonseca, I. M. A., “Alguns dados sobre resíduos sólidos urbanos e parâmetros fisico-químicos característicos dos lixiviados provenientes do aterro sanitário do Bruno”, 2º Encontro Nacional de Engenharia Municipal, Figueira da Foz, editado por CENETERC – Centro de Energia e Tecnologia. Ferreira, L., Loureiro, J. M. and Rodrigues, A., "Regeneration of Ion Exchange Complexing Resins in a CSTR Adsorber", Ion Exchange Developments and Aplications, Cambridge, pg 291, edited by J. A. Greig 1994 R.M. Quinta Ferreira, C. A. Almeida Costa e A.E. Rodrigues, "Modelling of the MTBE Synthesis Reactor with Macroreticular Ion Exchange Resins: Reactor Simulation With Heterogeneous Models", Proc. 44th Canad. Chem. Eng. Conf., 441-442, Calgary, Canada 1993 A.C.A. Costa, M.C. Inácio, R.M. Quinta Ferreira, A.E. Rodrigues, "Effect of Intraparticle Convection on the Behaviour of Packed Bed Reactors: Complex Reactions", Proc. CHEMPOR´93, Univ. Porto R.M. Quinta Ferreira, F.C.G. Santos, M. J. Quina, J.H.C. Simões, A.C.A. Costa, A.E. Rodrigues, The Effect of Convection in Large-Pore Catalysts on the Stability and Dynamics of Fixed-Bed Reactors, AIChE Annual Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri, E.U.A., Novembro 1991 Ferreira, L. and Rodrigues, A., "Scale-up of Adsorptive Parametric Pumping", AIChE J. Meeting, Los Angeles, California 1989 R.M. Quinta Ferreira, A.E. Rodrigues, "Influence of Intraparticle Convection on the Steady-State Behaviour of Large-Pore Catalysts and Fixed-Bed Catalytic Reactors", Proc. CHEMPOR´89, pg.6R1 a 6R10, Univ. Nova de Lisboa 1986 R. Ferreira, C. Costa, A. Rodrigues, "Transient Behaviour of Reactors with Convective Transport Inside Catalysts", Proc. World Congress III of Chemical Engineering, Vol.III, pg. 235 a 238, The Society of Chemical Engineers, Japão 1985 M.M.L.F.L. Rebola, A.G.M. Ferreira, R.M. Quinta Ferreira, L.Q. Lobo, "An Exercise on the Influence of the Uncertainty in the Calculation of Vapour-Liquid Equilibrium on the Cost and Performance of a Distillation Column", Proc. CHEMPOR´85, Vol. 2, pg. 09/1 a 09/9, Univ. Coimbra 1984 R. Ferreira, R., J. Loureiro, C. Costa, A. Zoulalian, A. Rodrigues, "Convection in Large Pore Catalysts: its Effect on the Transient Behaviour of Catalytic Reactors", Proc. 9th Canadian Symposium on Catalyst, Quebec