Research

• Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) 
• Environmental Sustainability (LCA)
• Energy Conversion Technologies
• Technoeconimic Analysis and Exergy Analysis
• Biofuels, Biorefineries, and Bio-Based Economy

Profile Information

• LinkedIn  https://www.linkedin.com/in/pablo-silva-ortiz
• Orcid  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8352-7961
• Lattes  http://lattes.cnpq.br/6359197566015601
• Google Scholar  https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=wuxwaEEAAAAJ&hl=en

Background and Experience

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW

• University of Campinas-UNICAMP, Brazil (2017 –2022)
• School of Chemical Engineering (FEQ)
• Academic exchange at Delft University of Technology-TU Delft, the Netherlands
• Faculty of Applied Sciences, Department of Biotechnology (Visiting researcher 2018)

Research project: Techno-economic and environmental assessment of biorefinery technologies

Ph.D. MECHANICAL ENGINEERING (2011 - 2016)

• Polytechnic School, University of São Paulo – USP (Brazil)
• Academic exchange at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne (EPFL)
• Industrial Process and Energy Systems Engineering - IPESE (Visiting researcher, (2015)

Ph.D. thesis: Exergy and environmental ranking of bioethanol production routes


MSc. MECHANICAL ENGINEERING (2009 - 2011)

• Federal University of Itajubá – UNIFEI (Brazil)

Master thesis: Technical and economic evaluation of IGCC systems using coal

BSc. ENERGY ENGINEERING (2001 - 2006)

• Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga – UNAB (Colombia)

Graduate project: Application of computational tools for simulating thermo-fluids processes

Publications: Peer-Reviewed Papers

[ 1 ] SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT OF ETHANOL AND BIODIESEL PRODUCTION IN ARGENTINA, BRAZIL, COLOMBIA, AND GUATEMALA
Nicholas Canabarro, Pablo Silva Ortiz, Luiz Horta Nogueira, Heitor Cantarella, Rubens Maciel Filho, and Glaucia Mendes Souza
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Vol. 171, January 2023, 113019, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2022.113019           

[ 2 ] EXERGY AND ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT OF RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY GENERATION FROM SUGARCANE STRAW FOR IMPROVED EFFICIENCY OF SUGARCANE BIOREFINERIES
Pablo Silva Ortiz, Daniel Flórez-Orrego, Adriano Pinto Mariano, Vyacheslav Kafarov, Silvio de Oliveira, Rubens Maciel Filho
Int. J. Exergy, Vol. 38, No. 2 (2022), https://www.inderscienceonline.com/doi/abs/10.1504/IJEX.2022.123606

[ 3 ] COMPARATIVE TECHNO-ECONOMIC AND EXERGETIC ANALYSIS OF CIRCULATING AND DUAL BED BIOMASS GASIFICATION SYSTEMS
Pablo Silva Ortiz, Simon Maier, Ralph-Uwe Dietrich, Adriano Pinto Mariano, Rubens Maciel Filho, John Posada
Front. Chem. Eng. (2021), Open Access. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fceng.2021.727068/full

[ 4 ] GRAPHICAL ANALYSIS OF PLANT-WIDE HEAT CASCADE FOR INCREASING ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN THE PRODUCTION OF ETHANOL AND SUGAR FROM SUGARCANE
Jean-Christophe Bonhivers, Pablo Silva Ortiz, Christopher Reddick, Carlos Vaz Rossell, Adriano Pinto Mariano, Rubens Maciel Filho
Process Integr Optim Sustain (2021), Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41660-020-00149-0

[ 5 ] UNIT EXERGY COST AND SPECIFIC CO₂ EMISSIONS OF THE ELECTRICITY GENERATION IN THE NETHERLANDS
Pablo Silva Ortiz, Daniel Flórez-Orrego, Silvio de Oliveira Jr., Rubens Maciel Filho, Patricia Osseweijer, John Posada
Energy, 118279, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2020.118279

[ 6 ] EXERGY ASSESSMENT AND TECHNO-ECONOMIC OPTIMIZATION OF BIOETHANOL PRODUCTION ROUTES
Pablo Silva Ortiz, François Maréchal, Silvio de Oliveira Jr.
Fuel (279), 118327, November 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2020.118327

[ 7 ] MASS AND HEAT INTEGRATION IN ETHANOL PRODUCTION MILLS FOR ENHANCED PROCESS EFFICIENCY AND EXERGY-BASED RENEWABILITY PERFORMANCE
Pablo Silva Ortiz, Rubens Maciel Filho, John Posada
Processes 7 (10), 670, 2019. https://doi.org/10.3390/pr7100670

[ 8 ] EXERGETIC, ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT OF SUGARCANE FIRST-GENERATION BIOREFINERIES
Pablo Silva Ortiz, Daniel Flórez-Orrego, Silvio de Oliveira Junior, François Maréchal, Rubens Maciel Filho
Journal of Power Technologies 99 (2), 2019. https://papers.itc.pw.edu.pl/index.php/JPT/article/view/1517

[ 9 ] COMPARED EXERGY ANALYSIS OF SUGARCANE BAGASSE SEQUENTIAL HYDROLYSIS AND FERMENTATION AND SIMULTANEOUS SACCHARIFICATION AND FERMENTATION
Pablo A. Silva Ortiz, Silvio de Oliveira Junior
Int. J. Exergy, Vol. 19, No. 4, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJEX.2016.075880

[ 10 ] EXERGY ANALYSIS OF PRETREATMENT PROCESSES OF BIOETHANOL PRODUCTION BASED ON SUGARCANE BAGASSE
Pablo A. Silva Ortiz, Silvio de Oliveira Junior
Energy 76, p. 130-138, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2014.04.090