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  1. Minimizing the total cost of multi effect evaporation systems for seawater desalination

    Article • Desalination, July 2014, Elsevier

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  2. Including Disjunctions in Real-Time Optimization

    Article • Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, June 2014, American Chemical Society (ACS)

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  3. LCA Bioethanol Argentina

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, February 2014, Elsevier

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  4. Model Adaptation for Real-Time Optimization in Energy Systems

    Article • Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, November 2013, American Chemical Society (ACS)

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  5. Ethanol and glycerin processor systems coupled to solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs). Optimal operation and heat exchangers network synthesis

    Article • International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, June 2013, Elsevier

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  6. Optimization of Multi-Effect Evaporation desalination plants

    Article • Desalination, February 2013, Elsevier

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  7. Optimization of bio-hydrogen production and C-N removal in combined anaerobic-aerobic systems

    Article • January 2013, Elsevier

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  8. On process optimization considering LCA methodology

    Article • Journal of Environmental Management, April 2012, Elsevier

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  9. Seawater Desalination Processes

    Article • January 2012, Elsevier

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  10. Real-time optimization of energy systems in sugar and ethanol facilities

    Article • January 2012, Elsevier

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  11. An alternative real-time optimization algorithm with modifier adaptation

    Article • January 2012, Elsevier

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  12. Optimization of hybrid anaerobic-aerobic SBR-based systems

    Article • January 2012, Elsevier

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  13. Modeling, synthesis and optimization of heat exchanger networks. Application to fuel processing systems for PEM fuel cells

    Article • International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, July 2011, Elsevier

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  14. A coupling model for EGSB bioreactors: Hydrodynamics and anaerobic digestion processes

    Article • Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process Intensification, March 2011, Elsevier

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  15. Wastewater Treatment Plant Synthesis and Design: Combined Biological Nitrogen and Phosphorus Removal

    Article • Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, August 2010, American Chemical Society (ACS)

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  16. Improvements of a hollow fiber reverse osmosis desalination model: Analysis of numerical results

    Article • Chemical Engineering Research and Design, July 2010, Elsevier

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  17. Effects of PEMFC operating parameters on the performance of an integrated ethanol processor

    Article • International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, June 2010, Elsevier

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  18. Global Optimal Design of Mechanical Vapor Compression (MVC) Desalination Process

    Article • January 2010, Elsevier

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  19. Modeling and optimization of biological sequential batch reactors

    Article • January 2010, Elsevier

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  20. Energy efficiency analysis of an integrated glycerin processor for PEM fuel cells: Comparison with an ethanol-based system

    Article • International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, January 2010, Elsevier

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  21. Multiperiod design and planning of multiproduct batch plants with mixed‐product campaigns

    Article • AIChE Journal, July 2009, Wiley

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  22. Global modeling and simulation of a three-phase fluidized bed bioreactor

    Article • Computers & Chemical Engineering, January 2009, Elsevier

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  23. Heterogeneous Anaerobic Biofilm Reactor Models Application to UASB, EGSB and AFB Reactors

    Article • January 2009, Elsevier

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  24. Hybrid Desalination Systems: Alternative Designs of Thermal and Membrane Processes.

    Article • January 2009, Elsevier

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  25. Synthesis and Design of Combined Biological Nitrogen and Phosphorus Removal WWT Plants

    Article • January 2009, Elsevier

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  26. Global optimal synthesis of integrated hybrid desalination plants

    Article • January 2009, Elsevier

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  27. Simultaneous Flowsheet Optimization and Heat Integration of a Bioethanol Processor for PEM Fuel Cell System

    Article • January 2009, Elsevier

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  28. Optimal Synthesis of Heat Exchanger Networks Using Enthalpy-Temperature Functions to Describe Streams

    Article • January 2009, Elsevier

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  29. Hydrodynamic aspects in anaerobic fluidized bed reactor modeling

    Article • Chemical Engineering and Processing - Process Intensification, September 2008, Elsevier

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  30. CO-PrOx reactor design by model-based optimization

    Article • Journal of Power Sources, July 2008, Elsevier

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  31. An improved piecewise outer-approximation algorithm for the global optimization of MINLP models involving concave and bilinear terms

    Article • Computers & Chemical Engineering, March 2008, Elsevier

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  32. Application of two anaerobic digestion models to biofilm systems

    Article • Biochemical Engineering Journal, February 2008, Elsevier

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  33. Combined nitrogen and phosphorus removal. Model-based process optimization

    Article • January 2008, Elsevier

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  34. Analysis of design variables for water-gas-shift reactors by model-based optimization

    Article • Journal of Power Sources, November 2007, Elsevier

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  35. Analysis of the energy efficiency of an integrated ethanol processor for PEM fuel cell systems

    Article • Journal of Power Sources, May 2007, Elsevier

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  36. Heuristic Method for the Optimal Synthesis and Design of Batch Plants Considering Mixed Product Campaigns

