Katia Tannous

Katia Tannous is graduated in Chemical Engineering at University of Caxias do Sul (1985), Master in Chemical Engineering at University of Campinas (1989) and PhD in Chemical Engineering at Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse (1993). She conducted post-doctorate at University of Waterloo in 2000, on polymerization of polyethylene using metallocene catalyst. In 2004, she became an expert in distance education and training of human resources at Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas. In 2010 and 2012, she made postdoctoral internships at The University of British Columbia working with flow ability, storage, and fluid dynamics in fluidized beds using different kinds of biomass. She is currently associate professor in the School of Chemical Engineering at University of Campinas. She has 25 years´ experiences in the fluidization technology focusing on industrial applications related on food, pharmaceutical products, and biomass, and also bioenergy. Extending her technical work, she has developed researches in distance education correlating software and web environment, as well as applying new methodologies and techniques in the education of chemical engineers.

Publications

Particle Shape Analysis Using Digital Image Processing
Particle Shape Analysis Using Digital Image Processing
Katia Tannous, Fillipe de Souza Silva. © 2019. 15 pages.
This chapter will discuss new software, Particles and Geometric Shapes Analyzer (APOGEO), aiming the determination of aspect ratio and sphericity of solid particles by image...
Particle Shape Analysis Using Digital Image Processing
Particle Shape Analysis Using Digital Image Processing
Katia Tannous, Fillipe de Souza Silva. © 2018. 13 pages.
This chapter will discuss new software, Particles and Geometric Shapes Analyzer (APOGEO), aiming the determination of aspect ratio and sphericity of solid particles by image...
Innovative Solutions in Fluid-Particle Systems and Renewable Energy Management
Innovative Solutions in Fluid-Particle Systems and Renewable Energy Management
Katia Tannous. © 2015. 397 pages.
The threat of natural resource depletion due to high energy demands has become a key concern in both the developed and developing worlds. To alleviate these concerns, researchers...
Fluid Dynamic and Mixing Characteristics of Biomass Particles in Fluidized Beds
Fluid Dynamic and Mixing Characteristics of Biomass Particles in Fluidized Beds
Katia Tannous, Joana Bratz Lourenço. © 2015. 38 pages.
The study of fluid dynamic and mixing characteristics of biomass particles in fluidized beds is fundamental for comprehension of thermal conversion processes. In this chapter a...
Modeling the Kinetics of Lignocellulosic Biomass Pyrolysis
Modeling the Kinetics of Lignocellulosic Biomass Pyrolysis
Yesid Javier Rueda-Ordóñez, Érico de Godois Baroni, Lizeth Katerine Tinoco-Navarro, Katia Tannous. © 2015. 39 pages.
The study of the kinetics involved in lignocellulosic biomass pyrolysis has received great attention in the last decades and different mathematical models have been derived. In...
Real Time Interface for Fluidized Bed Reactor Simulator
Real Time Interface for Fluidized Bed Reactor Simulator
Luis Alfredo Harriss Maranesi, Katia Tannous. © 2011. 9 pages.
Nowadays, the world witnesses a large technological revolution which has brought new information distribution forms, interpretation and storage. With that, computational tools...
Real Time Interface for Fluidized Bed Reactor Simulator
Real Time Interface for Fluidized Bed Reactor Simulator
Luis Alfredo Harriss Maranesi, Katia Tannous. © 2009. 8 pages.
Nowadays, the world witnesses a large technological revolution which has brought new information distribution forms, interpretation and storage. With that, computational tools...