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Biorefinery & Biofuels

List of recent publications (2005-2014)

50) F. Blanco-Bonilla, S. Lopez-Pedrajas, D. Luna, J.M. Marinas, F.M. Bautista. Vanadium oxides supported on amorphous aluminum phosphate: Structural and chemical characterization and catalytic performance in the 2-propanol reaction.  Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical 416 (2016) 105-116. doi:10.1016/j.molcata.2016.02.026.

49) R. Estévez, S. Lopez-Pedrajas, F. Blanco-Bonilla, D. Luna, F.M. Bautista. Production of Acrolein from Glycerol in liquid phase on Heterogeneous Catalysts. Chemical Engineering Journal 282 (2015) 179-186. doi:10.1016/j.cej.2015.03.018. 
 
48) Juan Calero, Diego Luna, Enrique D. Sancho, Carlos Luna, Felipa M. Bautista, Antonio A. Romero, Alejandro Posadillo, Julio Berbel, Cristóbal Verdugo-Escamilla. An overview on glycerol-free processes for the production of renewable liquid biofuels, applicable in diesel engines. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 42 (2015) 1437-1452, doi:10.1016/j.rser.2014.11.007. 

47) Navarro, Rafael; Lopez-Pedrajas, Susana; Luna, Diego; Marinas Jose M; Bautista Rubio, Felipa M.ª; 
Direct hdroxylation of benzene to phenol by nitrous oxide on amorphous aluminium-iron binary phosphates. Applied Catalysis A: General. 474 (2014) 272-279. 

46) Juan Calero, Diego Luna, Enrique D. Sancho, Carlos Luna, Felipa M. Bautista, Antonio A. Romero, Alejandro Posadillo, Cristóbal Verdugo.
Development of a new biodiesel that integrates glycerol, by using CaO as heterogeneous catalyst, in the partial methanolysis of sunflower oil
Fuel. 122 (2014) 94-102.

45) Luna, Diego; Calero, Juan; Sancho, Enrique; Luna, Carlos; Posadillo, Alejandro; Bautista, Felipa M.ª; Romero, Antonio A.; Berbel, Julio; Verdugo, Cristóbal. 
Technological challenges for the production of biodiesel in arid lands.
Journal of Arid Environments. 120 (2014) 127-138.

44) Luna, Carlos; Sancho, Enrique; Luna, Diego; Caballero, Verónica; Calero, Juan; Posadillo, Alejandro; Verdugo, Cristóbal; Bautista, Felipa M.ª;  Romero, Antonio A.
Biofuel that keeps glycerol as monoglyceride by 1,3-selective ethanolysis with pig pancreatic lipase covalently immobilized on AlPO4 support.
Energies 6 (2013)3879-3900.

43) Campelo, Juan M.; Conesa, Tomás D.;  Hidalgo, José M.; Luna, Diego; Luque, Rafael; Romero,  Antonio A.
Structural analysis of several commercial pt-re/al2o3 catalysts deactivated through industrial naphtha reforming. DRIFT, TG-DTA, MS-TP analysis and test reaction with cyclohexane studies.
Petroleum & Coal  54 (2012): 91-103

42) Luna, Diego;  Posadillo, Alejandro;  Caballero, Verónica; Verdugo, Cristóbal; Bautista, Felipa Mª;  Romero,  Antonio A.;  Sancho, Enrique D; Luna, Carlos; Calero, Juan.
New biofuel integrating glycerol into its composition through the use of covalent immobilized pig pancreatic lipase.
International Journal of Molecular Sciences 13 (2012) 10091-10112.

41) Hersczki, Zsanett; Kazmi, Abbas; Clark, James H.; Luna, Diego
Secondary processing of plant oil (Chapter 4) ; 166-202
ADVANCED OIL CROP BIOREFINERIES (Editors Abbas Kazmi, James J. Clark and George A. Kraus)
RSC Green Chemistry Series nº 14; 2012
ISBN: 978-1-84973-135-5

 40) Verdugo, Cristobal; Luna, Diego;  Posadillo, Alejandro; Sancho, Enrique ;  Rodriguez, Salvador; Bautista, Felipa ; Luque, Rafael ; Marinas, J. María; Romero, A. Angel.
Production of a new second generation biodiesel with a low cost lipase derived from thermomyces lanuginosus: optimization by response surface methodology
Catalysis Today 167(2011) 107-112

39) Nunes, P.A.;  Pires-Cabral, P.;  Guillen, M.; Valero, F. ; Luna, Diego;  Ferreira-Dias, Suzana.
Production of MLM-type structured lipids catalyzed by immobilized heterologous rhizopus oryzae lipase
Journal of American Oil Chemistry Society 88 (2011) 473-480

