PEDRO GARCIA HARO

Categoría
Profesor Titular de Universidad

Contacto

Correo electrónico
Área
Ingeniería Química

Investigación

Grupo de investigación

INGENIERIA AMBIENTAL Y DE PROCESOS (INGENIERIA AMBIENTAL Y DE PROC)

Proyectos y contratos de investigación

INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO DE ETANOL PARA AUTOMOCIÓN (I+DEA) (PI-0063/2007 - Investigador/a)
ESTUDIO DEL ESTADO DEL ARTE Y NUEVOS DESARROLLOS DE LA PRODUCCIÓN DE METANOL (ES-0714/01/2009 - Investigador/a)
BIOREFINERIAS SOSTENIBLES (CEN-20091040 - Investigador/a)
Producción y almacenamiento geológico de H2 renovable como solución al futuro incremento de la cuota de electricidad renovable en Europa (EUIN2017-87680 - Responsable)
Biosos: biorefinerías sostenibles (PI-0430/2010 - Investigador/a)
Biomass Gasification-Based Production of Chemicals (PhD Supervision) (ES-1598/35/2016 - Responsable)
Collaborative agreement between AICIA and CTH for the optimization of SNG process (ES-1270/2014 - Responsable)
Collaborative agreement between AICIA and CTH for the elaboration of scientific publications (ES-1269/2014 - Responsable)
MBOP: Ingeniería básica de un demostrador de gas natural (PI-0868/2011 - Investigador/a)
Desarrollo de una Tecnología para la Valorización Material y Energética de Residuos Urbanos Mediante Optimización Simultánea de la Gasificación y Esta (CTM2016-78089-R - Investigador/a)
Biorrefinería Termoquímica Basada en Dme (ENE2012-31598 - Investigador/a)
MBOP: Ingenieria basica de un demostrador de gas natural (PI-0868/2011 - Investigador/a)

Capítulos en Libros

Kennes-veiga, David M.;Villanueva-Perales, Angel Luis;Haro, Pedro;Naveira-pazos, Cecilia;Veiga, María C.;Kennes, Christian:
Syngas conversion to biofuels: Recent progress. Pág. 63-84. Elsevier BV. Elsevier BV. 2023.

Participación en congresos

Haro, Pedro:
Symposium on Renewable Energy and Products from Biomass and Waste. CIUDEN. 2015

