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Chemical engineer focused on R&D of processes in the chemical industry. As PhD student and postdoc researcher conducted laboratory-scale experiments, modeling and simulation of complex systems which led to the development of an alternative simulated moving bed reactor that increases the production of p-xylene while reducing energy and raw material consumption. The outcomes and activities include 14 published articles, 1 book chapter, 7 oral communications, 1 poster communication, 1 PhD thesis co-supervision, and 2 MSc thesis supervisions, among others; another 2 MSc and PhD supervisions are ongoing. Experienced in petrochemical, oil & gas, and refinery engineering projects involving multidisciplinary and multicultural teams. Process engineer in 6 projects related to refinery, sulfuric acid, liquid extraction, oil dehydration, polyethylene production plants, and others. Capable of adapting to any working environment with excellent abilities of oral and written communication and extensive background on mathematical modeling and simulation.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
JONATHAN CARLOS GONÇALVES DA SILVA

Citation names

  • GONÇALVES, JONATHAN C.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
5113-89A2-D0C7
ORCID iD
0000-0002-1141-4693

Websites

  • https://lsre-lcm.fe.up.pt/person/53 (Professional)

Knowledge fields

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

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
French Beginner (A1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1)
Spanish; Castilian (Mother tongue)
Portuguese Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Education
Degree Classification
2011/04/01 - 2015/06/12
Concluded
 Engenharia Química e Biológica (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
"Hybrid Separations and Adsorption/Reaction Processes: The Case of Isomerization/Separation of Xylenes" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Aprovado
2000/09/11 - 2006/03/09
Concluded
 Chemical Engineering (Licence)
Universidad Simón Bolivar, Venezuela
"Chemical Engineering" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 4.43/5 (17.7/20)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2015/06/15 - Current Postdoc (Research) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2011/04/01 - 2015/03/30 Researcher (Research) Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Laboratório de Processos de Separação e Reacção Laboratório de Catálise e Materiais, Portugal

