DETAILED SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

1st ENERGY, EFFICIENCY

AND ENVIRONTMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY CONFERENCE

22, 23 y 24 de Noviembre de 2017

Hotel Club La Serena, La Serena, Chile

1st CEES Scientific program

Scientific programWednesday, November 22 Sessions names

Time Salón Elqui 1 Salón Elqui 2 Salón Elqui 3 CT: Catalysis14:00-15:00 Registration WT: Water management15:00-15:30 Inauguration MT: Materials15:30-16:30 Plenary 1 PL: Policy16:35-17:05 CT1 WT1 SM: Simulation17:05-17:35 CT2 WT2 EN: Energy17:35-18:05 CT3 WT3 EL: Electricity18:05-18:35 Coffee break

Thursday, November 23Time Salón Elqui 1 Salón Elqui 2 Patio Tololo

9:00-9:30 CT4 WT49:30-10:00 WT7 WT510:00-10:30 WT8 WT610:30-11:00 MT1 PL111:00-11:30 Coffe break11:30-12:00 MT2 PL212:00-12:30 MT3 PL312:30-13:00 MT4 PL413:00-14:30 Lunch14:30-15:30 Plenary 215:30-16:30 Poster session/Coffee break16:30-17:00 MT5 SM117:00-17:30 MT6 SM217:30-18:00 MT7 SM318:00-18:30 MT820:00 Conference dinner

Friday, November 24Time Salón Elqui 1 Salón Elqui 2 Salón Elqui 3

9:00-10:00 Plenary 310:00-10:30 Coffee break10:30-11:00 EN1 SM411:00-11:30 EN2 SM511:30-12:00 EN3 EL112:00-12:30 EN4 EL212:30-13:00 EN5 EL313:00-13:30 Closing ceremony13:30 Lunch

Plenary conferencesP1: Dionysios D. Dionysiou

University of Cincinnati, USATreatment of Cyanotoxins and Contaminants of EmergingConcern in Water Using Advanced Oxidation Processes

P2: Jean-Luc DelplanckeEcole Polytechnique de Bruxelles, Belgium

Fuel cells and hydrogen: flexible devices for the production ofsustainable electricity

P3: Jesús Fidel González RoucoComplutense university, Spain

Wind variability: a climatological perspective through model-data comparison

1st CEES Oral and Poster Presentations

Oral PresentationsCatalysis

Code Name Presentation titleCT1 Héctor Valdés

U. Católica de la Santísima Con-cepción, Chile

Application of natural and modified zeolites in a heterogeneouscatalytic ozonation process for wastewater treatment

CT2 Ricardo SalazarU. de Santiago de Chile, Chile

Degradation of organics from synthetic slaughterhouse wastewater byanaerobic digestion follow by solar photoelectron-Fenton process

CT3 Rodrigo PobleteU. Católica del Norte, Chile

Evaluation of the improve of landfill leachate quality after advancedoxidation processes and adsorption process

CT4 Adriana MeraUniversidad de La Serena, Chile

BiOBr and BiOI microspheres for decontamination of wastewaters andair

Water ManagementCode Name Presentation titleWT1 Joel Barraza

U. Católica del Norte, ChileEvaluation of pilot system for treatment of urban waste water in LaSerena city

WT2 Marion RéveilletCEAZA, Chile

Modeling snow cover evolution for two contrasting years (2014-2015)

WT3 Nicole SchafferCEAZA, Chile

Snow fence effectiveness evaluated with automatic cameras andterrestrial LIDAR, dry Andes, Chile

WT4 Shelley MacDonellCEAZA, Chile

Glaciers in the Coquimbo Region, Chile – working towards a regionalglacier management plan

