SOBRE MÍ
Research Interests
Kinetic analysis of complex gas phase reactions related to environmental chemistry, pyrolysis and combustion. I have a background as experimentalist (laser photolysis / LIF detection; low pressure flame studies using MBMS techniques or flow reactors combined with GC analysis) but work recently mainly on ab initio calculated thermochemistry. The objective of my current research is to develop software that automatically generated concise but complete reaction networks for predetermined conditions using a rate-based criterion for reaction selection.
PUBLICATIONS
2021
Fonts, Isabel; Atienza-Martínez, María; Carstensen, Hans-Heinrich; Benés, Mario; Pires, Anamaria Paiva Pinheiro; Garcia-Perez, Manuel; Bilbao, Rafael
Thermodynamic and Physical Property Estimation of Compounds Derived from the Fast Pyrolysis of Lignocellulosic Materials Artículo de revista
En: Energy & Fuels, 2021.
@article{Fonts2021,
title = {Thermodynamic and Physical Property Estimation of Compounds Derived from the Fast Pyrolysis of Lignocellulosic Materials},
author = {Isabel Fonts and María Atienza-Martínez and Hans-Heinrich Carstensen and Mario Benés and Anamaria Paiva Pinheiro Pires and Manuel Garcia-Perez and Rafael Bilbao},
url = {https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.1c01709},
doi = {10.1021/ACS.ENERGYFUELS.1C01709},
year = {2021},
date = {2021-01-01},
journal = {Energy & Fuels},
publisher = {American Chemical Society},
abstract = {The development of biomass pyrolysis oil refineries is a very promising path for the production of biofuels and bioproducts from lignocellulosic materials. Given that bio-oil is a complex mixture o...},
keywords = {},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
Tran, Luc Sy; Carstensen, Hans-Heinrich; Foo, Kae Ken; Lamoureux, Nathalie; Gosselin, Sylvie; Gasnot, Laurent; El-Bakali, Abderrahman; Desgroux, Pascale
Experimental and modeling study of the high-temperature combustion chemistry of tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol Artículo de revista
En: Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, vol. 38, no 1, pp. 631–640, 2021, ISSN: 1540-7489.
@article{Tran2021,
title = {Experimental and modeling study of the high-temperature combustion chemistry of tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol},
author = {Luc Sy Tran and Hans-Heinrich Carstensen and Kae Ken Foo and Nathalie Lamoureux and Sylvie Gosselin and Laurent Gasnot and Abderrahman El-Bakali and Pascale Desgroux},
doi = {10.1016/J.PROCI.2020.07.057},
issn = {1540-7489},
year = {2021},
date = {2021-01-01},
urldate = {2021-01-01},
journal = {Proceedings of the Combustion Institute},
volume = {38},
number = {1},
pages = {631--640},
publisher = {Elsevier},
keywords = {},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
Tran, Luc Sy; Carstensen, Hans-Heinrich; Lamoureux, Nathalie; Foo, Kae Ken; Gosselin, Sylvie; Bakali, Abderrahman El; Gasnot, Laurent; Desgroux, Pascale
Exploring the Flame Chemistry of C5 Tetrahydrofuranic Biofuels: Tetrahydrofurfuryl Alcohol and 2-Methyltetrahydrofuran Artículo de revista
En: Energy and Fuels, vol. 35, no 22, pp. 18699–18715, 2021, ISSN: 15205029.
