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Andrés Eduardo Donoso Bravo

Investigador senior

Centro Tecnológico del Agua (Cetaqua)

Santiago, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Wastewater treatment and revalorization Anaerobic Digestion Mathematical modeling of (bio)processes

Educación

  •  Biochemical Engineer, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE VALPARAISO. Chile, 2004
  •  Biochemical Engineering, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE VALPARAISO. Chile, 2008

Experiencia Académica

  •   PostDoc Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE VALLADOLID

    Valladolid, España

    2009 - 2010

  •   PostDoc Full Time

    UNIVERSITE DE MONS

    Polytechnique

    Mons, Bélgica

    2010 - 2012

  •   PostDoc Full Time

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE VALPARAISO

    Ingeniería

    Valparaíso, Chile

    2012 - 2013

  •   Profesor Part Time

    CENTRO DE FORMACION TECNICA INACAP

    Valparaíso, Chile

    2005 - 2006

  •   Profesor Part Time

    UNIVERSIDAD TECNICA FEDERICO SANTA MARIA

    Santiago, Chile

    2016 - 2017

  •   Profesor Part Time

    UNIVERSIDAD TECNICA FEDERICO SANTA MARIA

    Santiago, Chile

    2018 - A la fecha

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Project Engineering Part Time

    INGAM Ltda

    Valparaíso, Chile

    2005 - 2012

  •   Investigador Full Time

    INSTITUTE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE EN INFORMATIQUE ET EN AUTOMATIQUE (INRIA - Chile)

    Chile

    2013 - 2017

Formación de Capital Humano


Courses
2013-2014. Modelación y automatización de bioprocesos (Modelling and automation of bioprocessess). Master and PhD in Science of the Engineering, Escuela de ingeniería Bioquímica, PUCV

2013. Instrumentation y Control de procesos (Instrumentation and process control). Biochemical engineering degree, Escuela de ingeniería Bioquímica, PUCV

2005 – 2006. Teacher. National Technical Institute (INACAP). Industrial processes department. Valparaiso, Chile. Courses: General Chemistry, Waste and wastewater treatment and Industrial Hygiene.

2003 - 2004. Assistant professor. Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaiso, Biochemical Engineering Department. Courses: Bioseparations; Environmental Engineering, Separation Processes, Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology, Biotechnology Process (given to the Industrial Engineering department).

Student thesis co-supervisor
2014 (2nd Semester) Luna Álvarez and Inge Schindler. Operación y puesta en marcha de una planta piloto de digestión anaerobia instrumentalizada. Final work to get the Bioprocess engineering diploma

2013 (2nd Semester) Valentina Ortega, Francisca Toledo, Yannhire Zepeda. Implementación y Puesta en Marcha de un Biodigestor Unifamiliar Piloto para la Producción de Biogás a partir de Desechos Vegetales en la Zona Rural. Final work to get the Bioprocess engineering diploma

2011 – 2012. Fabio Carrera. Integración energética del fango digerido en una EDAR mediante cogeneración y secado térmico. Master tesis. Escola Técnica Superior de Enxeñaria. Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (along with Ute Louro (Aqualia g.I.A. y Movexvial S.L.))

2008. Jose Fernández. Modeling and optimization of two-phase anaerobic SBR reactors. Thesis to obtain the title of Mathematics Engineer. Federico Santa María University, Valparaiso, Chile. Supervisor: Pedro Gajardo

Thesis committe
2014. Magela Odrizola. Modelado de Reactores Anaerobios, Integración de Aspectos Cinéticos, Difusivos, Fluidodinámicos y de Crecimiento Celular. Tesis de Maestría. Universidad de la República. Facultad de Ingeniería, Montevideo, Uruguay. 30-05-2014

2013. Marcela Jaramaillo. Análisis de alternativas para la operación de un reactor anaerobio granular ubicado en la comunidad de Chimbarongo. Master Thesis in environmental engineering (Magíster Ingeniería Ambiental mención Procesos), Facultad de Ingeniería, PUCV