Asistencia a congresos

Gutiérrez, Raúl Ernesto;Haro, Pedro;Guerra , Karla Belén;Gomez-Barea, Alberto:
Concentrated Solar and Biomass Hybrid Power Plants: Impact of Thermal Energy Storage into Biomass Annual and Seasonal Utilization. Comunicación en congreso. 29th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition. Online. 2021
Van Der Slikke, Deanne;Guerra , Karla Belén;De Jong, Wiebren;Haro, Pedro:
The Potential of Biomass-Derived Hydrogen in West-Andalusia. Comunicación en congreso. 29th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition. Online. 2021
Gutiérrez, Raúl Ernesto;Haro, Pedro;Suárez, Montserrat;Guerra , Karla Belén;Gomez-Barea, Alberto:
Integration of solar and biomass for the production of electricity: Contributions to face the challenge of flexible operation in thermochemical bioref. Comunicación en congreso. 28th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition. MARSELLA (FRANCIA). 2020
Guerra , Karla Belén;Haro, Pedro;Ronda -Gálvez, Alicia;Gutiérrez, Raúl Ernesto;Gomez-Barea, Alberto:
Renewable hydrogen production, underground storage and highly flexible and synchronous generation of electricity to balance the future european electr. Comunicación en congreso. 28th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition. MARSELLA (FRANCIA). 2020
Ronda -Gálvez, Alicia;Haro, Pedro;Nilsson-, Susanna Louise;Fuentes-Cano, Diego Javier;Pardo, Israel;Gomez-Barea, Alberto:
Management of solid residue from sewage sludge conversion in Waste-to-Energy Plants. Ponencia en Congreso. 7th International Conference on Sustainable Solid Waste Management. HERAKLION ( CRETE, GRECIA). 2019
Salinero, Jesús;Fuentes-Cano, Diego Javier;Berdugo-vilches, Ana;Haro, Pedro;Gomez-Barea, Alberto:
A New and Accurate Method to Measure Surface Temperature and Size of Solid Particles during Fuel Conversion in Fluidized Beds. Poster en Congreso. 7th International Conference on Engineering for Waste and Biomass Valorisation. Prague, BRENO. (CZECH REPUBLIC). 2018
De Almeida, V.f;Arroyo, Javier;Suárez, Montserrat;Pardo, Israel;Nilsson-, Susanna Louise;Haro, Pedro;Gomez-Barea, Alberto:
On the measurement of main inorganic contaminants (HCl, H2S and NH3) in waste-derived syngas. Ponencia en Congreso. 7th International Conference on Engineering for Waste anD Biomass valorization. Praga, - Praga, República Checa. 2018
Ronda -Gálvez, Alicia;Ferreira, Vanessa;Salinero, Jesús;Haro, Pedro;Fuentes-Cano, Diego Javier;Nilsson-, Susanna Louise;Gomez-Barea, Alberto:
Study of the Potential Ecological Risk of Heavy Metals in the Residue from Thermal Conversion of a Sewage Sludge. Comunicación en congreso. 26th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition. Copenhague. 2018
Haro, Pedro;Arroyo, Javier;Ferreira, Vanessa;Salinero, Jesús;Vidal-Barrero, J. Fernando;Gomez-Barea, Alberto:
Waste gasification for power generation: Assessment of industrial and nonindustrial alkaline residues as sorbents for acid gas removal. Comunicación en congreso. 26th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition. Copenhague. 2018
Haro, Pedro;Peñalver-pichaco, Daniel;Suárez-almeida, Montserrat;Larson, Eric;Ghoniem, Ahmed F.;Gomez-Barea, Alberto:
The Role of Biomass in the Future Development of CSP in Southern Europe: the Case of Spain. Sesión no plenaria en Congreso. 26th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition. Copenhague. 2018