@article{Tran2021b,
title = {Exploring the Flame Chemistry of C5 Tetrahydrofuranic Biofuels: Tetrahydrofurfuryl Alcohol and 2-Methyltetrahydrofuran},
author = {Luc Sy Tran and Hans-Heinrich Carstensen and Nathalie Lamoureux and Kae Ken Foo and Sylvie Gosselin and Abderrahman El Bakali and Laurent Gasnot and Pascale Desgroux},
doi = {10.1021/acs.energyfuels.1c01949},
issn = {15205029},
year = {2021},
date = {2021-01-01},
urldate = {2021-01-01},
journal = {Energy and Fuels},
volume = {35},
number = {22},
pages = {18699--18715},
abstract = {Recently, the combustion chemistry of tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol (THFA), a potential biofuel, was investigated in a stoichiometric 20 mol % THFA/methane co-fueled premixed flame at 5.3 kPa by our group (Tran, L.-S.; Carstensen, H.-H.; Foo, K. K.; Lamoureux, N.; Gosselin, S.; Gasnot, L.; El-Bakali, A.; Desgroux, P. Experimental and modeling study of the high-temperature combustion chemistry of tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol. Proc. Combust. Inst. 2021, 38, 631-640, 10.1016/j.proci.2020.07.057). With regard to this, we continue to further explore the combustion chemistry of this biofuel to understand the influence of THFA-doping amounts on the flame chemistry of its mixture with methane and the impact of the alcohol function of THFA on the product spectrum compared to its non-alcoholic fuel counterpart, i.e., 2-methyltetrahydrofuran (MTHF). To accomplish the above said objective, a methane flame, a 10% THFA/methane flame, and a 20% MTHF/methane flame were additionally analyzed at similar conditions using gas chromatography for quantitative species detection and NO laser-induced fluorescence thermometry. More than 40 species (reactants, CO, CO2, H2O, H2, and about 14 hydrocarbons as well as 26 oxygenated intermediates up to 5 carbon atoms) were quantified for each doped biofuel flame. The product distributions and consumption pathways of THFA are similar for the 10 and 20% THFA-doped flames. The maximum yields of most products increase linearly with the amount of doped THFA. However, some species do not follow this trend, indicating interaction chemistry between methane and THFA, which is found to be mainly caused by the reaction of the methyl radical. The difference in the chemical structure in THFA and MTHF has no notable impact on the mole fractions of CO, CO2, H2O, and H2, but significant differences exist for the yields of intermediate species. The doped THFA flame produces more aldehydes, alcohols, and ethers but forms clearly less ketones and hydrocarbons. A slightly upgraded version of our previous kinetic model reproduces most experimental data well and is able to explain the observed differences in intermediate production.},
keywords = {},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
2020
Atienza-Martínez, María; Suraini, Nurull Nadia Binti; Ábrego, Javier; Fonts, Isabel; Lázaro, Luisa; Carstensen, Hans-Heinrich; Gea, Gloria
Functionalization of sewage sludge char by partial oxidation with molecular oxygen to enhance its adsorptive properties Artículo de revista
En: Journal of Cleaner Production, pp. 125201, 2020, ISSN: 09596526.
@article{Atienza-Martinez2020b,
title = {Functionalization of sewage sludge char by partial oxidation with molecular oxygen to enhance its adsorptive properties},
author = {María Atienza-Martínez and Nurull Nadia Binti Suraini and Javier Ábrego and Isabel Fonts and Luisa Lázaro and Hans-Heinrich Carstensen and Gloria Gea},
url = {https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0959652620352458},
doi = {10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.125201},
issn = {09596526},
year = {2020},
date = {2020-11-01},
journal = {Journal of Cleaner Production},
pages = {125201},
publisher = {Elsevier},
keywords = {},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}
2019
SriBala, Gorugantu; Carstensen, Hans-Heinrich; Geem, Kevin M Van; Marin, Guy B
Measuring biomass fast pyrolysis kinetics: State of the art Artículo de revista
En: vol. 8, no 2, 2019, ISSN: 2041840X.
@article{SriBala2019,
title = {Measuring biomass fast pyrolysis kinetics: State of the art},
author = {Gorugantu SriBala and Hans-Heinrich Carstensen and Kevin M Van Geem and Guy B Marin},
url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/wene.326},
doi = {10.1002/wene.326},
issn = {2041840X},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-03-01},
booktitle = {Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Energy and Environment},
volume = {8},
number = {2},
publisher = {John Wiley and Sons Ltd},
abstract = {Fast pyrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass is considered to be a promising thermochemical route for the production of drop-in fuels and valuable chemicals. During the past decades, a comprehensive understanding of feedstock structure, fast pyrolysis kinetics, product distribution, and transport effects that govern the process has allowed to design better pyrolysis reactors and/or catalysts. A variety of lignocellulosic biomass feedstocks, like corn stover, pinewood, poplar, and model compounds like glucose, xylan, monolignols have been utilized to study the thermal decomposition at or close to fast pyrolysis conditions. Significant progress has been made in understanding the kinetics by developing unique setups such as drop-tube, PHASR, and micropyrolyzer reactors in combination with the use of advanced analytical techniques such as comprehensive gas and liquid chromatography (GC, LC) with time-of-flight mass spectrometer (TOF-MS). This has led to initial intrinsic kinetic models for biomass and its main components, namely cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin, validated using experimental setups where the effects of heat and mass transfer on the performance of the process, expressed using Biot and pyrolysis numbers, are adequately negligible. Yet, not all aspects of fast pyrolysis kinetics of biomass components are equally well understood. The use of time-resolved or multiplexed experimental techniques can further improve our understanding of reaction intermediates and their corresponding kinetic mechanisms. The novel experimental data combined with first principles based multiscale models can reshape biomass pyrolysis models and transform biomass fast pyrolysis to a more selective and energy efficient process. This article is categorized under: Energy and Climate > Climate and Environment Energy Research & Innovation > Science and Materials Bioenergy > Science and Materials.},
keywords = {},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
}