38)  Luna, Diego;  Berbel, Julio; Hidalgo, J. Miguel.
Nous tipus de Biodiesel
Revista de la Societat Catalana de Química, 9(2010) 23-32

37)  Macario, Anastasia; Giordano, Girolano;  Bautista, F. Maria; Luna, Diego; Romero, A. Angel; Luque, Rafael.
Production of glycerol-free and alternative biodiesel (part 2, biofuels from chemical and biochemical conversion processes and technologies)
HANDBOOK OF BIOFUELS PRODUCTION: PROCESSES AND TECHNOLOGIES; Woodhead Publishing Limited: Energy Series No. 15; Cambridge (UK); (Luque, Rafael; Campelo, J. Manuel Campelo; Clark, James; Editors), 2010.
ISBN: 978-1- 84569-679-5

36) Luque, Rafael; Pinzi, Sara; Campelo, Juan M;  Ruiz, J. José; López, Iosvani; Luna, Diego;   Marinas, J. Maria;  Romero, A. Ángel;  Dorado, M. Pilar.
Biofuels for Transport: Prospects and Challenges, (Chapter 8)
EMERGING ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES, 2010, 171-210,
ISBN: 978-90-481-3379-6

35)   Verdugo, Cristobal ; Luque, Rafael ; Luna, Diego ; Hidalgo, J. Miguel;  Posadillo, Alejandro; Sancho, Enrique ;  Rodriguez, Salvador ; Ferreira-Dias, Suzana ; Bautista, Felipa ; Romero, A. Angel.
A comprehensive study of reaction parameters in the enzymatic production of novel biofuels integrating glycerol into their composition
Bioresource Technology, 101 (2010) 657-6662.

34)   Luna, Diego; Luque, Rafael; Verdugo, Cristobal; Hidalgo, J. Miguel;  Escalona, Maritza; Sagarra, Fernando; Daquinta, Marcos.
Jatropha Curcas (L): a promising biofuel plant. Current status and future prospects (Chapter 1)
JATROPHA CURCAS AS A PREMIER BIOFUEL: COST, GROWING AND MANAGEMENT Ed. NOVA SCIENCE PUBLISHERS, INC. NEW YORK (USA); (Ponterio, Claude and Ferra, Costanza Editors) 2009, 1-39.

33)   Luque, Rafael; Campelo, J. Manuel; Luna, Diego; Marinas, J. Maria.
A comprehensive study of the Al-MCM-48 synthesis parameters and their effects over the mesoporous       materials framework (Chapter 3)
MESOPOROUS MATERIALS: PROPERTIES, PREPARATION AND APPLICATIONS; Ed. NOVA SCIENCE PUBLISHERS, INC.  NEW YORK (USA); (Lynn T. Burness, Edi.); 2009, 57-74       ISBN: 978-1-60741-051-5;

32)   Conesa, T. David; Luque, Rafael; Campelo, J Manuel;  Luna, Diego; Marinas, J. Maria; Romero, A. Angel.
Gas-phase Beckmann rearrangement of cyclododecanone oxime on Al,B-MCM-41 mesoporous materials.
J Mater Sci., 44 (2009) 6741–6746.

31)   Gracia, M. Jose; Jurado, M. Dolores; Luque, Rafael; Campelo, J. Manuel;  Luna, Diego; Marinas, J. Maria; Romero, A. Angel.
Modified SBA-1 materials for the knoevenagel condensation under microwave irradiation.
Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 118, (2009) 87-92.

30)   Luque, Rafael; Balu, Alina-Mariana; Campelo, J. Manuel; Gonzalez-Arellano, Camino; Gracia, M. José; Luna, Diego; Marinas, J. Maria; Romero, A. Angel
Tunable shapes in supported metal nanoparticles: from nanoflowers to nanocubes.
Materials Chemistry and Physics, 117 (2009) 408-414

29)   Osorio, Natalia; Meiro, Ines; Luna, Diego; Ferreira-Dias, Suzana.
Interesterification of fat blends rich in omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids catalyzed by immobilized lipase on modified sepiolite.
New Biotechnology, 255 (2009) 5111-5112.

28)   Caballero, Veronica; Bautista, F. Maria; Campelo, J. Manuel; Luna, Diego; Luque, Rafael; Marinasa, Jose Maria; Romero, A. Angel; Romero, Isabel; Rodríguez, Montserrat; Serrano, Isabel; Hidalgo, J. Miguel; Llobet, Antoni.
Efficient hydrogenation of alkenes using a highly active and reusable immobilised ru complex on AlPO4.
Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, 308 (2009) 41-45       

27)   Campelo, J. Manuel; Luna, Diego; Luque, Rafael; Marinas, J.  María; Romero, A. Ángel
Sustainable preparation of supported metal nanoparticles and their application in catalysis.
ChemSusChem, 2 (2009) 19-45.

