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MOUNTAIN
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O Norte Somos Nós

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MOUNTAIN
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Polytechnic Institute
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FROM NATURE TO PRODUCTS, TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY.

José António Correia Silva

Auxiliary Professor
Group: Sustainable Processes and Products
Phone: 273303125
E-mail: jsilva@ipb.pt
ORCID: 0000-0003-1778-3833
Scopus Author ID: 7403023684

Career

  • Since 1998: Auxiliary Professor at the Institute Polytechnic of Bragança, Bragança, Portugal
  • Since 1998: Member of the research staff of LSRE (lsre.fe.up.pt)

Qualifications

  • 1998 - PhD in Chemical Engineering (University of Porto)
  • 1994 - Graduation in Chemical Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP)

Interests

  • Adsorption engineering
  • Octane improvement of gasoline
  • Carbon capture
  • Biogas purification
  • Hydrogen and methane storage

Projects:

VALORCOMP - Valorisation of compost and other residues resulting from the organic fraction of municipal solid waste
Funding body: POCTEP – Programa de Cooperação Transfronteiriça Portugal – Espanha
Reference: 0119_VALORCOMP_2_P
Principal Investigator:Helder Gomes
Start: 0000-00-00
End: 0000-00-00
TIP_MOFs - Upgrading of Total Isomerization Processes with Metal-Organic Frameworks
Funding body: PTDC - Projectos em todos os domínios científicos
Reference: PTDC/QEQ-PRS/3599/2014
Principal Investigator:José António Silva
Start: 0000-00-00
End: 0000-00-00
TIPMEM - Total Isomerization processes with zeolitic membranes for the octane improvement of gasoline
Funding body: PTDC - Projectos em todos os domínios científicos
Reference: PTDC/EQU-EQU/69731/2006
Principal Investigator:José António Silva
Start: 0000-00-00
End: 0000-00-00
Al_GAR - Study of the dehydration and allicin's level of garlic
Funding body: POCTI - Programa operacional Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação
Reference: POCTI/AGG/45674/2002
Principal Investigator:José António Silva
Start: 0000-00-00
End: 0000-00-00
BETA_HEX - Separation of branched hexane isomers with zeolite BETA
Funding body: POCTI - Programa operacional Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação
Reference: POCTI/EQU/60828/2004
Principal Investigator:José António Silva
Start: 0000-00-00
End: 0000-00-00

Total results: 47
1
Karimi M.,Zafanelli L.F.A.S.,Almeida J.P.P.,Ströher G.R.,Rodrigues A.E.,Silva J.A.C.
Novel Insights into Activated Carbon Derived from Municipal Solid Waste for CO2Uptake: Synthesis, Adsorption Isotherms and Scale-up
Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 8, , 2020

2
Karimi M.,Diaz de Tuesta J.L.,Carmem C.N.,Gomes H.T.,Rodrigues A.E.,Silva J.A.C.
Compost from Municipal Solid Wastes as a Source of Biochar for CO2 Capture
Chemical Engineering and Technology, 43, 1336-1349, 2020

3
Henrique A.,Rodrigues A.E.,Silva J.A.C.
Fixed bed dynamics of single and multicomponent adsorption of pentane and hexane isomers in ZIF-8
Separation and Purification Technology, 238, , 2020

4
Karimi M.,Zafanelli L.F.A.S.,Almeida J.P.P.,Silva J.A.C.,Rodrigues A.E.,Ströher G.R.
Capture of Co2 in activated carbon synthesized from municipal solid waste compost
Wastes: Solutions, Treatments and Opportunities III - Selected papers from the 5th International Conference Wastes: Solutions, Treatments and Opportunities, 2019, 49-54, 2020

5
Shirzad M.,Karimi M.,Silva J.,Rodrigues A.
Moving Bed Reactors: Challenges and Progress of Experimental and Theoretical Studies in a Century of Research
Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 58, 9179-9198, 2019

6
Henrique A.,Karimi M.,Silva J.,Rodrigues A.
Analyses of Adsorption Behavior of CO 2 , CH 4 , and N 2 on Different Types of BETA Zeolites
Chemical Engineering and Technology, 42, 327-342, 2019

7
Henrique A.,Rodrigues A.,Silva J.
Separation of Hexane Isomers in ZIF-8 by Fixed Bed Adsorption
Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 58, 378-394, 2019

