Environmental and Chemical 
Process Systems Engineering

EnvChemPSE has participated in the CleanWater Workshop "Methods of Water Pollution Control", Kosice, Slovak Republic.

Our paper "Triclosan removal using high-silica zeolites: a novel insight via statistical physics" has been published in Sep. Purif. Technol.   

Our paper "A circular economy approach to produce low-cost biodiesel using agro-industrial and packing wastes from Mexico: valorization, homogeneous and heterogeneous reaction routes and product characterization" has been published in Renew. Energ.   

Our paper "Heavy metal removal from water using graphene oxide in magnetic-assisted adsorption systems: characterization, adsorption properties and modelling" has been published in Separations.   

Our paper "Adsorption of phenolic compounds on polymeric ionic liquids: adsorption isotherms interpretation and thermodynamic study" has been published in J. Mol. Liq.   

Prof. A. Bonilla-Petriciolet has been included in the 2024 ranking of World´s Top 2% Scientists in the field of Chemical Engineering. 

Our student Peter El Hage has started a research stay of one year at Université de Lorraine, France. This academic exchange is related to a double degree program.

Our paper "Effective removal of textile dye via synergy of adsorption and photocatalysis over ZnS nanoparticles: synthesis, modeling and mechanism" has been published in Heliyon. 

Our paper "A novel graphene oxide-microalgae hybrid material for the removal of pentavalent arsenic from natural water and industrial wastewater" has been published in Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol.   

Our student Octavio del Mazo Alvarado has graduated from Instituto Tecnológico de Aguascalientes (México) with a degree of PhD. in Engineering.

Our paper "Adsorption of amine surfactants onto kaolinite: a multiscale investigation" has been published in Miner. Eng.   

Prof. A. Bonilla-Petriciolet, Prof. D.I. Mendoza-Castillo and Prof. H.E. Reynel-Avila have joined the Editorial Board of Revista Cienca Cakotanú.

Our paper "Multicomponent mass transfer modeling of antagonistic binary adsorption of metallic pollutants from water using helical fixed-bed columns" has been published in Int. J. Water Process. Eng.   

Our paper "A review of stochastic optimization algorithms applied in food engineering" has been published in Int. J. Chem. Eng.   

Our project "Preparación de estructuras orgánico-metálicas empleando tierras raras para la remoción de xenobióticos del agua" has been granted funding from Tecnológico Nacional de México, México.

Our paper "Green solvent-based lipid extraction from guava seeds and spent coffee grounds to produce biodiesel: biomass valorization and esterification/transesterification route" has been published in Ind. Crop. Prod.

Our paper "Insights into nitrobenzene adsorption mechanism on apricot stone activated carbon: a study via statistical physics models and thermodynamic analysis" has been published in Colloid. Surface. A.   

Prof. H.E. Reynel-Ávila has joined the Editorial Board of Ingeneriería e Investigación Journal. 

EnvChemPSE has participated at Kick-off meeting of Energytran project "EULAC for energy transition: research infrastructures cooperation for energy transition between Europe and Latinamerican and the Caribbean countries", organized by Organización de Estados Iberoamericanos in Madrid, Spain. 

Our paper "A novel magnetic geopolymer-based adsorbent prepared from heated glauconite and separated magnetite: experiments and statistical physics treatment for crystal violet" has been published in Sep. Purif. Technol.   

Our paper "Experimental study of innovative FRC dome-shaped structures with industrial, recycled, and alternative reinforcing under compressive load" has been published in Ingeniería e Investigación.   

Our paper "Environmental remediation of the norfloxacin in water by adsorption: advances, current status and prospects" has been published in Adv. Colloid. Interfac.  

Our paper "Adsorption of food dyes from aqueous solution on a sweet potato residue-derived carbonaceous adsorbent: analytical interpretation of adsorption mechanisms via adsorbent characterization and statistical physics modeling" has been published in Chem. Eng. J.

Our student Juan Esteban Foronda-Quiroz has graduated from Instituto Tecnológico de Aguascalientes (México) with a degree of MSc. in Chemical Engineering. 

