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Santa Margarida dos Santos. Has a degree in Renewable Energy and Environment Engineering from the Instituto Politécnico de Portalegre (IPP) and Master in Bioenergy from the Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FCT-NOVA). He has developed research work in Research Fellowships (PoliTechWaste and AmbWTE projects) in Waste recovery, Bioenergy and Renewable gases using thermochemical conversion processes such as carbonization, hydrothermal carbonization, and gasification. Published 4 journal article, 2 book chapters and 6 conferences paper. Has 5 poster presentations and 7 oral presentations. Has received the award for best female oral presentation at ICoWEFS 2024 and best student of the master's degree in 2017/2018. In her curriculum Ciência Vitae the most frequent terms in scientific and technological productions are: Waste, Biomass, Carbonization, Hydrothermal Carbonization, Biochar, Hydrochar, Gasification, Energy Recovery and Economic Evaluation. More recently, she started her PhD in Bioenergy, where she will study the valorization of Refuse Derived Fuels (RDF) through gasification to produce renewable gases.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Santa Margarida Ribeiro dos Santos

Citation names

  • Margarida Santos, Santa
  • Margarida Santos
  • Santa Santos

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
3A1A-6F78-3D5D
ORCID iD
0000-0001-7609-3694

Email addresses

  • margarida.santos@ipportalegre.pt (Professional)

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology
  • Natural sciences - Other Natural Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
English Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Creole and Pidgin, Portuguese-based (Other) (Mother tongue)
Education
Degree Classification
2021/10 - 2024/10
Ongoing
 Bioenergia (Doutoramento)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico de Portalegre, Portugal
2024/07/15 - 2024/07/19
Concluded
 Training School "Waste biorefineries: feedstocks, conversion technologies, products and applications”. (Outros)
Instituto Politécnico de Portalegre, Portugal

Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal

Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, Portugal
2016/09 - 2018/12/17
Concluded
 Bioenergy (Mestrado)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal
"Produção de carvões a partir de resíduos lenhocelulósicos e lipídicos" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 18
2013/10 - 2016/07
Concluded
 Renewable Energy and Environmental Engineering (Licenciatura)
Instituto Politécnico de Portalegre Escola Superior de Educação de Portalegre, Portugal
 13
Affiliation

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/04/01 - Current Doctoral fellowship Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
2021/06/14 - 2023/03/30 Research Fellow Instituto Politécnico de Portalegre, Portugal
Instituto Politécnico de Portalegre, Portugal
(...)
2019/10/16 - 2021/06/11 Technical Support Engineer - HVAC sector France Air Portugal - Os Arquitectos do Ar, Portugal
2019/03/01 - 2019/08/31 Research Fellow Instituto Politécnico de Portalegre, Portugal
Instituto Politécnico de Portalegre, Portugal
(...)
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2021/06/14 - 2023/03/30 AmbWTE - Biomass & Waste to Energy System | POCI-01-0247-FEDER-039838
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-039838
Research Fellow
Instituto Politécnico de Portalegre, Portugal

AMBITERMO-Engenharia e Equipamentos Térmicos, S.A., Portugal

Centro para a Valorização de Resíduos, Portugal

Universidade do Minho, Portugal

Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

Braval – Valorização e Tratamento de Resíduos Sólidos, S.A, Portugal
European Regional Development Fund

Programa Operacional da Competitividade e Internacionalização e do Lisboa 2020
Concluded
2019/03/01 - 2019/08/31 PoliTechWaste - Policy and Technology Analysis of Waste/Biomass Residue Gasification for Energy Production in Portugal Ref. CMU/TMP/0032/2017
CMU/TMP/0032/2017
Research Fellow
Instituto Politécnico de Portalegre, Portugal

Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia

Carnegie Mellon University
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Margarida Santos, Santa; Catarina Nobre (0319-49E5-08E2); Longo, Andrei; Calado, Luís; Maria Margarida Boavida Pontes Gonçalves; Brito, Paulo. Corresponding author: Margarida Santos, Santa. "Refuse derived fuel pellets as feedstock for energy production". In WASTES: Solutions, Treatments and Opportunities IV. London, Portugal: CRC Press, 2023.
    Published
  2. Catarina Nobre (0319-49E5-08E2); Calado, Luís; Margarida Santos, Santa; Carla Barros ; Panizio, Roberta M.; Ana Carolina Assis; Brito, Paulo; P. Babo; R. Canadas. "The influence of temperature on the gasification of acorn waste". In WASTES: Solutions, Treatments and Opportunities IV. London, Portugal: CRC Press, 2023.
    Published
Conference abstract
  1. Margarida Santos, Santa; Nobre, Catarina; Panizio, Roberta Mota; Maria Margarida Boavida Pontes Gonçalves; Paulo Brito. "Refuse Derived Fuel Char - A promising energy resource” 4rd WG Workshop". Paper presented in WIRE COST Action 4th Working Groups Workshop, Cottbus, 2023.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Margarida Santos, Santa; Catarina Nobre (0319-49E5-08E2); Paulo Bito; Margarida Gonçalves. Corresponding author: Margarida Santos, Santa. "Catalytic gasification of coals and biochars: A brief overview". Paper presented in 2nd International Conference on Water Energy Food and Sustainability (ICoWEFS 2022), Portalegre, 2022.
    Published • https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26849-6_32
  2. Margarida Santos, Santa; Catarina nobre; R. Correia; P. Brito; M. Gonçalves. "Production of biochar from lignocellulosic and lipidic waste mixtures: Statistical optimization using response surface methodology". Paper presented in Bioenergy International Conference 2019, 2019.
  3. Alves, Octávio; Calado, Luís; Panizio, Roberta M.; Santos, Santa M.; Gonçalves, Maria M.; Monteiro, Eliseu; Brito, Paulo. "Co-Gasification of Sewage Sludge Mixed with Waste Wood in Different Proportions". Paper presented in The 5th Ibero-American Congress on Entrepreneurship, Energy, Environment and Technology - CIEEMAT 2019, Portalegre, 2019.
    Published • 10.3390/proceedings2019038009
  4. R. M. Panízio; L. F. C. Calado; O. Alves; S. M. Santos; P. Brito; J. L. Silveira; C. Nobre; M. Gonçalves. "Effect of the incorporation of biomass in the carbonization of waste electrical and electronic equipment". Paper presented in Bioenergy International Conference, Portalegre, 2019.
    Published
  5. R. M. Panízio; S. M. Santos; L. Calado; O. Alves; P. Brito. "A comparative study between operability of fluidized bed and fixed bed reactors to produce synthesis gas through Miscanthus gasification". Paper presented in 4th Regional Helix Conference, Porto, 2019.
    Published
  6. Margarida Santos, Santa; Catarina nobre; Luís Durão; Maria Margarida Boavida Pontes Gonçalves. "Hydrothermal Carbonization of Lignocellulosic and Lipidic Wastes Mixtures". Paper presented in 27th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition, 2019.
    Published • doi.org/10.5071/27thEUBCE2019-3AV.6.3
Conference poster
  1. Margarida Santos, Santa; Pedro Souza ; Nobre, Catarina; Rijo, Bruna; Margarida Gonçalves; Klas Engvall; Paulo Brito. Corresponding author: Nobre, Catarina. "RDF CO-PROCESSING THROUGH CO2 GASIFICATION USING WASTE-BASED CATALYSTS". Paper presented in 32nd European Biomass Conference & Exhibition (EUBCE 2024), 2024.
  2. Margarida Santos, Santa; Gonçalves, Margarida; Paulo Brito; Catarina Nobre (0319-49E5-08E2). "Using MSW-derived biochar for real-world environmental applications – A review". Paper presented in WIRE MC Meeting and 5th Working Groups Workshop - Istanbul, 2024.
  3. Nobre, Catarina; Margarida Santos, Santa; Ana Carolina Assis; Panizio, Roberta Mota; Paulo Brito. Corresponding author: Nobre, Catarina. "Refuse Derived Fuel as feedstock for Waste-to-Energy systems –The AmbWTEproject". Paper presented in WIRE COST Action 3rd Working Groups Workshop, 2023.
  4. S. M. Santos; L. Calado; O. Alves; R. Panízio; V. Silva; P. Brito. "Energetic valorization of coffee grounds mixed with lignocellulosic biomass in different proportions". Paper presented in 5th Ibero-American Congress on Entrepreneurship, Energy, Environment and Technology (CIEEMAT'19), 2019.
  5. R. Panízio; L. Calado; O. Alves; B. Garcia; M. Santos; P. Brito. "Economic evaluation of thermo-chemical conversion of lignocellulosic and WEEE residues via thermal gasification". Paper presented in 5th Ibero-American Congress on Entrepreneurship, Energy, Environment and Technology (CIEEMAT'19), 2019.
Journal article
  1. Santa Margarida Santos; Margarida Gonçalves; Paulo Brito; Catarina Nobre. "Waste-Derived Chars: A Comprehensive Review". Waste (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/waste2030013.
    10.3390/waste2030013
