Prof. Dr. Marcio L. de Souza-Santos

dss
Sao Paulo
Brazil
ph: +55-19-99710.7134
dss@unicamp.br

About Us

Research Areas

Modeling and simulation of combustion and gasification processes in moving and fluidized beds: CSFMB^© and CeSFaMB^TM

Teaching

Graduate

Advisory Board Member of the following institutions or meetings:

The Open Chemical Engineering Journal (Editor) (Bentham)
11th International Conference on Fluidized Bed Technolofy, Beijing, China, 2014
5^th International Conference on Engineering for Waste and Biomass Valorisation, (WasteEng 2014), August 25-28, 2014, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
5th Brazilian Meeting on Thermal Sciences, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, 7-9 December, 1994.
Brazilian Chemical Engineering Society, during 1981 and 1982.
Research Programs in the area of Energy and Mines sponsored by the Council of Sciences of Colombia. Invitation made on August 8^th, 2007.
First International Conference on Combustion Technologies for a Clean Environment, September 3-6, 1991, Vilamoura (Algarve) Portugal.
Second International Conference on Combustion Technologies for a Clean Environment, July 19-22, 1993, Lisbon, Portugal.
Third International Conference on Combustion Technologies for a Clean Environment, July 3-6, 1995, Lisbon, Portugal.
Fourth International Conference on Technologies and Combustion for a Clean Environment, July 7-10, 1997, Lisbon, Portugal.
FAPESP - Sao Paulo State Science Foundation.
FINEP – Foundation for Research Financing Programs linked to Brazilian Federal Government.
Colombian National Committee of Technological Research.

Reviewer of the following publications and meetings:

Chemical Engineering Science (Elsevier).
Energy & Fuels (American Chemical Society).
Energy (Elsevier).
Journal of Heat Transfer, ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers).
Fuel Journal (Elsevier).
Progress in Energy and Combustion Science (Elsevier).
International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology (Springer).
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (Elsevier).
Journal of Porous Media.
Journal of theBrazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering (Springer).
The Open Chemical Engineering Journal (Bentham)
Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering.
International Heat Transfer Conference (IHTC -14), August 8-13, 2010, Washington D.C., USA.
ENCIT 2000 - National Meeting on Thermal Sciences, Porto Alegre, R.G.S., Brazil, October 3 to 6, 2000.
4th World Conference on Experimental Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics, Brussels, Belgium, June 2-6, 1996.
2nd European Thermal-Sciences Conference, Rome, 29-31 May, 1996.
22^nd Iberian Latin-American Congress on Computational Methods in Engineering, Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil, November 7-9, 2001.
III National Congress on Mechanical Engineering, August, 10-13, 2004, Belém, Para, Brazil.
Journal of Science and Technology.
SIMPOI 2006 – International Symposium on Sustainable Growth promoted by the Getúlio Vargas Foundation. August 29-31, 2006, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
ENCIT 2006 – 11^th Brazilian Congress of Thermal Sciences and Engineering, December 5-8, 2006, Curitiba, Parana, Brazil.
COBEM 2007 – 19^th International Congress of Mechanical Engineering, Brasília, Brazil, Nov. 5-9, 2007.
COBEM 2008 – 20^th Brazilian Congress of Mechanical Engineering, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, August 18-21, 2008.

Published Works

Books and Book Chapters

de Souza-Santos, M. L., Solid Fuels Combustion and Gasification: Modeling, Simulation, and Equipment Operation, 2^nd Ed. CRC Press, New York, NY, USA, 2010 (ISBN: 978-0-8247-0814-6).

de Souza-Santos, M. L., Analytical and Approximate Methods Applied to Transport Phenomena, CRC Press, New York, NY, USA, 2007 (ISNB: 978-0-8493-3408-5).

de Souza-Santos, M. L., Solid Fuels Combustion and Gasification: Modeling, Simulation, and Equipment Operation, Marcel Dekker, New York, NY, USA, 2004 (ISBN: 0-8247-0971-3).

de Souza-Santos, M. L., A Study on Pressurized Fluidized-Bed Gasification of Biomass through the Use of Comprehensive Simulation, Chapter of the vol. 4 of the Book on Combustion Technologies for a Clean Environment, Gordon and Breach Publishers, Amsterdam, Holland, 1998.

References

"I have made extensive use of your very helpful book [Analytical and Approximate Methods in Transport Phenomena]. Thank you for writing it! I am especially grateful for the extensive Laplace Transforms tables."

Jerry Meldon
Associate Professor
Chemical and Biological Engineering Department
Tufts University
Medford, MA