Our student Evelyn Mirelle Valdés-Rodríguez has graduated from Instituto Tecnológico de Aguascalientes (México) with a degree of PhD. in Engineering.

Our paper "Adsorption of perfluorooctanoic carboxylic and heptadecafluorooctane sulfonic acids via magnetic chitosan: isotherms and modeling" has been published in Env. Sci. Pollut. Res.

Our paper "Facile synthesis of a recyclable multifunctional magnetic adsorbent prepared from H2O2-modified carbon caly/rice flour polymer/Fe3O4 nanoparticles interface for effective removal of ibuprofen" has been published in J. Taiwan Inst. Chem. E.

Our student Zayda Vanessa Herrera Cuadrado has started a research stay of two months at Universidad de Extremadura, Spain. This academic exchange is related to IBERBIOMASA project.

Our paper "Novel application of (NH4)2Mo3S13 for vanadium adsorption: experiments, characterization, kinetic and equilibrium modeling" has been published in Sep. Purif. Technol.

Prof. A. Bonilla-Petriciolet was a plenary speaker in the “2da. edición de Jornadas Interdisciplinarias de Aplicaciones de Fenómenos de Superficie (JIAFES) y la 4ta. edición de los Seminarios de Vinculación y Transferencia (SeVyT)” organized by Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Our student Peter Antoine El Hage has been awarded with the prize of the best Advanced Materials presentation at LatinXinChE Virtual Symposium 2023 organized by LatinX in ChE.

Prof. Adrián Bonilla-Petriciolet and Prof. Didilia Ileana Mendoza-Castillo have started a research stay at Université de Lorraine, France.

Our paper "A theoretical chemistry framework to unravel the monolayer adsorption of geogenic anions on UiO-66 and ZIF-8 organometallic structures" has been published in J. Mol. Liq.

Our paper "Binary adsorption isotherms of methylene blue and crystal violet on mandarin peels: prediction via detailed multivariable calibration and density functional theory (DFT) calculations" has been published in Env. Sci. Pollut. Res.

Our students, Michael Stiven Castaño Toro and Juan Esteban Foronda Quiroz, have started a research stay of six months at Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil. This academic exchange is related to IBERBIOMASA project and related to a double degree program in MSc. in Chemical Engineering. 

Our paper "A new alkali-activated binder prepared from dolomite waste and diatom frustules: insights into the mechanical performance and Mn(VII) treatment" has been published in J. Environ. Chem. Eng.

Our paper "Adsorption of rare earth elements onto diatomite M45: experimental investigations and modeling with statistical physics theory" has been published in J. Rare Earths.

Our paper "Lipid extraction in the primary sludge generated from urban wastewater treatment: characteristics and seasonal composition analysis" has been published in Water Sci. Technol.

Our student Evelyn Valdés-Rodríguez has started a research stay of three months at Universidad Nacional del Cuyo, Argentina. This academic exchange is related to IBERBIOMASA project.

Our paper "Polymeric hydrogels-based materials for wastewater treatment" has been published in Chemosphere.

EnvChemPSE has presented several posters at @LatinXinChE rapid fire event.

Our paper "Mechanism, interfacial interactions and thermodynamics of the monolayer adsorption of trace geogenic pollutants from water using MIL metal-organic frameworks: fluorides and arsenates" has been published in J. Mol. Liq.

Our paper "Regeneration analysis of bone char used in water defluoridation: chemical desorption route, surface chemistry analysis and modeling" has been published in Int. J. Chem. Eng.

Our paper "Utilization of red clay brick waste in the green preparation of an efficient porous nanocomposite for phenol adsorption: characterization, experiments and statistical physics treatment" has been published in Sustain. Chem. Pharm. 

Our paper "Adsorption of arsenic, lead, cadmium and chromium ions from aqueous solution using a protonated chabazite: preparation, characterization and removal mechanism" has been published in Adsorpt. Sci. Technol. 

Prof. A. Bonilla-Petriciolet was a plenary speaker in the Seminario Internacional de Ingeniería Química - Instituto Tecnológico de Celaya, México.

