Mr Gabriel Luiz Lopes Fraga
Faculty of Engineering,
School of Mech., Medical & Process Engineering
Biography
Gabriel Fraga is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Agriculture and the Bioeconomy (CAB). He is conducting research and providing consulting and training services for the sugarcane processing industry with aims to improve current practices and diversify the industry’s portfolio with new products.His research focuses on catalytic process engineering towards new processes for valorization of wastes such as lignocellulose, mixed plastics and CO2, into valuable chemicals and fuels.
Personal details
Positions
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Process Engineering
Faculty of Engineering,
School of Mech., Medical & Process Engineering
Keywords
Biomass valorization, Heterogeneous catalysis, Process engineering, Sugar processing, Biofuels
Discipline
Chemical Engineering
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- Masters of Science (University of Illinois)
- Bachelor of Engineering (Other)
Selected publications
- Fraga G, Batalha N, Kumar A, Bhaskar T, Konarova M, Perkins G, (2022) Advances in liquefaction for the production of hydrocarbon biofuels. In SK Maity, K Gayen & TK Bhowmick, Hydrocarbon Biorefinery: Sustainable Processing of Biomass for Hydrocarbon Biofuels, Elsevier, pp. 127-176.
- Hasan M, Batalha N, Fraga G, Ahmed M, Pinard L, Konarova M, Pratt S, Laycock B, (2022) Zeolite shape selectivity impact on LDPE and PP catalytic pyrolysis products and coke nature, Sustainable Energy and Fuels, 6 (6), pp. 1587-1602.
- Atanda L, Fraga G, Ahmed M, Alothman Z, Na J, Batalha N, Aslam W, Konarova M, (2021) Conversion of agricultural waste into stable biocrude using spinel oxide catalysts, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 402.
- Fraga G, S Santos M, Konarova M, Hasan M, Laycock B, Batalha N, Pratt S, (2021) Role of Catalyst Support's Physicochemical Properties on Catalytic Transfer Hydrogenation over Palladium Catalysts, ChemCatChem, 13 (24), pp. 5191-5202.
- Fraga G, Yin Y, Konarova M, Hasan M, Laycock B, Yuan Q, Batalha N, Pratt S, (2020) Hydrocarbon hydrogen carriers for catalytic transfer hydrogenation of guaiacol, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 45 (51), pp. 27381-27391.
QUT ePrints
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