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Email: abrego@unizar.es

Address: Office 31.080 c/Mariano Esquillor SN Edificio I+D+i, I3A, GPT Zaragoza Aragón

ABOUT ME

Research Interests

Broadly, my research focus is on pyrolysis of organic waste and biomass. I am currently interested in the development of new and/or improved thermochemical processes for biofuels and bioproducts.

Specifically, we are now developing a carbon-negative pyrolysis system with autothermal operation. Operational tests are ongoing. We seek to further develop and scale-up this idea, ideally with an industry partner.

Simultaneously, I work in the development of integrated valorization approaches of various agricultural or animal residues via pyrolysis, and its integration with biomethane production.

I have also collaborated in the development of the Flash Carbonization technology developed by Professor Michael J. Antal at University of Hawai’i as a Visiting Scholar, and worked at Instituto de Carboquímica (Spanish National Research Council), both in postdoctoral positions.

Previously to my PhD research, I also worked in gasification (fluidized bed and downdraft reactors) at demonstration scale.

PUBLICATIONS
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2024

Cordoba-Ramirez, Marlon; Chejne, Farid; Alean, Jader; Gómez, Carlos A.; Navarro-Gil, África; Ábrego, Javier; Gea, Gloria

Experimental strategy for the preparation of adsorbent materials from torrefied palm kernel shell oriented to CO2 capture Journal Article

In: Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2024, ISSN: 1614-7499.

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2023

Villasana, Yanet; Armenise, Sabino; Ábrego, Javier; Atienza-Martínez, María; Hablich, Karina; Bimbela, Fernando; Cornejo, Alfonso; Gandía, Luis M.

Exploring a Low-Cost Valorization Route for Amazonian Cocoa Pod Husks through Thermochemical and Catalytic Upgrading of Pyrolysis Vapors Journal Article

In: ACS Omega, vol. 8, no. 40, pp. 37610–37621, 2023, (Publisher: American Chemical Society).

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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 Journal Article

In: Journal of Cleaner Production, pp. 125201, 2020, ISSN: 09596526.

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Arauzo, Pablo J; Atienza-Martínez, María; Ábrego, Javier; Olszewski, Maciej P; Cao, Zebin; Kruse, Andrea

Combustion Characteristics of Hydrochar and Pyrochar Derived from Digested Sewage Sludge Journal Article

In: Energies, vol. 13, no. 16, pp. 4164, 2020, ISSN: 1996-1073.

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Atienza-Martínez, María; Ábrego, Javier; Gea, Gloria; Marías, Frédéric

Pyrolysis of dairy cattle manure: evolution of char characteristics Journal Article

In: Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, vol. 145, pp. 104724, 2020, ISSN: 01652370.

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