Sebastião
S. Alves
(Associate
professor)
Status
at the IBB – Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering:
· Senior
researcher
Status
at Centre for Biological and Chemical
Engineering:
·
Senior researcher
Education:
· PhD
in Chemical Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical
· Graduation
in Chemical Engineering,
Positions
and activities:
· Associate
Professor and Senior Researcher, Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical
University of Lisbon, Portugal, 1991-present date.
· Assistant
Professor, Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon,
Portugal, 1989-1991.
· Teaching
Assistant, Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon,
Portugal, 1981-1989.
·
Process Designer, ICI, Projects and Engineering Department, Agricultural
Division, Billingham, United Kingdom, 1978-1981.
Area
of scientific activity:
·
Transport
phenomena in multiphase systems.
·
Biotreatment
of VOC’s in gaseous effluents
Supervising
experience:
·
PhD
theses to date: 2 (supervision); 3 (co-supervision).
·
MSc
theses to date: 1 (supervision); 3 (co-supervision).
Publications:
Alves,
S.M.T.S. (1988),
“Modelação
da Pirólise de Madeira e outros Materiais Linhocelulósicos”,
Tese de Doutoramento, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade Técnica
de Lisboa, Lisboa (Orientação: Prof. J.L. Figueiredo).
Alves,
S. S., Vasconcelos, J. M. T., Orvalho, S. P., (2006), “Mass transfer to
clean bubbles at low turbulent energy dissipation”, Chem. Eng. Sci.
61, 1334-7.
Silva,
T.L., Mendes, A., Leiria, R., Calado, V., Alves, S.S, Vasconcelos, J.M.T., Reis,
A. (2006), “Effect of n-dodecane on Chrypthecodinium cohnii
fermentations and DHA Production”, J. Ind. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 33,
408-416.
Alves,
S. S., Vasconcelos, J. M. T., Orvalho, S. P., (2005), “Effect
of bubble contamination on rise velocity and mass transfer”, Chem.
Eng. Sci. 60, 1-9.
Mateus, D.M.R., Alves, S.S.,
Fonseca, M.M.R. (2004), “Kinetics of L-tryptophan production from indole
and L-serine catalyzed by whole cells with tryptophanase” activity, Journal
of Bioscience and Bioengineering, 97(5) 289-293.
Alves,
S.S., Maia, C.I., Vasconcelos, J.M.T. (2004), “Gas-liquid mass transfer
coefficient in stirred tanks interpreted through bubble contamination kinetics”, Chem. Eng. Proc., 43
(7): 823-830.
Vasconcelos, J.M.T., Rodrigues, J.M.L, Orvalho, S.C.P.,
Alves, S.S., Mendes, R.L., Reis, A. (2003), “Effect
of contaminants on mass transfer coefficients in bubble column and airlift
contactors”, Chem. Eng. Sci., 58,
1431-1440.
Alves, S.S., Maia,
C.I., Vasconcelos, J.M.T., Serralheiro, A.J. (2002), “Bubble size in
aerated stirred tanks”, Chem. Eng. J., 89 (1-3) 109-117.
Vasconcelos, JMT,
Orvalho, SP, Alves, SS (2002), “Gas-liquid mass transfer to single
bubbles: Effect of surface contamination”, AICHE J 48 (6): 1145-1154.
Alves, S.S., Maia,
C.I., Vasconcelos, J.M.T. (2002), “Experimental and modelling study of
gas dispersion in a double turbine stirred tank”, Chem. Eng. Sci., 57
487-496.
Vasconcelos,
JMT, Orvalho, SP, Alves, SS (2000), “The
effect of blade shape on the performance of six-bladed disk turbine impellers”, Ind.
Eng. Chem. Res., 39, 203-213.
Alves, S.S., Maia, C.I., Orvalho, S.C.P., Serralheiro, A.J., Vasconcelos, J.M.T. (2000), “Experimental and
modelling study of gas dispersion in a double turbine stirred tank”,
Proceedings of the 10th European Conference on Mixing (Delft, July 2000),
ed. H.E.A. van den Akker and J.J.Derksen, pp. 485-492, Elsevier, Amsterdam 2000
(ISBN 0 444 50476 1);
Contacts:
Telephone: +(351) 218
417 188
E-mail: Sebastião Alves
Last updated, Friday, 24 April 2009