Instituto Politécnico Nacional Escuela Superior de Ingeniería Química e Industrias Extractivas
Laboratorio de Termodinámica
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20th ANNIVERSARY (1997-2017)
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Thermodynamics Laboratory with applications to Supercritical Fluids Processes
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Faculty of Thermodynamics Laboratory
(Luis A. Galicia-Luna, Jose Javier Castro Arellano)

Dr. Luis Alejandro Galicia Luna

DR. LUIS ALEJANDRO GALICIA LUNA
(Head of Thermodynamics Laboratory)

Sistema Nacional de Investigadores Nivel III
Miembro de la Academia Mexicana de Ciencias

Research Projects

  • Creation of a data bank (with measurements at the Lab. From 1996 to 2010)
A. Systematic Study of pure fluids and mixtures containing CO2 + alkanols Financial support by Conacyt No. 26432-A
B. Systematic Study of PvT, Phase equilibria, and critical points properties of mixtures containing H2O and alkanols up to 100 MPa and 550 ºC. (in development) Financial support by Conacyt-NSF No. C-30042-U
C. Systematic Study of PvT, Phase equilibria, and critical points properties of mixtures containing H2O, alkanols and CO2 up to 100 MPa and 550 ºC; (2001-2005)  
D. Supercritical Fluid Extraction of carotene from the “cempasuchitl” flower and “poblano” chili (2002-2012)  
E. Supercritical Fluid Extraction of sulfur compounds from Mexican oil cuts (2001-2015)  
F. New separation processes in chemical engineering by Gas hydrate formation phenomenon (2011 - )  
G. Solubilities of solids and solid mixtures en supercritical solvents (2002-2006)

Financial Support by Conacyt No. 41474

H. Development of new equations of state (2003-2015)  
F. New capillary viscometer for liquids (pure and mixtures) and experimental determination of liquid viscosities up to 40 MPa and 423 K (2012 - ) Financial Support by Conacyt
Infrastructure and available equipments


Dr. Jose Javier Castro Arellano


Dr. Jose Javier Castro Arellano

(TC y E)

Research projects

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Financial Support
CONACYT IPN

 

IPN-ESIQIE, Laboratorio de Termodinámica
Edificio Z, 1er. Piso Sección 6, UPALM, C.P. 07738
Tel. (52 55) 5729 6000 Ext. 55133
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