Académicos
Andrés Mejía M.
Ingeniero Químico
Doctor en Ingeniería Química, Universidad de Concepción
Profesor Titular
Mail: amejia@udec.cl
Anexo: 3897
Oficina: 406, Edificio Gustavo Pizarro
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Líneas de Investigación
- Termodinámica de equilibrio de fases y propiedades interfaciales en mezclas multicomponente
- Teoría, simulación molecular y experimentación en termodinamica de fases e interfases
- Formulación de gasolinas limpias
- Sistemas agua-hidrocarburo-(bio) alcohol
Publicaciones
A. Ulloa, M. Cartes, G. Alonso, A. Mejía. Three Phase Equilibria and Interfacial Properties of Water + Dimethyl Carbonate + 1-Butanol Ternary Mixture. Journal of Molecular Liquids 439 (2025) 128785. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2025.128785
R. Kraemer T, A. Mejía, A. Gil-Villegas. Comparison of the SAFT-VRQ PI and SAFT-VRQ Mie to represent quantum fluids. Journal of Molecular Liquids 437, 128249 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2025.128249
I. Huenuvil-Pacheco, M. Cartes, A. Mejía. Thermophysical characterization of the synthetic oxygenate fuel mixture formed by hexane + cyclopentyl methyl ether + propan-1-ol. Sustainable Energy & Fuels 9, 4959-4973 (2025) https://doi.org/10.1039/d5se00759c
H. Cárdenas, M. A. H. Kamrul Bahrin, D. Seddon, J. Othman, J. T. Cabral, A. Mejía, S. Shahruddin, O. K. Matar, E. A. Müller, Determining interfacial tension and critical micelle concentrations of surfactants from atomistic molecular simulations. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 675 1071 – 1082 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2024.07.002
H. Cárdenas, A. Mejía. Molecular modelling of cryogenic hydrogen behaviour in vapor-liquid equilibria and confinement. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 83 (2024) 1024-1031. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2024.08.070
Proyectos
“Thermodynamical property assessment of advanced renewable oxygenates for high octane gasoline towards carbon neutrality”
Proyecto Fondecyt 1230654
Investigador principal
2023/2027
“Cryogenic Adsorption in nanopores as a novel alternative to Hydrogen storage and transport”
Proyecto Fondecyt 3220532
Investigador patrocinante
2022/2025
“An interrelated approach (theory-experimentation-molecular simulations) for the thermophysical characterization (Phase equilibrium, interfacial, and transport properties) of new entrainers for bio-alcohol dehydration and their use as oxygenates for fueks”
Proyecto Fondecyt 1190107
Investigador principal
2019/2023
“Thermodynamics of new entrainers for bioalcohol dehydration by means of heterogeneous azeotropic distillation. An approach based on theory, experimentation and molecular simulations for describing bulk and interfacial properties of triphasic mixtures”
Proyecto Fondecyt 1150656
Investigador principal
2015/2019
“Exploring Relationships Between Chemical Structure And Solubility In Supercritical Co2 For Solutes With Pharmacological Importance. Interdisciplinary Approach Using Molecular Simulation, Chemical Synthesis, And Direct Measurement Of Solubility”
Proyecto Fondecyt 1150822
Co investigador
2015/2019
Asignaturas que Imparte
Termodinámica
Termodinámica de Procesos Químicos
Mecánica de Fluidos
Laboratorios de Ingeniería Química
Transferencia de Materia
Optimización de Procesos Químicos.
Reconocimientos
Honorary Research Fellow Association at Imperial College London (2014 – a la fecha)
Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (2024 – a la fecha)
Primer puesto en el 9th Industrial Fluid Properties Simulation Challenge. AIChE (2016)