Diego Zapater Bes, Ph.D.

Alumni and Former Staff

Postdoctoral fellow

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Research Interests

Improved reactor technologies for process intensification and heterogeneous catalysis.

Selected Publications

  • MTO with SAPO-34 in a Fixed-Bed Reactor: Deactivation Profiles. D. Zapater, J. Lasobras, J. Soler, J. Herguido, M. Menendez. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 60, 45, 16162 – 16170 (2021).
  • Temperature and dilution effects on MTO process with a SAPO-34-based catalyst in fluidized bed reactor. D. Zapater, J. Lasobras, J. Soler, J. Herguido, M. Menendez. Catalysis Today (Corrected proof).
  • Counteracting SAPO-34 catalyst deactivation in MTO process using a two zone fluidized bed reactor: Reactor testing and process viability. D. Zapater, J. Lasobras, J. Soler, J. Herguido, M. Menendez. Catalysis Today, 362, 155 – 161 (2021).
  • Water effect on MTO performance in fluidized bed reactors: conventional and two zone. D. Zapater, J. Lasobras, J. Soler, J. Herguido, M. Menendez. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research (accepted).

Education

  • Chemical engineering and environmental technologies degree,
  • Master at University of Zaragoza (Spain)
  • PhD at University of Zaragoza (Spain)

Professional Profile

  • 2022 – Actually: Postdoctoral fellow, KAUST, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
  • 2021 – 2022: PhD Researcher, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
  • 2018 – 2021: PhD student, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
  • 2017 – 2018: Junior research scientist, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain
  • 2016 – 2017: Student internship, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain

Awards

Best oral presentation at 2019 National Congress of Chemical Engineering (Spain).

KAUST Affiliations

  • KAUST Catalysis Center (KCC)
  • Division of Physical Science and Engineering (PSE)

Research Interests Keywords

Reactor technologies Heterogeneous catalysis oxygenates to hydrocarbons Zeolites eotypes