Inês Portugal

Assistant Professor

Short CV

Inês Portugal, PhD in Chemical Eng.(Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 1995), graduation in Chemical Eng.(Instituto Superior Técnico - Lisboa, 1984), is Professor Auxiliar at Universidade de Aveiro-Department of Chemistry, since 1995. Previous positions: Professor Auxiliar(1995), Assistant (1989-95) and Training Assistant (1985-89) at the Chemistry Department of Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FCT/UNL).

Pedagogical activity: Chemical Reaction Engineering courses; Process Integration and Sustainability; Scientific supervision of Chemical Eng. Master students.

Research interests: Catalysis and chemical valorisation of renewable resources, Chemical reaction engineering as a tool for sustainability, Chemical Engineering Education. Author of 40 Scientifc papers/ Book chapters and several oral/poster communications at international scientific conferences. Has supervised 25 master thesis.

Scientific Interests

Catalysis and Chemical/Biochemical Reaction Engineering. 
Chemical modification of renewable resources. 
Chemical engineering education.

Ongoing Supervisions

Projects

2Glam - Desenvolvimento de Laminados de Segunda Geração (2Glam)

PartnerIndustry National
A Sonae Indústria é líder mundial na produção de derivados de madeira e papel e utiliza um recurso renovável que é a madeira para a produção de aglomerado de partículas e fibras e HPL (termolaminados decorativos de alta pressão). O HPL, produzido pela SONAE Indústria Revestimentos SA, é um produto indicado para superfícies horizontais de mobiliá...

Enabling the Next Generation of Smarter Transformers (NEXTRA)

PartnerIndustry National

GREENCORK (GREENCORK)

PartnerIndustry National
"O Projeto GREENCORK tem por objetivo capacitar a Amorim Cork a ser a primeira empresa a lançar no mercado uma gama de rolhas de cortiça aglomerada com colas e tratamentos de superfície Bio, produzidas por processos mais verdes e mais sustentáveis. Este produto será extremament...

Innovative Products and Technologies from Eucalyptus Project (ImPacTus)

PartnerIndustry National
Inpactus, to be developed by the Consortium, aims to develop new solutions, such as cellulosic pulps with innovative features, new paper products with different specificities and functions, tissue paper with innovative properties, new bioproducts, biofuels and other materials obtained from the deconstruction and conversion of forest biomass and ...

NanoBarrier - Extended shelf-life biopolymers for sustainable and multifunctional food packaging solutions (NanoBarrier)

PartnerEuropean Comission
The overall concept of NanoBarrier is to develop a new nanotechnology platform based on inorganic-organic hybrid polymers, microfibrillated cellulose, nanocapsules with controlled permeability and additive technology and combine this with resource-efficient processing technologies to realize safe and extended shelf-life and multifunctional biopo...

PADIS - Papéis de Alto Desempenho à Impressão (PADIS)

PartnerIndustry National
O objectivo do projecto vai centrar-se no desenvolvimento de novos papéis não revestidos, com um desempenho funcional superior nos processos de impressão digital (inkjet e laser) e offset. Os novos papéis terão de responder a requisitos especiais no sentido de garantirem maiores velocidades de impressão e em simultâneo melhoria da qualidade da i...

RENOVA PAPTIS - Desenvolvimento de papéis tissue de nova geração (PAPTIS-RENOVA)

PartnerIndustry National
Os prod. de papel tissue têm vindo a adquirir 1 importância crescente nas sociedades modernas. Assim, as empresas produtoras de papel tissue para se manterem no mercado e crescerem apostam no desenvolvimento e optimização de processos para dar origem a produtos inovadores, q se diferenciem e q ofereçam ao consumidor, características valorizáveis...

SGH : Smart Green Homes (Smart Green Homes)

PartnerIndustry National
The Smart Green Homes (SGH) Project aims to develop integrated product and technology solutions for the households, raising standards of comfort, safety and user satisfaction to a new level and, at the same time, to respond to the problems of sustainability of the Planet, increasing the energy efficiency and reducing the emission of gaseous poll...

Publications

Measurement of astaxanthin and squalene diffusivities in compressed liquid ethyl acetate by Taylor-Aris dispersion method

Zezere, B; Silva, JM; Portugal, I; Gomes, JRB; Silva, CM
2020, SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY, 234.
ISBN: 1873-3794

AOX removal from pulp and paper wastewater by Fenton and photo-Fenton processes: A real case-study

Ribeiro, JP; Marques, CC; Portugal, I; Nunes, MI
2020, ENERGY REPORTS, 6, 770-775.