26)   Caballero, Verónica; Bautista, F. María; Campelo, J. Manuel; Luna, Diego; Marinas, J. María; Romero, A. Ángel; Hidalgo, J. Miguel; Luque, Rafael;  Macario, Anastasia; Giordano, Girolamo.
Sustainable preparation of a novel glycerol-free biofuel by using pig pancreatic lipase: partial 1,3-regiospecific alcoholysis of sunflower oil.
Process Biochemistry, 44 (2009) 334-342.

25)   Bautista, F. María; Luna, Diego; Luque, Jesús; Marinas, J. María; Sánchez-Royo, J. Francisco.
Gas-phase selective oxidation of chloro- and methoxy-substituted toluenes on tio2–sepiolite supported vanadium oxides.
Applied Catalysis A: General,  352 (2009) 251-258.

24)   Campelo, J. Manuel; Lee, Adam F.; Luque, Rafael; Luna, Diego; Marinas, J. María; Romero, A. Ángel.
Preparation of highly active and dispersed platinum nanoparticles on mesoporous al-mcm-48 and their activity in the hydroisomerisation of n-octane
Chemistry a European Journal,  14 (2008) 5988-5955.

23)   Balu, Alina; Hidalgo, J. Miguel; Campelo, J. Manuel; Luna, Diego; Luque, Rafael; Marinas, J. María; Romero, A. Ángel.
Microwave oxidation of alkenes and alcohols using highly active and stable mesoporous organotitanium silicates.
Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, 293 (2008): 17-24.

22)   Luque, Rafael; Herrero, Lorenzo; Campelo, J. Manuel; Clark, James A.; Hidalgo, J. Miguel; Luna , Diego; Marinas, J. María; Romero, A. Ángel.
Biofuels: a technological perspective.
Energy & Environmental Science, 1 (2008) 513-596

21)   Gracia, M. José; Losada, Elia; Luque, Rafael; Campelo, J. Manuel; Luna, Diego; Marinas, J. María; Romero, A. Ángel 
Activity of gallium and aluminium sba-15 materials in the friedel-crafts alkylation of toluene with benzyl chloride and benzyl alcohol.
Applied Catalysis A: General, 349 (2008) 148-155

20)   Gracia, M. José; Jurado, M. José; Gracia, M. Dolores;  Campelo, J. Manuel; Luna, Diego; Marinas, J. María; Romero, A. Ángel. 
Al-, Ga and AlGa-materials as catalystst for the N-methylation of aniline.
Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis, 174-B (2008) 1331-1334

19)   Bautista, F. María; Campelo, J. Manuel; Luna, Diego; Luque, Jesús; Marinas, J. María
Gas-phase selective oxidation of toluene on tio2-sepiolite supported vanadium oxides. influence of vanadium loading on conversion and product selectivities
Catalysis Today, 128 (2007) 183-190.

18)   Bautista, F. Maria; Campelo, J. Manuel; Luna, Diego; Luque, Jesús; Marinas, J. María
Vanadium oxides supported on tio2-sepiolite and sepiolite: preparation and structural and acid characterization
Applied Catalysis A: General, 325:(2007) 336-344.

17)   Macario, Anastasia; Giordano, Girolamo; Setti, Leonardo; Parise, Alejandro; Campelo, J. Manuel; Marinas, J. María; Luna, Diego.
Study of lipase immobilization on zeolitic support and tranesterification in solvent free-system.
Biocatalysis and Biotransformations, 25 (2007) 328-335.

16)   Luque, Rafael; Conesa, T. David; Campelo, J. Manuel; Luna, Diego; Marinas, J. María; Romero, A. Ángel.
Ga-MCM-41 synthesis and catalytic activity in the liquid-phase isomerisation of -pinene
Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 103 (2007) 333-340.

15)   Luque, Rafael; Campelo, J. Manuel; Luna, Diego; Marinas, J. María; Romero, A. Ángel.
Catalytic performance of Al-MCM-41 materials in the N-alkylation of aniline
Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, 269 (2007) 190-196.

14)   Bautista, F. María; Campelo, J. Manuel; Luna, Diego; Marinas, J. María; Quiros, R. Angel; Romero, A. Ángel.
Screening of amorphous metal-phosphate catalysts for the oxidative dehydrogenation of ethylbenzene to styrene
Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 70 (2007) 611-620.