Papers and Theses in chronological order

de Souza-Santos, M. L., A Computer Program for the Calculation of Pressure Loss in Pipes, Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2, 3, 24-29, December 1978.
de Souza-Santos, M. L., Theoretical Study of the Pure Vapour Laminar Condensation on Surfaces of Various Form, M.Sc. Thesis presented to the University of São Paulo, SP, Brazil, September 1980.
de Souza-Santos, M. L., A Computer Program for the Calculation of Average Temperature Inside Storage Tanks, Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 4, 2, 26-33, June 1980.
de Souza-Santos, M. L., Modelling and Simulation of Coal Gasifier, II Brazilian Congress on Energy, Rio de Janeiro, 237-48, April 1981.
de Souza-Santos, M. L., Modelling and Simulation of Fixed-Bed Gasifier for Coal, Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol. 7, 3, 4, 18-23, July 1984.
de Souza-Santos, M. L., Comprehensive Modelling and Simulation of Fluidized-Bed Boilers and Gasifiers, IV Brazilian Congress on Energy, Rio de Janeiro, 852, August 1987.
de Souza-Santos, M. L., Modelling and Simulation of Fluidized‑Bed Boilers and Gasifiers for Carbonaceous Solids, Ph.D. Thesis presented at the University of Sheffield, Department of Chemical Engineering and Fuel Technology, England, United Kingdom, July 1987.
de Souza-Santos, M. L., Behavior of a Simulation Program for Fluidized Bed Boilers and Gasifiers, VIII Brazilian Congress on Chemical Engineering, São Paulo, June 24 - July 27, 1988.
de Souza-Santos, M. L., Comprehensive Modelling and Simulation of Fluidized-Bed Boilers and Gasifiers, Fuel, Vol. 68, 1507-1521, December 1989.
Pikman, B., Fernandes, C. D. R., de Souza-Santos, M. L., Souza, M. E. P. and Sant'Anna, R. J., Technical Analysis on the Substitution of Electrical Bars Sealing Material of a Reduction Furnace, Seminar on Kilns and Electrical Furnaces, Brazilian Metal Association, 563-71, December 5-8, 1989.
de Souza-Santos, M. L., The Use of Fluidized Bed Technology for the Research of Alternative Energy Sources; Present Stage and Planning at IPT, II SINERGE ‑ National Symposium on New and Renewable Energy Sources, Curitiba, PR, Brazil, 7-11, August 1989.
de Souza-Santos, M. L. and de Souza, F. D. A., Research Programs on Flame and Fluidized-Bed Combustion at IPT, III Workshop on Combustion and Propulsion, INPE — National Institute on Space Research, Lorena, São Paulo, November 28-30, 1989.
de Souza-Santos, M. L., Explicit Forms for the Calculation of Heat and Momentum Transfer Coefficients for Vapor Condensation on Surfaces of Various Forms, Canadian J. Chem. Eng., Vol. 68, 29-37, February 1990. doi: 10.1002/cjce.5450680104
de Souza-Santos, M. L.; Cincoto, M. A.; Pikman, B.; Ushima, A. H. and de Souza, M. A., Fluidized‑Bed Combustion of Rice Husks; Experimental Tests, IV Brazilian Congress on Energy, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, 05-09, November 1990.
de Souza-Santos, M. L., Application of Comprehensive Simulation to Pressurized Fluidized-Bed Hydroretorting of Shale, 1992 Eastern Oil Shale Symposium, Lexington, Kentucky, USA, November 17-20, 1992.
Ushima, A. H., Guardani, R.; de Souza-Santos, M. L., Determination of Operational Conditions for the Reduction of CaSO4 to CaS in a Fluidized Bed, IX Brazilian Congress on Chemical Engineering, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, September 1992.
de Souza-Santos, M. L., Comprehensive Modeling and Simulation of Fluidized-Bed Reactors Used in Energy Generation Processes, Meeting on Energy Modeling: Optimizing Information and Resources, Institute of Gas Technology, Chicago, June 7-8, 1993.
de Souza-Santos, M. L., Application of Comprehensive Simulation of Fluidized-Bed Reactors to the Pressurized Gasification of Biomass, Proceedings of the 5th Thermal Sciences Brazilian Meeting, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, December 7-9, pp. 145-157, 1994.
de Souza-Santos, M. L., Application of Comprehensive Simulation to Pressurized Fluidized Bed Hydroretorting of Shale, Fuel, Vol. 73, Number 9, 1459-1465, 1994.
de Souza-Santos, M. L., Application of Comprehensive Simulation of Fluidized-Bed Reactors to the Pressurized Gasification of Biomass, J. of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences, Vol. XVI, No. 4, 376-383, 1994.
de Souza-Santos, M. L., A Study on Thermo-chemically Recuperated Power Generation Systems Using Natural Gas. Fuel, Vol. 76, No. 7, 593-601, 1997.
de Souza-Santos, M. L., Assessment Study of an Alternative for Electric Power Generation Based on Biomass, invited paper to the 3rd National Symposium on Education, Technology and Alternative Sources of Energy , organized by Institute Pascual Bravao, Medellin, Colombia, October 8-9, 1997.
de Souza-Santos, M. L., A Study on Pressurized Fluidized-Bed Gasification of Biomass through the Use of Comprehensive Simulation, paper 25.2, vol. II, pages 7 to 13, Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Technologies and Combustion for a Clean Environment, 7-10 July, 1997, Lisbon, Portugal.
de Souza-Santos, M. L., Search for Favorable Conditions of Atmospheric Fluidized-Bed Gasification of Sugar-Cane Bagasse Through Comprehensive Simulation, 14th Brazilian Congress of Mechanical Engineering, Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil, 8-12 December, 1997.
de Souza-Santos, M. L., Search for Favorable Conditions of Pressurized Fluidized-Bed Gasification of Sugar-Cane Bagasse Through Comprehensive Simulation, 14th Brazilian Congress of Mechanical Engineering, Bauru, São Paulo, Brazil, 8-12 December, 1997.