Haro, Pedro;Arroyo, Javier;Ferreira, Vanessa;Salinero, Jesus;Vidal-Barrero, J. Fernando;Gomez-Barea, Alberto:
Waste Gasification for Power Generation: Assessment of Industrial and Non-Industrial Alkaline Residues as Sorbents for Acid Gas Removal. Comunicación en congreso. 26th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition. Copenhague. 2018
Lopez-aracil, Cristina;Haro, Pedro;Gomez-Barea, Alberto:
The role of the waste-to-energy technologies in landfill mining. Ponencia en Congreso. 12th International Conference on Urban Regeneration and Sustainability. Sevilla, Spain. 2017
Lopez-aracil, Cristina;Haro, Pedro;Fuentes-Cano, Diego Javier;Gomez-Barea, Alberto:
Dynamic assessment of Waste-to-Energy Schemes in Current European Landfill-Dominant Regions. Poster en Congreso. 25th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition. ESTOCOLMO , SUECIA. 2017
Ronda -Gálvez, Alicia;Ferreira, Vanessa;Arroyo, Javier;Haro, Pedro;Fuentes-Cano, Diego Javier;Nilsson-, Susanna Louise;Salinero, Jesús;Gomez-Barea, Alberto:
Heavy Metals Partitioning during Thermal Conversion of Sewage Sludge in a Fluidized Bed under Conditions Relevant for Pyrolysis and Gasification. Comunicación en congreso. 25th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition. ESTOCOLMO , SUECIA. 2017
Fuentes-Cano, Diego Javier;Salinero, Jesús;Haro, Pedro;Nilsson-, Susanna Louise;Gomez-Barea, Alberto:
Influence of the Stoichiometric Ratio on Tar Composition during Fluidized Bed Gasification. Comunicación en congreso. 25th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition. ESTOCOLMO , SUECIA. 2017
Lopez-aracil, Cristina;Arvidsson, Maria;Haro, Pedro:
COMPARISON OF TWO METHODS TO CALCULATE GHG EMISSION REDUCTIONS IN THE PRODUCTION OF BIO-OLEFINS. Sesión no plenaria en Congreso. 2nd South East European Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy Water and Environment Systems. PIRAN, ESLOVENIA. 2016
Haro, Pedro;Arvidsson, Maria;Morandin, Matteo;Harvey, Simon:
Assessing integrated gasification-based biorefinery concepts for decarbonisation of the basic chemicals industry. Sesión no plenaria en Congreso. 2nd South East European Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy Water and Environment Systems. PIRAN, ESLOVENIA. 2016
Lopez-aracil, Cristina;Haro, Pedro;Ollero-De Castro, Pedro:
MODELING OF BIOGENIC CARBON STORAGE IN PLASTICS: IMPACT OF THE USE OF BIOMASS OR MSW AS FEEDSTOCK. Ponencia en Congreso. 6th International Conference on Engineering for Waste and Biomass Valorisation. Albi, France. 2016
Lopez-aracil, Cristina;Gomez-Barea, Alberto;Haro, Pedro:
WASTE MANAGEMENT SCHEMES FOR THE THERMAL VALORISATION OF THE MSW IN ANDALUSIA: GASIFICATION VS INCINERATION. Poster en Congreso. 6th International Conference on Engineering for Waste and Biomass valorization and 2nd WasteEng Summer School . Albi, France. 2016
Vázquez-domínguez, Miguel Ángel;Haro, Pedro;Ollero-De Castro, Pedro:
Use of inexpensive catalyst for the conversion of Bio-DME into commodity chemicals. Poster en Congreso. 23rd European Biomass Conference and Exhibition. Viena, AUSTRIA. 2015
Lopez-aracil, Cristina;Haro, Pedro;Ollero-De Castro, Pedro:
Time-Integrated GHG emissions in a thermochemical biorefinery producing ethanol from MSW in Andalusia. Sesión no plenaria en Congreso. 23rd European Biomass Conference and Exhibition. Viena, AUSTRIA. 2015
Lopez-aracil, Cristina;Haro, Pedro;Vidal-Barrero, J. Fernando;Ollero-De Castro, Pedro:
