Sandra Contreras

Dr. Sandra Contreras

Department: Department of Chemical Engineering, ETSEQ (School of Chemical Engineering), Rovira I Virgili University, Spain

Research Focus & Metrics

Academic Career Length

27Years (2000-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

Representative Publications

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1 February 2002 in Water Research
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SESantiago Esplugas
Santiago Esplugas
JGJaime Giménez
Jaime Giménez
Sandra ContrerasSandra Contreras
Sandra Contreras
EPEsther Pascual
Esther Pascual
MRMiguel Rodrı́guez
Miguel Rodrı́guez

1 February 2018 in Chemosphere
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SJS. Jiménez
S. Jiménez
MMM.M. Micó
M.M. Micó
MAM. Arnaldos
M. Arnaldos
Francesc MedinaFrancesc Medina
Francesc Medina
Sandra ContrerasSandra Contreras
Sandra Contreras

1 February 2008 in Journal of Hazardous Materials
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RDRenato F. Dantas
Renato F. Dantas
Sandra ContrerasSandra Contreras
Sandra Contreras
CMCarmen Sans Mazón
Carmen Sans Mazón
SESantiago Esplugas
Santiago Esplugas

1 May 2019 in Science of The Total Environment
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SJSilvia Jiménez
Silvia Jiménez
MAMario Andreozzi
Mario Andreozzi
MMMaría M. Micó
María M. Micó
Mayra G. ÁlvarezMayra G. Álvarez
Mayra G. Álvarez
Sandra ContrerasSandra Contreras
Sandra Contreras
Different Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs) such as photocatalysis, Fenton-based processes and ozonation were studied to include one of these technologies within an integrated solution for produced water (PW) polishing. Synthetic PW was prepared adding toluene, xylene, naphthalene, phenol, acetic and malonic acids to a seawater matrix. Despite that in all AOPs studied in this work BTEX and naphthalene were removed, the efficiency (in terms of TOC removal) of each treatment varied largely. Among these techniques, photocatalysis was found to be the less effective for the treatment of PW, as TOC removals lower than 20% were obtained for the best scenario after 4 h treatment. In the contrary, best results were obtained by ozonation combined with H2O2, where all the organic components were removed, including a high percentage of acetic acid, which was not abated by the rest of the AOPs studied. The optimum conditions for ozonation were 4 g h-1 O3 and 1500 mg L-1 H2O2 at pH 10, where after 2 h a 74% of TOC removal was achieved and the acetic acid elimination was 78%. This condition enabled that ozonation process accounted for the lowest electric energy consumption per order of target compound destruction regarding total organic carbon (TOC).

1 July 2003 in Water Research
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Sandra ContrerasSandra Contreras
Sandra Contreras
MRM Rodrı́guez
M Rodrı́guez
FMF.AL Momani
F.AL Momani
CSC Sans
C Sans
SESantiago Esplugas
Santiago Esplugas

1 July 2010 in Chemical Engineering Journal
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Mayra G. ÁlvarezMayra G. Álvarez
Mayra G. Álvarez
ASAnna M. Segarra
Anna M. Segarra
Sandra ContrerasSandra Contreras
Sandra Contreras
JSJesús E. Sueiras
Jesús E. Sueiras
Francesc MedinaFrancesc Medina
Francesc Medina
FFFrançois Figueras
François Figueras