EnvChemPSE has presented several posters at Twitter #IASTwitterPoster3.

Our student Felipe de Jesús Villalobos-Delgado has graduated from Instituto Tecnológico de Aguascalientes (México) with a degree of PhD. in Engineering.

EnvChemPSE has organized the Iberbiomasa Workshop at Universidad de Guanajuato, México.

Prof. Enrico Scelsi  (Water Research Institute – Italian National Research Institute IRSA-CNR, Italy) has joined EnvChemPSE for a resarch stay of two months. This academic exchange is related to IProPBio project.

Our paper "An overview on the application of Harmony Search for Chemical Engineering optimization" has been published in Int. J. Chem. Eng.

Our student Eduardo Enrique Merodio Morales has started a research stay of one month at Universidad de Granada, Spain.

Our paper "Unravelling the adsorption mechanism of phenol on zinc oxide at various coverages via statistical physics, artificial neural network modeling and ab initio molecular dynamics" has been published in Chem. Eng. J.

Our paper "On the analysis and assessment of first-order group contribution models for the calculation of normal boiling point and critical properties of pure compounds" has been published in Int. J. Chem. Eng. 

Prof. A. Bonilla-Petriciolet has performed the external evaluation of a PhD's thesis proposal from the Periyar University, India.

The posdoctoral project "Nanomateriales de óxido de grafeno funcionalizados con aminoácidos como fases sólidas adsorbentes para la remoción de colorantes textiles de aguas naturales y efluentes industriales" has been granted funding from Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Argentine.

Our paper "Preparation and characterization of alkaline and acidic heterogeneous carbon-based catalysts and their application in vegetable oil transesterification to obtain biodiesel" has been published in Int. J. Chem. Eng. 

Our paper "Assessment of the simultaneous regression of liquid-liquid and vapor-liquid equilibria data of binary systems using NRTL and artificial neural networks" has been published in Fluid Phase Equilibr. 

17 bachelor students from different mexican universities have joined EnvChemPSE for a resarch stay of two months. These academic exchanges are related to Delfín program.

Our book chapter "Chapter 3 - An overview on the calculation of thermodynamic properties and phase equilibria in biofuels production and biorefinery" has been published in the book "Biofuels and Biorefineries". 

Our paper "Preparation and evaluation of a coatd smectite clay-based material modified with epichlorohydrin-dimethylamine for the diclofenac removal" has been published in Env. Sci. Pollut. Res. 

Our paper "Adsorption of dental clinic pollutants using bone char: adsorbent preparation, assessment and mechanism analysis" has been published in Chem. Eng. Res. Des. 

Our paper "Using an enhanced multilayer model to analyze the performance of nickel alginate/graphene oxide aerogel, nickel alginate aerogel/activated carbon, and activated carbon in the adsorption of a textile dye pollutant" has been published in Env. Sci. Pollut. Res. 

Prof. A. Bonilla-Petriciolet has joined the Editorial Board of International Journal of Chemical Engineering as Academic Editor. 

Our paper "Sustainable downstream separation of itaconic acid using carbon-based adsorbents" has been published in Adsorpt. Sci. Technol. 

Our paper "A review of the modeling of adsorption of organic and inorganic pollutants from water using artificial neural networks" has been published in Adsorpt. Sci. Technol. 

Our paper "Molecular picture of the adsorption of phenol, toluene, carbon dioxide and water on kaolinite basal surfaces" has been published in Appl. Surf. Sci. 

Prof. A. Bonilla-Petriciolet was member of reviewer committee of Round NWO Talent Programme 2021 call from Dutch Research Council, Nederlands.

Our student Iván Orlando Almanza Stable has graduated from Instituto Tecnológico de Aguascalientes (México) with a degree of MSc. in Chemical Engineering.

Our paper "Insights into the Mn(VII) and Cr(VI) adsorption mechanism on purified diatomite/MCM-41 composite: experimental study and statistical physics analysis" has been published in Front. Chem. 

EnvChemPSE has collaborated in the registration of a national patent with Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, Mexico.