de Souza-Santos, M. L., A Feasibility Study on an Alternative Power Generation System Based on Biomass Gasification/Gas Turbine Concept, Fuel, Vol. 78, 529-538, 1999.
Costa, A. M. S., de Souza-Santos, M. L., Studies on the Mathematical Modeling of Circulation Rate of Particles in Bubbling Fluidized Beds, Powder Technology, 103, 110-116,1999. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0032-5910(98)00227-7
Leveson, P. D., de Souza-Santos, M. L., Studies on the Mathematical Modeling of Circulation Rate of Particles in Bubbling Fluidized Beds, ENCIT 2000 - 8th Brazilian Congress of Thermal Engineering and Sciences, October 3-6, Porto Alegre, R.S., 2000.
Rabi, J. A., de Souza-Santos, M. L., A Two-Parameter Preliminary Optimization Study for a Fluidized-Bed Boiler Through a Comprehensive Mathematical Simulator, ENCIT 2000 - 8th Brazilian Congress of Thermal Engineering and Sciences, October 3-6, Porto Alegre, R.S., Brazil, 2000.
de Souza-Santos, M. L., Two trial models for the rate of combustion and gasification of liquid fuels sprayed on inert fluidized particles, Sixth International Conference on Technologies and Combustion for a Clean Environment, Porto – Portugal., 9-12 July 2001.
de Souza-Santos, M. L., Two Trial Models for the Rate of Combustion and Gasification of Slurries or Liquid Biomass Sprayed on Inert Fluidized Particles, Fifth Biomass Conference of the Americas, USA, Orlando, Florida, September 17-21, 2001.
Rabi, J. A., de Souza-Santos, M. L., Preliminary improvements in the radiative heat transfer modeling for fluidized bed biomass gasification: bed section, Fifth Biomass Conference of the Americas, USA, Orlando, Florida, September 17-21, 2001.
Costa, A.M.S., de Souza-Santos, M. L., A new mechanism for the formation of bubbles in fluidized systems: The effect of granular temperature incorporation on the study of fluidization stability, 30th Brazilian Congress on Particulate Systems, São Carlos, SP, Brazil, October 20-23, 2002.
Rabi J. A., de Souza-Santos, M. L., Incorporation of a 2-flux model for radiative heat transfer in a comprehensive fluidized bed simulator. Part I: Preliminary model equations. ENCIT-2002, 9th Brazilian Congress on Engineering and Thermal Sciences, Caxambu, Minas Gerais, Brazil, October 15-18, 2002.
Rabi J. A., de Souza-Santos, M. L., Incorporation of a 2-flux model for radiative heat transfer in a comprehensive fluidized bed simulator. Part II: Numerical results and assessment. ENCIT-2002, , 9th Brazilian Congress on Engineering and Thermal Sciences, Caxambu, Minas Gerais, Brazil, October 15-18, 2002.
Rabi J.A., de Souza-Santos M. L., Incorporation of a two-flux model for radiative heat transfer in a comprehensive fluidized bed simulator. Part I: Preliminary theoretical investigations. Thermal Engineering 3:64-70, 2003.
Rabi J.A., de Souza-Santos M. L., Incorporation of a two-flux model for radiative heat transfer in a comprehensive fluidized bed simulator. Part II: Numerical results and assessment. Thermal Engineering 4:49-54, 2004.
Costa A. M. S., de Souza-Santos, M. L., A Novel Mechanism for Bubble Formation in Fluidized Systems: The Effects of Granular Temperature on the Stability in Fluidization. Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering, Vol. 21, No. 3, 479-486, 2004.
de Souza-Santos, M. L., A New Version of CSFB, Comprehensive Simulator for Fluidized Bed Equipment. Fuel, v. 86:12-13, 1684-1709, 2007. (doi: 10.1016/j.fuel.2006.12.001)
de Souza-Santos, M.L., Comprehensive Simulator (CSFMB) Applied to Circulating Fluidized Bed Boilers and Gasifiers, The Open Chemical Engineering Journal, 2, 106-118, 2008. http://www.benthamscience.com/open/tocengj/articles/V002/106TOCENGJ.pdf
Rabi, J.A., de Souza-Santos, M.L., Comparison of Two Model Approaches Implemented in a Comprehensive Fluidized-Bed Simulator to Predict Radiative Heat Transfer: Results for a Coal-Fed Boiler, CESES Journal (International Journal: Computer and Experimental Simulations in Engineering and Science), 3, 87-105, 2008.
de Souza-Santos, M. L., CSFB Applied to Fluidized-bed Gasification of Special Fuels, Fuel, 88, 5, 826-833, 2009. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016236108004274
de Oliveira A.P., Rey-Silva D.V.F.M., de Souza-Santos, M.L., Veronesi, L.S., Study of waste rock piles producing acid drainage in the Brazilian first uranium mine, 2009 International Nuclear Atlantic Conference – INAC, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, September 27-October 2, 2009, ISBN 978-85-99141-03-8.
Rey-Silva D.V.F.M., de Oliveira A.P., de Souza-Santos M.L., Geraldo B., Campos M.B., de Azevedo H., Effects of bacterial action on waste rock piles producing acid drainage in the Brazilian first uranium mine, 2009 International Nuclear Atlantic Conference – INAC, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, September 27-October 2, 2009, ISBN 978-85-99141-03-8.
de Souza-Santos, M.L., Comprehensive Simulator Applied to Fluidized Bed Coal Gasification, The Open Chemical Engineering Journal, 4, 68-79, 2010. http://www.benthamscience.com/open/tocengj/articles/V004/68TOCENGJ.pdf
Bastos-Netto D., Riehl R., de Souza-Santos M.L., Conceptual Design of a Sugar Cane Bagasse Gasifier, ICCEU2010 - 10th International Conference on Combustion and Energy Utilization, Mugla, Turkey, 4-8 May, 2010.
