Dr. María Benito Abascal

-Department: Thermochemistry -Title: “Influence of H2O, HCl and H2S on the Release and Condensation of Trace Metals in Gasification” -Research on the development of hot gas cleaning systems in coal power plants, especially for the reduction of trace metals (Zn, Cd, Pb, As, Sn and V) in gasification.

-Department: Applied Chemistry -Research: Thermodynamic pseudo-equilibrium modelling for the prediction of the condensation of trace metals under gasification conditions

-Department: Materials Mechanics -Task: Metallographic analyses of heat-treated specimens of ferritic high-temperature materials

-Department: Energy and Combustion -Title: “Thermal Integration Evaluation of a Biomass Fast Pyrolysis Plant with Conical Spouted Bed Reactor” -Optimization and scale-up of a pyrolysis process. First hands-on experience in migrating a process from laboratory-scale to pilot plant scale before its commercial launch.

Title: “Influence of H2O, HCl and H2S on the Release and Condensation of Trace Metals in Gasification”

Final year project: “Thermal Integration Evaluation of a Biomass Fast Pyrolysis Plant with Conical Spouted Bed Reactor”