13)   Conesa, Tomás; Campelo, J. Manuel; Luna, Diego; Marinas, J. María; Romero, A. Ángel.
Development of mesoporous Al,B-MCM-41 materials. Effect of reaction temperature on the catalytic performance of Al,B-MCM-41 materials for the cyclohexanone oxime rearrangement
Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 70 (2007) 567-576.

12)   Bautista, F. María; Caballero, Verónica; Campelo, J. Manuel; Luna, Diego; Marinas, J. María; Romero, A. Ángel; Romero, Isabel; Serrano, Isabel; Llobet, Antoni
Heterogeneization of a new Ru (II) homogeneous asymmetric hydrogenation catalyst containing binap and the n-tridentate bpea ligand, trhough covalent attachement on amorphous AlPO4 support.
Topics in Catalysis, 40 (2006) 193-205.

11)   Campelo, J. Manuel; Jaraba, M. Maria; Luna, Diego; Luque, Rafael; Marinas, J. María; Romero, A. Ángel.
Structural and catalytic properties of amorphous mesoporous AlPO4 materials prepared in the presence of 2,4-pentanedione and 2,5-hexanedione as aluminum chelating agents.
Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis, 162 (2006) 315-322.

10)   Luque, Rafael; Campelo, J. Manuel; Conesa, Tomás; Luna, Diego; Marinas, J. María; Romero, A. Ángel.
Catechol o-methylation with dimetyl carbonate over different acid-base catalysts
New Journal of Chemistry, 30 (2006) 1228-1234.

9)   Bautista, F. María; Campelo, J. Manuel; Luna, Diego; Luque, Jesus; Marinas, J. María; Siles, M. Teresa
Study of catalytic behaviour and deactivation of vanadyl-aluminum binary phosphates in selective oxidation of o-xylene
Chemical Engineering Journal, 120 (2006) 3-9.  

8)   Bautista, F. María; Campelo, J. Manuel; Luna, Diego; Luque, Jesus; Marinas, J. María.
Influence of the acid-base/redox properties of tiox-sepiolite supported vanadium oxide catalysts in the gas-phase selective oxidation of toluene
Catalysis Today, 112 (2006) 28-32.

7)   Serrano, Isabel; Rodríguez, Montserrat; Romero, Isabel; Lllobet, Antoni; Parella, Teodor; Campelo, J. Manuel; Luna, Diego; Marinas, J. María; Benet, Jordi
Catalytic ability of a cationic Ru(II) monochloro complex for the asymmetric hydrogenation of dimethyl itaconate and enamides
Inorganic Chemistry, 45 (2006) 2644-2651.

6)   Luque, Rafael; Campelo, J. Manuel; Luna, Diego; Marinas, J. María; Romero, A. Ángel.
NH4F effect in post-synthesis treatment of Al-MCM-41 mesoporous materials.
Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 84 (2005) 11-20.            

5)   Campelo, J. Manuel; Hidalgo, J. Miguel; Luna, Diego; Marinas, J. María; Romero, A. Ángel.
Effect of post-synthesis salt solution treatment on Ti-MCM-41 acid-basic properties. influence on their activity and selectivity in catalytic liquid-phase epoxidation of cyclohexene.
Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis, 158 (2005) 1429-1436.

4)   Campelo Pérez, Juan Manuel; Conesa González, Tomás; Luna Martínez, Diego; Marinas Rubio, José María; Romero Reyes, Antonio Ángel
Improved catalytic activity and selectivity of (Al+B)-MCM-41 materials treated with ammonium fluoride in the vapor-phase becmann rearrangement of cyclohexanone oxime.
Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis, 158 (2005 1421-1428

3)   Campelo, J. Manuel; Luna, Diego; Marinas, J. María; Romero, A. Ángel; Toledano, J. José.
Characterization and surface acid properties of al-hms materials obtained by ussing aluminum chloride as al precursor
Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis, 158 (2005) 1391-1398

2)   Campelo, J. Manuel; Luna, Diego; Luque, Rafael; Marinas, J. María; Romero, A. Ángel
Cyclohexene conversion and toluene methylation with dimethyl carbonate over of Al-MCM-41 catalysts.
Studies in Surface Science and catalysis, 158 (2005) 1383-1390.   

1)   Campelo, J. Manuel; Luna, Diego; Marinas, J. María; Romero, A. Ángel; Calvino, J. Juan; Rodriguez, M. Pilar.
Synthesis of acidic al-mcm-48: influence of the Si/Al ratio, degree of the surfactant hydroxyl exchange, and post-treatment in NH4F solution.
Journal of Catalysis, 230 (2005) 327-338.


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