Emilio Arguello Valverde

Lead and coordinate projects or subprojects for the implementation of new manufacturing processes and products. Statistical analysis of manufacturing processes for improvement of energy efficiency and product quality monitoring.

Validate within projects the technical feasibility of deploying new raw materials or products. Lead prototyping for product development at small scale and factory scale. Optimization of processes conditions and parameters for improving product quality attributes.

Title: “Potentials for future Energy Recovery in the pet food industry by process integration and heat pumps implementation”  - Detailed energy audit for assessing energy demand and potentials for energy efficiency.  - Development of tools for monitoring and managing energy consumption of the factory.  - Design a new utility distribution network to integrate a heat pump to recover waste heat.

Title: “Determination of effect of the mixing conditions on the properties of silane-silica reinforced rubber compounds for tire treads”  - Modelling of the physical and chemical process for the silanization during rubber mixing.  - Improvement of viscoelastic properties of rubber compounds by adjusting process parameters.  - Reduction of energy usage, mixing time and increasing batch load size by conducting a factorial

Institute of Multiphase Processes, Leibniz University Hannover Project: “Development of blood vessels scaffolds by freeze casting”  Determination of optimal process conditions for the production of polymer based scaffolds for bio engineering applications

i) Chemical and physical quality analyses of inbound materials, rubber compounds and tyres treads. ii) Validation of new rubber compound formulations and optimization of mixing parameters. iii) Statistical analysis of production parameters for the improvement of the vulcanization process.

Master programm focuses on topics such as renewable energy, energy efficiency, and environmental technology. Some other areas of focus are: Advanced Energy Conversion, Electrochemical Processes, Process Engineering and Environmental Protection and Simulation of Process.

Chemical kinetic and reactor design Advanced operations mass transfer and separation process Design of process and energy optimization Basics economy and project planning