    Article • Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, March 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

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  37. Global Optimal Structures of Heat Exchanger Networks by Piecewise Relaxation

    Article • Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, February 2007, American Chemical Society (ACS)

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  38. Superstructure of Alternative Configurations of the Multistage Flash Desalination Process

    Article • Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, September 2006, American Chemical Society (ACS)

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  39. Design and operation issues using NLP superstructure modeling

    Article • Applied Mathematical Modelling, September 2006, Elsevier

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  40. Processes Integration:  Multiplant Complex vs Multipurpose Plant Assessment

    Article • Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, May 2006, American Chemical Society (ACS)

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  41. Improve-and-Branch Algorithm for the Global Optimization of Nonconvex NLP Problems

    Article • Journal of Global Optimization, March 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

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  42. Optimization of hybrid desalination processes including multi stage flash and reverse osmosis systems

    Article • Desalination, November 2005, Elsevier

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  43. Global optimal design of reverse osmosis networks for seawater desalination: modeling and algorithm

    Article • Desalination, November 2005, Elsevier

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  44. Logic-based outer approximation for globally optimal synthesis of process networks

    Article • Computers & Chemical Engineering, August 2005, Elsevier

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  45. Optimal synthesis of complex distillation columns using rigorous models

    Article • Computers & Chemical Engineering, May 2005, Elsevier

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  46. A three-phase fluidized bed anaerobic biofilm reactor model for treating complex substrates

    Article • January 2005, Elsevier

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  47. A new global optimization algorithm for process design: its application to thermal desalination processes

    Article • Desalination, August 2004, Elsevier

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  48. Improving the efficiency of the MSF once through (MSF-OT) and MSF-mixer (MSF-M) evaporators

    Article • Desalination, August 2004, Elsevier

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  49. A rigorous, mixed-integer, nonlineal programming model (MINLP) for synthesis and optimal operation of cogeneration seawater desalination plants

    Article • Desalination, August 2004, Elsevier

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  50. Batch Fermentation Networks Model for Optimal Synthesis, Design, and Operation

    Article • Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, June 2004, American Chemical Society (ACS)

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  51. Optimal synthesis of complex distillation columns using rigorous models

    Article • January 2004, Elsevier

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  52. Novel Configuration for a Multistage Flash-Mixer Desalination System

    Article • Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, August 2003, American Chemical Society (ACS)

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  53. Optimal Synthesis of Multicomponent Zeotropic Distillation Processes. 2. Preprocessing Phase and Rigorous Optimization of Efficient Sequences

    Article • Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, June 2003, American Chemical Society (ACS)

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  54. Dual-purpose desalination plants. Part I. Optimal design

    Article • Desalination, February 2003, Elsevier

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  55. Dual-purpose desalination plants. Part II. Optimal configuration

    Article • Desalination, February 2003, Elsevier

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  56. Optimal Synthesis of Multicomponent Zeotropic Distillation Processes. 1. Preprocessing Phase and Rigorous Optimization for a Single Unit

    Article • Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, September 2002, American Chemical Society (ACS)

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  57. Optimal MSF plant design

    Article • Desalination, September 2001, Elsevier

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  58. Analysis of Finishing Reactive Distillation Columns

    Article • Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, November 1998, American Chemical Society (ACS)

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  59. Modeling of real biological reactors for the treatment of complex substrates. Dynamic simulation

    Article • Computers & Chemical Engineering, March 1998, Elsevier

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  60. Optimal Thermodynamic Approximation to Reversible Distillation by Means of Interheaters and Intercoolers

    Article • Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, November 1997, American Chemical Society (ACS)

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  61. Some Aspects in the Design of Multicomponent Reactive Distillation Columns with a Reacting Core:  Mixtures Containing Inerts

    Article • Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, January 1996, American Chemical Society (ACS)

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  62. Product Composition Regions of Single-Feed Reactive Distillation Columns: Mixtures Containing Inerts

    Article • Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, March 1995, American Chemical Society (ACS)

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  63. Some aspects in the design of multicomponent reactive distillation columns including nonreactive species

    Article • Chemical Engineering Science, February 1995, Elsevier

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  64. Optimal thermodynamic synthesis of dual-purpose desalination plants. Extraction vs. back pressure turbines

    Article • Desalination, July 1991, Elsevier

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  65. Optimal synthesis of heat-and-power systems: the operating line method

    Article • International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, December 1990, Elsevier

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  66. Optimal synthesis of heat-and-power systems with multiple steam levels

    Article • Chemical Engineering Science, January 1990, Elsevier

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  67. Optimal thermodynamic heat transfer

    Article • Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, June 1989, American Chemical Society (ACS)

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  68. Comparative analysis of pinch and operating line methods for heat and power integration

    Article • Chemical Engineering Science, January 1989, Elsevier

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