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Antonio is head of the Optimisation and Machine Learning for Process Systems Engineering group at the Department of Chemical Engineering, and the Sargent Centre for Process Systems Engineering, Imperial College London.

His research focuses on developing and applying computer algorithms from the area of optimisation, machine learning and reinforcement learning to engineering systems. The applied branch of my research looks at bioprocess control, optimization and scale-up.

Antonio holds a PhD from the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology at the University of Cambridge, where he received the Danckwerts-Pergamon award for the best PhD dissertation of 2017, and received his undergraduate degree from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).

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Employment (2)

Imperial College London: London, Westminster, GB

2020-04-01 to present | Lecturer (Chemical Engineering)
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Imperial College London: London, London, GB

2018 to 2020-03-31 | EPSRC Research Fellow (Centre for Process Systems Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering)
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Education and qualifications (3)

University of Cambridge: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GB

2013-08-01 to 2017-03-30 | Ph.D. on Chemical Engineering (Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology)
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National Autonomous University of Mexico: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, MX

2008-07-01 to 2013-05-01 | B.Sc. Chemical Engineering (Department of Chemical Engineering)
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Stanford University: Stanford, US

2012-05-01 to 2012-09-30 | Academic Exchange (Department of Mathematics)
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Professional activities (5)

Centre for Process Systems Engineering: London, London, GB

2021 to present | Director of Education
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Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, GB

2020 to present | Associate editor (Data Centric Engineering Journal)
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Institution of Chemical Engineers: London, GB

2020 | Nicklin Medal
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Imperial College London Faculty of Medicine: London, London, GB

2018 | Sir William Wakeham (Chemical Engineering)
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University of Cambridge: Cambridge, GB

2017 | Danckwerts-Pergamon award (Chemical Engineering)
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Funding (2)

Hitachi-Imperial Centre for Decarbonisation and Natural Climate Solutions

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Ehecatl Antonio del Rio Chanona

Sustainable excretable biofuels process design and optimisation

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Works (47)

Web-BO: towards increased accessibility of Bayesian optimisation (BO) for chemistry

Faraday Discussions
2025 | Journal article
Contributors: Austin M. Mroz; Piotr N. Toka; Ehecatl Antonio del Río Chanona; Kim E. Jelfs
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Investigating the reliability and interpretability of machine learning frameworks for chemical retrosynthesis

Digital Discovery
2024 | Journal article
Contributors: Friedrich Hastedt; Rowan M. Bailey; Klaus Hellgardt; Sophia N. Yaliraki; Ehecatl Antonio del Rio Chanona; Dongda Zhang
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The automated discovery of kinetic rate models – methodological frameworks

Digital Discovery
2024 | Journal article
Contributors: Miguel Ángel de Carvalho Servia; Ilya Orson Sandoval; King Kuok (Mimi) Hii; Klaus Hellgardt; Dongda Zhang; Ehecatl Antonio del Rio Chanona
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Machine learning-assisted discovery of flow reactor designs

Nature Chemical Engineering
2024-08-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Tom Savage; Nausheen Basha; Jonathan McDonough; James Krassowski; Omar Matar; Ehecatl Antonio del Rio Chanona
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Discovery of mixing characteristics for enhancing coiled reactor performance through a Bayesian optimisation-CFD approach

Chemical Engineering Journal
2023-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Nausheen Basha; Thomas Savage; Jonathan McDonough; Ehecatl Antonio del Rio Chanona; Omar K. Matar
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Data‐driven coordination of subproblems in enterprise‐wide optimization under organizational considerations

AIChE Journal
2023-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Damien van de Berg; Panagiotis Petsagkourakis; Nilay Shah; Ehecatl Antonio del Rio‐Chanona
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Industrial data science – a review of machine learning applications for chemical and process industries

Reaction Chemistry & Engineering
2022 | Journal article
Contributors: Max Mowbray; Mattia Vallerio; Carlos Perez-Galvan; Dongda Zhang; Antonio Del Rio Chanona; Francisco J. Navarro-Brull
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Hybrid Gaussian Process Modeling Applied to Economic Stochastic Model Predictive Control of Batch Processes