Optimization of the supercritical fluid extraction of Quercus cerris cork towards extraction yield and selectivity to friedelin

de Melo, MMR; Vieira, PG; Sen, A; Pereira, H; Portugal, I; Silva, CM
2020, SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY, 238.
ISBN: 1873-3794

Quercus cerris extracts obtained by distinct separation methods and solvents: Total and friedelin extraction yields, and chemical similarity analysis by multidimensional scaling

Vieira, PG; de Melo, MMR; Sen, A; Simoes, MMQ; Portugal, I; Pereira, H; Silva, CM
2020, SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY, 232.
ISBN: 1873-3794

Supercritical CO2 extraction of Aurantiochytrium sp. biomass for the enhanced recovery of omega-3 fatty acids and phenolic compounds

de Melo, MMR; Sapatinha, M; Pinheiro, J; Lemos, MFL; Bandarra, NM; Batista, I; Paulo, MC; Coutinho, J; Saraiva, JA; Portugal, I; Silva, CM
2020, JOURNAL OF CO2 UTILIZATION, 38, 24-31.
ISBN: 2212-9839

Supercritical CO2 extraction of V. vinifera leaves: Influence of cosolvents and particle size on removal kinetics and selectivity to target compounds

de Melo, MMR; Carius, B; Simoes, MMQ; Portugal, I; Saraiva, J; Silva, CM
2020, JOURNAL OF SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS, 165.
ISBN: 1872-8162

Fenton processes for AOX removal from a kraft pulp bleaching industrial wastewater: Optimisation of operating conditions and cost assessment

Ribeiro, JP; Marques, CC; Portugal, I; Nunes, MI
2020, JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, 8, 4.
ISBN: 2213-3437

Diffusivities of metal acetylacetonates in liquid ethanol and comparison with the transport behavior in supercritical systems

Zezere, B; Cordeiro, J; Leite, J; Magalhaes, AL; Portugal, I; Silva, CM
2019, JOURNAL OF SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS, 143, 259-267.
ISBN: 1872-8162

Simulation and techno-economic optimization of the supercritical CO2 extraction of Eucalyptus globulus bark at industrial scale

Rodrigues, VH; de Melo, MMR; Portugal, I; Silva, CM
2019, JOURNAL OF SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS, 145, 169-180.
ISBN: 1872-8162

Supercritical fluid extraction of Eucalyptus globulus leaves. Experimental and modelling studies of the influence of operating conditions and biomass pretreatment upon yields and kinetics

Rodrigues, VH; de Melo, MMR; Portugal, I; Silva, CM
2018, SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY, 191, 173-181.

Synthesis, dynamic characterization, and modeling studies of an AM-3 membrane for light gases separation

Cardoso, SP; Lin, Z; Portugal, I; Rodrigues, AE; Silva, CM
2018, MICROPOROUS AND MESOPOROUS MATERIALS, 261, 170-180.

Extraction of Eucalyptus leaves using solvents of distinct polarity. Cluster analysis and extracts characterization

Rodrigues, VH; de Melo, MMR; Portugal, I; Silva, CM
2018, JOURNAL OF SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS, 135, 263-274.

Inorganic Membranes for Hydrogen Separation

Cardoso, SP; Azenha, IS; Lin, Z; Portugal, I; Rodrigues, AE; Silva, CM
2018, SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION REVIEWS, 47, 3, 229-266.

Diffusion coefficients of eucalyptol at infinite dilution in compressed liquid ethanol and in supercritical CO2/ethanol mixtures

Zezere, B; Magalhaes, AL; Portugal, I; Silva, CM
2018, JOURNAL OF SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS, 133, 297-308.

Distribution models for nitrophenols in a liquid-liquid system

Lopes, ALCV; Ribeiro, AFG; Reis, MPS; Silva, DCM; Portugal, I; Baptista, CMSG
2018, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCE, 189, 266-276.

Inorganic Ion Exchangers for Cesium Removal from Radioactive Wastewater

Figueiredo, BR; Cardoso, SP; Portugal, I; Rocha, J; Silva, CM
2018, SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION REVIEWS, 47, 4, 306-336.

Single and binary surface diffusion permeation through zeolite membranes using new Maxwell-Stefan factors for Dubinin-type isotherms and occupancy-dependent kinetics

Cardoso, SP; Azenha, IS; Portugal, I; Lin, Z; Rodrigues, AE; Silva, CM
2017, SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY, 182, 207-218.
ISBN: 1873-3794

Optimization of bitumen formulations using mixture design of experiments (MDOE)

Varanda, C; Portugal, I; Ribeiro, J; Silva, AMS; Silva, CM
2017, CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING MATERIALS, 156, 611-620.

Modelling the distribution of nitrophenols in a liquid-liquid system representative of an industrial nitration process

Lopes, ALCV.; Ribeiro, AFG; Reis, MS; Silva, DCM; Portugal, I; Baptista, CMSG
2017, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING TRANSACTIONS.