8
Karimi M.,Silva J.,Gonçalves C.,Diaz De Tuesta J.,Rodrigues A.,Gomes H.
CO2 Capture in Chemically and Thermally Modified Activated Carbons Using Breakthrough Measurements: Experimental and Modeling Study
Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 57, 11154-11166, 2018

9
Mendes P.,Rodrigues A.,Almeida J.,Silva J.
Dynamics of a fixed bed adsorption column in the kinetic separation of hexane isomers in MOF ZIF-8
Springer Proceedings in Mathematics and Statistics, 224, 257-271, 2018

10
Silva J.,Ferreira A.,Mendes P.,Cunha A.,Gleichmann K.,Rodrigues A.
Adsorption Equilibrium and Dynamics of Fixed Bed Adsorption of CH4/N2 in Binderless Beads of 5A Zeolite
Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 54, 6390-6399, 2015

11
Silva J.A.C.,Rodrigues A.E.
Fixed bed adsorption dynamics of CO2/CH4 mixtures in zeolite 13X for biogas upgrading
Wastes: Solutions, Treatments and Opportunities - Selected Papers from the 3rd Edition of the International Conference on Wastes: Solutions, Treatments and Opportunities, 2015, 317-322, 2015

12
Silva J.,Rodrigues A.
Limitations of the Zero-Length Column Technique to Measure Diffusional Time Constants in Microporous Adsorbents
Chemical Engineering and Technology, 38, 2335-2339, 2015

13
Mendes P.A.P.,Horcajada P.,Rives S.,Ren H.,Rodrigues A.E.,Devic T.,Magnier E.,Trens P.,Jobic H.,Ollivier J.,Maurin G.,Serre C.,Silva J.A.C.
A complete separation of hexane isomers by a functionalized flexible metal organic framework
Advanced Functional Materials, 24, 7666-7673, 2014

14
Mendes P.,Rodrigues A.,Horcajada P.,Eubank J.,Devic T.,Serre C.,Silva J.
Separation of hexane isomers on rigid porous metal carboxylate-based metal-organic frameworks
Adsorption Science and Technology, 32, 475-488, 2014

15
Silva J.,Cunha A.,Schumann K.,Rodrigues A.
Binary adsorption of CO2/CH4 in binderless beads of 13X zeolite
Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 187, 100-107, 2014

16
Mendes P.,Rodrigues A.,Horcajada P.,Serre C.,Silva J.
Single and multicomponent adsorption of hexane isomers in the microporous ZIF-8
Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 194, 146-156, 2014

17
Mendes P.,Ragon F.,Rodrigues A.,Horcajada P.,Serre C.,Silva J.
Hexane isomers sorption on a functionalized metal-organic framework
Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 170, 251-258, 2013

18
Silva J.,Schumann K.,Rodrigues A.
Sorption of carbon dioxide on binderless beads of 13X Zeolite
AIChE Annual Meeting, Conference Proceedings, , 2012

19
Silva J.,Schumann K.,Rodrigues A.
Sorption and kinetics of CO 2 and CH 4 in binderless beads of 13X zeolite
Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 158, 219-228, 2012

20
Bárcia P.,Nicolau M.,Gallegos J.,Chen B.,Rodrigues A.,Silva J.
Modeling adsorption equilibria of xylene isomers in a microporous metal-organic framework
Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 155, 220-226, 2012

21
García-Pérez E.,Barcia P.,Silva J.,Rodrigues A.,Calero S.
Influence of the sodium and calcium non-framework cations on the adsorption of hexane isomers in zeolite BEA
Theoretical Chemistry Accounts, 128, 695-703, 2011

22
Bárcia P.,Guimarães D.,Mendes P.,Silva J.,Guillerm V.,Chevreau H.,Serre C.,Rodrigues A.
Reverse shape selectivity in the adsorption of hexane and xylene isomers in MOF UiO-66
Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 139, 67-73, 2011

23
Bárcia P.,Silva J.,Rodrigues A.
Octane upgrading of C5/C6 light naphtha by layered pressure swing adsorption
Energy and Fuels, 24, 5116-5130, 2010

24
Bárcia P.,Silva J.,Rodrigues A.
Adsorption dynamics of C5-C6 isomerate fractions in zeolite beta for the octane improvement of gasoline
Energy and Fuels, 24, 1931-1940, 2010

25
Bárcia P.,Ferreira A.,Gascon J.,Aguado S.,Silva J.,Rodrigues A.,Kapteijn F.
Zeolite Beta membranes for the separation of hexane isomers
Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 128, 194-202, 2010

