RESEARCHERS
Andrea C. Landázuri
PhD in Chemical Engineering, The University of Arizona
Office: Maxwell, M-109
Phone: (+593 2) 297-1700, ext. 1347
E-mail: alandazuri@usfq.edu.ec
Interests
Circular engineering, green engineering, water treatment, scientific research and development of processes and products for application in food, cosmetics, environment, biotechnology, occupational health, second generation biorefinery. Transport phenomena, modeling & simulation, computational fluid dynamics (CFD).
Projects
- Obtaining High Added Value Compounds (CAVA) from residual lignocellulosic biomass for their potential use in industrial applications of encapsulated bioproducts.
- Moringa oleifer Lam. (miracle tree) biorefinery in Ecuador: Batch and continuous adsorption of metals and metalloids.
- Adsorption bed kinetics for organic and inorganic pollutants removal from water using lignocellulosic biomass and their recovery using deep eutectics solvents.
- Reduction of oil and grease from water using residual lignocellulosic materials.
