Scientific information
Pedro J. Carvalho is an assistant professor at the Chemistry Department of University of Aveiro, Portugal and researcher at the CICECO – Aveiro Institute of Materials, one of the leading European Laboratories in Materials Science. He graduated in Chemical Engineering at University of Aveiro, ending up developing a special interest on thermodynamic characterization of compounds, process optimization and sub-products valorisation; interests that endure since his PhD in Chemical Engineering, in 2011, to date. Pedro’s interests were further nurtured by establishing important collaborations and research lines that he incorporated on the research group he makes part of – PATh. The Research Team, PATH, operates in the fields of biorefinery, green chemistry, eco-solvents development, and sustainable process design. The team comprises now 7 senior researchers, 5 junior researcher, 1 Post-Doctoral Fellow, 29 PhD students and 8 MSc students, plus a variable number of project grant holders and foreign visitors. The PATH group publishes about 50 articles/year that attract close to 3000 citations.
Pedro coordinates and participates in several national and European research projects and has ongoing collaborations with Saudi Arabia, India, Brazil, UK, Spain and Germany. Pedro research has been focused on the petrochemical and biorefinery, in particular on the study of novel solvents for gas capture – separation and sequestration, from natural gas, post-combustion and syngas streams – the extraction and purification of impurities from petrochemical streams, the extraction of valuable compounds from biomass and wastes. For these applications he has been interested in developing/optimizing innovative technologies, like membrane technology, in conjunction with neoteric solvents, like ionic liquids (IL), deep eutectic solvents (DES) and other novel greener solvents. In all cases he strives at developing a fundamental understanding of their physico-chemical characterization and the mechanisms of action, aiming at designing novel solvents and processes that are more biocompatible, and biodegradable, less toxic, and produced, if possible, from renewable sources.
Ongoing Supervisions
Ana Francisca Dias Moreira
MSc Student
Beatriz Ferreira Esteves
PhD Student
Bruna Rafaela de Matos Ferreira
MSc Student
Isabella Souza
PhD Student
João Peres Ribeiro
Junior ResearcherProjects
REcycling of low Value components using high purity pre-treatment, dIrecT recycling And green hydrometallurgical approaches for recycling of Lithium Ion and Sodium Ion BatteriEs (REVITALISE)
PartnerEuropean Comission
As the need for effective battery waste management grows, NMC, LFP and Na-ion batteries contribute significantly to this challenge, accounting for 85 % of the problem. Traditional recycling methods prove inadequate, lacking efficiency and eco-friendliness. That's where the EU-funded REVITALISE project comes in, with an innovative solution. Utili...REcycling of low Value components using high purity pre-treatment, dIrecT recycling And green hydrometallurgical approaches for recycling of Lithium Ion and Sodium Ion BatteriEs (REVITALISE)
PartnerEuropean Comission
As the need for effective battery waste management grows, NMC, LFP and Na-ion batteries contribute significantly to this challenge, accounting for 85 % of the problem. Traditional recycling methods prove inadequate, lacking efficiency and eco-friendliness. That's where the EU-funded REVITALISE project comes in, with an innovative solution. Utili...Exploratory Research Project: Pedro Carvalho (IF/00758/2015)
CoordinatorFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Inovação na produção de subprodutos salinos em simbiose industrial (SIMBIOSALT)
Local CoordinatorIndustry National
O projeto SimbioSalt visa estudar uma alternativa de valorização daqueles resíduos em que, através da conjugação de tecnologias, desenvolver-se-á uma solução que permita a obtenção de um produto com valor comercial –...SGH : Smart Green Homes (Smart Green Homes)
PartnerIndustry National
The Smart Green Homes (SGH) Project aims to develop integrated product and technology solutions for the households, raising standards of comfort, safety and user satisfaction to a new level and, at the same time, to respond to the problems of sustainability of the Planet, increasing the energy efficiency and reducing the emission of gaseous poll...Solubility of Gases in Ionic liquid or binary mixture of ionic liquid + Ionic liquid (Indo-Portuguese Programme for Cooperation in Science & Tecnology 17-19)
CoordinatorFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Publications
The excess volumes of protic ionic liquids and its significance to their thermodynamic modelling
Crespo, EA; Silva, LP; Carvalho, PJ; Coutinho, JAP
2022, FLUID PHASE EQUILIBRIA, 552.
