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Dr. Adriano Giraldi Fisch

Research Associate

Overview

  • Professional with industrial (10+ y) and academic (10 y) experiences.

  • Experience as principal researcher in both industrial and academic environment and as a professor of core courses of chemical engineering.

  • Expert in reaction engineering, catalysis for olefin polymerization, materials characterization, production processes of polyolefins, mathematical modeling, and sustainable processes.

Academic curriculum

  • Bachelor of Chemical Engineering (2002), Universidade Luterana do Brasil, Brazil.

  • Master of Chemical Engineering (2004), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Thesis: Kinetic Modeling of the Slurry Polymerization of Ethylene.

  • Doctorate of Chemical engineering (2009), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Thesis: Immobilization of Metallocene Complexes by Encapsulation within Functional Supports.


Research interests

  • Catalysis and process development for olefin polymerization.

  • Mathematical modeling of chemical processes.

  • Sustainability for chemical industry.

Contact

Email:  fisch@ualberta.ca

 Publications (Last 10 y)

1. Boll, B.S., Dutra, C.P., dos Santos, J.H.Z., Fisch, A.G., Cardozo, N.S. Experimental Evaluation of a Catalyst Fragmentation Model for Olefin Polymerization. Macromolecular Reaction Engineering (2020). DOI 10.1002/mren.202000008.

2.  Santos, P.G., Scherer, C., Fisch, A.G., Rodrigues, M.A.S. Petrochemical Wastewater Treatment: Water Recovery Using Membrane Distillation. Journal of Cleaner Production 267, 121985 (2020).

3.  Benvenuti, J., Fisch, A.G., dos Santos, J.H.Z., Gutterres, M. Hybrid Sol-gel Silica adsorbent Material based on Grape Stalk Applied to Cationic Die Removal. Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy 39(4), 1-10 (2020).

4.  Fisch, A.G. Ziegler-Natta Catalysts. Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, 1-22 (2019).

5. Thome, A.C.B., Santos, P.G., Fisch, A.G. Using Rainwater in Cooling Towers: Design and Performance Analysis for a Petrochemical Company. Journal of Cleaner Production 224, 275-283 (2019).

6. Thome, A.C.B., Santos, P.G., Fisch, A.G. Viabilidade Técnica da Utilização de Água Pluvial em Torre de Resfriamento (Technical Feasibility of Using Rainwater in Cooling Tower) in Andrade, D.F., Meio Ambiente, Sustentabilidade e Tecnologia, Poisson Editor: Belo Horizonte (Brazil), 2019. (in Portuguese)

7.  Benvenuti, J., Fisch, A., dos Santos, J.H.Z., Gutterres, M. Silica-based Adsorbent Material with Grape Bagasse Encapsulated by the Sol-gel Method for the Adsorption of Basic Blue 41 dye. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 7, 103342 (2019).

8.  Fisch, A.G. Effects of the Ethoxide in the Coordination Sphere of Titanium on the Performance of MgCl2-based Ziegler-Natta Catalyst. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 57, 6141-6152 (2018).

9.  Cardoso, M.N., Fisch, A.G. Mechanism of Fouling in Slurry Polymerization Reaction of Olefins. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 55, 9426-9432 (2016).

10. Cardoso, M.N., Fisch, A.G. Bimodal High-density Polyethylene: Influence of the Stereo Regularity of the Copolymer Fraction on the Environmental Stress Crack Resistance. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 55, 6405-6412 (2016).

11.  Fisch, A.G., Santos, J.H.Z., Secchi, A.R., Cardozo, N.S. Heterogeneous Catalysts for Olefin Polymerization: Mathematical Model for Catalyst Particle Fragmentation. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 54, 11997-12010 (2015).

12. De Escobar, C.C., Fisch, A.G., Dos Santos, J.H.Z. Effect of a Sol-gel Route on the Preparation of Silica-based Sorbent Materials Synthesized by Molecular Imprinting for Adsorption of Dyes. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 54, 254-262 (2015).

13. Lattuada, R.M., Peralba, M.C.R., Dos Santos, J.H.Z., Fisch, A.G. Peat, Rice Husk and Rice Husk Carbon as Low-cost Adsorbents for Metals from Acidic Aqueous Solutions. Separation Science and Technology 49, 101-111 (2014).

14. Morais, E.C., Correia, G.G., Brambilla, R. Dos Santos, J.H.Z., Fisch, A.G. Selective Silica-based Sorbent Materials Synthesized by Molecular Imprinting for Adsorption of Pharmaceuticals in Aqueous Matrices. Journal of Separation Science 36, 636-643 (2013).

15. Fisch, A.G., Da Silveira, N, Cardozo, N.S., Secchi, A.R., Dos Santos, J.H.Z., Soares, J.B.P. Direct Production of Ultra-high Molecular Weight Polyethylene with Oriented Crystalline Microstructures. Journal of Molecular Catalysis A, Chemical 366, 74-83 (2013).

16. Fisch, A.G., Cardozo, N.S., Secchi, A.R., Santos, J.H.Z. Catalisadores Metalocênicos Suportados para a Produção de Poliolefinas: Revisão das Estratégias de Imobilização (Supported Metallocene Catalysts for Polyolefin Production: Review of the Immobilization Strategies). Química Nova 34, 646-657 (2011). (in Portuguese)

Patents

1.  Martins Jr., O., Cavalli, E., Pozzer, D.A., Fisch, A.G., Jimenez, R.O. Continuous Feed of Antistatic Agent for Gas Phase Polymerization Process, USPTO 6278584, 2018.

2.  Cardoso, M.N., Brambilla, R., Fisch, A.G. Multisite Heterogeneous Catalyst and Process for Preparing Such Multisite Heterogeneous Catalysts and Obtaining Polyolefins, WO2017/185149, 2016.