dr. M.P. Ruiz Ramiro (Pilar)

M. Pilar Ruiz joined SPT Group at the University of Twente in June, 2017. She has a Ph. D. Degree in Chemical Engineering, obtained from the University of Zaragoza (Spain) in 2008. M. Pilar Ruiz occupied for four years a position as Research Assistant at the University of Oklahoma (USA). Later she joined Abengoa, an international company on renewable energy, to develop research in the areas of bioenergy, water and hydrogen. Her expertise is focused on the areas of thermochemical conversion of biomass, reduction of NO _X by its interaction with carbon materials, as well as on the synthesis and applications of carbon nanotubes and the development of nanostructured catalysts for biofuels upgrading.

Engineering & Materials Science

# Biomass
# Catalysts
# Emulsions
# Hydrogenation
# Hydrogenolysis
# Lignin
# Oils
# Pyrolysis

Faculty of Science and Technology (TNW), Sustainable Process Technology (SPT)

Iannizzotto, E. (2023). Tar Cracking Reactor Design for Biomass Gasification Processes. [EngD Thesis, University of Twente]. University of Twente.

Genuino, H. C. , Pilar Ruiz, M., Heeres, H. J. , & Kersten, S. R. A. (2023). Pyrolysis of mixed plastic waste: Predicting the product yields. Waste management, 156, 208-215. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2022.11.040

Ruiz, M. P. , & Faria, J. A. (2022). Catalysis at the Solid–Liquid–Liquid Interface of Water–Oil Pickering Emulsions: A Tutorial Review. ACS Engineering Au, 2(4), 295-319. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsengineeringau.2c00010

Zamani, S. , Lange, J. P. , Kersten, S. R. A. , & Ruiz, M. P. (2022). Polyurethane Recycling: Conversion of Carbamates—Catalysis, Side-Reactions and Mole Balance. Polymers, 14(22), [4869]. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym14224869

Genuino, H. C. , Ruiz, M. P., Heeres, H. J. , & Kersten, S. R. A. (2022). Pyrolysis of mixed plastic waste (DKR-350): Effect of washing pre-treatment and fate of chlorine. Fuel processing technology, 233, [107304]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuproc.2022.107304

Mati, A., Buffi, M., Dell’orco, S., Lombardi, G. , Ruiz Ramiro, P. M. , Kersten, S. R. A., & Chiaramonti, D. (2022). Fractional Condensation of Fast Pyrolysis Bio-Oil to Improve Biocrude Quality towards Alternative Fuels Production. Applied Sciences (Switzerland), 12(10), [4822]. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12104822

te Molder, T. D. J. , Kersten, S. R. A. , Lange, J. P. , & Ruiz, M. P. (2022). Do not forget the classical catalyst poisons: The case of biomass to glycols via catalytic hydrogenolysis. Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, 16(5), 1274-1283. https://doi.org/10.1002/bbb.2372

te Molder, T. D. J. (2022). Cellulosic glycols: Identification and Prevention of Catalyst Deactivation. [PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT, University of Twente]. University of Twente. https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036553643

te Molder, T. D. J. , Kersten, S. R. A. , Lange, J. P. , & Ruiz, M. P. (2021). From Woody Biomass to Ethylene Glycol: Inorganics Removal Boosts the Yield. Industrial & engineering chemistry research, 60(37), 13515-13522. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.1c02353

te Molder, T. D. J. , Kersten, S. R. A. , Lange, J. P. , & Ruiz, M. P. (2021). Cellulosic glycols: an integrated process concept for lignocellulose pretreatment and hydrogenolysis. Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, 15(6), 1725-1736. https://doi.org/10.1002/bbb.2269

te Molder, T. D. J. , Kersten, S. R. A. , Lange, J. P. , & Ruiz, M. P. (2021). Ethylene Glycol from Lignocellulosic Biomass: Impact of Lignin on Catalytic Hydrogenolysis. Industrial & engineering chemistry research, 60(19), 7043-7049. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.1c01063

