Member of the group PATh - Process and Product Applied Thermodynamics ( http://path.web.ua.pt/ ). PATh is part of group 4 (biorefineries, biobased materials and recycling) of CICECO.
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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.
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Exploring alternative solvents for gas processing using the soft-SAFT EoSCrespo, EA; Carvalho, PJ; Coutinho, JAP; Vega, LF 2018, SEG/AAPG/EAGE/SPE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PETROLEUM CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION 2018, RDP 2018, 156-160.
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Influence of temperature and pressure on the density and speed of sound of 2-hydroxyethylammonium propionate ionic liquidSarabando, JA; Magano, PJM; Ferreira, AGM; Santos, JB; Carvalho, PJ; Mattedi, S; Fonseca, IMA 2018, JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL THERMODYNAMICS, 122, 183-193.
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Vapor Liquid Equilibria of Binary Mixtures of 1-Butyl-3-methylimidazolium Triflate (C(4)mimTfO) and Molecular Solvents: n-Alkyl Alcohols and WaterStuckenholz, M; Crespo, EA; Vega, LF; Carvalho, PJ; Coutinho, JAP; Schroer, W; Kiefer, J; Rathke, B 2018, JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B, 122, 22, 6017-6032.
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Odd-even effect on the formation of aqueous biphasic systems formed by 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride ionic liquids and saltsBelchior, DCV; Sintra, TE; Carvalho, PJ; Soromenho, MRC; Esperanca, JMSS; Ventura, SPM; Rogers, RD; Coutinho, JAP; Freire, MG 2018, JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 148, 19,
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Solubility of carbon dioxide in encapsulated ionic liquidsLemus, J; Da Silva, FFA; Palomar, J; Carvalho, PJ; Coutinho, JAP 2018, SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY, 196, 41-46.
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High-pressure solubility of CO2 in glymesAmaral, M; Crespo, EA; Dariva, C; Vega, LF; Carvalho, PJ; Coutinho, JAP 2018, FUEL, 219, 120-125.
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Measurement and Modeling of Isobaric Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium of Water plus GlycolsChouireb, N; Crespo, EA; Pereira, LMC; Tafat-Igoudjilene, O; Vega, LF; Coutinho, JAP; Carvalho, PJ 2018, JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING DATA, 63, 7, 2394-2401.
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Toluene/n-Heptane Separation by Extractive Distillation with Tricyanomethanide-Based Ionic Liquids: Experimental and CPA EoS ModelingNavarro, P; Ayuso, M; Palma, AM; Larriba, M; Delgado-Mellado, N; Garcia, J; Rodriguez, F; Coutinho, JAP; Carvalho, PJ 2018, INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH, 57, 42, 14242-14253.
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Evaluation of the solvent structural effect upon the vapor - liquid equilibrium of [C(4)C(1)im][Cl] + alcoholsChouireb, N; Khan, I; Crespo, EA; Oliveira, MB; Llovell, F; Vega, LF; Tafat-Igoudjilene, O; Kaci, AA; Santos, LMNBF; Carvalho, PJ; Coutinho, JAP 2017, FLUID PHASE EQUILIBRIA, 440, 36-44.
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New measurements and modeling of high pressure thermodynamic properties of glycolsCrespo, EA; Costa, JML; Hanafiah, ZBMA; Kurnia, KA; Oliveira, MB; Llovell, F; Vega, LE; Carvalho, PJ; Coutinho, JAP 2017, FLUID PHASE EQUILIBRIA, 436, 113-123.
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New Experimental Data and Modeling of Glymes: Toward the Development of a Predictive Model for PolyethersNavarro, P; Crespo, EA; Costa, JML; Llovell, F; Garcia, J; Rodriguez, F; Carvalho, PJ; Vega, LF; Coutinho, JAP 2017, INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH, 56, 27, 7830-7844.
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Selecting Critical Properties of Terpenes and Terpenoids through Group-Contribution Methods and Equations of StateMartins, MAR; Carvalho, PJ; Palma, AM; Domanska, U; Coutinho, JAP; Pinho, SP 2017, INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY RESEARCH, 56, 35, 9895-9905.
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Soft-SAFT Equation of State as a Valuable Tool for the Design of new CO2 Capture TechnologiesEmanuel A. Crespo, M—nique Amaral, Claudio Dariva, Pedro J. Carvalho, Jo‹o A. P. Coutinho, Flix Llovell, Luis M. C. Pereira and Lourdes F. Vega 2017, Society of Petroleum Engineers,
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Densities, viscosities and derived thermophysical properties of water-saturated imidazolium-based ionic liquidsMartins, MAR; Neves, CMSS; Kurnia, KA; Carvalho, PJ; Rocha, MAA; Santos, LMNBF; Pinho, SP; Freire, MG 2016, FLUID PHASE EQUILIBRIA, 407, 188-196.
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Dispelling some myths about the CO2 solubility in ionic liquidsCarvalho, PJ; Kurnia, KA; Coutinho, JAP 2016, PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS, 18, 22, 14757-14771.
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