2021 | Book chapter
Contributors: E. Bradford; L. Imsland; M. Reble; E. A. del Rio-Chanona
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An integrated dimensionality reduction and surrogate optimization approach for plant‐wide chemical process operation

AIChE Journal
2021-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Thomas R. Savage; Fernando Almeida‐Trasvina; Ehecatl A. del‐Rio Chanona; Robin Smith; Dondga Zhang
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Synergising biomass growth kinetics and transport mechanisms to simulate light/dark cycle effects on photo‐production systems

Biotechnology and Bioengineering
2021-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Bovinille Anye Cho; Miguel Ángel de Carvalho Servia; Ehecatl Antonio del Río Chanona; Robin Smith; Dongda Zhang
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A Geometric Deep Learning Approach to Predict Binding Conformations of Bioactive Molecules

2021-04-20 | Other
Contributors: Oscar Méndez-Lucio; Mazen Ahmad; Ehecatl Antonio del Rio-Chanona; Jörg Kurt Wegner
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A Geometric Deep Learning Approach to Predict Binding Conformations of Bioactive Molecules

2021-04-20 | Other
Contributors: Oscar Méndez-Lucio; Mazen Ahmad; Ehecatl Antonio del Rio-Chanona; Jörg Kurt Wegner
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Comparison of physics‐based and data‐driven modelling techniques for dynamic optimisation of fed‐batch bioprocesses

Biotechnology and Bioengineering
2019-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Ehecatl Antonio Del Rio‐Chanona; Nur Rashid Ahmed; Jonathan Wagner; Yinghua Lu; Dongda Zhang; Keju Jing
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Hybrid physics‐based and data‐driven modeling for bioprocess online simulation and optimization

Biotechnology and Bioengineering
2019-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Dongda Zhang; Ehecatl Antonio Del Rio‐Chanona; Panagiotis Petsagkourakis; Jonathan Wagner
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A Bilevel Programming Approach for the Dynamic Optimization of Cyanobacterial C-phycocyanin Production under Uncertainty

Computer Aided Chemical Engineering
2018 | Book
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2-s2.0-85050581580

Contributors: Zhang, D.; del Rio-Chanona, E.A.
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A Bilevel Programming Approach to Optimize C-phycocyanin Bio-production under Uncertainty

IFAC-PapersOnLine
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85054445915

Contributors: del Rio-Chanona, E.A.; Zhang, D.
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Ehecatl Antonio del Rio Chanona via Scopus - Elsevier

Deep learning-Based surrogate modeling and optimization for microalgal biofuel production and photobioreactor design

AIChE Journal
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85058642194

Contributors: del Rio-Chanona, E.A.; Wagner, J.L.; Ali, H.; Fiorelli, F.; Zhang, D.; Hellgardt, K.
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Dynamic modeling and optimization of sustainable algal production with uncertainty using multivariate Gaussian processes

Computers and Chemical Engineering
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85051522308

Contributors: Bradford, E.; Schweidtmann, A.M.; Zhang, D.; Jing, K.; del Rio-Chanona, E.A.
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Ehecatl Antonio del Rio Chanona via Scopus - Elsevier

Dynamic modeling of green algae cultivation in a photobioreactor for sustainable biodiesel production

Biotechnology and Bioengineering
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85034761277

Contributors: del Rio-Chanona, E.A.; Liu, J.; Wagner, J.L.; Zhang, D.; Meng, Y.; Xue, S.; Shah, N.
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Ehecatl Antonio del Rio Chanona via Scopus - Elsevier

Life cycle assessment of bio-based sustainable polylimonene carbonate production processes

Computer Aided Chemical Engineering
2018 | Book
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2-s2.0-85050633023

Contributors: Zhang, D.; del Rio-Chanona, E.A.; Shah, N.
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Life cycle assessments for biomass derived sustainable biopolymer & energy co-generation

Sustainable Production and Consumption
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85047617575