Mati, A., Buffi, M., Dell'orco, S. , Ruiz Ramiro, M. P. , Kersten, S. R. A., & Chiaramonti, D. (2021). Experimental study of fast pyrolysis vapors fractionation through different staged condensation configurations. E3S Web of Conferences, 238, [01009]. https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202123801009

Barausse, E., Berti, E., Hertog, T., Hughes, S. A., Jetzer, P., Pani, P., Sotiriou, T. P., Tamanini, N., Witek, H., Yagi, K., Yunes, N., Abdelsalhin, T., Achucarro, A., van Aelst, K., Afshordi, N., Akcay, S., Annulli, L., Arun, K. G., Ayuso, I., ... Zumalacarregui, M. (2020). Prospects for fundamental physics with LISA. General Relativity and Gravitation, 52(8), [81]. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-020-02691-1

Santhanaraj, D. , Ruiz, M. P., Komarneni, M. R., Pham, T., Li, G., Resasco, D. E. , & Faria, J. (2020). Synthesis of α,β- and β-Unsaturated Acids and Hydroxy Acids by Tandem Oxidation, Epoxidation, and Hydrolysis/Hydrogenation of Bioethanol Derivatives. Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, 59(19), 7456-7460. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202002049

Ruiz, M. P., Mijnders, J., Tweehuysen, R. , Warnet, L. , van Drongelen, M. , Kersten, S. R. A. , & Lange, J. P. (2019). Fully Recyclable Bio-Based Thermoplastic Materials from Liquefied Wood. ChemSusChem, 12(19), 4395-4399. https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.201901959

Castello, D. , He, S. , Ruiz, M. P. , Westerhof, R. J. M., Heeres, H. J. , Seshan, K. , & Kersten, S. R. A. (2019). Is it possible to increase the oil yield of catalytic pyrolysis of biomass? A study using commercially-available acid and basic catalysts in ex-situ and in-situ modus. Journal of analytical and applied pyrolysis, 137, 77-85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaap.2018.11.012

Gomez-Monedero, B. , Pilar Ruiz, M., Bimbela, F. , & Faria, J. (2018). Selective depolymerization of industrial lignin-containing stillage obtained from cellulosic bioethanol processing. Fuel processing technology, 173, 165-172. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuproc.2018.01.021

Ruiz-Ramiro, M. P., Santhanaraj, D., Komarneni, M. R., Pham, T. N., Resasco, D. , & Faria, J. (2018). Catalytic multistage process for the production of polyhydroxyalkanoate monomers from bioethanol. CATL 377. Abstract from 255th American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. https://www.acs.org/content/dam/acsorg/meetings/national-meetings/spring-2018/acs-nola-program-book.pdf

Gomez-Monedero, B. , Ruiz-Ramiro, M. P., Bimbela, F. , & Faria, J. (2018). Catalytic valorisation of industrial 2G biomass stillage into monomeric phenolics using Ru catalyst supported on 1D multiwall carbon nanotubes (Ru-MWCNT) with enhanced molecular accessibility. CATL 45. Abstract from 255th American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. https://www.acs.org/content/dam/acsorg/meetings/national-meetings/spring-2018/acs-nola-program-book.pdf

Pham, T. N. , Zhang, L., Shi, D., Komarneni, M. R. , Ruiz-Ramiro, M. P., Resasco, D. , & Faria, J. (2018). Leveraging interstitial boron atoms to tailor the acid-base properties of MgO for selective aldol-condensation of acetaldehyde. CATL 504. Abstract from 255th American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. https://www.acs.org/content/dam/acsorg/meetings/national-meetings/spring-2018/acs-nola-program-book.pdf

Aranda-Perez, N. , Ruiz-Ramiro, M. P., Echave, J. , & Faria, J. (2018). Hydrothermally stable Ru-TiO2 catalyst for the decarboxylative coupling of acetic acid in aqueous environments. CATL 521. Abstract from 255th American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. https://www.acs.org/content/dam/acsorg/meetings/national-meetings/spring-2018/acs-nola-program-book.pdf

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