Tb/Eu-AV-9: A lanthanide silicate for the sensing and removal of cesium ions from aqueous solutions

Figueiredo, BR; Ananias, D; Portugal, I; Rocha, J; Silva, CM
2016, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL, 286, 679-688.

Catalytic oxidation of formaldehyde by ruthenium multisubstituted tungstosilicic polyoxometalate supported on cellulose/silica hybrid

Gamelas, JAF; Oliveira, F; Evtyugina, MG; Portugal, I; Evtuguin, DV
2016, APPLIED CATALYSIS A-GENERAL, 509, 8-16.

Cs+ removal and optical detection by microporous lanthanide silicate Eu-AV-20 in a fixed-bed column

Figueiredo, BR; de Melo, MMR; Portugal, I; Ananias, D; Rocha, J; Silva, CM
2016, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL, 286, 48-58.

Experimental measurement and modeling of ion exchange equilibrium and kinetics of cadmium(II) solutions over microporous stannosilicate AV-6

Cardoso, SP; Azenha, IS; Lin, Z; Portugal, I; Rodrigues, AE; Silva, CM
2016, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL, 295, 139-151.

Fixed-bed removal of Cs+ from aqueous solutions by microporous silicate ETS-4: Measurement and modeling of loading-regeneration cycles

Figueiredo, BR; Portugal, I; Rocha, J; Silva, CM
2016, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL, 301, 276-284.

Fluorinated polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane nanoparticles to boost the dirt repellence of high pressure laminates

Magina, S; Ferra, J; Cruz, P; Nogueira, HIS; Portugal, I; Evtuguin, DV
2016, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL, 301, 362-370.

High Pressure Laminates with Antimicrobial Properties

Magina, S; Santos, MD; Ferra, J; Cruz, P; Portugal, I; Evtuguin, D
2016, MATERIALS, 9, 2.

Influence of Polyphosphoric Acid on the Consistency and Composition of Formulated Bitumen: Standard Characterization and NMR Insights

Varanda, C; Portugal, I; Ribeiro, J; Silva, AMS; Silva, CM
2016, JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL METHODS IN CHEMISTRY.

Alkenes oligomerization with resin catalysts

Antunes, BM; Rodrigues, AE; Lin, Z; Portugal, I; Silva, CM
2015, FUEL PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY, 138, 86-99.

Silica-Based Nanocoating Doped by Layered Double Hydroxides to Enchance the Paperboard Barrier Properties

Vänia M. Dias, Alena Kuznetsova, JoÜo Tedim, Aleksey A. Yaremchenko, Mikhail L. Zheludkevich, Ins Portugal, Dmitry V. Evtuguin
2015, World Journal of Nano Science and Engineering, 5.

Aqueous phase reactions of pentoses in the presence of nanocrystalline zeolite beta: Identification of by-products and kinetic modelling

Ferreira, LR; Lima, S; Neves, P; Antunes, MM; Rocha, SM; Pillinger, M; Portugal, I; Valente, AA
2013, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL, 215, 772-783.

Biomass-Based Polyols through Oxypropylation Reaction

Aniceto, JPS; Portugal, I; Silva, CM
2012, CHEMSUSCHEM, 5, 8, 1358-1368.

New polyoxometalate-functionalized cellulosic fibre/silica hybrids for environmental applications

Gamelas, JAF; Evtyugina, MG; Portugal, I; Evtuguin, DV
2012, RSC ADVANCES, 2, 3, 831-839.

Kinetics of Ethyl Acetate Synthesis Catalyzed by Acidic Resins

Antunes, BM; Cardoso, SP; Silva, CM; Portugal, I
2011, JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL EDUCATION, 88, 8, 1178-1181.

Immobilised yeast grape must deacidification in a recycle fixed bed reactor

Portugal, I; Ribeiro, SC; Xavier, AMRB; Centeno, F; Strehaiano, P
2011, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 46, 2, 284-289.

Hydration of Cellulose/Silica Hybrids Assessed by Sorption Isotherms

Portugal, I; Dias, VM; Duarte, RF; Evtuguin, DV
2010, JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B, 114, 11, 4047-4055.

Preparation and Properties of Cellulose/Silica Hybrid Composites

Sequeira, S; Evtuguin, DV; Portugal, I
2009, POLYMER COMPOSITES, 30, 9, 1275-1282.

Synthesis and characterisation of cellulose/silica hybrids obtained by heteropoly acid catalysed sol-gel process

Sequeira, S; Evtuguin, DV; Portugal, I; Esculcas, AP
2007, MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING C-BIOMIMETIC AND SUPRAMOLECULAR SYSTEMS, 27, 1, 172-179.

Dynamic and equilibrium adsorption experiments

Fernandes, DLA; Ana, AMRB; Portugal, I; Da Silva, FA; Silva, CM
2005, JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL EDUCATION, 82, 6, 919-923.

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