Drying, Forest Products and

Chemical Engineering
Chem. Eng. Sadoth Sandoval Torres
PhD Student, CONACYT Doctoral Fellow
Laboratory: TREFLE Université Bordeaux 1, France
Proceso de repatriación IPN-México, 2009

ECOLE DOCTORALE
des SCIENCES PHYSIQUES et de L‘INGENIEUR
Université Bordeaux I – UFR de Physique –
The Nucleus of Discovery

Mathematics

Material Computer
Science Science

Chemistry Elec. Eng.

Chem. Eng.

Physics Mech. Eng.

Civil Eng. Biology

Source: MIT
 Drying and Wood Science
• Quality of Wood-Based Materials
• Modelling, simulation, optimization
• Separation Process
• Thermodynamics
• Transport Phenomena
• Numerical Methods
• Biotechnology
• Green materials, forest and bio-based materials, composites,
Lumber, Paper, Wood and Pulping chemistry, Timber for
Construction, Kiln-Dryers Emissions, Kiln-Dryers Design, Chemical
Process, Unit Operations, Pharmaceutical products (antioxydant),
Weathering of wood…
• Chemical and Bio-chemical Reactions
• Energy: bioenergy, biomass, biorefinery
Chemical Engineering Programs
Forest Products and Drying

• University of Sydney, Australie

• Imperial College London, England
• University of Canterbury, New Zealand
• University College Cork, Ireland
• University of Maine, USA
• Chalmers University, Sweden
• University of Joensu, Finland
Conventional and Novel Drying
Concepts
Spray drying, vacuum drying, kiln drying, pre-drying,
superheated steam Drying, Airless Drying, Drying in Movilized
Bed, Drying with Shock Waves, Vacu Jet Drying Systems,
Contact-Sorption Drying, Sonic Drying, Pulse Combustion
Drying, Freeze Drying, Radio-Frecuency Vacuum Drying, MW
Vacuum Drying, Air-Drying, IR-Drying…

Applications:
Foods, Fruits, Woods, Chemical Products, Dairy products,
Vegetals, Agricultural products…
 Vision for the Future
New Chemical Science and Engineering Technology (CCR)
Bioprocessing (CCR)
Chemical Measurements (CCR)
Chemical Synthesis (CCR)
Computational Chemistry (CCR)
Materials Technology (CCR)
Process Science and Engineering Technology (CCR, AIChE)
Production processes
Materials
Processes control
Production tools
Reactors
Flexibility
Waste & Energy reduction
Disassembly
 Vision for the Future
Process Science and Engineering Technology prioritized
roadmap areas based upon CCR and AIChE joint working
group.
Water Reuse,
Reaction Engineering
Biotechnology
Chemical Separations
Environment, in-process waste reduction
Agile Manufacturing,
Inherently safer processes
Non-conventional feedstocks
Plant Design
Process Engineering
Solids Processing