GHG reduction in thermochemical biorefineries based on municipal solid waste in Andalusia. Poster en Congreso. 22nd European Biomass Conference and Exhibition. Hamburg, Germany. 2014
Haro, Pedro;Cutz, Luis;Johnsson, Filip:
Co-Feeding of Natural Gas in Pyrolysis Plants Producing Biofuels - GHG Savings and Economic Impact. Poster en Congreso. 22nd European Biomass Conference and Exhibition. Hamburg, Germany. 2014
Haro, Pedro:
Assessing negative emissions in the Production of Ethylene from Biomass. Ponencia en Congreso. 21st European Biomass Conference and Exhibition. COPENHAGEN - DINAMARCA. 2013
Haro, Pedro:
Thermochemical biorefineries: what are and why could be appealing?. Ponencia en Congreso. 2nd IBEROAMERICAN CONGRESS ON BIOREFINERIES. RECINTO PROVINCIAL DE FERIAS Y CONGRESOS DE JAÉN - ESPAÑA. 2013
Haro, Pedro;Vidal-Barrero, J. Fernando;Villanueva-Perales, Angel Luis;Ollero-De Castro, Pedro:
HYDROGENATION OF C3-C4 ACETATES TO ALCOHOLS: STUDY OF CO EFFECT ON ACETATE CONVERSION AND PRODUCTS DISTRIBUTION. Poster en Congreso. ANQUE International Congress of Chemical Engineering 2012. Seville, Spain. 2012
Haro, Pedro;Ollero-De Castro, Pedro;Villanueva-Perales, Angel Luis;Reyes-Valle, Carmen María;Vidal-Barrero, J. Fernando:
Thermochemical Biorefineries. A case study for the Spanish economic scenario. Poster en Congreso. ANQUE International Congress of Chemical Engineering 2012. Seville, Spain. 2012
Haro, Pedro;Ollero-De Castro, Pedro;Villanueva-Perales, Angel Luis;Reyes-Valle, Carmen María:
A SHORT REVIEW ON 2ND GENERATION PROCESSES TO PRODUCE ETHANOL FROM BIOMASS. Ponencia en Congreso. 20TH EUROPEAN BIOMASS CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION. MILAN, ITALIA. 2012
Reyes-Valle, Carmen María;Gonzalez, David;Villanueva-Perales, Angel Luis;Haro, Pedro;Vidal-Barrero, J. Fernando;Ollero-De Castro, Pedro;Pinna-Hernandez, Maria Guadalupe;Sanz-yague, Juan Luis;Peña -gómez, Yolanda :
Techno-economic assessment of synthetic gasolin production via thermochemical conversion of biomass. Poster en Congreso. Internacional Congress of chemical engineering ANQUE-ICCE 2012 ¿Innovating for the future¿.. Sevilla, España. 2012
Haro, Pedro:
A short review on 2nd generation processes to produce ethanol from biomass. Sesión no plenaria en Congreso. 20th EUROPEAN BIOMASS CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION. Milan, ITALIA. 2012
Haro, Pedro;Reyes-Valle, Carmen María;Villanueva-Perales, Angel Luis;Ollero-De Castro, Pedro:
TECHNO-ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT OF PRODUCTION OF OLEFINS VIA THERMOCHEMICAL. Comunicación en congreso. 19th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition. BERLÍN, ALEMANIA. 2011
Reyes-Valle, Carmen María;Haro, Pedro;Villanueva-Perales, Angel Luis;Ollero-De Castro, Pedro:
TECHNO-ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT OF SNG-ETHANOL CO-PRODUCTION (BIO SNG-ETHANOL) VIA. Comunicación en congreso. 19th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition. BERLIN, ALEMANIA. 2011
Ollero-De Castro, Pedro;Haro, Pedro;Villanueva-Perales, Angel Luis;Reyes-Valle, Carmen María:
Technoeconomic assessment of an innovative thermochemical route to produce ethanol from lignocellulosic biomass. Poster en Congreso. . .
Haro, Pedro:
Thermochemical biorefineries with multiproduction: hydrocarbonylation of DME into fuels and chemicals. Ponencia en Congreso. . .