Bastos-Netto D., Riehl R., de Souza-Santos M.L., Conceptual Design of a Sugar Cane Biomass Gasifier Using CSFMB Model, Journal of Energy and Power Engineering, 5, 233-237, 2011. http://davidpublishing.org/show.html?2610
de Souza-Santos M.L., Chavez J.V., Preliminary studies on advanced power generation based on combined cycle using a single high-pressure fluidized bed boiler and consuming sugar-cane bagasse, Fuel, 95, 221-225, 2012.
de Souza-Santos M.L., Chavez J.V., Development of Studies on Advanced Power Generation Based on Combined Cycle Using a Single High-Pressure Fluidized Bed Boiler and Consuming Sugar Cane Bagasse, Energy & Fuels, 26, 1952-1963, 2012.doi: 10.1021/ef2019935
de Souza-Santos M.L., Chavez J.V., Second round on advanced power generation based on combined cycle using a single high-pressure fluidized bed boiler and consuming biomass, The Open Chemical Engineering Journal, 6, 41-47, 2012, DOI: 10.2174/1874123101206010041
de Souza-Santos M.L., Chavez J.V., Second round on advanced power generation based on combined cycle using a single high-pressure fluidized bed boiler and consuming biomass; Boiler optimization, The Open Chemical Engineering Journal, 2012.
de Souza-Santos M.L., Ceribeli K., Technical Evaluation of a Power Generation Process Consuming Municipal Solid Waste, Fuel, v.108, 578-585, June 2013. On line: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016236112010617
de Souza-Santos M.L., Ceribeli K.B., Fuel-Slurry Integrated Gasifier/Gas Turbine (FSIG/GT) Alternative for Power Generation Applied to Municipal Solid Waste (MSW), Energy and Fuels, 27(12), 7696-7713, 2013, http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ef401878v. DOI: 10.1021/ef401878v
de Souza-Santos M.L., Beninca W.A., New Strategy of Fuel-Slurry Integrated Gasifier/Gas Turbine (FSIG/GT) Alternative for Power Generation Applied to Biomass, Energy & Fuels, March 12, 2014, http://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/ef500317a
Krzywanski J., Czakiert T., Panowski M., Wesolowska M., Nowak W., Komorowski M., de Souza-Santos M.L., Experience in Modelling of Oxygen-Enriched Combustion in a CFB Boiler, Paper accepted by the 22nd International Conference on Fluidized Bed Conversion, Turku, Finland, June 14-17, 2015.
de Souza-Santos M.L., Lima, E.H.S., Introductory Study on Fuel-Slurry Integrated Gasifier/Gas Turbine (FSIG/GT) Alternative for Power Generation Applied to High-Ash or Low-Grade Coal, Fuel, Vol. 143, 275-284, 2015, doi:10.1016/j.fuel.2014.11.060
de Souza-Santos M.L., Bernal A.F.B., Rodriguez-Torres A.F., New Developments on Fuel-Slurry Integrated Gasifier/Gas Turbine (FSIG/GT) Alternative for Power Generation Applied to Biomass; Configuration Requiring No Steam for Gasification, Energy & Fuels, 29 (6), 3879–3889, 2015. DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.5b00775. On line: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.5b00775
de Souza-Santos, M.L., Very High-Pressure Fuel-Slurry Integrated Gasifier/Gas Turbine (FSIG/GT) Power Generation Applied to Biomass. Energy & Fuels, 29, 8066-8073, 2015. DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.5b02093. On line: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/ipdf/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.5b02093
de Souza-Santos, M. L., Proposals for Power Generation Based on Processes Consuming Biomass-Glycerol Slurries, Energy, 120, 959-974, 2017. DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2016.12.005.
de Souza-Santos M.L., Camara M.A., Theoretical Study on the Effect of Glycerol Fraction in Slurries with Biomass Consumed by a Power Generation Process, Energy & Fuels, 2017. DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.7b02996
Krzywanski J. Shimizu T., Czakiert T., Żyłka A., Grabowska K., Sosnowski M., de Souza-Santos M.L., Nowak W., Fuzzy Logic-based Model of NOx Emissions from Regenerator of Calcium Looping Process, Book of abstracts, Joint meeting of the Polish and Scandinavian-Nordic Sections of the Combustion Institute PSN2018” 6-7 September 2018 Centre of Energy and Faculty of Metals Engineering and Industrial Computer Science, AGH, Krakow, Poland., pp 179 - 181.
de Souza-Santos, M. L., Theoretical Models for Rates of Heterogeneous Reactions During Combustion and Gasification of Liquid Fuels in Fluidized Beds, Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 35(2), 679-690, 2018. DOI: 10.1590/0104-6632.20180352s20160495
Ceribeli K. B., de Souza-Santos M. L., Effect of dry-solid content level in feeding slurry of municipal solid waste consumed by FSIG/GT power generation process; A theoretical study, FUEL, v. 254, 1-13 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2019.115727
Zylka A., Krzywanski J., Sosnowski M., Czakiert T., Idziak K., de Souza-Santos M. L., Nowak W., Effects of temperature on oxygen transport in the CLC process, XXIV International Symposium on Combustion Processes, September 23-25, 2019, Wroclaw, Poland, pp 83-84.
Zylka A., Krzywanski J., Czakiert T., Idziak K., Sosnowski M., De Souza-Santos M. L., Sztekler K., Nowak W., Modeling of the Chemical Looping Combustion of hard coal and biomass using ilmenite as the oxygen carrier, Energies, October 12, 2020. https://doi.org/10.3390/en13205394
Cadavez C., de Souza-Santos, M. L., Efficiency of a Power Generation Alternative Regarding the Composition of Feeding Biomass-Glycerol Slurry; Theoretical Assessment, Energy, 214, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2020.118967