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2006/03/13 - 2010/06/11 Process Engineer Y&V, Venezuela
2005/07/25 - 2005/12/09 Intern Y&V, Venezuela
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2020/01/01 - Current Financiamento Plurianual 2020-2023 para a Unidade LA LSRE-LCM Laboratório de Processos de Separação e Reacção - Laboratório de Catálise e Materiais
UIDB/50020/2020_UIDP/50020/2020
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Ongoing
2011/04/01 - 2015/03/31 HYBRID SEPARATIONS AND ADSORPTION/REACTION PROCESSES: THE CASE OF ISOMERIZATION/SEPARATION OF XYLENES
SFRH/BD/74402/2010
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade do Porto Laboratório de Processos de Separação e Reacção Laboratório de Catálise e Materiais, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2019/01/01 - 2019/12/31 Laboratório de Processos de Separação e Reacção - Laboratório de Catálise e Materiais
UID/EQU/50020/2019
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade do Porto Laboratório de Processos de Separação e Reacção Laboratório de Catálise e Materiais, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2016/06/01 - 2019/10/31 Advanced Industrial Processes and Materials for a Sustainable North Region of Portugal2020
NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000006
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade do Porto Laboratório de Processos de Separação e Reacção Laboratório de Catálise e Materiais, Portugal
 Comissao de Coordenacao e Desenvolvimento Regional do Norte
Concluded
2015/06/15 - 2018/12/31 Laboratório de Processos de Separação e Reação - Laboratório de Catálise e Materiais
UID/EQU/50020/2013- POCI-01-0145-FEDER-006984
Post-doc Fellow
Universidade do Porto Laboratório de Processos de Separação e Reacção Laboratório de Catálise e Materiais, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2015/01/01 - 2015/06/12 Laboratório de Processos de Separação e Reação - Laboratório de Catálise e Materiais
UID/EQU/50020/2013- POCI-01-0145-FEDER-006984
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade do Porto Laboratório de Processos de Separação e Reacção Laboratório de Catálise e Materiais, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2013/01/01 - 2014/12/31 PROJECTO ESTRATÉGICO - LA 20 - 2013-2014
PEst-C/EQB/LA0020/2013
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade do Porto Laboratório de Processos de Separação e Reacção Laboratório de Catálise e Materiais, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. GONÇALVES, JONATHAN C.; Rodrigues, Alírio E.; Rui P. V. Faria. "Advances in Simulated Moving Bed technology". In Advances in Chromatography, edited by Grinberg, Nelu; Carr, Peter W., 163-236. Boca Raton, United States: CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.
    Published
Journal article
  1. Silva, Joana; GONÇALVES, JONATHAN C.; Sabino Vilaça, João; Madeira, Luis. Corresponding author: GONÇALVES, JONATHAN C.. "Biomethane production from the biogas obtained in wastewater treatment plants and green hydrogen: What are the incentives needed to make the optimized process profitable?". Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews (2022):
    Under revision
  2. "Modeling of a cyclic sorption–desorption unit for continuous high temperature CO2 capture from flue gas". Chemical Engineering Journal 434 (2022): 134704-134704. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2022.134704.
    10.1016/j.cej.2022.134704
  3. GONÇALVES, JONATHAN C.; Oliveira, Marcelo; Ferreira, Alexandre (0B13-5C0C-24EB); Rodrigues, Alírio E. (C314-66B4-16EA). "Catalytic conversion of aromatics in fixed-bed over several zeolites in the liquid phase". Microporous and Mesoporous Materials (2022): https://doi.org/10.1002/cjce.24336.
    Published • 10.1002/cjce.24336
  4. Shi, Qian; GONÇALVES, JONATHAN C.; Ferreira, Alexandre (0B13-5C0C-24EB); Rodrigues, Alírio E. (C314-66B4-16EA). "A Review of Advances in Production and Separation of Xylene Isomers". Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification (2021):
    Submitted
  5. Spitters, Jasper; GONÇALVES, JONATHAN C. (5113-89A2-D0C7); Rui P. V. Faria (541D-2AE6-574B); Rodrigues, Alírio E. (C314-66B4-16EA). "Optimization of the Production of 1,1-Diethoxybutane by Simulated Moving Bed Reactor". Processes 9 2 (2021): 189. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pr9020189.
    Open access • Published • 10.3390/pr9020189
  6. Shi, Qian; GONÇALVES, JONATHAN C.; Ferreira, Alexandre (0B13-5C0C-24EB); Rodrigues, Alírio E.. "Simulated moving bed reactor for p-xylene production: Modeling, simulation, and optimization". Chemical Engineering Science 225 (2020): 115802. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2020.115802.
    Published • 10.1016/j.ces.2020.115802
  7. GONÇALVES, JONATHAN C.; Rui P. V. Faria; Ferreira, Alexandre; Rodrigues, Alírio E.. "Optimization of a Simulated Moving Bed Unit within an Existing and Revamped Aromatics Complex with Crystallization and Toluene Methylation Units". Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 59 25 (2020): 11570-11581. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.0c00983.
    10.1021/acs.iecr.0c00983
  8. Shi, Qian; GONÇALVES, JONATHAN C.; Ferreira, Alexandre; Rodrigues, Alírio E.. "Adsorption of C6–C8 Aromatics over Ba-Exchanged Zeolite X at High Temperature". Chemical Engineering & Technology 42 11 (2019): 2410-2418. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ceat.201900353.
    10.1002/ceat.201900353
  9. GONÇALVES, JONATHAN C.; Ferreira, Alexandre; Rodrigues, Alírio E.. "Minimum Cross Diameter for C6–C10 Aromatic Compounds". Chemical Engineering & Technology (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ceat.201800406.
    10.1002/ceat.201800406
  10. Shi, Qian; GONÇALVES, JONATHAN C.; Ferreira, Alexandre; Marta G. Plaza; Rodrigues, Alírio E.. "Xylene isomerization side reactions over Beta zeolite: Disproportionation and transalkylation of C8 aromatics and toluene". Applied Catalysis A: General 562 (2018): 198-205. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcata.2018.06.011.