2010 – present. Pedro Almeida. Modeling and control of aquaculture processes. PhD Thesis. Service d'Automatique, Faculte Polytechnique, Université de Mons, Belgium. Supervisor: Alain Vande Wouwer

Invited Lecturers and Seminars
Facing the new challenges in Anaerobic Digestion. The importance of process integration. Laboratoire de Biotechnologie de l'Environnement (LBE), INRA, September 12th, 2014, Narbonne France

Modeling in Anaerobic Digestion. Facing the new challenges, Modemic Group, INRA, September 2nd, 2014, Montpellier France

Modeling of the pretreatment. Future and perspectives. Service d'Automatique, Faculté Polytechnique, Université de Mons, Belgium. June 1st 2013

Modeling of the pretreatment effect. Specialized course in about Innovative Sludge Pre-Treatments (ISP). Group of Environmental Technology of University of Valladolid. Spain. 23-24 June 2013

Anaerobic process and the application of algae for CO2 sequestration. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. University of Alberta. Edmonton, Canada. Jan 28th, 2013

Modelamiento matemático para la producción de biogás desde residuos orgánicos (Spanish). Reunión Anillo. Universidad Santa María. 2012, Santiago, Chile

Modelación y pretratamiento: Herramientas para mejorar la operación de Biorefinerías (Spanish). III International Seminar: “Desarrollo y Perspectivas de Biorefinerías en Iberoamérica”. November 4th 2011, Viña del Mar, Chile

Modeling and parameter identification in anaerobic digestion (AD) processes. Department of Electrical Engineering, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, October 17th 2011, Porto Alegre, Brazil.

Anaerobic digestion (AD) process. Current state, modeling application and adaptation a local scenarios. Lab. for Environ. Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, Vietnamese Academy of Science and Technology. February 11th 2011, Hanoi, Vietnam.

Modelling and parameter identification in anaerobic digestion (AD) processes. Les biotechnologies au service de l’environnement et de l’energie; apport de l’automatique. Journée de 1’ de Dec 2010. SUPELEC, Gif sur Yvette Paris, France

Methane production from waste (spanish). Oral conference at the University of Guadalajara, Cienaga Universitary Center. Ocotlan, Mexico. October 21st 2010.

Nuevas perspectivas en biometanización de lodos de plantas de tratamiento. Modelación y pre-tratamiento Escuela de Ingeniería Bioquímica PUCV, Valparaíso, Chile. September 15th 2010.

New perspectives in modeling application upon thermal pretreatment and anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge. Novedar Proyect annual meeting. May 21th 2010, University of Girona, Spain.


Premios y Distinciones

  •   Mejor tesis doctoral 2008 (Bicentenerario)

    MINISTERIO DE EDUCACION

    Chile, 2009

    Award to the best doctoral thesis form 2008 given by the "Comisión Bicentenario" from the Ministry of Education, Chile


 

Article (33)

