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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Diogo Silva

Citation names

  • Silva, Diogo

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
BB15-E568-84C9
ORCID iD
0000-0003-4769-2342

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Chemical Engineering

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Education
Degree Classification
2018/09 - 2023/07/04
Concluded
 Engenharia Química e Biológica (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
"Hydrolysis of sodium borohydride for hydrogen generation: Study of the by-product and its recycling" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2012 - 2017/10/13
Concluded
 Engenharia Química (Mestrado integrado)
Major in Energia e Ambiente
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
"Catalytic hydrolysis of sodium borohydride for hydrogen production: study of the influence of carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) in the recyclability of NaBO2" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/12/07 - Current Research Assistant (Research) Universidade do Porto Centro de Estudos de Fenómenos de Transporte, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Centro de Estudos de Fenómenos de Transporte, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2025/01/01 - 2027/12/31 GreenShip
83513
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
 Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
Ongoing
2023/12/07 - 2025/12/31 ALiCE - Laboratório Associado em Engenharia Química
LA/P/0045/2020
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Ongoing
2024/02/06 - 2024/06/06 Southern European Entrepreneurship Engine
10.3030/101072135
Other
HISEEDTECH - ASSOCIACAO PARA A VALORIZACAO DO CONHECIMENTO, Portugal
Ongoing
2023/12/01 - 2024/05/31 S.O.S. - HYDRO-MAR - Scale-up of an Off-grid system Sodium Borohydride - HYDROgen for MARtime applications: Design and experimental studies
IJUP- GALP – 2-1
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Centro de Estudos de Fenómenos de Transporte, Portugal
Ongoing
2021/07/26 - 2023/06 HyGreen&LowEmissions - Tackling Climate Change Impacts: the role of Green Hydrogen production, storage and use, together with low emissions energy systems
NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000077
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2018/03/22 - 2021/06/30 HYLANTIC - Rede Atlântica para a Geração e Fornecimento de H2 Renovável de alta eficiência energética
EAPA_204/2016
PhD Student Fellow
Universidade do Porto Centro de Estudos de Fenómenos de Transporte, Portugal
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Journal article
  1. Lucia Gomez-Coma; Diogo Silva; Alfredo Ortiz; C. M. Rangel; Dr. Victor Manuel Ortiz Martinez; A.M.F.R. Pinto; Inmaculada Ortiz. "Sustainable Additives for the Production of Hydrogen via Sodium Borohydride Hydrolysis". Applied Sciences (2023): https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/12/6995.
    10.3390/app13126995
  2. Silva, Diogo; A.M.F.R. Pinto; Nunes, Helder Xavier; Marcon, Lucas; C. M. Rangel. "Rehydrogenation of Sodium Borates to Close the NaBH4-H2 Cycle: A Review". Energies (2021): https://doi.org/10.3390/en14123567.
    10.3390/en14123567

Intellectual property

Patent
  1. Silva, Diogo; Nunes, Helder Xavier; Marcon, Lucas; Pinto, A.M.F.R.; C.M. Rangel. 2023. "METHOD TO PROCESS BORATE BY-PRODUCTS FROM SODIUM BOROHYDRIDE HYDROLYSIS".
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2022/05/18 Innovative study of the by-product of NaBH4 hydrolysis European Hydrogen Energy Conference (EHEC)
Complejo Duques de Pastrana Madrid (Madrid, Spain)
2019/06/20 Hydrogen production and storage from hydrolysis of sodium borohydride: study of the regeneration of sodium borohydride ANQUE-ICCE-CIBIQ 2019
School of Industrial and Telecommunication Engineering. Universidad de Cantabria (Santander, Spain)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2023/09/11 - 2024/02/28 Scale-up of a NaBH4-H2 off-grid system for maritime applications: design and preliminary studies
Co-supervisor
 Integrated Master in Chemical Enginnering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2023/02/06 - 2023/07/31 Catalytic hydrolysis of sodium borohydride for hydrogen production: study of the recyclability of by-product reaction
Co-supervisor
 Integrated Master in Environmental Enginnering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2023/02/06 - 2023/07/31 Catalytic hydrolysis of NaBH4 for H2 generation - a study on the recyclability of the by-product
Co-supervisor
 Integrated Master in Chemical Enginnering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2021/07/01 - 2021/09/30 Sustainable Additives for the production of hydrogen via sodium borohydride hydrolysis
Co-supervisor
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2023/01/07 - 2023/07/23 2nd International Summer School in Hydrogen & Fuel Cells Technology (2023/06/21 - 2023/06/23)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2023/04/01 - 2023/04/23 Mostra 2023 of the University of Porto (ALiCE) (2023/04/20 - 2023/04/23)
Exhibition (Other)
 Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2022/04/01 - 2022/04/24 Mostra 2022 of the University of Porto (ALiCE) (2022/04/21 - 2022/04/24)
Exhibition (Other)
 Universidade do Porto, Portugal
2021/01/07 - 2021/07/18 1st International Summer School in Hydrogen & Fuel Cells Technology (2021/06/16 - 2021/06/18)
Congress (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2019/04/01 - 2019/07/27 Chemical and Biological Symposium of the 3rd Doctoral Congress in Engineering 2019 (2019/06/26 - 2019/06/27)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2016/03/01 - 2016/03/20 Mostra 2016 of the University of Porto (DEQ/MIEQ) (2016/03/17 - 2016/03/20)
Exhibition (Other)
 Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2019/10/08 - Current Participation in the H2SE - Hydrogen uses and applications and its paper in the energetic transition workshop
Workshop
 H2SE – Hydrogen uses and applications and its paper in the energetic transition
Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial, Portugal
2019/03/11 - 2019/03/15 Participation in International School Progress in Hydrogen Safety, in regard of Hylantic european project meeting
Congress
 International School Progress in Hydrogen Safety
Ulster University - Belfast Campus, United Kingdom
Distinctions

Award

2022 2nd Place in U.Porto Inovação BIP Acceleration Program
Universidade do Porto, Portugal

Other distinction

2024 Participation acceptance in Conception X' Cohort 7
Conception X, United Kingdom