Network


Latest external collaboration on country level. Dive into details by clicking on the dots.

Hotspot


Dive into the research topics where B. Ruiz is active.

Publication


Featured researches published by B. Ruiz.


Bioresource Technology | 2014

Conventional and microwave pyrolysis of a macroalgae waste from the Agar–Agar industry. Prospects for bio-fuel production

N. Ferrera-Lorenzo; E. Fuente; J.M. Bermúdez; Isabel Suárez-Ruiz; B. Ruiz

A comparative study of the pyrolysis of a macroalgae industrial solid waste (algae meal) in an electrical conventional furnace and in a microwave furnace has been carried out. It was found that the chars obtained from both pyrolyses are similar and show good properties for performing as a solid bio-fuel and as a precursor of activated carbon. Bio-oils from conventional pyrolysis have a greater number of phenolic, pyrrole and alkane compounds whereas benzene and pyridine compounds are more predominant in microwave pyrolysis with a major presence of light compounds. The bio-gas fraction from microwave pyrolysis presents a much higher syngas content (H2+CO), and a lower CO2 and CH4 proportion than that obtained by conventional pyrolysis. Yields are similar for both treatments with a slightly higher gas yield in the case of microwave pyrolysis due to the fact that microwave heating favors heterogeneous reactions between the gases and the char.


Chemosphere | 2015

Impact of oxy-fuel combustion gases on mercury retention in activated carbons from a macroalgae waste: Effect of water

M.A. Lopez-Anton; N. Ferrera-Lorenzo; E. Fuente; Mercedes Díaz-Somoano; Isabel Suárez-Ruiz; M.R. Martínez-Tarazona; B. Ruiz

The aim of this study is to understand the different sorption behaviors of mercury species on activated carbons in the oxy-fuel combustion of coal and the effect of high quantities of water vapor on the retention process. The work evaluates the interactions between the mercury species and a series of activated carbons prepared from a macroalgae waste (algae meal) from the agar-agar industry in oxy-combustion atmospheres, focussing on the role that the high concentration of water in the flue gases plays in mercury retention. Two novel aspects are considered in this work (i) the impact of oxy-combustion gases on the retention of mercury by activated carbons and (ii) the performance of activated carbons prepared from biomass algae wastes for this application. The results obtained at laboratory scale indicate that the effect of the chemical and textural characteristics of the activated carbons on mercury capture is not as important as that of reactive gases, such as the SOx and water vapor present in the flue gas. Mercury retention was found to be much lower in the oxy-combustion atmosphere than in the O2+N2 (12.6% O2) atmosphere. However, the oxidation of elemental mercury (Hg0) to form oxidized mercury (Hg2+) amounted to 60%, resulting in an enhancement of mercury retention in the flue gas desulfurization units and a reduction in the amalgamation of Hg0 in the CO2 compression unit. This result is of considerable importance for the development of technologies based on activated carbon sorbents for mercury control in oxy-combustion processes.


Chemical Engineering Journal | 2014

VOCs removal by adsorption onto activated carbons from biocollagenic wastes of vegetable tanning

R.R. Gil; B. Ruiz; M.S. Lozano; Maria J. Martin; E. Fuente


Fuel Processing Technology | 2014

KOH activated carbon from conventional and microwave heating system of a macroalgae waste from the Agar–Agar industry

N. Ferrera-Lorenzo; E. Fuente; Isabel Suárez-Ruiz; B. Ruiz


Fuel | 2013

Properties of fly ash from forest biomass combustion

R.P. Girón; B. Ruiz; E. Fuente; R.R. Gil; Isabel Suárez-Ruiz


Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis | 2014

Pyrolysis characteristics of a macroalgae solid waste generated by the industrial production of Agar-Agar

N. Ferrera-Lorenzo; E. Fuente; Isabel Suárez-Ruiz; R.R. Gil; B. Ruiz


Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis | 2012

Pyrolysis of biocollagenic wastes of vegetable tanning. Optimization and kinetic study

R.R. Gil; R.P. Girón; M.S. Lozano; B. Ruiz; E. Fuente


Fuel | 2015

Activated carbons from biocollagenic wastes of the leather industry for mercury capture in oxy-combustion

M.A. Lopez-Anton; R.R. Gil; E. Fuente; Mercedes Díaz-Somoano; M.R. Martínez-Tarazona; B. Ruiz


Chemical Engineering Journal | 2014

Sustainable activated carbons of macroalgae waste from the Agar–Agar industry. Prospects as adsorbent for gas storage at high pressures

N. Ferrera-Lorenzo; E. Fuente; Isabel Suárez-Ruiz; B. Ruiz


International Journal of Coal Geology | 2015

The role of solid bitumen in the development of porosity in shale oil reservoir rocks of the Upper Cretaceous in Colombia

Tatiana Juliao; Isabel Suárez-Ruiz; Robert Márquez; B. Ruiz

Collaboration


Dive into the B. Ruiz's collaboration.

Top Co-Authors

Avatar

E. Fuente

Spanish National Research Council

View shared research outputs
Top Co-Authors

Avatar

Isabel Suárez-Ruiz

Spanish National Research Council

View shared research outputs
Top Co-Authors

Avatar

R.R. Gil

Spanish National Research Council

View shared research outputs
Top Co-Authors

Avatar

N. Ferrera-Lorenzo

Spanish National Research Council

View shared research outputs
Top Co-Authors

Avatar

R.P. Girón

Spanish National Research Council

View shared research outputs
Top Co-Authors

Avatar
Top Co-Authors

Avatar

M.A. Lopez-Anton

Spanish National Research Council

View shared research outputs
Top Co-Authors

Avatar

M.R. Martínez-Tarazona

Spanish National Research Council

View shared research outputs
Top Co-Authors

Avatar

Mercedes Díaz-Somoano

Spanish National Research Council

View shared research outputs
Researchain Logo
Decentralizing Knowledge