PEDRO LUIS ARIAS ERGUETA

Knowledge area

Chemical Engineering

Department

Chemical and Environmental Engineering

Centre

Faculty of Engineering - Bilbao

Electronic mail

pedroluis.arias@ehu.eus

Pedro Luis Arias Ergueta. Full Professor. Research áreas: Development of thermocatalytic processes for clean fuels production, Development of biorefinery processes; Hydrometallurgu applied to industrial wastes treatment; Innovative reaction systems design; Thermochemical energy storage; Process analysis and optimization. Some recent papers:• N. Antuñano, J.F. Cambra, P.L. Arias (2016). Fluoride removal for Double Leached Waelz Oxide leach solutions as alternative feeds to Zinc Calcine in the electrolytic zinc production process. Journal of Hydrometallurgy, 161, 65-70.

• S. Garcia-Fernandez, I. Gandarias I. Tejido, J. Requies, P.L. Arias (2017) Influence of the Support of Bimetallic Platinum Tungstate Catalysts on 1,3-Propanediol Formation from Glycerol. ChemCatChem 9(24) 4508-4519

• E. Acha, Y.C. van Delft; J.F. Cambra, P.L. Arias (2018). Thin PdCu membrane for hydrogen purification from in-situ produced methane reforming complex mixtures containing H2S. Chemical Engineering Science 176, 429-438 (2018)

• I. Ortega-Fernández, I. Uriz, I. Loroño, A. Ortuondo, P.L. Arias, B. D'Aguanna and J. Rodríguez-Aseguinolazaa (2018). New insights into the corrosion mechanism between molten nitrate salts and ceramic materials for packed bed thermocline systems: A case study for steel slag and Solar Salt. Solar Energy 173, 152-159

• M. Oregui, I. Gandarias, P. L. Arias, T. Barth (2018) Solvent and catalyst effect in the formic acid aided Lignin-to-liquids. Bioresource Technology 270, 529