Contributors: Zhang, D.; del Rio-Chanona, E.A.; Shah, N.
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Life cycle assessments of bio-based sustainable polylimonene carbonate production processes

Sustainable Production and Consumption
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85044112504

Contributors: Zhang, D.; del Rio-Chanona, E.A.; Wagner, J.L.; Shah, N.
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Ehecatl Antonio del Rio Chanona via Scopus - Elsevier

Overproduction of L-tryptophan via simultaneous feed of glucose and anthranilic acid from recombinant Escherichia coli W3110: Kinetic modeling and process scale-up

Biotechnology and Bioengineering
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85041887889

Contributors: Jing, K.; Tang, Y.; Yao, C.; del Rio-Chanona, E.A.; Ling, X.; Zhang, D.
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Photocatalytic Production of Bisabolene from Green Microalgae Mutant: Process Analysis and Kinetic Modeling

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85049682936

Contributors: Harun, I.; Del Rio-Chanona, E.A.; Wagner, J.L.; Lauersen, K.J.; Zhang, D.; Hellgardt, K.
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Production of renewable biohydrogen by Rhodobacter sphaeroides S10: A comparison of photobioreactors

Journal of Cleaner Production
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85042356467

Contributors: Palamae, S.; Choorit, W.; Dechatiwongse, P.; Zhang, D.; Antonio del Rio-Chanona, E.; Chisti, Y.
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Review of advanced physical and data-driven models for dynamic bioprocess simulation: Case study of algae–bacteria consortium wastewater treatment

Biotechnology and Bioengineering
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85058483448

Contributors: Del Rio-Chanona, E.A.; Cong, X.; Bradford, E.; Zhang, D.; Jing, K.
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Stochastic optimization of broadband reflecting photonic structures

Scientific Reports
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85040833398

Contributors: Estrada-Wiese, D.; Del Río-Chanona, E.A.; Del Río, J.A.
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Ehecatl Antonio del Rio Chanona via Scopus - Elsevier

Sustainable biopolymer synthesis via superstructure and multiobjective optimization

AIChE Journal
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85026464650

Contributors: del Rio-Chanona, E.A.; Zhang, D.; Shah, N.
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Towards a low carbon economy via sorptionenhanced water gas shift and alcohol reforming

Computer Aided Chemical Engineering
2018 | Book
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2-s2.0-85050653657

Contributors: Iruretagoyena, D.; Sunny, N.; del Rio-Chanona, E.A.; Chadwick, D.; Dowell, N.M.; Shah, N.
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An efficient model construction strategy to simulate microalgal lutein photo-production dynamic process

Biotechnology and Bioengineering
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85026292318

Contributors: del Rio-Chanona, E.A.; Fiorelli, F.; Zhang, D.; Ahmed, N.R.; Jing, K.; Shah, N.
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Ehecatl Antonio del Rio Chanona via Scopus - Elsevier

Kinetic modeling and process analysis for Desmodesmus sp. lutein photo-production

AIChE Journal
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85013230897

Contributors: del Rio-Chanona, E.A.; Ahmed, N.R.; Zhang, D.; Lu, Y.; Jing, K.
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On the solution of differential-algebraic equations through gradient flow embedding

Computers and Chemical Engineering
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85017173115

Contributors: del Rio-Chanona, E.A.; Bakker, C.; Fiorelli, F.; Paraskevopoulos, M.; Scott, F.; Conejeros, R.; Vassiliadis, V.S.
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Ehecatl Antonio del Rio Chanona via Scopus - Elsevier

Screening Synthesis Pathways for Biomass-Derived Sustainable Polymer Production

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85018399964

Contributors: Zhang, D.; Del Rio-Chanona, E.A.; Shah, N.
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Automated structure detection for distributed process optimization

Computers and Chemical Engineering
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84962408493

Contributors: del Rio-Chanona, E.A.; Fiorelli, F.; Vassiliadis, V.S.
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Construction of global optimization constrained NLP test cases from unconstrained problems

Chemical Engineering Research and Design
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84962885923