26
Nicolau M.,Bárcia P.,Gallegos J.,Silva J.,Rodrigues A.,Chen B.
Single- and multicomponent vapor-phase adsorption of xylene isomers and ethylbenzene in a microporous metal-organic framework
Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 113, 13173-13179, 2009

27
Bastin L.,Bárcia P.,Hurtado E.,Silva J.,Rodrigues A.,Chen B.
A microporous metal-organic framework for separation of CO 2/N2 and CO2/CH4 by fixed-bed adsorption
Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 112, 1575-1581, 2008

28
Barcia P.,Bastin L.,Hurtado E.,Silva J.,Rodrigues A.,Chen B.
Single and multicomponent sorption of CO2, CH4 and N2 in a microporous metal-organic framework
Separation Science and Technology, 43, 3494-3521, 2008

29
Bárcia P.,Silva J.,Rodrigues A.
Multicomponent sorption of hexane isomers in zeolite BETA
AIChE Journal, 53, 1970-1981, 2007

30
Bárcia P.,Zapata F.,Silva J.,Rodrigues A.,Chen B.
Kinetic separation of hexane isomers by fixed-bed adsorption with a microporous metal - Organic framework
Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 111, 6101-6103, 2007

31
Bárcia P.,Silva J.,Rodrigues A.
Separation of branched hexane isomers on zeolite BETA
Adsorption Science and Technology, 25, 169-183, 2007

32
Bárcia P.,Silva J.,Rodrigues A.
Separation of branched hexane isomers using zeolite BEA for the octane improvement of gasoline pool
Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis, 170, 955-960, 2007

33
Bárcia P.,Silva J.,Rodrigues A.
Separation by fixed-bed adsorption of hexane isomers in zeolite BETA pellets
Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 45, 4316-4328, 2006

34
Bárcia P.,Silva J.,Rodrigues A.
Adsorption equilibrium and kinetics of branched hexane isomers in pellets of BETA zeolite
Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 79, 145-163, 2005

35
Brandani S.,Silva J.A.C.,Da Silva F.A.,Rodrigues A.E.
Comments on "An analytical solution for the analysis of zero-length-column experiments with heat effects" (multiple letters)
Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 42, 2033-2034, 2003

36
Garcia A.,Silva J.,Ferreira L.,Leitão A.,Rodrigues A.
Regeneration of fixed-bed adsorbers saturated with single and binary mixtures of phenol and m-cresol
Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 41, 6165-6174, 2002

37
Silva J.,Da Silva F.,Rodrigues A.
Separation of n/iso paraffins by PSA
Separation and Purification Technology, 20, 97-110, 2000

38
Silva J.,Mata V.,Dias M.,Lopes J.,Rodrigues A.
Effect of coke in the equilibrium and kinetics of sorption on 5A molecular sieve zeolites
Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 39, 1030-1034, 2000

39
Silva J.A.C.,Rodrigues A.E.
Multisite Langmuir model applied to the interpretation of sorption of n- paraffins in 5A zeolite
Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 38, 2434-2438, 1999

40
Da Silva F.,Silva J.,Rodrigues A.
General package for the simulation of cyclic adsorption processes
Adsorption, 5, 229-244, 1999

41
Silva J.,Rodrigues A.
Separation of n/iso-paraffins mixtures by pressure swing adsorption
Separation and Purification Technology, 13, 195-208, 1998

42
Silva J.,Rodrigues A.
Fixed-bed adsorption of two linearly adsorbed components in presence of an inert
Chemical Engineering Science, 53, 3513-3520, 1998

43
Silva J.,Rodrigues A.
Equilibrium and Kinetics of n-Hexane Sorption in Pellets of 5A Zeolite
AIChE Journal, 43, 2524-2534, 1997

44
Silva J.A.C.,Rodrigues A.E.
Fixed-Bed Adsorption of n-Pentane/Isopentane Mixtures in Pellets of 5A Zeolite
Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 36, 3769-3777, 1997

45
Silva J.A.C.,Rodriguez A.E.
Sorption and Diffusion of n-Pentane in Pellets of 5A Zeolite
Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 36, 493-500, 1997

46
Silva J.,Rodrigues A.
Analysis of ZLC technique for diffusivity measurements in bidisperse porous adsorbent pellets
Gas Separation and Purification, 10, 207-224, 1996

47
Fargues C.,Mathias A.,Silva J.,Rodrigues A.
Kinetics of vanillin oxidation
Chemical Engineering and Technology, 19, 127-136, 1996