ANDRES BONILLA

Thesis: "Catalyst Deactivation Estimation in Methanol Synthesis and Medium Temperature Shift Processes" - Reactor models development using Aspen Custom Modeler (ACM) - Development of an Ensemble Kalman Filter algorithm for catalyst activity prediction

Development of advanced reactor models taking into account bulk-catalyst heat and mass transfer limitations and 2-dimensional models. Expertise in Aspen Custom Modeler (ACM) to evaluate its application in process and reactor simulation. Reactors development using MATLAB and ACM concerning methanol synthesis. Reactor and plant optimization studies Support in plant reconciliation of a biomass gasification task-force.

Reserach assitant of a PhD candidate project concerning rigorous distillation columns: - Properties correlations literature survey, e.g. viscosity, mass transfer coefficient, diffusion coefficient, heat capacity, etc. - Properties subroutines development in C

Group project "Small-scale on-demand production of ethylene oxide" - Equipment design and simulation (Heat exchanger, pumps, reactors) - Economic Evaluation of the project

Bachelor thesis work: Prediction of gas hydrates equilibria using rigorous thermodynamic models. The thesis also concerned the development of a C++ software capable of predicting the equilibria.

Double degree within EAFIT University