Alternative processes for the treatment of polluted water and use of the industrial effluents: Advanced oxidation techniques for the removal of pollutants from water; nutrient recovery by ion-exchange.
CO2 capture technologies.
Catalysis for clean energy production: production and purification of H2 for fuel cells
Catalysis for the vehicle engine exhaust gas control: NSR concept for NOx removal in diesel engines; carbonaceous particulate matter emission control in diesel engines.
Catalysis for volatile organic compounds removal.
Corrosion of equipment and installations.
Development of CO2 upgrading processes.
Development of catalytic processes to obtain fuels from an alternative way to petroleum: upgrading of oxygenates; H2 production from the steam reforming of oxygenates; one-step DME synthesis over bifunctional catalysts.
Development of dielectric (microwave) heating techniques for dehydration processes and other applications.
Development of innovative processes in food, agriculture, and biomedical production.
Eco-innovation and clean production.
Environmental Sustainabilty.
Environmental health: Optimization of water purification and the operation in refrigeration towers; new technologies for evaluating air quality.
Fluid dynamics and design of spouted beds for new applications: Upgrading via combustion and pyrolysis of plant biomass, plastics, and tires
Future technologies for plastic recycling and upgrading: Upgrading of plastic waste by depolymerization; plastic recycling by hydrogenation and hydrocracking.
Innovations and development of catalysts: Manufacture of structured catalysts.
Innovative technologies with sustainability criteria.
Intensification and integration of catalytic processes: Residual aromatic compound upgrading by hydrocracking; olefins production from methane; propylene production intensification.
Ionic electromigration through porous media for the development of PEMFC fuel cells.
Membrane separation under electric gradient. Application to the separation of protein and persistent compunds.
Process and energy engineering.
Process and product life cycle analysis.
Separation by functionalyzed membranes. Application to the separation of gases and fuel cells.
Thrust of nanotechnology for separation processes. Application of the functionalyzed magnetic nanoparticles.