  2. Reinhard Rauch; Yohannes Kiros; Klas Engvall; Efthymios Kantarelis; Paulo Brito; Catarina Nobre; Santa Margarida Santos; Philipp A. Graefe. "Hydrogen from Waste Gasification". Hydrogen (2024): https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrogen5010006.
    10.3390/hydrogen5010006
  3. Santa Margarida Santos; Catarina Nobre; Paulo Brito; Margarida Gonçalves. "Brief Overview of Refuse-Derived Fuel Production and Energetic Valorization: Applied Technology and Main Challenges". Sustainability (2023): https://doi.org/10.3390/su151310342.
    10.3390/su151310342
  4. Santa Margarida Santos; Ana Carolina Assis; Leandro Gomes; Catarina Nobre; Paulo Brito. "Waste Gasification Technologies: A Brief Overview". Waste (2022): https://doi.org/10.3390/waste1010011.
    https://doi.org/10.3390/waste1010011
  5. Ali Umut Sen; Correia, Ricardo; Longo, Andrei; Catarina Nobre (0319-49E5-08E2); Alves, Octávio; Margarida Santos ; Maria Margarida Boavida Pontes Gonçalves; Miranda, Isabel; Helena Margarida Nunes Pereira. "Chemical composition, morphology, antioxidant, and fuel properties of pine nut shells within a biorefinery perspective". Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery (2022): https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-022-03605-8.
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-022-03605-8
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Santos, Santa Margarida Ribeiro dos. "Produção de carvões a partir de resíduos lenhocelulósicos e lipídicos". Master, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/58343.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/05/09 Characterization of Refuse Derived Fuel pellets and feasibility assessment of their application in CO2 gasification International Conference on Water, Energy, Food and Sustainability (ICoWEFS 2024)
Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre (Portalegre, Portugal)
2023/10/04 Refuse Derived Fuel Char - A promising energy resource for gasification. WIREs 4th Working Groups Workshop
Brandenburg University of Technology (BTU) (Cottbus, Germany)
2023/06/30 Combustível derivado de resíduo (CDR) em processos de produção de energia: Densificação e gaseificação 1º Workshop de Combustíveis Sustentáveis
PCBC - Combustíveis de Baixo Carbono (Caparica , Portugal)
2023/05/24 ROTEIRO DO HIDROGÉNIO: Formação e capacitação da indústria nacional do hidrogénio ROTEIRO DO HIDROGÉNIO
Universidade do Minho (Guimarães, Portugal)
2023/02/22 Refuse Derived Fuel as feedstock for energy production: Challenges and opportunities 3rd WASTE2H2 Workshop: Waste-to-gas cutting-edge technologies
Polytechnic Institute of Portalegre (Portalegre, Portugal)
2022/09/22 ROTEIRO DO HIDROGÉNIO: Formação e capacitação da indústria nacional do hidrogénio ROTEIRO DO HIDROGÉNIO
Área Metropolitana do Porto (AMP) (Porto, Portugal)
2019/07/04 "Gaseificação de misturas de borras de café com biomassa lignocelulósica em diferentes proporções". 1ª Mostra de Economia Circular
CCDR - Alentejo e Instituto Politécnico de Portalegre (Portalegre, Portugal)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2024/05/08 - 2024/05/10 International Conference on Water, Energy, Food and Sustainability (ICoWEFS 2024) (2024/05/08 - 2024/05/10)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Instituto Politécnico de Portalegre, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal
2017/04/17 - 2017/04/17 EXPO-FCT NOVA (2017/04/17 - 2017/04/17)
Exhibition (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade Nova de Lisboa Departamento de Ciências e Tecnologia da Biomassa, Portugal
2015/05/25 - 2015/05/27 10º Seminário de Engenharia Energias Renováveis e Ambiente (EERA) (2015/05/25 - 2015/05/27)
Seminar (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Instituto Politécnico de Portalegre Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2015/04 - 2015/04 Talk: "Estudar no Instituto Politécnico de Portalegre: a minha experiência como estudante internacional".
Conference
 Semana da Internacionalização
Instituto Politécnico de Portalegre Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão, Portugal

Interview (tv / radio show)

Program Topic
2023/04/20 - 2023/04/20 Radiotelevisão Caboverdiana, RTC Multimédia 5ª Cimeira da Energia e do Clima
2022/02/09 - 2022/02/09 Forum Energia e Clima-Hora de Agir Bioenergies

Scientific expedition

Activity description Institution / Organization
2024/10/06 - 2024/10/19 Short-Term Scientific Mission (STSM) under WIRE COST Action KTH- Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
2023/10/15 - 2023/10/28 Short Term Staff Exchanges (STSE) under WASTE2H2 Project KTH- Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Distinctions

Award

2024 Best female oral presentation at International Conference on Water, Energy, Food and Sustainability (ICoWEFS 2024)
ReadyToPub, Portugal
2019 Merit award for best student of the master's degree in Bioenergy in 2017/2018.
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Portugal