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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Nuno André Barbosa dos Santos Graça

Citation names

  • Graça, Nuno

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
0019-2901-3159
ORCID iD
0000-0002-4397-6578

Websites

  • https://lsre-lcm.fe.up.pt/person/65 (Scholar)

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Chemical Engineering
  • Engineering and Technology - Chemical Engineering

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2012
Concluded
 Engenharia Química e Biológica (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
"Simulatade Moving Bed Separators/Reactors: Application to The Synthesis of 1,1-Dibutoxyethane (DBE)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Aprovado com distinção
2006
Concluded
 Engenharia Química (Licenciatura)
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
"Modelação e simulação de processos de separação por cromatografia líquida." (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 15
2004
Concluded
 Engenharia Química (Bacharelato)
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
"_" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 15
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/09/18 - Current Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Laboratório de Processos de Separação e Reacção Laboratório de Catálise e Materiais, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2015/11/01 - 2018/10/31 Bolseiro de Pós-Doutoramento no âmbito do Projecto de Investigação com a referência Inn-INDIGO/0003/2014 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2014/12/02 - 2015/06/01 Bolseiro de Pós-Doutoramento no âmbito do Projecto de Investigação com a referência NORTE-07-0124-FEDER-0000007 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2012/05/01 - 2014/12/01 Bolseiro de pós-doutoramento (Bolsa atribuída pela Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia). Investigação científica no âmbito do projeto PTDC/EQU-EQU/119025/2010. Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2008/04/01 - 2012/03/01 Bolseiro de Doutoramento Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2016/07/01 - 2019/12/31 Produção sustentável de aditivos verdes para combustíveis assistida por dióxido de carbono supercrítico
PTDC/QEQ-ERQ/2698/2014
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2015/10/01 - 2019/03/31 Tratamento de água contaminada através de um processo híbrido de baixo custo
Inn-INDIGO/0003/2014
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade do Porto Laboratório de Processos de Separação e Reacção Laboratório de Catálise e Materiais, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2014/01/01 - 2015/06/30 Cyclic Adsorption Processes
NORTE-07-0124-FEDER-000006
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Laboratório de Processos de Separação e Reacção Laboratório de Catálise e Materiais, Portugal
Concluded
2013/12/03 - 2015/06/30 Multifunctional Reactors/Process Intensification
NORTE-07-0124-FEDER-000007
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade do Porto Laboratório de Processos de Separação e Reacção Laboratório de Catálise e Materiais, Portugal
Concluded
2012/05/15 - 2013/12/02 Separações Quirais Multicomponente em Processos de Leito Móvel Simulado
PTDC/EQU-EQU/119025/2010
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade do Porto Laboratório de Processos de Separação e Reacção Laboratório de Catálise e Materiais, Portugal
Concluded
2010/03/01 - 2013/02/28 Intensificação de Processos na Síntese de Aditivos Verdes para Combustíveis
PTDC/EQU-EQU/100564/2008
Universidade do Porto Laboratório de Processos de Separação e Reacção Laboratório de Catálise e Materiais, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. "Application of Adsorption Processes for the Treatment of Diluted Industrial Effluents". 175-195. Springer International Publishing, 2021.
    10.1007/978-3-030-65991-2_7
  2. Graça, Nuno. "CHAPTER 7. Green Fuels and Fuel Additives Production in Simulated Moving Bed Reactors". 2018.
    10.1039/9781788010320-00145
  3. Rodrigues, A.E.; Pereira, C.; Minceva, M.; Pais, L.S.; Ribeiro, A.M.; Ribeiro, A.; Silva, M.; Graça, N.; Santos, J.C.. "Multicomponent Separations by Simulated Moving Bed (SMB)-Based Processes". In Simulated Moving Bed Technology, 145-164. Elsevier, 2015.
    10.1016/b978-0-12-802024-1.00006-9
Conference abstract
  1. "Synthesis of oxygenated compounds using the simulated moving bed reactor: Synthesis of the acetal 1,1-diethoxybutane". Paper presented in Process Development Division 2014 - Core Programming Area at the 2014 AIChE Annual Meeting, 2014.
Journal article
  1. William M. Godoy; Leandro G. Aguiar; Nuno A. B. S. Graça; Alírio E. Rodrigues. "Synthesis of Vinyl–Trivinyl Acidic Resins for Application in Catalysis: Statistical Study and Site Accessibility Assessment". Catalysts (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/catal13010181.
    10.3390/catal13010181
  2. Nuno S. Graça; Alírio E. Rodrigues. "The Combined Implementation of Electrocoagulation and Adsorption Processes for the Treatment of Wastewaters". Clean Technologies (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/cleantechnol4040063.
    10.3390/cleantechnol4040063
  3. Nuno S. Graça; Ana M. Ribeiro; Alírio E. Rodrigues. "Modeling and optimization of a continuous electrocoagulation process using an artificial intelligence approach". Water Supply (2022): https://doi.org/10.2166/ws.2021.249.
    10.2166/ws.2021.249
  4. "Desalination and Water Treatment Electrocoagulation-flotation treatment followed by sedimentation of carpet cleaning wastewater: optimization of key operating parameters via RSM-CCD". Desalination and Water Treatment 227 (2021): 163-176.
    10.5004/dwt.2021.27307
  5. Graça, Nuno. "Removal of Fluoride from Water by a Continuous Electrocoagulation Process". Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.9b00019.