WT5 Andrés HeviaCEAZA, Chile

The role of upstream wetlands in modulating runoff in the semi-aridAndes

WT6 Rémi ValoisCEAZA, Chile

Structure and functioning of aquifers using geophysics

WT7 Rodrigo PobleteU. Católica del Norte, Chile

Water recovery of a solar drier process of brine

WT8 Danilo CarvajalUniversidad de La Serena, Chile

Passive dew water collection in Chile

MaterialsCode Name Presentation titleMT1 Laura Acosta

Universidad Nacional de Colombiasede Medellín, Colombia

Optimization of magnetite nanoparticles supported on activated carbonfor the treatment of waste water from oil industry and energy production

MT2 Macarena EcheverríaPontificia Universidad Católica deValparaíso, Chile

Evaluation of extracts of Cynara scolymus L. encapsulated as acorrosion inhibitor

MT3 Gerardo CabelloUniversidad del Bío-Bío, Chile

A photochemical proposal for the preparation of mixed oxides and theevaluation of its optical properties

MT4 Claudia CarrascoUniversidad de Concepción, Chile

Cathodic and anodic electrodeposition of PbCoSn thin films aselectrocatalyst of oxygen evolution reaction

MT5 Cristian CastilloUniversidad de Chile, Chile

Synthesis of benzotrithiophene-based small molecules and theirapplications as electron donor in planar heterojunction solar cells

MT6 Carlos RodríguezUniversidad de La Serena, Chile

Optimization of deposition time in ZnS thin films grown by means ofnon-toxic chemical bath deposition

MT7 Myrna SandovalUniversidad de Concepción, Chile

Influence of doping with aluminium on CdS thin films for use in solarcells

MT8 Diego VascoU. de Santiago de Chile, Chile

Applications of phase change materials in buildings

1st CEES Oral and Poster Presentations

PolicyCode Name Presentation titlePL1 Denisse Duhalde

Universidad de La Serena, ChileGroundwater vulnerability assessment of a volcanic system in a ChileanAndean valley through fuzzy logic as a tool for dealing with datascarcity

PL2 Sebastián OlivaUniversidad de Chile, Chile

The growth of household PV exports with energy efficiency and theopportunity for battery storage systems

PL3 Marco TricallotisThe Australian National University,Chile

Are non-state forms of environmental governance an alternative to state-centric governance?

PL4 Vanessa WeinbergerPontificia U. Católica de Chile,Chile

Insatiable cities: How to manage these greedy energy sinks

SimulationCode Name Presentation titleSM1 Marcelo Marambio

CCEAZA, ChileNumerical modeling and simulation of snow-accumulation behindporous fences

SM2 Luis Silva-LlancaUniversidad de La Serena, Chile

Recovering wasted heat from concentrated photovoltaics: optimizationof an organic Rankine cycle through model predictive control

SM3 Roberto CabralesUniversidad de La Serena, Chile

Numerical study of improved solar energy storage efficiency forbuilding with phase change material in trombe wall

SM4 Cristian ChávezUniversidad de La Serena, Chile

Efficient and sustainable cooling through convective evaporation usinglow global warming potential refrigerant microchannels

SM5 Pablo PachecoUniversidad de La Serena, Chile

Development of a series of four energy efficient solar racing cars with asuitable Li-ion battery cooling system at University of La Serena

EnergyCode Name Presentation titleEN1 René Garrido

U. de Santiago de Chile, ChileA combined pyrolysis – gasification study to increase syngas productionyield from brewers spent grain (BSG)

EN2 Eva SotoUniversidad de Playa Ancha, Chile

Stu of life cycle (LCA) of biodisel production plant from wild thistles,in Papudo, Chile

EN3 Elena GarcíaCIEMAT, Spain

Sensitivity analysis of expected wind extremes over the northwesternSahara and high atlas region

EN4 Jorge CortezUniversidad de La Serena, Chile

Design of an optimized hybrid solar/wind system for a village in thesemiarid Elqui Valley, Chile

EN5 Sonia MontecinosUniversidad de La Serena,Chile

Wind energy forecast in the semi-arid Coquimbo Region in Chile

ElectricityCode Name Presentation titleEL1 Carlos Gaete

The University of Manchester, UKLife cycle environmental sustainability of electricity generation in Chile

EL2 Carlos MaldonadoEurosolar EIRL, Chile

The role of the distributed generation to achieve in a sustainable waythe 70% of ERNC in 2050

EL3 Mabel VegaUniversidad de Concepción, Chile

Life cycle inventory of the electricity production and distribution inChile over 1995-2015: The evidences of time effect

1st CEES Oral and Poster Presentations

Poster PresentationsName Poster titleAndrea TorrejónUniversidad de La Serena, Chile

Fog collection and its relation with local meteorology in a semiarid zone inChile

Carla MeyerUniversidad de Valparíso, Chile

Wind speed simulations for totoral wind farm: i evaluation

Constanza CorreaUniversidad de Santiago de Chile, Chile

A techno-economic study on the utilization of brewers spent grain (bsg)through gasification

Rodrigo BarrientosUniversidad de Santiago de Chile, Chile

Environmental assessment of farmers’ market waste revalorization alternativevia a life-cycle analysis (lca) in Chile

Diego ToroUniversidad de La Serena, Chile

Evaluation of the process of the heterogeneous photocatalysis in the treatmentof waste water with presence of pesticides, using BiOI microspheres undersimulated solar radiation

Eliana VaschettoU. Tecnológica Nacional, Argentina

Mesoporous Materials for Glyphosate Degradation in Water Through CatalyticWet Air Oxidation

Gabriel FerreroU. Tecnológica Nacional, Argentina

Immobilization of pseudomonas fluorecens lipase in mesoporous materials tobiodisel production

Gabriel FerreroU. Tecnológica Nacional, Argentina

Nanostructured mesoporous materials with Nickel for alternative energy andenvironmental applications

Gonzalo SanchézUniversidad de Santiago de Chile, Chile

Techno-Economical Assessment of the utilization of Brewers Spent Grain(BSG) for the production of energy through a combined Pyrolysis andGasification process.

Jorge CortezUniversidad de La Serena, Chile

Wind turbine power curve fitting based on gaussian processes and artificialneural networks

Jorge CortezUniversidad de La Serena, Chile

Calculating PV modules temperature from meteorological conditions

Marialuisa SaavedraUniversidad de Santiago de Chile, Chile

Development of an organic regenerator of soils based on natural zeolites andorganic agricultural waste resources

Mauricio AriasUniversidad Católica del Norte, Chile

Optical and electrical properties of silicon solar cells by wet chemical etching

Paula OsorioU. Tecnológica de Pereira, Colombia

Important decreasing of carbon deposition on Ni/Ce-La-Al2O3 catalysts by Rhaddition in ethanol steam reforming reaction

Richard CampusanoUniversidad de La Serena, Chile

Ionic liquids, the need of promoting them in the academy as solvents of thefuture and their undeniable contribution to the green chemistry

Robinson GodoyCentro de Estudios Avanzados en ZonasÁridas, Chile

Installation of experimental snow fences in the Coquimbo region, Chile

Eduardo GodoyUniversidad de La Serena, Chile

Effect the solution pH on the properties of ZnS thin films synthesized by anon-toxic chemical bath solution.

Sonia MontecinosUniversidad de La Serena, Chile

Wind maps of the semi-arid Coquimbos region in Chile

Verónica ElíasU. Tecnológica Nacional, Argentina

Nano-structured catalysts applied to heterogeneous photo-fenton process todegrade herbicides in aqueous phase

Verónica ElíasU. Tecnológica Nacional, Argentina

Fe/SBA-15 Mesoporous materials as photo-fenton catalyst for AZO-dyesdegradation

Yenny ÁvilaU. Tecnológica de Pereira, Colombia

Synthesis of an organic compound of low molecular weight as a potentialorganic photovoltaic cell and its structural correlation with the respectivemanganese metalocycle