Ing. ALFREDO ORTIZ SAINZ DE AJA - Universidad de Cantabria
Ing. ALFREDO ORTIZ SAINZ DE AJA - Universidad de Cantabria
Ing. ALFREDO ORTIZ SAINZ DE AJA - Universidad de Cantabria
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Dr. <strong>ALFREDO</strong> <strong>ORTIZ</strong><br />
Assistant Professor<br />
University of <strong>Cantabria</strong><br />
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering<br />
Av. <strong>de</strong> los Castros s/n<br />
39005 Santan<strong>de</strong>r<br />
<strong>Cantabria</strong><br />
España<br />
Telephone: +34 942 206778<br />
Email : ortizal@unican.es<br />
RESEARCH TOPICS<br />
My research interests focus on membrane separation technologies, in the group<br />
Advanced Separation Processes led by Prof. Inmaculada Ortiz. I mainly work on the<br />
separation of gas mixtures by reactive absorption using Room Temperature Ionic Liquids<br />
as reactive solvents in different contactors.<br />
<strong>DE</strong>SCRIPTION<br />
Light olefins such as ethylene and propylene are important chemical precursors that<br />
play an essential role in many chemical syntheses and industrial processes. Common<br />
low-temperature distillation technology for separation of olefins from paraffin streams<br />
represents one of the most important, but also the most costly, processes in the<br />
petrochemical industry. Development of economically viable propylene/propane<br />
separation processes is becoming increasingly important, but it is extremely challenging<br />
due to the physico-chemical similarities between those two molecules. Among a<br />
number of alternatives separation processes, reactive absorption process carried out in<br />
a suitable gas-liquid contactor with the selective formation of reversible complexes<br />
olefin-silver in room temperature ionic liquid media may be attractive in this respect.<br />
PROJECTS<br />
i) Fun<strong>de</strong>d by public institutions:<br />
Research and Development of Reactive Separations. Contribution to<br />
Sustainable Technological Development (CTQ2008-00690/PPQ).<br />
Sustainable Production based on the Intensification and Integration of<br />
Processes (PROSOS).<br />
Optimal <strong>de</strong>sign of an olefin/paraffin separation process based on the use of<br />
selective membranes.<br />
Research and <strong>de</strong>velopment of pervaporation advanced separation<br />
processes: Mo<strong>de</strong>lling and scale-up.<br />
ii)<br />
Collaborative projects with companies:<br />
Reprocessing of trivalent chromium spent passivated baths by ion<br />
exchange.
PUBLICATIONS<br />
Room temperature ionic liquid with silver salt as efficient reaction media for<br />
propylene/propane separation: Absorption equilibrium, Alfredo Ortiz, Alicia Ruiz, Daniel<br />
Gorri, Inmaculada Ortiz, Separation & Purification Technology 63 (2008) pages 311-318.<br />
Selective iron removal from spent passivation baths by ion exchange, Iñaki Fernan<strong>de</strong>z-<br />
Olmo, Alfredo Ortiz, Ane Urtiaga, Inmaculada Ortiz, Journal of Chemical Technology<br />
and Biotechnology 12 (2008) 1616.<br />
Mo<strong>de</strong>lling of iron removal from spent passivation baths by ion exchange in fixed-bed<br />
operation, Alfredo Ortiz, Iñaki Fernan<strong>de</strong>z-Olmo, Ane Urtiaga, Inmaculada Ortiz, Industrial<br />
& Engineering Chemistry Research 48 (15) (2009) pages 7448-7452.<br />
The use of ionic liquids as efficient extraction medium in the reactive separation of<br />
cycloolefines from cyclohexane, Daniel Gorri, Alicia Ruiz, Alfredo Ortiz, Inmaculada<br />
Ortiz, Chemical Engineering Journal 154 (2009) pages 241-245.<br />
Kinetics of reactive absorption of propylene in RTIL-Ag+ media, Alfredo Ortiz, Lara María<br />
Galán, Daniel Gorri, André <strong>de</strong> Haan, Inmaculada Ortiz, Separation & Purification<br />
Technology (in press, March 2010, DOI 10.1016/j.seppur.2010.03.008).<br />
Separation of propylene/propane mixtures using Ag+- RTIL solutions. Evaluation and<br />
comparison of the performance of gas-liquid contactors, Alfredo Ortiz, Daniel Gorri,<br />
Angel Irabien, Inmaculada Ortiz, Journal of Membrane Science (accept, May 2010,<br />
DOI 10.1016/j.memsci.2010.05.013)<br />
Reactive ionic liquid media for the separation of propylene/propane gaseous mixtures,<br />
Alfredo Ortiz, Lara María Galán, Daniel Gorri, André <strong>de</strong> Haan, Inmaculada Ortiz,<br />
Industrial& Engineering Chemistry Research (accept, May 2010)<br />
OTHER RESULTS