Research Interests Modeling application in biological processes. Anaerobic digestion for biogas production and wastewater treatment. Atmospheric dispersion and weather modeling. Education Postgraduated MSc in Environmental Engineering, July, Santiago de Compostela University. (USC). Spain. Undergraduated Chemical Engineering, September, Santiago de Compostela University (USC). Spain. Fabio Carrera Chapela Address: Ctra. Matamá-Pazo 117 Vigo (Pontevedra) 36213 Date of birth: 20/01/1984 Email: fabio.carrera@usc.es Phone number: (+34) 634-716538 (+56) 9 56922710 Working Experience (Mar- Aug) Professor assistant Instrumentation and Control (PUCV). (Jan-Mar) Internship at ENVIRON CORP: - Implementation of WRF model in Perth (Australia). Professorship Instrumentation and Control (PUCV). PhD Student at Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaiso (PUCV), Chile PhD Student at Santiago de Compostela University (USC), Spain. 2011 (Sep- 2102 Oct) Chemical Engineering Department. Environmental Modeling Group, Santiago de Compostela University: - Odor dispersion study: meteorological modeling (CALMET) and pollutants dispersion (CALPUFF). - Anthropogenic emission inventory validation and development for the European register E-PRTR. (Nov Jun) MSc thesis on Environmental Engineer collaborating with AQUALIA: Energy integration of anaerobic digested sludge in a wastewater treatment plant by CHP and thermal drying.
(July-Sep) AQUALIA. Intern in Wastewater Treatment Plant of Guillarei: - Process control support. - Thermal drying start-up evaluation. - Maintenance software implementation. Thesis development in Environmental Biotechnology Laboratory (Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaiso, Chile): Temperature influence evaluation in anaerobic sequential batch reactor behavior on short time periods. Publications Carrera-Chapela F.; Donoso-Bravo, A., Souto, J.A.; Ruiz-Filippi, G. Modeling the odor generation in WWTP: An integrated approach review. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 225(6) 1-15. DOI: 10.1007/ s11270-014-1932-y Maria Dios, Marta Moran, Fabio Carrera, Cesar Pombo, Jose A. Souto, Juan J. Casares, Agustin Diaz and Aurora Saez. PRTRval: A software tool for the validation of E-PRTR emissions data Int. J. of Environment and Pollution. Accepted. M. Dios, M. Morán, F. Carrera, J.A. Souto, J.J. Casares, A. Díaz, M.L. Macho. 2011. Evaluation of the E-PRTR emissions inventory: The Galician case. In proceeding of: 20th International Conference on Modelling, Monitoring and Management of Air Pollution, AIR, At A Coruna, Volume: 157. DOI:10.2495/AIR120211 Intellectual Property Registry PRTRval: Herramienta de apoyo a la validación. J.A. Souto, J.J. Casares, F. Carrera, M. Morán, M. Dios, C. Pombo. SC 117, 14. 25/04/.
Congress Proceedings Donoso-Bravo, A.; Carrera-Chapela, F.; Ruiz-Filippi, G. Optimization in biogas processes production. The importance of global sensitivity analysis, optimization procedure and uncertainty analysis. Oral Presentation. EngOpt - 4th International Conference on Engineering Optimization, Lisboa, Portugal. September 8-11,. F. Carrera, A. Donoso-Bravo, G. Ruiz-Filippi. Modificación del modelo AM2 incluyendo la hidrólisis y sulfato reducción para modelar la dispersión del olor generado por el sulfuro de hidrógeno en PTAS. Oral Presentation for XX AIDIS Chile. M. Dios, F. Carrera, C. Pombo, M. Morán, J. A. Souto, A. Díaz, M.L. Macho. Validation tool for the european pollutant release and transfer register emissions in galicia: PRTR-VAL. Oral Presentation for HARMO. 2011 M. Dios, M. Morán, F. Carrera, J.A. Souto, J.J. Casares, A. Díaz, M.L. Macho. 2011. Evaluation of the E-PRTR emissions inventory: The Galician case. 20th International Conference on Modeling, Monitoring and Management of Air Pollution. Rosenkranz, F.; Carrera, F.; Morán, M.; Ruiz-Filippi, G.; Chamy, R.. Microbial population distribution of anaerobic sequencing batch reactors treating easily degradable substrates short-term temperature effect. Oral Presentation. 12th World Congress on Anaerobic Digestion. October 31st to November 4th. Guadalajara, México Rosenkranz, F.; Carrera, F.; Morán, M.; Ruiz-Filippi, G.; Chamy, R.. Evaluación de la Influencia de la Temperatura en el Comportamiento de un Reactor Anaerbio de tipo ASBR. Presentación Oral. XXXII Congreso Interamericano de ingeniería Sanitaria y Ambiental AIDIS. 7-11 Noviembre. Punta Cana, Republica Dominicana. Rosenkranz, F.; Carrera, F.; Morán, M.; Ruiz-Filippi, G.; Chamy, R. Assessing the influence of temperature on the behavior of an anaerobic sequencing batch reactor (ASBR) and the different microbial populations present to treat a wastewater with easily degradable compound. Water Research Conference Shifting paradigms in assessment of recreational water quality and Microbial ecology for sustainable water and wastewater treatment, April 11-14. Lisboa. Portugal.
Workshop Participation International Workshop on Bioprocess Modeling: Modeling generation and dispersion of odours in wastewater treatment plants. Universidad de la Frontera, Chile. 28th March. Proposal of an integrate model for AD and odor dispersion. Anillo ACT-1106 Analysis and Control Problems and Applications (ACPA) at Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile. 30th November. Additional Education Geographic Information Systems (GIS) course: Introduction to GIS systems with ArcGIS software. 20 hours. Eco-design course: Eco-design as a key innovation toll on business. 12,5 hours. Biological treatment on industrial wastewater course: Nitrogen and non-easily compounds removal. (Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaiso, Chile).30 hours. 2009 XVIII Chilean congress in Environmental and Health Engineering. (Pucón, Chile) Informatics Knowledge s Advanced level: Matlab, Latex, WRF, Aquasim, VenSIM, Hysys. User knowledge: CALPUFF, CALMET, Autocad, Java, Data Bases, Linux, GIS. Languages Spanish: First language. English: B2 Certificate. Spoken advanced level and written average level. French: Spoken and written basic level. Galician: First language. Portuguese: Spoken basic level.
Laboratory Analytic Techniques Water quality analysis. Soil quality analysis. Molecular analysis techniques: DGGE and PCR.