Faculty of Engineering

Notable Projects

• Use of the orange peel residue to obtain high added-value products.
• Use and evaluation of used tires waste: An environmentally and economically viable alternative.
• Dynamic modeling and techno-economic analysis of clavulanic acid production using alternative cultivation procedures of Streptomyces clavuligerus.
• Integration strategies of wood planted in Colombia in thermochemical biorefinery concepts: Thermodynamic analysis and characterization of bioproducts.

Main Research Results

• Gasificación de madera torrefactada para la producción de biosingás de alta calidad (Gasification of torrefied wood for the production of high quality biosingas). In: Aplicaciones agroenergéticas con maderas cultivadas y oportunidades preliminares de mercado. Editorial Universidad de Antioquia. Medellín, 2019. ISBNe: 978-958-714-879-4
• Process design and techno-economic analysis of a pineapple wine production plant under the context of the Choco-Colombia region. Computer Aided Chemical Engineering, Vol. 46, 2019, pp 277-282
• Homotosolver. Colombian Ministry of the Interior, National Copyright Directorate, Logical-Software Support Registration Certificate. Book—Volume—Item: 13-62-222, August 10, 2017

Research Portafolio