Our paper "Functionalization and activation of carbon-based catalysts with KOH and calcium and their application in transesterification to produce biodiesel: optimization of catalytic properties and kinetic study" has been published in Fuel. 

Our paper "Cyclohexane and benzene separation by fixed-bed adsorption on activated carbons prepared from coconut shell" has been published in Environ. Technol. Innov. 

Our paper "Engineered magnetic carbon-based adsorbents for the removal of water priority pollutants: An Overview" has been published in Adsorpt. Sci. Technol. 

Our project "Desarrollo de procesos sustentables para la obtención de biocombustibles y químicos finos empleado biomasas de plantas de tratamiento de aguas residuales en Latinoamérica y Europa" has been granted funding from Organización de Estados Iberoamericanos (OEI).

Our paper "Selective adsorption of glucose towards itaconic acid on amorphous silica surfaces: Insights from density functional theory calculations" has been published in J. Mol. Liq.

Our paper "Performance and interactions of diclofenac adsorption using Alginate/Carbon-based Films: Experimental investigation and statistical physics modelling" has been published in Chem. Eng. J.

Our paper "Utilizing modified weathered basalt as a novel approach in the preparation of Fe3O4 nanoparticles: Experimental and theoretical studies for crystal violet adsorption" has been published in J. Environ. Chem. Eng. 

Prof. Adrián Bonilla-Petriciolet has started a short research stay at Université de Lorraine, France.

Our paper "Adsorption of 3-aminophenol and resorcinol on avocado seed activated carbon: mathematical modelling, thermodynamic study and description of adsorbent performance" has been published in J. Mol. Liq. 

Our paper "Kinetics, process design and implementation of zwitterionic adsorbent coating for dipolar dyes removal in wastewater treatment industry" has been published in Environ. Technol. Innov.    

Our student Aymara Rodríguez-Carrillo  has been awarded with the poster prize winner of #PSEFundComp at Twitter Latin American Conference on Environmental and Chemical Process Systems Engineering. 

Several graduate students have joined EnvChemPSE for a summer research stay. These academic exchanges are related to several mexican agencies to promote science and technology.

Our paper "Optimization of flamboyant-based catalysts functionalized with calcium for fatty acid methyl esters production via transesterification" has been published in Fuel.    

Prof. D.I. Mendoza-Castillo participated as member of the Technical Committee of 2021 AMIDIQ Annual Meeting, México. 

Our paper "Nut shells as adsorbents of pollutants: research and perspectives" has been published in Front. Chem. Eng.   

Our student Evelyn M. Valdés-Rodríguez has been awarded with the first prize poster at online webinar on “Materials of the Future: Smart Applications in Science and Engineering” organized by Qatar University and Springer. 

Our paper "Cr(VI) adsorption onto a new composite prepared from Meidum black clay and pomegranate peel extract: Experiments and physicochemical interpretations" has been published in J. Environ. Chem. Eng.   

Our paper "Adsorption of ibuprofen on cocoa shell biomass-based adsorbents: interpretation of the adsorption equilibrium via statistical physics theory" has been published in  J. Mol. Liq. 

Our paper "Three-dimensional mass transport modeling of pharmaceuticals adsorption inside ZnAl/biochar composite" has been published in  Colloid. Surface. A. 

Our student Daniela Escobar-Pineda has graduated from Instituto Tecnológico de Aguascalientes (México) with a degree of MSc. in Chemical Engineering.

Our student Coset Abreu-Jaureguí has graduated from Instituto Tecnológico de Aguascalientes (México) with a degree of MSc. in Chemical Engineering.

Prof. A. Bonilla-Petriciolet has participated in the Ph.D. defense committee of Somaris Elena Quintana Martinez from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, España.

Our paper "Application of a heterogeneous physical model for the adsorption of Cd2+, Ni2+, Zn2+ and Cu2+ ions on flamboyant pods functionalized with citric acid" has been published in Chem. Eng. J. 

Prof. A. Bonilla-Petriciolet was member of reviewer committee of FONDECYT calls from Consejo Nacional de Ciencias, Tecnología e Innovación Tecnológica, Perú.

