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Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Campus Diadema. Instituto de Ciências Ambientais, Químicas e Farmacêuticas (ICAQF) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Ricardo Pontes is a chemical engineer with more than 20 years of experience in the areas of Chemical Industry Projects, and Research & Development. He worked with industries in the pulp and paper, petrochemical, metallurgical, chemical, agrarian, ceramical, glassmaking, sugar and ethanol, petroleum refining sectors. During his PhD and MSc, he performed researches in the effluent treatment areas, developing proficiencies in modeling, simulation and optimization of chemical industry processes. He has advanced knowledge in chemical engineering softwares, specifically MATLAB and GAMS. Currently lectures at the Federal University of São Paulo the following courses: Process Simulation, Numerical Calculus and Process Synthesis. His research areas are process optimization, effluent treatment, fluidization and reactors networks. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Cooling water systems are not usually the focus of chemical industry processes projects, which may yield overdesigned capacities for these systems. Moreover, the variation in atmospheric conditions and process cooling demands may cause difficulties for the operation of the system if its turndown is not ample enough. Overdesigned cooling tower cells and cooling water pumps result in exces…
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