Freddy Duran

- Led process engineering activities for industrial-scale eFuel plants (up to 200 kt/y) - Reviewed & validated process schemes integrating catalytic reactors, gas treatment, & utilities - Built & optimized TEA models (CAPEX/OPEX, LCO-Product) to support Management decisions - Coordinated licensors and engineering contractor during Pre-FEED - Contributed to complete permitting dossiers for future production sites - Managed R&D project for scale-up eSAF process (catalytic lab tests, pilot plant conception)

Designed and executed experimental campaigns under hazardous atmospheres (H₂, CH₄, CO2) Improved reactor performance (conversion > 97%) and overall energy efficiency Operated the pilot plant in ATEX & continuous regime, performed troubleshooting and linked experimental results directly to process simulation and future industrial scale-up. https://hydrogentoday.info/news/3727

Taught core modules (Fluid Mechanics, Process Design, Separation Processes, Heat Transfer) while continuing applied research in reactive systems.

Hydrogenation in Monolith Reactor: a new technology for safe, sustainable and selective units. Designed and operated catalytic hydrogenation systems under reactive atmospheres Developed strong reactor scale-up model coupling CFD simulations with robust 1D model Performed troubleshooting and experimental optimization. http://www.agence-nationale-recherche.fr/?Project=ANR-12-CDII-0011

Improvement of multiphase heat-exchanger reactor modeling with solid catalyst: consideration of coupled phenomena (reaction, hydrodynamics, mass and heat transfer between phases).

State-of-art of hydrogenations in monolith reactors

Domain: Catalysis/Materails Subject : Evaluation of the catalytic performance of new mesostructured materials : toward the eco-efficient processes

Domain: Materials/Energy Subject: New anode materials for SOFC