Contributors: Chan, M.S.C.; del Rio-Chanona, E.A.; Fiorelli, F.; Arellano-Garcia, H.; Vassiliadis, V.S.
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Ehecatl Antonio del Rio Chanona via Scopus - Elsevier

Dynamic modeling and optimization of cyanobacterial C-phycocyanin production process by artificial neural network

Algal Research
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84947969312

Contributors: del Rio-Chanona, E.A.; Manirafasha, E.; Zhang, D.; Yue, Q.; Jing, K.
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Ehecatl Antonio del Rio Chanona via Scopus - Elsevier

Dynamic modelling of Haematococcus pluvialis photoinduction for astaxanthin production in both attached and suspended photobioreactors

Algal Research
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85011878631

Contributors: Zhang, D.; Wan, M.; del Rio-Chanona, E.A.; Huang, J.; Wang, W.; Li, Y.; Vassiliadis, V.S.
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ICRS-Filter: A randomized direct search algorithm for constrained nonconvex optimization problems

Chemical Engineering Research and Design
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84956854934

Contributors: Li, B.; Nguyen, V.H.; Ng, C.L.; del Rio-Chanona, E.A.; Vassiliadis, V.S.; Arellano-Garcia, H.
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Model-based real-time optimisation of a fed-batch cyanobacterial hydrogen production process using economic model predictive control strategy

Chemical Engineering Science
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84951997344

Contributors: del Rio-Chanona, E.A.; Zhang, D.; Vassiliadis, V.S.
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Ehecatl Antonio del Rio Chanona via Scopus - Elsevier

Analysis of green algal growth via dynamic model simulation and process optimization

Biotechnology and Bioengineering
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84940467345

Contributors: Zhang, D.; Chanona, E.A.D.-R.; Vassiliadis, V.S.; Tamburic, B.
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Analysis of the cyanobacterial hydrogen photoproduction process via model identification and process simulation

Chemical Engineering Science
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84924065014

Contributors: Zhang, D.; Dechatiwongse, P.; Del-Rio-Chanona, E.A.; Hellgardt, K.; Maitland, G.C.; Vassiliadis, V.S.
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Bioprocess modelling of biohydrogen production by Rhodopseudomonas palustris: Model development and effects of operating conditions on hydrogen yield and glycerol conversion efficiency

Chemical Engineering Science
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84925587335

Contributors: Zhang, D.; Xiao, N.; Mahbubani, K.T.; del Rio-Chanona, E.A.; Slater, N.K.H.; Vassiliadis, V.S.
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Dynamic modelling of high biomass density cultivation and biohydrogen production in different scales of flat plate photobioreactors

Biotechnology and Bioengineering
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84945561581

Contributors: Zhang, D.; Dechatiwongse, P.; del Rio-Chanona, E.A.; Maitland, G.C.; Hellgardt, K.; Vassiliadis, V.S.
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Dynamic Simulation and Optimization for Arthrospira platensis Growth and C-Phycocyanin Production

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84946430145

Contributors: Del Rio-Chanona, E.A.; Zhang, D.; Xie, Y.; Manirafasha, E.; Jing, K.
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Modelling of light and temperature influences on cyanobacterial growth and biohydrogen production

Algal Research
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84928687302

Contributors: Zhang, D.; Dechatiwongse, P.; del Rio-Chanona, E.A.; Maitland, G.C.; Hellgardt, K.; Vassiliadis, V.S.
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Optimal Operation Strategy for Biohydrogen Production

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84933074097

Contributors: Del Rio-Chanona, E.A.; Dechatiwongse, P.; Zhang, D.; Maitland, G.C.; Hellgardt, K.; Arellano-Garcia, H.; Vassiliadis, V.S.
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Ehecatl Antonio del Rio Chanona via Scopus - Elsevier

Multiobjective dynamic optimization of the cell-cast process for poly(methyl methacrylate)

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84988884757

Contributors: Rivera-Toledo, M.; Del Río-Chanona, E.A.; Flores-Tlacuahuac, A.
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