Most significant research and technical reports

Ikeda, S., Sousa, F. D. A., de Souza-Santos, M. L. , Terada, D. A., Study of Techniques of Production and Processing of Peat as Energy Source, IPT--Institute for Technological Research of São Paulo, Report No. 15060/DEM/AET, March 1981. Client: Secretary of Science and Technology of São Paulo State.
Yokaichia, N. S., de Souza-Santos, M. L., Jacinto, M. E. U., Laplaza, J. M. M., Amato Neto, L., Jen, L. C., Verghanini, F. R., Sousa, F. D. A., Study of Energy Alternative Sources; Use of Biomass and Crop Residues as Energy Source: Part A: Experimental Tests of Up-Stream Moving-bed Gasification of Sugar-Cane Bagasse, IPT--Institute for Technological Research of São Paulo, Report No. 16223-A/DEM/AET, January 1982. Client: : Secretary of Science and Technology of São Paulo State.
de Souza-Santos, Jen, L. C., Study of Energy Alternative Sources; Use of Biomass and Crop Residues as Energy Source: Part B: Development of a Mathematical Models and Simulation Programs for Up-Stream and Down-Stream Moving Bed Gasifiers, IPT--Institute for Technological Research of São Paulo, Report No. 16.223-B/DEM/AET, January 1982. Client: : Secretary of Science and Technology of São Paulo State.
de Souza-Santos, M. L., Development of a Model for Simulation and Optimization of Gasifiers for Various Type of Solid Fuels, IPT--Institute for Technological Research of São Paulo, Report No. 20689/DEM/AET, February 1985. Client: : Secretary of Science and Technology of São Paulo State.
de Souza-Santos, M. L., Development of a Mathematical Model for the Simulation of Fluidized-Bed Boilers and Gasifiers, IPT--Institute for Technological Research of São Paulo, Report No. 25.771/DME/AET, November, 1987. Client: IPT - Institute for Technological Research of São Paulo.
de Souza-Santos, M. L., Souza, M. E. P., Ribeiro, A., Feasibility Study for the Production of Fuel Gas by the Fluidized-Bed Gasification of Heavy Oil, IPT--Institute for Technological Research of São Paulo, Report No. 28.031/DME/AET, December, 1989. Client: Cerâmica Gerbi (Ceramics) S.A.
de Souza-Santos, M. L., Ushima, A. H., Souza, M. E. P., Determination of Operational Conditions for the Calcium Sulfate Reduction in Fluidized-Bed, IPT--Institute for Technological Research of São Paulo, Report No. 29.000/DME/AET, March, 1991. Client: Companhia Nitro-Química.
de Souza-Santos, M. L., Study on Gas Cleaning by Centrifuge Separation of SO₂, IGT -- Institute of Gas Technology, Chicago, Illinois, USA, February, 1992, Client: IGT.
de Souza-Santos, M. L., Pressurized Fluidized-Bed Shale Hydroretorting Reactor Design; Considerations, Discussions and Approach through Comprehensive Simulation, IGT -- Institute of Gas Technology, Chicago, Illinois, USA, May, 1992. Client: IGT.
de Souza-Santos, M. L., Modeling of Desulfurization Reactor, IGT -- Institute of Gas Technology, Chicago, Illinois, USA, February, 1992. Client: Tampela Power.
de Souza-Santos, M. L., Development of Computational Procedures for Process Analysis and Evaluation; Third and Final Report of the IR&D Project, IGT--Institute of Gas Technology, Chicago, Illinois, December 1992.
de Souza-Santos, M. L., Thermochemical Recuperation Analysis, IGT -- Institute of Gas Technology, Chicago, Illinois, October, 1992. Client: FLUOR Daniels’ (USA).
de Souza-Santos, M. L., Simulation of Pressurized Fluidized-Bed Gasification of Biomass; Use of Comprehensive Model to Simulate the RENUGAS Process, IGT--Institute of Gas Technology, Chicago, Illinois, USA, February, 1993. Client: IGT.
de Souza-Santos, M. L., Hot-Gas Generation System based on Fluidized-Bed Combustion of Corn-Cob aiming Utilization for Drying of Corn Seeds, IPT--Institute for Technological Research of São Paulo, Report No. 34.460/DME/AET, August, 1996. Client: Sementes Agroceres S.A..
de Souza-Santos, M. L., Theoretical Optimization and Preliminary Experimental Tests of Fluidized-Bed Gasification of Heavy Oil Residue, IPT--Institute for Technological Research of São Paulo, Report No. 34.926/DME/AET, December, 1996. Client: PETROBRÁS, CENPES.
de Souza-Santos, M. L., A Feasibility Study of an Alternative Power Generation System Based on Biomass Gasification and Gas Turbine, IPT - Institute for Technological Research of São Paulo, Brazil. Internal report of project No. 35145, 1997.
de Souza-Santos, M. L., Development of Petroleum Coke Gasification Process. Series of 10 reports between 10/2000 and 11/2001. Client: IPT (Institute for Technological Research of São Paulo, Brazil), PETROBRAS.

