
Ph.D. Gema Ruiz Gutiérrez
Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering at the University of Cantabria and she is also a Professor in Chemical Engineering at the same University. Currently, she is participating in the UC Degrees of Chemical Engineering, Marine Engineering, and Nautical and Maritime Transport Engineering. Recently, she has been involved in the UC Degrees of Industrial Engineering and in the Master/Doctorate Programs of “Chemical Engineering and Process Engineering”. Her research activity is related to the modeling and simulation of chemical processes. She has collaborated in Research and Development Projects at European and national levels as well as in transfer result projects with the industrial sector. She has participated in nine SCI papers and thirteen International Conferences. She has been granted a period of six years of research by the Spanish Ministry of Education.
Publications
Martín-Torre, M. C., Cifrian, E., Ruiz, G., Galán, B., Viguri, J.R., Estuarine sediment resuspension and acidification: Release behaviour of contaminants under different oxidation levels and acid sources, 2017
Journal of Environmental Management 199, 211-221
Martín-Torre, M. C., Ruiz, G., Galán, B., Viguri, J.R., CO2 seawater acidification by CCS-simulated leakage: Kinetic modelling of Zn, Pb, Cd, Ni, Cr, Cu and As release from contaminated estuarine sediment using pH-static leaching tests, 2016
International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control 54, 185-199
Rueda, C., Marinova M., Paris J., Ruiz, G., Coz, A., Technoeconomic assessment of different biorefinery approaches for a spent sulfite liquor, 2016
Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, 91, 10, 2646-2653
Castro, R., Rueda, C., Moncalián, G., Ruiz, G., Coz, A., Biorefinery options to valorize the spent liquor from sulfite pulping. , 2015
Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, 90(12), 2218-2226
Martín-Torre, M. C., Ruiz, G., Galán, B., Viguri, J.R., Generalised mathematical model to estimate Zn, Pb, Cd, Ni, Cu, Cr and As release from contaminated estuarine sediment using pH-static leaching tests, 2015
Chemical Engineering Science 138, 780-790
Martín-Torre, M. C., Payán, M.C., Verbinnen, B., Coz, A., Ruiz, G., Vandecasteele, C., Viguri, J.R., Metal Release from Contaminated Estuarine Sediment Under pH Changes in the Marine Environment. , 2015
Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicity, 62, 2 (Published online 14 February 2015).
Rueda, C., Fernández-Rodríguez, J., Ruiz, G., Llano, T., Coz, A., Monosaccharide production in an acid sulfite process: Kinetic modeling, 2015
Carbohydrate Polymers, 116,18-25
Martín-Torre, M. C., Ruiz, G., Galán, B., Coz, A., Viguri, J.R., Pollutant release from contaminated marine sediment under extreme acidification conditions due to CCS leakages and chemical spills, 2015
Ruiz, G., Andrés, A., Coz, A., Galán, B., Viguri, J.R., Casos Prácticos Industriales de Modelado, Simulación y Optimización de Procesos Químicos., 2014
Libro de Resúmenes del II Congreso de Innovación Docente en Ingeniería Química (CIDIQ), Valencia 23-24 enero 2014, Presentación Oral, pp. 63
Galán, B., Ruiz, G., Andrés, A., Coz, A., Viguri, J.R., Desarrollo de una Asignatura de Proyecto de Diseño de Producto. , 2014
Libro de Resúmenes del II Congreso de Innovación Docente en Ingeniería Química (CIDIQ), Valencia 23-24 enero 2014, Presentación Oral, pp. 63
Ruiz, G., Ruiz-Labrador, B., Coz, A., Ulloa, L., Alonso Santurde, R., Andrés, A., Modelling of pollutants mobility in column leaching tests for stabilised metallic waste: comparison of two proposed models, 2013
Conference: SARDINIA 2013 Symposium, 14th International Waste Management and Landfill Symposium, September 30th – October 4th, Sardinia, Italy, 2013 www.sardiniasymposium.it Contribution: Oral Communication Proceedings: Sardinia 2013. Symposium Proceedings. (Cossu, R. et al., Eds.). pp.1-10. ISBN:9788862650281; ISSN:2282-0027 Abstract: The main pollutant release of stabilised electric arc furnace dust has been studied using column leaching tests at field-scale. The pH value and the concentration of Cd, Mo, Pb and Sb have been analysed in the leachates. Two mathematical models have been used to explain the experimental results. A model based on continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR) considering that the leaching behavior is mainly due to variations in the chemical conditions; and a second model based on the advection-dispersion procedure. The best results have been obtained taking into account not only the mass transport of the pollutants from the solid to the liquid phase but also the resistance of the mass transfer into the solid phase. Payán, M.C., Galán, B., Ruiz, G., Coz, A., Viguri, J.R., Pb and Zn release from intertidal marine sediment in contact with acidified CO2 seawater: mathematical model for column leaching tests. , 2013
Chemical Engineering Science 95, 85-93.
Coz, A., Quijorna, N., Rueda, C., Llano, T., Portilla, A., Blanco, A., Andrés, A., Galán, B., Ruiz, G., Viguri, J.R., Valorization of a lignocellulosic waste from a Sulfite Pulp Mill in bioproducts, 2013
Conference: Paperweek Canada 2013 and International Forest Biorefinery Symposium. http://www.paperweekcanada.ca/ Contribution: Oral Proceedings: www.paperweekcanada.ca Abstract: The contribution shows the approaches to valorize the main compounds of the spent sulfite liquor from digestion process: (i) improving delignification step of the wood chips avoiding sugar denaturalization and the inhibitor compounds for the next fermentation processes, and (ii) completing the depolymerization of the carbohydrate polymers, obtaining the same quality of dissolving pulp. Payán, M.C., Ruiz, G., Galán, B., Andrés, A., Coz, A., Viguri, J.R., Kinetic model of Pb and Zn release from contaminated marine sediment using column leaching tests, 2012
Conference: WasteEng 2012, 4th International Conference on Engineering for Waste and Biomass Valorisation. September 10-13, 2012 – Porto, Portugal. http://www.wasteeng2012.org/ Contribution: Poster Proceedings: 4th International Conference on Engineering for Waste and Biomass Valorisation. September 10-13, 2012 – Porto, Portugal. Vol. 4, pp.1385-1390 Abstract: The main objective of this work is the development of the model which predicts the mobility of Pb and Zn under different scenarios of contaminated sediment-CO2 acidified seawater contact. The equilibrium results are fit to Freundlich isotherms and the adjusted parameters have been calculated. A porosity kinetic model of the evolution of Pb and Zn concentrations with L/S is proposed; the model allows to estimate the superficial diffusivity of the intra-particle Zn and Pb parameter as 5.43·10-12 cm2/s and 1.05·10-12 cm2/s, respectively. Rueda, C., Llano, T., Quijorna, N., Ruiz, G., Coz, A., Study of acid hydrolysis conditions of a lignocellulosic industrial waste on the sugar content for bioethanol production., 2011
Conference: 12th Mediterraneam Congress of Chemical Engineering, Barcelona, Spain, 15 to 18 November, 2011. http://www.ub.edu/congmedit/ Contribution: Poster Proceedings: ABSTRACTS (digital book). 12th mediterraneam congress of chemical engineering ISBN: 978-84-615-4777-7 Abstract: The aim of this work is the study of acid hydrolysis of the spent sulfite liquor at different conditions at laboratory scale in order to obtain fermentable sugars. The kind and concentration of acid, temperature and time of the process have been studied as process variables in the reactors based on previous studies. The obtained results give the optimal conditions of the acid hydrolysis for the valorization of this kind of lignocellulosic waste in bioethanol.