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.
Expertise
Chemistry
- Catalyst
- Biomass
- Oil
- Chemical Reaction Product
- Lignin
Chemical Engineering
- Pyrolysis
- Nanohybrid
- Water
Organisations
Publications
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2024
Furanic jet fuels – Water-free aldol condensation of furfural and cyclopentanone (2024)Biomass & bioenergy, 190. Article 107410. Baldenhofer, R., Smet, A., Lange, J. P., Kersten, S. R. A. & Ruiz, M. P.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2024.107410Lignocellulosic biomass to glycols: Simultaneous conversion of cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin using an organic solvent (2024)Biomass & bioenergy, 187. Article 107307. Di Sabatino, R., Kersten, S. R. A., Lange, J. P. & Ruiz, M. P.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2024.107307Furfural to Cyclopentanone – a Search for Putative Oligomeric By-products (2024)ChemSusChem, 17(12). Article e202400108. Baldenhofer, R., Lange, J. P., Kersten, S. R. A. & Ruiz, M. P.https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.202400108Kinetics of Furfural Formation from Xylose via a Boronic Ester Intermediate (2024)ACS sustainable chemistry & engineering, 12(6), 2412-2420. van der Wal, P. J., Lange, J. P., Kersten, S. R. A. & Ruiz, M. P.https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.3c07390Pyrolysis of Real Packaging Plastic Waste Streams in a Fluidized-Bed Pilot Plant (2024)Energy & fuels, 38(3), 2188–2199. Genuino, H. C., van Eijk, M. C. P., Kersten, S. R. A. & Ruiz, M. P.https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.energyfuels.3c04114
2023
On the intrinsic reaction rate of polyethylene pyrolysis and its interplay with mass transfer (2023)Chemical Engineering Journal, 469. Article 143886. Ruiz, M. P., Zairin, D. M. & Kersten, S. R. A.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2023.143886Polyurethane Recycling: Thermal Decomposition of 1,3-Diphenyl Urea to Isocyanates (2023)Polymers, 15(11). Article 2522. Zamani, S., van der Voort, S. H. E., Lange, J.-P., Kersten, S. R. A. & Ruiz, M. P.https://doi.org/10.3390/polym15112522Process Development on the High-Yielding Reactive Extraction of Xylose with Boronic Acids (2023)Industrial & engineering chemistry research, 62(20), 8002-8009. van der Wal, P. J., Kersten, S. R. A., Lange, J.-P. & Ruiz, M. P.https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.3c00364Pyrolysis of mixed plastic waste: Predicting the product yields (2023)Waste management, 156, 208-215. Genuino, H. C., Pilar Ruiz, M., Heeres, H. J. & Kersten, S. R. A.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2022.11.040Tar Cracking Reactor Design for Biomass Gasification Processes (2023)[Thesis › EngD Thesis]. University of Twente. Iannizzotto, E.
2022
Polyurethane Recycling: Conversion of Carbamates—Catalysis, Side-Reactions and Mole Balance (2022)Polymers, 14(22). Article 4869. Zamani, S., Lange, J.-P., Kersten, S. R. A. & Ruiz, M. P.https://doi.org/10.3390/polym14224869Do not forget the classical catalyst poisons: The case of biomass to glycols via catalytic hydrogenolysis (2022)Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, 16(5), 1274-1283. te Molder, T. D. J., Kersten, S. R. A., Lange, J. P. & Ruiz, M. P.https://doi.org/10.1002/bbb.2372Pyrolysis of mixed plastic waste (DKR-350): Effect of washing pre-treatment and fate of chlorine (2022)Fuel processing technology, 233. Article 107304. Genuino, H. C., Ruiz, M. P., Heeres, H. J. & Kersten, S. R. A.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuproc.2022.107304Cellulosic glycols: Identification and Prevention of Catalyst Deactivation (2022)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente. te Molder, T. D. J.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036553643Fractional Condensation of Fast Pyrolysis Bio-Oil to Improve Biocrude Quality towards Alternative Fuels Production (2022)Applied Sciences, 12(10). Article 4822. Mati, A., Buffi, M., Dell’orco, S., Lombardi, G., Ruiz Ramiro, P. M., Kersten, S. R. A. & Chiaramonti, D.https://doi.org/10.3390/app12104822Catalysis at the Solid–Liquid–Liquid Interface of Water–Oil Pickering Emulsions: A Tutorial Review (2022)ACS Engineering Au, 2(4), 295-319. Ruiz, M. P. & Faria, J. A.https://doi.org/10.1021/acsengineeringau.2c00010
2021
Cellulosic glycols: an integrated process concept for lignocellulose pretreatment and hydrogenolysis (2021)Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, 15(6), 1725-1736. te Molder, T. D. J., Kersten, S. R. A., Lange, J. P. & Ruiz, M. P.https://doi.org/10.1002/bbb.2269From Woody Biomass to Ethylene Glycol: Inorganics Removal Boosts the Yield (2021)Industrial & engineering chemistry research, 60(37), 13515-13522. te Molder, T. D. J., Kersten, S. R. A., Lange, J.-P. & Ruiz, M. P.https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.1c02353Ethylene Glycol from Lignocellulosic Biomass: Impact of Lignin on Catalytic Hydrogenolysis (2021)Industrial & engineering chemistry research, 60(19), 7043-7049. te Molder, T. D. J., Kersten, S. R. A., Lange, J. P. & Ruiz, M. P.https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.1c01063Experimental study of fast pyrolysis vapors fractionation through different staged condensation configurations (2021)E3S Web of Conferences, 238. Article 01009. Mati, A., Buffi, M., Dell'orco, S., Ruiz Ramiro, M. P., Kersten, S. R. A. & Chiaramonti, D.https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202123801009
2020
Prospects for fundamental physics with LISA (2020)General Relativity and Gravitation, 52(8). Article 81. 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.https://doi.org/10.1007/s10714-020-02691-1Synthesis of α,β- and β-Unsaturated Acids and Hydroxy Acids by Tandem Oxidation, Epoxidation, and Hydrolysis/Hydrogenation of Bioethanol Derivatives (2020)Angewandte Chemie (international edition), 59(19), 7456-7460. Santhanaraj, D., Ruiz, M. P., Komarneni, M. R., Pham, T., Li, G., Resasco, D. E. & Faria, J.https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202002049
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