    10.1016/j.apcata.2018.06.011
  11. Qian Shi; GONÇALVES, JONATHAN C.; Ferreira, Alexandre; Marta G. Plaza; Rodrigues, Alírio E.. "Xylene Isomerization over Beta Zeolites in Liquid Phase". Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 57 16 (2018): 5568-5579. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.8b00585.
    10.1021/acs.iecr.8b00585
  12. GONÇALVES, JONATHAN C.; Rodrigues, Alírio E.. "Simulated moving bed reactor for p-xylene production: Dual-bed column". Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process Intensification 104 (2016): 75-83. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84960517236&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.cep.2016.01.010
  13. GONÇALVES, JONATHAN C.; Rodrigues, Alírio E.. "Xylene Isomerization in the Liquid Phase Using Large-Pore Zeolites". Chemical Engineering and Technology 39 2 (2016): 225-232. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84956712447&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/ceat.201500219
  14. GONÇALVES, JONATHAN C.; Rodrigues, Alírio E.. "Simulated moving bed reactor for p-xylene production: Optimal particle size". Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering 93 12 (2015): 2205-2213. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84957433755&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/cjce.22336
  15. GONÇALVES, JONATHAN C.; Rodrigues, Alírio E.. "Revamping an Existing Aromatics Complex with Simulated Moving-Bed Reactor for p-Xylene Production". Chemical Engineering and Technology 38 12 (2015): 2340-2344. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84947936437&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/ceat.201500456
  16. GONÇALVES, JONATHAN C.; Rodrigues, Alírio E.. "Simulated moving bed reactor for p-xylene production: Adsorbent and catalyst homogeneous mixture". Chemical Engineering Journal 258 (2014): 194-202. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84905920623&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.cej.2014.07.074
  17. GONÇALVES, JONATHAN C.; Rodrigues, Alírio E.. "industrial xylene/ethylbenzene isomerization unit using a radial-flow reactor and euo-type zeolite". Chemical Engineering and Technology 36 10 (2013): 1658-1664. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84884719892&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/ceat.201300181
  18. GONÇALVES, JONATHAN C.; Rodrigues, Alírio E.. "Thermodynamic equilibrium of xylene isomerization in the liquid phase". Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data 58 6 (2013): 1425-1428. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84879101642&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1021/je400318z
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2020/12/01 Optimization of an Aromatics Complex Including a Simulated Moving Bed for p-Xylene Production 13th Brazilian Meeting on Adsorption
Universidade Federal do Ceara (Digital, Brazil)
2019/09/17 Modelling and simulation of a sorptive reactor unit for Power-to-Gas applications featuring CO2 capture and utilization (CCU) The 12th European Congress of Chemical Engineering
(Florence, Italy)
2019/07/08 Improvement of the production of p-xylene through process intensification Encontro com a Ciência e Tecnologia em Portugal
(Lisboa, Portugal)
2019/03/12 Simulated Moving Bed Reactor for p-Xylene Production: Modeling, Simulation, and Optimization 4th North American Symposium on Chemical Reaction Engineering
(Houston, United States)
2018/10/02 Simulated Moving Bed Reactor for the production of p-xylene: isomerization, disproportionation and transalkylationreactions of xylene isomers, ethylbenzene, and toluene in liquid phase 13th International Chemical and Biological Engineering Conference
(Aveiro, Portugal)
2017/07/07 Experimental Study of Isomerization for p-Xylene Production in a Simulated Moving Bed Reactor The 10th International Symposium on Catalysis in Multiphase Reactors and the 9th International Symposium on Multifunctional Reactors
(Qingdao, China)
2015/09/22 Modified Aromatics Complex Including a Simulated Moving Bed Reactor to Increase the Production of p-Xylene and Benzene 2nd Asia-Pacific Symposium on Process Intensification and Sustainability
University of New South Wales (Sydney, Australia)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2021/02/08 - 2021/10/13 Avaliação Técnica e Económica da Biometanização de biogás em ETAR
Supervisor of Miguel António Amarante Dias Alves Ribeiro
 Engenharia do Ambiente (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2021/02/08 - 2021/07/22 Techno-economic analysis of wastewater treatment plant biogas methanation
Supervisor of Joana Cristina Araújo da Silva
 Engenharia Química (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2020/02/03 - 2020/10/13 Development of hierarchical zeolites
Supervisor of Bruno Alexandre Carvalho de Castro
 Engenharia Química (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2015/09/07 - 2019/09/12 New Processes and Adsorbents for p-Xylene production
Co-supervisor of Shi Qian
 Engenharia Química e Biológica (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2019/02/04 - 2019/07/15 Xylene Isomerization Studies over Acid Catalysts in the Liquid Phase
Supervisor of Marcelo Filipe Teles de Oliveira
 Engenharia Química (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2020/10/12 - 2021/01/18 Elementos de Engenharia Química Engenharia Química (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2020/03/01 - 2021/03/01 Separations (2297-8739) MDPI AG

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2018/04/02 - 2018/07/28 Kinetics of Adsorption of Xylene Isomers on Metal-Organic Frameworks Aili Bourbah
Distinctions

Other distinction

2006 Chemical Engineering Class Ranking: 3/18
Universidad Simón Bolivar, Venezuela