Artículos publicados

Guerra , Karla Belén;Welfle, Andrew;Gutiérrez, Raúl Ernesto;Freer, Muir;Ma, Li;Haro, Pedro:
The role of energy storage in Great Britain's future power system: focus on hydrogen and biomass. Applied Energy. 2024. Núm: 122447. 10.1016/j.apenergy.2023.122447.
Aracil, Cristina;Villanueva-Perales, Angel Luis;Giuntoli, Jacopo;Cristóbal, Jorge;Haro, Pedro:
The Role of Renewable-Derived Plastics in the Analysis of Waste Management Schemes: A Time-Dependent Carbon Cycle Assessment. Sustainability. 2023. Vol: 15. Núm: 12. 10.3390/su15129292.
Haro, Pedro;Villanueva-Perales, Angel Luis;Fernández-Baco, Custodia;Rodriguez-Galan, Monica;Morillo-Aguado, José:
EUR-ACE accreditation for chemical engineering in Spain: Current situation, lessons learned and challenges. Education For Chemical Engineers. 2023. Vol: 45. Pág. 19-27. 10.1016/j.ece.2023.07.004.
Guerra , Karla Belén;Gutiérrez, Raúl Ernesto;Guerra, Omar J;Haro, Pedro:
Opportunities for low-carbon generation and storage technologies to decarbonise the future power system. Applied Energy. 2023. Vol: 336. Núm: 120828. 10.1016/j.apenergy.2023.120828.
Gutiérrez, Raúl Ernesto;Guerra , Karla Belén;Haro, Pedro:
Market profitability of CSP-biomass hybrid power plants: towards a firm supply of renewable energy. Applied Energy. 2023. Vol: 335. Núm: 120754. 10.1016/j.apenergy.2023.120754.
Ronda -Gálvez, Alicia;Haro, Pedro;Gomez-Barea, Alberto:
Sustainability assessment of alternative waste-to-energy technologies for the management of sewage sludge. Waste Management. 2023. Vol: 159. Pág. 52-62. 10.1016/j.wasman.2023.01.025.
Gutiérrez, Raúl Ernesto;Guerra , Karla Belén;Haro, Pedro:
Profitability of Concentrated Solar-Biomass hybrid power plants: Dataset of the stochastic techno-economic assessment. Data in Brief. 2023. 10.1016/j.dib.2023.109096.
Guerra , Karla Belén;Haro, Pedro;Gutiérrez, Raúl Ernesto;Gomez-Barea, Alberto:
Data for the modelling of the future power system with a high share of variable renewable energy. Data in Brief. 2022. Vol: 42. Núm: 108095. 10.1016/j.dib.2022.108095.
Gutiérrez, Raúl Ernesto;Guerra , Karla Belén;Haro, Pedro:
Exploring the techno-economic feasibility of new bioeconomy concepts: Solar-assisted thermochemical biorefineries. Applied Energy. 2022. Núm: 119535. 10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.119535.
Guerra , Karla Belén;Haro, Pedro;Gutiérrez, Raúl Ernesto;Gomez-Barea, Alberto:
Facing the high share of variable renewable energy in the power system: Flexibility and stability requirements. Applied Energy. 2022. Vol: 310. Núm: 118561. 10.1016/j.apenergy.2022.118561.
Gutiérrez, Raúl Ernesto;Haro, Pedro;Gomez-Barea, Alberto:
Techno-economic and operational assessment of concentrated solar power plants with a dual supporting system. Applied Energy. 2021. Vol: 302. Pág. 117600-117600. 10.1016/j.apenergy.2021.117600.
Vázquez-domínguez, Miguel Ángel;Haro, Pedro;Vidal-Barrero, J. Fernando;Ollero-De Castro, Pedro:
Exploring the Regeneration of Mordenite Catalyst in Dimethylether Carbonylation Reaction. Revista Mexicana de Ingeniera Quimica. 2020. Vol: 19. Núm: 1. Pág. 147-157. 10.24275/rmiq/Cat477.
Ronda -Gálvez, Alicia;Gomez-Barea, Alberto;Haro, Pedro;Ferreira, Vanessa;Salinero, Jesús:
Elements partitioning during thermal conversion of sewage sludge. Fuel Processing Technology. 2019. Vol: 186. Pág. 156-166. 10.1016/j.fuproc.2019.01.001.
Alonso-Fariñas, Bernabé;Gallego-schmid, Alejandro;Haro, Pedro;Azapagic , Adisa:
Environmental assessment of thermo-chemical processes for bio-ethylene production in comparison with bio-chemical and fossil-based ethylene. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2018. Vol: 202. Pág. 817-829. 10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.08.147.
Lopez-aracil, Cristina;Haro, Pedro;Fuentes-Cano, Diego Javier;Gomez-Barea, Alberto:
Implementation of waste-to-energy options in landfill-dominated countries: Economic evaluation and GHG impact. Waste Management. 2018. Vol: 76. Pág. 443-456. 10.1016/j.wasman.2018.03.039.
Fuentes-Cano, Diego Javier;Salinero, Jesús;Haro, Pedro;Nilsson-, Susanna Louise;Gomez-Barea, Alberto:
The influence of volatiles to carrier gas ratio on gas and tar yields during fluidized bed pyrolysis tests. Fuel. 2018. Vol: 226. Pág. 81-86. 10.1016/j.fuel.2018.03.171.