A need for a standardization in anaerobic digestion experiments? Lets get some insight from meta-analysis and multivariate analysis
Effect of inoculum on the anaerobic digestion of food waste accounting for the concentration of trace elements
Mathematical modelling of in-situ microaerobic desulfurization of biogas from sewage sludge digestion
Modelling of an anaerobic plug-flow reactor. Process analysis and evaluation approaches with non-ideal mixing considerations
Dynamical modeling and optimal control of landfills
Impact of milling, enzyme addition, and steam explosion on the solid waste biomethanation of an olive oil production plant
Anaerobic biodegradability of fish remains: experimental investigation and parameter estimation
ENTRY LENGTH EFFECTS FOR MOMENTUM, HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER IN CIRCULAR DUCTS WITH LAMINAR FLOW
Simplified mechanistic model for the two-stage anaerobic degradation of sewage sludge
A methodology for a quantitative interpretation of DGGE with the help of mathematical modelling: application in biohydrogen production
ADM1 calibration using BMP tests for modeling the effect of autohydrolysis pretreatment on the performance of continuous sludge digesters
Anaerobic co-digestion of sewage sludge and grease trap: Assessment of enzyme addition
Anaerobic Processes
Bio-hydrogen production during acidogenic fermentation in a multistage stirred tank reactor
Explicit temperature-based model for anaerobic digestion: Application in domestic wastewater treatment in a UASB reactor
Identification in an anaerobic batch system: global sensitivity analysis, multi-start strategy and optimization criterion selection
Influence of thermal pretreatment on the biochemical methane potential of wheat straw
On the derivation of simple dynamic models of anaerobic digestion using macroscopic bioreaction schemes
Relationship between phenol degradation efficiency and microbial community structure in an anaerobic SBR
Long-term hydrolytic capacity evaluation of a thermophilic anaerobic digester treating sewage sludge
Assessment of the influence of thermal pre-treatment time on the macromolecular composition and anaerobic biodegradability of sewage sludge
Biofilm formation for organic matter and sulphate removal in gas-lift reactors
Effect of microaerobic conditions on the degradation kinetics of cellulose
Initial rates technique as a procedure to predict the anaerobic digester operation
Model selection, identification and validation in anaerobic digestion: A review
Performance of an in-situ rotating biological contactor in a recirculating aquaculture system
Application of simplified models for anaerobic biodegradability tests. Evaluation of pre-treatment processes
Full-stream and part-stream ultrasound treatment effect on sludge anaerobic digestion
Anaerobic sequencing batch reactor as an alternative for the biological treatment of wine distillery effluents
Anaerobic treatment of low-strength wastewater with a high fraction of particulate matter in an unconventional two-phase ASBRs system
Development and validation of a simplified model for the anaerobic degradation of phenol
Influence of temperature on the hydrolysis, acidogenesis and methanogenesis in mesophilic anaerobic digestion: parameter identification and modeling application
Treatment of low strength sewage with high suspended organic matter content in an anaerobic sequencing batch reactor and modeling application

BookSection (1)

Biofuels from Microalgae: Biomethane

Review (3)

Computational fluid dynamic (CFD) modelling in anaerobic digestion: General application and recent advances
Modeling the Odor Generation in WWTP: An Integrated Approach Review
Determining the limiting reaction in anaerobic digestion processes. How has this been tackled?
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Andrés Donoso

Investigador senior

Centro Tecnológico del Agua (Cetaqua)

Santiago, Chile

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Gonzalo Ruiz-Filippi

Vicedean

Facultad de Ingeniería

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE VALPARAISO. ESCUELA DE BIOQUIMICA

VALPARAISO, Chile

9
Rolando Chamy

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE VALPARAÍSO

Valparaíso, Chile

8
Rolando Chamy

Director

Núcleo Biotecnología Curauma

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso

Valparaíso, Chile

3
María Sadino

PhD candidate

Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering

UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA

Edmonton, Canada

3
David Jeison

Profesor Titular

Escuela de Ingeniería Bioquímica

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso

Valparaíso, Chile

2
LEA CABROL

Investigadora adjunta

Instituto Milenio BASE (Biodiversidad de Ecosistemas Antarcticos y Subantarcticos)

Santiago, Chile

2
David Jeison

UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA

Temuco, Chile

2
Estela Tapia

Académico asociado

Ingeniería para la sostenibilidad

Universidad de Playa Ancha de Ciencias de la Educación

Valparaíso, Chile

1
Jose Souto

Profesor

Ingeniería Química

Universidad de Santiago de Compostela

Santiago de Compostela, España

1
lorena jorquera

associate professor

Construction engineering

Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso

valparaiso, Chile

1
Jose Campos

Full professor

Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez

Viña del Mar, Chile

1
Emky Valdebenito

Investigador

Biofiltración

Procycla Spa.

Santiago, Chile

1
Céline Lavergne

Investigadora titular

Centro de Estudios Avanzados

Universidad de Playa Ancha de Ciencias de la Educación

Valparaiso, Chile

1
Fabio Carrera

Investigador

Ingeniería en Construcción

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE VALPARAISO

Valparaiso, Chile

1
Andrea Carvajal

Académica

Departamento de Ingeniería Química y Ambiental

Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María

Santiago, Chile