Our student Liliana Lizbeth Díaz-Muñoz has graduated from Instituto Tecnológico de Aguascalientes (México) with a degree of PhD. in Engineering. 

Our paper "Novel biochar and hydrochar for the adsorption of 2-nitrophenol from aqueous solutions: An approach using the PVSDM model" has been published in Chemosphere.

Dr. Francisco Villanueva-Mejia (UMSNH, México) has joined EnvChemPSE for a postdoctoral stay of one year. CONACYT was the sponsor of this research stay.

Our paper "Adsorption of methylene blue on silica nanoparticles: Modelling analysis of the adsorption mechanism via a double layer model" has been published in J. Mol. Liq.

Our paper "Understanding the adsorption mechanism of Ag+ and Hg2+ on functionalized layered double hydroxide via statistical physics modeling" has been published in Appl. Clay Sci. 

Our paper "Statistical physics interpretation of the adsorption mechanism of Pb, Cd and Ni on chicken feathers" has been published in J. Mol. Liq.

Our student Ricardo Alfredo Quevedo-Amador has graduated from Instituto Tecnológico de Aguascalientes (México) with a degree of MSc. in Chemical Engineering. 

Prof. A. Bonilla-Petriciolet was a plenary speaker in the XIV Cátedra Internacional de Ingeniería, Colombia.

Our paper "Exfoliated Clay Decorated with Magnetic Iron Nanoparticles for Crystal Violet Adsorption: Modeling and Physicochemical Interpretation" has been published in Nanomaterials.

Our paper "Synthesis and characterization of nanostructured calcium oxides supported onto biochar and their application as catalysts for biodiesel production" has been published in Renew. Energ.

Prof. A. Bonilla-Petriciolet has been invited to perform the external evaluation of a PhD's thesis proposal from the Anna University, India.

Our paper "Kinetic, thermodynamic and mechanism study of the adsorption of phenol on Moroccan clayKinetic, thermodynamic and mechanism study of the adsorption of phenol on Moroccan clay" has been published in J. Mol. Liq.

Our paper "A novel multifunctional adsorbent of pomegranate peel extract and activated anthracite for Mn(VII) and Cr(VI) uptake from solutions: experiments and theoretical analysis" has been published in J. Mol. Liq.

Prof. Adrián Bonilla-Petriciolet has started a short research stay at Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Brazil.

Our paper "Novel hybrid multifunctional composite of chitosan and altered basalt for barium adsorption: experimental and theoretical studies" has been published in Colloid. Surface. A.

Our paper "Residual mexican biomasses for bioenergy and fine-chemicals production: correlation between composition and specific applications" has been published in Biomass. Convers. Bior.

Angélica Fátima Mantelli Streit (Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Brazil) has joined EnvChemPSE for a resarch stay of five months. 

EnvChemPSE has collaborated in the registration of a national patent with Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, Mexico.

Our paper "Preparation and characterization of a novel mountain soursop seeds powder adsorbent and its application for the removal of crystal violet and methylene blue from aqueous solutions" has been published in Chem. Eng. J.

Our student Oslery Becerra-Pérez has graduated from Instituto Tecnológico de Aguascalientes (México) with a degree of MSc. in Chemical Engineering. 

Our paper "Adsorption of dyes brilliant blue, sunsent yellow and tartrazine from aqueous solution on chitosan: analytical interpretation via multilayer statistical physics model" has been published in Chem. Eng. J.

Our paper "Phase stability analysis of multicomponent systems using alternative stochastic optimization methods" has been published in Bulg. Chem. Commun.

Our paper "Recovery of bioalcohols with potential as biofuels using an energetically sustainable separation strategy" has been published in Bulg. Chem. Commun.

Our paper "Avocado seeds valorization as adsorbents of priority pollutants from water" has been published in Bulg. Chem. Commun.

Our paper "Adsorption of dyes acid red 1 and acid green 25 on grafted clay: modeling and statistical physics interpretation" has been published in J. Mol. Liq.

Our paper "Adsorption of amoxicillin and tetracycline on activated carbon prepared from durian shell in single and binary systems: experimental study and modeling analysis" has been published in Chem. Eng. J.