Haro, Pedro;Mrkaji¿, Vladimir;Stanisavljevic, Nemanja;Wang, Xiaoming;Tomas, Lidija:
Efficiency of packaging waste management in a European Union candidate country. Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 2018. Vol: 136. Pág. 130-141. 10.1016/j.resconrec.2018.04.008.
Nilsson-, Susanna Louise;Gomez-Barea, Alberto;Fuentes-Cano, Diego Javier;Haro, Pedro;Pinna-Hernandez, Maria Guadalupe:
Gasification of Olive Tree Pruning in Fluidized Bed: Experiments in a Laboratory-Scale Plant and Scale-up to Industrial Operation. Energy & Fuels. 2017. Vol: 31. Núm: 1. Pág. 542-554. 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.6b02039.
Haro, Pedro;Johnsson, Filip;Thunman, Henrik:
Improved syngas processing for enhanced Bio-SNG production: A techno-economic assessment. Energy. 2016. Vol: 101. Pág. 380-389. 10.1016/j.energy.2016.02.037.
Cutz, Luis;Haro, Pedro;Santana, Domingo;Johnsson, Filip:
Assessment of biomass energy sources and technologies: The case of Central America. Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews. 2016. Vol: 58. Pág. 1411-1431. 10.1016/j.rser.2015.12.322.
López-aracil, Cristina;Haro, Pedro;Giuntoli, Jacopo;Ollero-De Castro, Pedro:
Proving the climate benefit in the production of biofuels from municipal solid waste refuse in Europe. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2016. Vol: 142. Núm: 4. Pág. 2887-2900. 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.10.181.
Arvidsson, Maria;Haro, Pedro;Morandin, Matteo;Harvey, Simon:
Comparative thermodynamic analysis of biomass gasification-based light olefin production using methanol or DME as the platform chemical. Chemical Engineering Research & Design. 2016. Vol: 115. Núm: A. Pág. 182-194. 10.1016/j.cherd.2016.09.031.
Haro, Pedro;López-aracil, Cristina;Vidal-Barrero, J. Fernando;Ollero-De Castro, Pedro:
Balance and saving of GHG emissions in thermochemical biorefineries. Applied Energy. 2015. Vol: 147. Pág. 444-455. 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.02.083.
Haro, Pedro;López-aracil, Cristina;Vidal-Barrero, J. Fernando;Ollero-De Castro, Pedro:
Rewarding of extra-avoided GHG emissions in thermochemical biorefineries incorporating Bio-CCS. Applied Energy. 2015. Vol: 157. Pág. 255-266. 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.08.020.
Haro, Pedro;Villanueva-Perales, Angel Luis;Arjona-Antolin, Ricardo;Ollero-De Castro, Pedro:
Thermochemical biorefineries with multiproduction using a platform chemical. Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining. 2014. 10.1002/bbb.1465.
Haro, Pedro;Ollero-De Castro, Pedro;Villanueva-Perales, Angel Luis;Gomez-Barea, Alberto:
Thermochemical biorefinery based on dimethyl ether as intermediate: Technoeconomic assessment. Applied Energy. 2013. Vol: 102. Pág. 950-961. 10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.09.051.
Haro, Pedro;Ollero-De Castro, Pedro;Villanueva-Perales, Angel Luis;Vidal-Barrero, J. Fernando:
Potential Routes for Thermochemical Biorefineries. Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining. 2013. Vol: 7. Núm: 5. Pág. 551-572. 10.1002/bbb.1409.
Haro, Pedro;Trippe, Frederik;Stahl, Ralph;Henrich, Edmund:
Bio-syngas to gasoline and olefins via DME - A comprehensive techno-economic assessment. Applied Energy. 2013. Vol: 108. Pág. 54-65. 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.03.015.
Haro, Pedro;Trippe, Frederik;Ollero-De Castro, Pedro:
Technoeconomic assessment of potential processes for bio-Ethylene production. Fuel Processing Technology. 2013. Vol: 114C. Pág. 35-48. 10.1016/j.fuproc.2013.03.024.
Haro, Pedro;Ollero-De Castro, Pedro;Villanueva-Perales, Angel Luis;Reyes-Valle, Carmen María:
Technoeconomic assessment of lignocellulosic ethanol production via DME (dimethyl ether) hydrocarbonylation. Energy. 2012. Vol: 44. Pág. 891-901. 10.1016/j.energy.2012.05.004.

Tesis dirigidas o codirigidas

(Doctorando no grabado):
Contribución al desarrollo de biorrefinerías termoquímicas basadas en la hidrocarbonilación de DME. Tesis Doctoral. 2020
López-aracil, Cristina:
Time-Integrated GHG emissions in advanced Waste-to-Energy plants producing fuels, chemicals and electricity from MSW refuse. Tesis Doctoral. 2017
(Doctorando no grabado):
Assessing Integrated Gasification-Based Biorefinery Concepts for Decarbonisation of the Basic Chemicals Industry. Tesis Doctoral. 2016