Patents and Copyrights

Comprehensive Simulation Program for Fluidized-Bed Boilers and Gasifiers, at the US Library of Congress, Copyright Number TXu 554-655 issued on July/31/1992.
CSFMB - Comprehensive Simulator of Fluidized and Moving Bed equipment, Copyright number TXu 1-610-655, issued by the United States Copyright Office on January/1/2009.
Thermoelectric Generation Process and Equipment, at the Brazilian National Institute of Industrial Property, Reservation for Patent Number PI9402342 obtained on August 03, 1994.
Process and System to Improve the Efficiency of a Internal Combustion Engine Using Fuel Reforming. Patent registered at the Brazilian National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) through the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP), 2004.
Power Generation Processes Consuming Slurries of Solid Fuels and Glycerol, submitted to the Brazilian National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) through the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) on June 6^th, 2016.
Thermoelectric Power Generation Processes Consuming Mixtures of Solid Fuels and Glycerol, submitted to the Brazilian National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) through the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) on June 6^th, 2016. Patent request to the Brazilian National Institute of Industrial Property DIRPA-PQ006

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Up to this date, ResearchGate indicates surpassing 770 citations. Among them:

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139. Ephraim A., Valorization of wood and plastic waste by pyro-gasification and syngas cleaning. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Tolullouse, November, 2016.

140. Zylka A., Krzywanski J., Czakiert T., Idziak K., Kulicki K., Jankowska S., Numerical simulations of fluidization dynamics in a hot model of a CLC process, E3S Web of Conferences 14, 04002, 2017. DOI: 10.1051/e3sconf/20171304002

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Technological and Scientific Research

IPT - Institute for Technological Research

Senior Scientific Researcher from September 1980 to September 1991 and from December 1993 until February 1998. Basic activities:

Manager of the Research Group on Thermal Engineering. The team of 35 professionals includes 18 senior and 5 junior level researchers.
Manager of the Research Group on Combustion. This team includes 7 senior researchers and several technicians.
Development of a Comprehensive Mathematical Model and Simulation Program for Moving-Bed Gasifiers. Various versions continue to be developed to extend its range of applicability. It has been used as an engineering tool for equipment design and optimization.
Development of a Comprehensive Mathematical Model and Simulation Program for Fluidized-Bed Boilers and Gasifiers. The first working version was completed at the University of Sheffield, United Kingdom and presented as a Ph.D. Thesis. Various versions continue to be developed in order to extend its range of applicability. It has been used as an engineering tool for equipment design and optimization.
Supervision of several experimental basic and applied technological research studies on Moving-Bed and Fluidized-Bed processes, such as:

Gasification of wood and forest residues;
Gasification and combustion of coal, charcoal, and sugarcane bagasse;
Fluidized-Bed combustion of rice husks in order to achieve optimum conditions for ash generation with cement properties;
Fluidized-Bed gasification of fuel oil;
Phospho-Gypsum Fluidized-Bed processing in order to obtain either calcium oxide or calcium sulfite.
Simulation programs have followed all these experimental works in order to spend the minimum experimental effort. In several cases the program helped in optimization studies under a given objective function. The equipment used is industrial-size pilot (power output around 1 MW with basic dimensions of 0.5 m diameter and 3.5 m height).

Supervision of several experimental basic and applied technological research studies on Combustion in Flames, such as:

Rate of pollutant generation (NOx, SOx, and particulate) during the combustion of high-viscosity oils.
Effect of the addition of special chemical substances in the high-viscosity oils in order to reduce particulate emissions.

Mathematical modeling and simulation of flames.

IGT - Institute of Gas Technology(Chicago, IL, USA)

Senior Chemical Engineer in the Process Development Department, from October 1991 to November 1993. Basic activities:

Use of a previously developed comprehensive simulation computer program for fluidized-bed boilers and gasifiers to analyze and optimize applications. Some of these applications are:

Pressurized hydroretorting of oil shale. The simulation was successful and managed to reproduce the experimental data with low deviations. The program has been used now to help in the design of large scale units;
Pressurized gasification of biomass. The program reproduced the experimental data obtained in the IGT/RENUGAS pilot unit for the cases of wood and sugarcane bagasse. It is now helping to verify the scaling-up effects for a large unit which is going to operate in Hawaii;
Fluidized-bed H₂S absorber using ZnO·TiO₂ as absorber. The program helped to determine the optimum design of the equipment;

Adaptation of the Bubbling-Bed/Fluidized-Bed equipment simulation program to cases of Circulating-Bed and Pneumatic Transport Reactors.
Improvements of comprehensive mathematical models for Moving‑Bed and Fluidized‑Bed reactors.
Study of several aspects of IGT projects. Among them, the Centrifugal Absorber for H₂S.
d. Supervision of the program on Development of Computational Procedures for Process Analysis and Evaluation. The program is aimed at developing rigorous simulation computer code to allow the analysis of chemical processing units.
Application of the former code to comparisons between various power generation units, which use the concept of gas turbines: STIG, Combined Cycle, Thermo-Chemically Recuperated. The program has helped in studies for companies such as FLUOR, Allison-GM, and Westinghouse.

Technologix Corporation

(Lisle, IL, USA)

The following activities have been developed with this company:

Development of CSFB-Comprehensive Simulator of Fluidized-Bed Equipment. Main developer of commercial software for simulation of industrial size boilers, gasifiers and oil shale retorting equipment. The basic characteristics and capabilities of the model and the respective simulation program are described in de Souza-Santos (1987, 89, 92, 93, 94a, 94b, 97a, 97b, 97c, 98a, 98b, 98c, 2004) (please, see Published Works). Technologix commercialized the final product.
Development of a program for computations of pressure losses in the gas stream flowing through the space between plates of fuel cells. The plates of a fuel cell have complex geometry to maximize efficiencies of the occurring reactions.
Several proposals to institutions such as the US Department of Energy (DOE) and the US National Sciences Foundation (NSF).