    10.1021/acs.iecr.9b00019
  6. Graça, Nuno. "Modeling the electrocoagulation process for the treatment of contaminated water". Chemical Engineering Science (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2018.12.038.
    10.1016/j.ces.2018.12.038
  7. Graça, Nuno. "Electrocoagulation process for the removal of co-existent fluoride, arsenic and iron from contaminated drinking water". Separation and Purification Technology 197 (2018): 237-243. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85040335254&doi=10.1016%2fj.seppur.2017.12.055&partnerID=40&md5=80b6cad2f6ce9758d3a62c7fb95826cf.
    10.1016/j.seppur.2017.12.055
  8. Graça, Nuno. "Application of membrane technology for the enhancement of 1,1-diethoxybutane synthesis". Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification 117 (2017): 45-57. https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85017456629&doi=10.1016%2fj.cep.2017.03.016&partnerID=40&md5=8a12c34c3dbf4fe9e017638fbb012102.
    10.1016/j.cep.2017.03.016
  9. "Separation of Ternary Mixtures by Pseudo-Simulated Moving-Bed Chromatography: Separation Region Analysis". Chemical Engineering & Technology 38 12 (2015): 2316-2326. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ceat.201500157.
    10.1002/ceat.201500157
  10. Rahaman, Mehabub; Graça, Nuno S.; Pereira, Carla S. M.; Rodrigues, Alírio E.. "Thermodynamic and kinetic study of the production of oxygenated compounds: Synthesis of 1,1-diethoxybutane catalyzed by amberlyst-15". The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering 93 11 (2015): 1990-1998. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cjce.22287.
    10.1002/cjce.22287
  11. Rahaman, M.; Graça, N.S.; Pereira, C.S.M.; Rodrigues, A.E.. "Thermodynamic and kinetic studies for synthesis of the acetal (1,1-diethoxybutane) catalyzed by Amberlyst 47 ion-exchange resin". Chemical Engineering Journal 264 (2015): 258-267. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84918774705&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.cej.2014.11.077
  12. Graça, N.S.; Delgado A.E.; Constantino D.S.M.; Pereira C.S.M.; Rodrigues, A.E.. Corresponding author: Graça, N.S.. "Synthesis of a Renewable Oxygenated Diesel Additive in an Adsorptive Reactor". Energy Technology 2 9-10 (2014): 839 – 850-839 – 850. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ente.201402079.
    10.1002/ente.201402079
  13. Graça, N.S.; Pais, L.S.; Silva, V.M.T.M.; Rodrigues, A.E.. "Thermal effects on the synthesis of acetals in a simulated moving bed adsorptive reactor". Chemical Engineering Journal 207-208 (2012): 504-513. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84866839537&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.cej.2012.06.160
  14. Graça, N.S.; Pais, L.S.; Silva, V.M.T.M.; Rodrigues, A.E.. "Thermal effects on the synthesis of 1,1-dibutoxyethane in a fixed-bed adsorptive reactor". Chemical Engineering and Technology 35 11 (2012): 1989-1997. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84868140922&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/ceat.201100705
  15. Graça, N.S.; Pais, L.S.; Silva, V.M.T.M.; Rodrigues, A.E.. "Dynamic study of the synthesis of 1,1-dibutoxyethane in a fixed-bed adsorptive reactor". Separation Science and Technology 46 4 (2011): 631-640. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-79952430937&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1080/01496395.2010.534121
  16. Graça, N.S.; Pais, L.S.; Silva, V.M.T.M.; Rodrigues, A.E.. "Analysis of the synthesis of 1,1-dibutoxyethane in a simulated moving-bed adsorptive reactor". Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification 50 11-12 (2011): 1214-1225. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-82755160831&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.cep.2011.08.004
  17. Graça, N.S.; Pais, L.S.; Silva, V.M.T.M.; Rodrigues, A.E.. "Oxygenated biofuels from butanol for diesel blends: Synthesis of the acetal 1,1-dibutoxyethane catalyzed by amberlyst-15 ion-exchange resin". Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research 49 15 (2010): 6763-6771. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-77955016929&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/ie901635j
  18. Ribeiro, A.E.; Graça, N.S.; Pais, L.S.; Rodrigues, A.E.. "Optimization of the mobile phase composition for preparative chiral separation of flurbiprofen enantiomers". Separation and Purification Technology 68 1 (2009): 9-23. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-67349208398&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.seppur.2009.03.049
  19. Ribeiro, A.E.; Graça, N.S.; Pais, L.S.; Rodrigues, A.E.. "Preparative separation of ketoprofen enantiomers: Choice of mobile phase composition and measurement of competitive adsorption isotherms". Separation and Purification Technology 61 3 (2008): 375-383. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-44249128214&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.seppur.2007.11.010
Activities

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2020/02 - 2020/10 Development of adsorption processes for the treatment of diluted industrial effluents.
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Química (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2016/09/02 - 2017/02/13 Removal of contaminants from water by electrocoagulation
Co-supervisor
 Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia Química (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2014 - 2014 Programa Erasmus Mundus Scholarship Mehabub Rahaman
2013 - 2014 GREEN FUEL PRODUCTION (1,1- DIETHOXYBUTANE): DEB Production by Sorption Enhanced Reactor Aida Estévez Delgado
Distinctions

Other distinction

2004 Bolsa de Mérito
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
2003 Bolsa de Mérito
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal
2002 Bolsa de Mérito
Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal