Faculty
Dr. Cornelis Peters
Distinguished Professor & GRC Director
Bu Hasa Building, Room 2207A
Sas Al Nakhl Campus
Office: +971 2 607 5492
Fax: +971 2 607 5200
Email: cpeters@pi.ac.ae |
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EDUCATION
PhD |
Chemical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands (1986) |
MSc |
Chemical Technology, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands (1978) |
PROFILE
Dr. Cornelis Peters joined the program in October 2008 as a Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering. He earned his bachelor (cum laude), master (cum laude), and Ph.D. degrees from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. Dr. Peters is an expert in the areas of thermodynamics, phase equilibria, ionic liquids, hydrogen storage, gas hydrates and CO2-sequestration. He is well-known for his work in phase behavior and equilibria.
Dr. Peters is the author of more than 200 publications in refereed journals, among them one in Science. In addition, he is (co)editor of 6 books, 13 book chapters. Two patents have been filed on his name. Besides serving as a reviewer of numerous papers and research proposals, he is a member of the editorial board of a couple of journals. Dr. Peters was the principal advisor of 17 Ph.D. and 45 MSc theses. Furthermore, he served worldwide on 25 Ph.D. committees as the principal external examiner. In addition, he was external examiner of 5 MSc theses and he supervised 35 extensive literature studies.
Dr. Peters has worldwide extensive collaborations. His current collaborations comprise Stanford and Vanderbilt University, University of Maryland, Colorado School of Mines, all of them in the USA. In addition, he has strong ties with the Center of Excellence at Tohoku University (Japan), the Universidad Nacional del Sur (Argentina), University of Nottingham (UK) and the University of Valladolid (Spain). He receives many invitations as a keynote, plenary and invited speaker. Also he is frequently asked to deliver short courses. He is involved in the organization of many conferences in his field. His recent research achievements are in the field of the application of ionic liquids in reactions and separations. Also the application of gas hydrates for hydrogen storage, CO2-sequestration and desalination of seawater has his active interest.
Selected Publications
E.K. Karakatsani, I.G. Economou, M.C. Kroon, M.D. Bermejo, C.J. Peters & G.J. Witkamp, “Equation of State Modeling of the Phase Equilibria of Ionic Liquid Mixtures at Low and High Pressure”, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys, vol. 10, no. 40, pp. 6160-6168, August 2008.
M.D. Bermejo, A.J. Kotlewska, L.J. Florusse, M.J. Cocero, F. van Rantwijk & C.J. Peters, ”Influence of the enzyme concentration on the phase behavior for developing a homogeneous enzymatic reaction in ionic liquid – CO2 media”, Green Chemistry, vol. 10, no. 10, pp. 1049-1054, August 2008.
E. Kühne, G.J. Witkamp & C.J. Peters, “High-pressure phase behavior of ternary mixtures with ionic liquids. Part I: the system bmim[BF4]+4-isobutylacetophenone+CO2”, Green Chemistry, vol. 10, no. 9, pp. 897-1012, August 2008.
E. Kühne, S. Santarossa, E. Perez, G.J. Witkamp & C.J. Peters, “New approach in the design of reactions and separations using an ionic liquid and carbon dioxide as solvents: phase equilibria in two selected ternary systems”, J. of Supercritical Fluids, vol. 46, no. 2, pp. 93-98, September 2008.
Y. Nagai, H. Yoshioka, M. Ota, H. Inomata, R.L. Smith & C.J. Peters, “Binary hydrogen-tetrahydrofuran clathrate hydrate formation kinetics and models”, AIChE Journal, vol. 54, no. 11, pp. 3007-3016, September 2008.
Kh. Nasrifar, M.M. Mooijer & C.J. Peters, “Experimental determination and modeling of bubble and dew points in the system CO2 + CHF3”, J. of Chem. Eng. Data, vol. 53, no. 10, pp. 2328-2332, October 2008.
M.D. Bermejo, M. Montero, E. Saez, L.J. Florusse, A.J. Kotlewska, M.J. Cocero, F. van Rantwijk & C.J. Peters, “Liquid-vapor equilibrium of the systems butyy-methyl-imidazolium nitrate - CO2 and hydroxypropyl-methyl-imidazolium nitrate - CO2 at high pressure: influence of water on the phase behavior”, J. of Phys. Chem. B., vol. 112, no. 43, pp. 13532-13541, October 2008.
N.I. Papadimitriou, I.N. Tsimpanogiannis, C.J. Peters, A.Th. Papaioannou & A.K. Stubos, “Hydrogen storage in sH hydrates: A Monte Carlo study”, J. of Phys. Chem. B, vol. 112, no. 45, pp. 14206-14211, November 2008.
S. Raeissi & C.J. Peters, “A potential ionic liquid for CO2-separating membranes: selection and gas solubility studies”, Green Chemistry, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 185-192, November 2008.
M.R. Damen, R.W. Brand, S.C. Bloem, E. Pingen, K. Steur, C.J. Peters, G.J. Witkamp & M.C. Kroon, “Process intensification by combining ionic liquids and supercritical carbon dioxide applied to the design of levadopa production”, Chem. Eng. and Processing: Process Intensification, vol. 48, no. 1, pp. 549-553, January 2009.
A. Martin & C.J. Peters, “New thermodynamic model of equilibrium states of gas hydrates considering lattice distortion”, J. of Phys. Chem. C, vol. 113, no. 1, pp. 422-430, January 2009.
S. Raeissi & C.J. Peters, “Carbon dioxide solubility in the homologous 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazolium bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide family”, J. of Chem. Eng. Data, vol. 54, no. 2, pp. 382-386, February 2009.
H. Machida, R. Taguchi, Y. Sato, L.J. Florusse, C.J. Peters & R.L. Smith, “Measurement and correlation of supercritical CO2 and ionic liquid systems for design of advanced unit operations”, Frontiers in Chemical Engineering in China, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 12-19, March 2009.
A. Martin & C.J. Peters, “Thermodynamic modeling of promoted structure sII clathrate hydrates of hydrogen”, J. of Phys. Chem. B, vol. 113, no. 21, pp. 7548-7557, April 2009.
W.B. Setianto, R.L. Smith Jr., H. Inomata, L.J. Florusse & C.J. Peters, “Pressure profile method extraction of phenolic liquid compounds from cashew (Anacardium occidentale) shell with supercritical carbon dioxide and aspects of its phase equilibria”, J. of Supercritical Fluids, vol. 48, no. 3, pp. 203-210, April 2009.
E. Kühne, L.R. Alfonsin, M.T. Mota Martinez, G.J. Witkamp & C.J. Peters, “Comment on “Characterization on the ability of CO2 to act as an antisolvent for ionic liquid / organic mixtures”. J. of Phys. Chem. B, vol. 113, no. 18, pp. 6579–6580, April 2009.
A.R. Cruz Duarte, A. Shariati, C.J. Peters, “Phase equilibrium measurements of structure sH hydrogen clathrate hydrates with various promoters”, J. of Chem. Eng. Data, vol. 54, no. 5, pp. 1628-1632, April 2009.
A. Martin & C.J. Peters, “Hydrogen storage in sH clathrate hydrates: thermodynamic model”, J. of Phys. Chem. B, vol. 113, no. 21, pp. 7558-7563, May 2009.
E. Kühne, A. Martin, G.J. Witkamp & C.J. Peters, “Modeling the phase behavior of ternary systems ionic liquid + organic + CO2 with a group contribution equation of state”, AIChE Journal, vol. 55, no. 5, pp. 1265-1273, May 2009.