Process Engineering

União Petrochemical Unit

Engineer at the Planning Department of this large petrochemical plant near São Paulo city, from August 1974 to August 1975. Basic activities:

Planning of optimum production strategy of nine integrated units.
Development of an overall computer simulation program to help the planning task.

Engineering design

C. Greco Engineering Design and Installations

Junior Engineer from December 1973 to August 1974. Basic activity: design of conventional and unconventional industrial equipment and systems, such as distillation systems, heat exchangers, combustion chambers, and dryers.

Consulting

Equitermo, Engineering Design

Design of a special plate condenser for ethanol-water solutions, which was installed at Usina São Martinho (a large sugar and alcohol producing unit). Due to the various imposed constraints, a complete simulation program was developed for an optimum design.
Design of an absorption tower for carbon dioxide/alcohol mixture, which was installed at the same plant mentioned above.
Optimization of the alcohol production rate of the above unit. A simulation program for the complete unit was built in order to achieve the objective.

CBE - Brazilian Styrene Company

Supervising the development and design of a medium-size plant to produce TBC (Terc-Butil-Catechol), Pyrocatechol, and Hydroquinone. Also created a special computer program to help in the mass and energy-balance studies as well as for the simulation of the complete distillation system was developed.

Colombian Universities

For the universities of Antioquia, National, and Bolivarian Pontiff Catholic a consulting work was developed. The project included conceptual, basic, and detailed design of a fluidized-bed gasification pilot unit. The project and operation conditions were optimized using the comprehensive simulation program for fluidized bed reactors.

IPT – Institute for Technological Research

Between 10/2000 and 11/2001 providing technical support to development of petroleum coke gasification process. The work included adaptation of the CSFB (Comprehensive Simulator for Fluidized Bed equipment) simulator to predict operations were petroleum coke would be fed into an atmospheric gasifier. After that, the program was used to optimize the design of a large pressurized industrial-scale gasifier. The work was developed for PETROBRAS.

Brunnschweiler Latina

Between 5/2005 and 7/2005 developing simulation routines to help on the conceptual design of unconventional heat exchangers.

Petrobras-UNIFEI

Between 12/2007 and 12/2009, collaboration with NEST (Excellence Nucleous of Thermal Generation of Distributed Energy) of University of Itajuba (Brazil) and Petrobras Research Center on development of of circulating bed gasifier. Work applied CSFMB (Comprehensive Simulator of Fluidized and Moving Bed).

VSE – Vale Energy Solutions

Between 06/2008 and 01/2009, consulting to Vale Energy Solutions for the development of bituminous coal gasifiers. Two scales were studied: 1 MW and 20 MW. Work applied CSFMB (Comprehensive Simulator of Fluidized and Moving Bed).

Thasa Consulting

During 2014, consulting on feasibility of biomass gasification for industrial application of fuel gas to large furnaces. The work involved optimizations of fluidized bed gasifiers as well evaluation of applicability of the produced gas to furnaces.

Academic Activities

University of Campinas (UNICAMP)

Responsible for undergraduate disciplines on Thermodynamics, Transport Phenomena, and Heat Transfer.
Responsible for graduate level courses on Applied Mathematics, Mathematical Modeling of Heat & Mass Transfer Problems, Fluidized-Bed & Moving-Bed Combustion and Gasification.
Supervisor of Ph.D. and M.Sc. theses in the field of Transport Phenomena and Thermal Engineering.
Vice-director of the Department of Energy of Faculty of Mechanical Engineering between Nov. 1998 and Nov. 2000.
Member of Board for the Evaluation of Institutional Development (CADI) between Nov. 1999 and Nov. 2001.
Member of the Committee for Extension Courses of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering since June 2002.
Associate Coordinator of the Undergraduate Course on Control and Automation Engineering of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, since July/2005.
Chairman of Committee to Examine Candidates to the position of Assistant Professor at the Department of Energy, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, May, 2006.

Supervising of Thesis and Research Programs

· Ph.D. of M.Sc. Adolfo Ludovico Godoy on "Theoretical and Experimental Study of the Circulation Rates of Particles in Multiparticle Fluidized-Beds", 1989.

· M.Sc. of Maria Eugênia de Souza Pikman on "Drying of Carbonaceous Solids in Fluidized-Beds”, 1989.

· M.Sc. of Ademar Hakuo Ushima on "Improvements on the Mathematical Modeling and Simulation of Moving-Bed Gasifiers”, 1989.

· Ph.D. of Rosilene Aparecida Nascimento on “A Study on Fluidized-Bed Gasification of Sugar-Cane Bagasse”, February 1996.

· M.Sc. of Alexandre Marconi de Souza Costa on “Improvements on the Mathematical Model and Simulation of Circulation Rates of Particles in Multiparticle Fluidized-Beds”. Thesis presented to the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, State University of Campinas, Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Presented and approved on March 12, 1998.

· Post-Doctoral of Dr. Phillip Dennis Leveson (Ph.D. from the University of Sheffield, United Kingdom) on “Improvements on the Modelling of Hydrogen Sulphide and Sulphur Dioxide Emissions from Fluidized Bed Combustors and Gasifiers,”. From November 1st, 1998 until November 1st, 1999.

· Ph.D. of João Carlos Gabrielon "Modelling of Circulation Rates of Particule Mixtures in Bubbling Fluidized Beds", 2000

· M.Sc. of Igor Puschon "Optimization of Alternative Thermoelectric Power System Based on Sugar-Cane Bagasse and Comparisons with Conventional Pressurized Systems" , 2000.