Polymeric foams from recycled thermoplastic poly(ethylene terephthalate)
Cadete, MS; Gomes, TEP; Carvalho, PJ; Neto, VF
2021, JOURNAL OF CELLULAR PLASTICS, 57, 5, 609-622.
ISBN:
1530-7999
Study of the partition of sodium diclofenac and norfloxacin in aqueous two-phase systems based on copolymers and dextran
Ahsaie, FG; Pazuki, G; Sintra, TE; Carvalho, P; Ventura, SPM
2021, FLUID PHASE EQUILIBRIA, 530.
ISBN:
1879-0224
Densities, heat capacities, viscosities, H-1- and C-13-NMR spectra, and solvatochromic parameters of binary mixtures of 1,3-dimethyl-1,3-diazinan-2-one (DMPU) and water
Santos, RALS; Magalhaes, MCF; Hefter, G; Akilan, C; Martins, MAR; Carvalho, PJ; Pinto, DCGA
2021, JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL THERMODYNAMICS, 161.
ISBN:
1096-3626
The impact of oligomeric anions on the speciation of protic ionic liquids
Martins, MAR; Carvalho, PJ; Santos, LMNBF; Pinho, SP; Coutinho, JAP
2021, FLUID PHASE EQUILIBRIA, 531.
ISBN:
1879-0224
Non-Ideality in Thymol plus Menthol Type V Deep Eutectic Solvents
Schaeffer, N; Abranches, DO; Silva, LP; Martins, MAR; Carvalho, PJ; Russina, O; Triolo, A; Paccou, L; Guinet, Y; Hedoux, A; Coutinho, JAP
2021, ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING, 9, 5, 2203-2211.
Development of a robust soft-SAFT model for protic ionic liquids using new high-pressure density data
Crespo, EA; Silva, LP; Correia, CIP; Martins, MAR; Gardas, RL; Vega, LF; Carvalho, PJ; Coutinho, JAP
2021, FLUID PHASE EQUILIBRIA, 539.
ISBN:
1879-0224
Pilot scale reverse osmosis refinery wastewater treatment - a techno-economical and sustainability assessment
Bastos, PDA; Santos, MA; Carvalho, PJ; Velizarov, S; Crespo, JG
2021, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE-WATER RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY, 7, 3, 549-561.
ISBN:
2053-1419
Infinite Dilution Activity Coefficients in the Smectic and Isotropic Phases of Tetrafluoroborate-Based Ionic Liquids
Martins, MAR; Vilas-Boas, SM; Cordova, IW; Carvalho, PJ; Domanska, U; Ferreira, O; Coutinho, JAP; Pinho, SP
2021, JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING DATA, 66, 6, 2587-2596.
ISBN:
1520-5134
Effect of dicationic ionic liquids on cloud points of tergitol surfactant and the formation of aqueous micellar two-phase systems
Bender, CR; Vicente, FA; Kuhn, BL; Frizzo, CP; Villetti, MA; Carvalho, PJ
2021, JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE, 56, 21, 12171-12182.
ISBN:
1573-4803
OPTIMIZATION OF ELECTRO-FENTON PROCESS APPLIED TO THE TREATMENT OF BRINES IN A CONTEXT OF INDUSTRIAL SYMBIOSIS
Luana Sarinho, Pedro Carvalho, Diana Patoilo, Ana Santos, João Peres Ribeiro, Maria Isabel Nunes
2022.
TREATMENT OF SALT FROM HIDES CURING STAGE BY ELECTROCOAGULATION
Luana Sarinho, Pedro Carvalho, Diana Patoilo, João Peres Ribeiro, José Baião da Cruz, Maria Isabel Nunes
2022.