Short Bio

Marvin Ricaurte was born in Caracas. He received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Chemical Engineering from the Universidad Central de Venezuela (UCV) and a Ph.D. in Process Engineering in France (Université de Pau et des Pays de l´Adour, UPPA). He worked during 12 years as an R&D professional in the petroleum industry. He participated in projects related to processing and conditioning natural gas. He has authored or coauthored more than 40 research papers at technical congress and peer-reviewed journals, associated to the conventional and unconventional capture of acid gases for the treatment of natural gas streams. He supervised some undergraduate research activities in Chemical Engineering area. Also, he is co-author of a patent for invention. Additionally, he has given lectures and conferences on business aspects and chain value in natural gas in different universities. Since November 2017, Marvin is a faculty of School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering at Yachay Tech University.

 

Research interest

• Process modeling and simulation;
• Industrial chemical processes analysis and design;
• Flor assurance, Natural gas processing, CO₂ capture and storage;
• Teaching Strategies in Engineering Education

 

Selected publications

• Veloz C.; Pazmiño-Arias E.; Gallardo A.M.; Montenegro J.; Sommer-Márquez A.; Ricaurte M., (2022). Predictive modeling of the primary settling tanks based on artificial neural networks for estimating TSS and COD as typical effluent parameters. Water Science and Technology. https://doi.org/10.2166/WST.2022.186.
• Montenegro J.; Veloz C.; Ricaurte M., (2022). Estimating water content of natural gas mixtures considering heavy hydrocarbons contribution using artificial neural networks. Petroleum Science and Technology. https://doi.org/10.1080/10916466.2022.2075012.
• Ricaurte M.; Ordóñez P.E.; Navas-Cárdenas C.; Meneses M.A.; Tafur J.P.; Viloria A. (2022). Industrial processes online teaching: a good practice for undergraduate engineering students in times of COVID-19. Sustainability, 14, 4776. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14084776.
• Cevallos-Morillo C.; Cisneros-Pérez P.; Llive, R.; Ricaurte M.; Reinoso C.; Meneses M.A.; Guamán M.d.C.; Palma-Cando A. (2021). Croton lechleri extracts as green corrosion inhibitors of admiralty brass in hydrochloric acid. Molecules 26, 7417. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26247417.
• Villarroel A.; Palma-Cando A.; Ricaurte M., (2021). Kinetics and thermodynamic analysis of high- pressure CO₂ capture using ethylenediamine: experimental study and modeling. Energies 14, 6822. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14206822.
• Carrasco B.; Ávila E.; Viloria A.; Ricaurte M., (2021). Shrinking-core model integration to fluid-dynamic analysis of fixed-bed adsorption towers for H2S removal from natural gas. Energies 14, 5576. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14175576.
• Iglesias I.; Jiménez M.; Gallardo A.; Ávila E.; Morera V.; Viloria A.; Ricaurte M.; Tafur J. (2021). Mechanical properties and X-ray diffraction analyses of clay/sand pellets for CO₂ adsorption: the effects of sand content and humidity. Oil & Gas Science and Technology – Rev. IFP Energies Nouvelles 76, 49. https://doi.org/10.2516/ogst/2021030.
• Ricaurte M.; Viloria A., (2020). Project-based learning as a strategy for multi-level training applied to undergraduate students. Education for Chemical Engineers 33, 102-111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ece.2020.09.001.
• Ricaurte M.; Fernández J.; Viloria A. (2019). An improved method for calculating critical temperatures and critical pressures in natural gas mixtures with up to nC₁₁ hydrocarbons. Oil & Gas Science and Technology – Rev. IFP Energies Nouvelles 74, 53. https://doi.org/10.2516/ogst/2019027.