· M.Sc. Thesis of Olga Korczagin on “Thermodynamic and Economic Analysis of Systems Based on Natural Gas Reforming”, 2000.

· Foreign StudentProgram of Mr. Othman Mohamad Ali on “Use of mathematical simulator for the search of optimum operational conditions of biomass gasifier having in mind thermal-electric power units” between July 28th and September 4th, 2000.

· Ph.D. of José Antonio Rabi on “Usage of Flux Method to Improve Radiative Heat Transfer Modelling inside Bubbling Fluidized Bed Boilers and Gasifiers”. Thesis presented to the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, State University of Campinas, Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Presented and approved on August 26, 2002.

· Ph.D. of M.Sc. Alexandre Marconi de Souza da Costa on “Stability of Fluidization: The effect of Granular Temperature”. Thesis presented to the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, State University of Campinas, Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Presented and approved on August 28, 2002.

· Work of Student Marcelo Vieira Spirandelli on “Analysis of Gas Power Generation Cycle,” presented to the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, State University of Campinas, Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil and approved on December 12, 2005.

· Work of Student Luiz Fernando Trevisan Viana Abeche on “Study and Initial Trials to Improve the Efficiency of Pressurized Bubbling Fluidized Bed Boiler Fed with Coal Slurry,” presented to the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, State University of Campinas, Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil and approved on July 7, 2006.

· PhD of M.Sc. Maxime Koffi on “Technical feasibility of alternative process of power generation based on sugar cane bagasse” started on March 2010

· PhD of M.Sc. Belquis Luci Fernandes on “Studies on advanced power generation based on sugar cane bagasse using circulating fluidized bed boilers”. Started on Agust 2011.

· M.Sc. of Juan Grimaldo Villanueva Chávez on “Studies on advanced power generation processes based on sugar cane bagasse”. Started on August 2011.

· M.Sc. of Everton da Silva Ferreira on “Contribution on studies of advanced power generation based on sugar cane bagasse using circulating fludized bed boilers; effects of combustor pressure. Started on August 2011.

· M.Sc. of Wilson de Aguiar Beninca on “Studies on advanced processes for power generation using fluidized beds and consuming biomass”. Started on August 2010. Dissertation presented on July 2012.

· Ph.D. of Wilson de Aguiar Beninca on “Studies on advanced processes for power generation using fluidized beds and consuming biomass”. Started on August 2012. University of Sao Paulo (USP) (SP, Brazil)

· Scientific Initiation of Kevin Bachion Ceribeli on “Studies of Advanced Power Generation Processes based on Municipal Solid Waste (MSW)”.

· M.Sc. of Kevin Bachion Ceribeli on “Studies of Advanced Power Generation Processes based on Municipal Solid Waste (MSW)”.

· M.Sc. of Andres Bernal on "Advanced Power Generation Process Based on FSIG/GT (Fuel-Slurry Gasification/Gas Turbine) Consuming Sugar-Cane Bagasse.

· M.Sc. of Bernal, A. F. B., “Studies on Advanced Power Generation Based on Sugar Cane Bagasse Applying Bubbling Fluidized Bed Gasifiers, presented to the University of Campinas on July 31st, 2014.

· Scientific Initiation of Kevin Ceribeli on “Contribution to the study of advance thermoelectric generation consuming municipal solid waste.”

· M.Sc. of Kevin Ceribeli on “Contribution to the study of advance thermoelectric generation consuming municipal solid waste.

· M.Sc. of Andres Felipe Rodriguez Torres on “Studies on Thermoelectric Power Generation Consuming Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) and Using Bubbling Fluidized Bed Gasifier” presented of the University of Campinas, on February 22^nd, 2016

· M.Sc. of Eduardo Henrique Salermo de Lima on “Thermelectric power generation based on high-ash coal applying the FSIG/GT process; effect of particle diameter on the process efficiency”. Presented to the University of Campinas on February 24^th, 2016.

· Scientific Initiation of Henrique Mantovani on “Contribution to the study of advanced power generation process consuming biomass and glycerol”, 2016.

· M.Sc. of Kevin B. Ceribeli em “Fuel-slurry integrated gasifier/gas turbine process using municipal solid waste – study on the influence of dry solid concentration in the slurry on the overall power efficiency of the process”. University of Campinas, 2017.

· M.Sc. of Michael Camara de Araújo on “Effect of dry-solid sugar-cane bagassel concentration in the slurry of glycerol consumed by a FGSIG/GT process”. University of Campinas, 2017.

· M,Sc, of Bruno Fernando de Queiroz dos Santos on “Effect of dry-solid municipal solid waste concentration in the slurry of glycerol consumed by a FGSIG/GT process”. University of Campinas, 2017.

South Dakota State University (USA)

January-May 2008

Responsible for Graduate Course on Mathematical Modelling of Combustion and Gasification.
Series of presentations on Simulation of Equipment Operating with Fluidized Bed Technology.
Series of meetings aiming the development of research in the area of Power Generation.

University of Sao Paulo

Polytechnic Engineering School, from August 1975 to August 1981

Responsible for the courses on Heat and Mass Transfer, and Applied Mathematics.
Development of the M.Sc. thesis on Theoretical Study of Pure Vapour Condensation on Surfaces of General Geometry. Maximum degree score received.
Research on several aspects of mathematical modeling and computer simulation of chemical industrial equipment.

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