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Rui Ferreira got a Master Degree (MSc) in Environmental Engineering from the Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto (FEUP) in 2012. In 2017, he finished his PhD on Chemical and Biological Engineering, also at FEUP. Rui is currently a PhD researcher at the Transport Phenomena Research Center (CEFT). His research activities are mostly focused on PEM fuel cells and electrolyzers, where he has experience in their design and experimental characterization as well as in the development of computational fluids dynamics (CFD) models. Rui published 13 articles in international journals and 2 book chapters, organized 3 events, co-supervised 1 PhD thesis, supervised 4 MSc dissertations e co-supervised 3. He participates and/or participated in 11 research projects. Rui has also been collaborating, since 2014, in faculty teaching activities, as an invited assistant/professor at FEUP, in the disciplines of Fluids Mechanics and Transport Phenomena from the Bioengineering course.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
RUI CARLOS BARATA FERREIRA

Citation names

  • Ferreira, R. B.

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
AA15-6590-4168
ORCID iD
0000-0003-2626-9043
Scopus Author Id
56459498000

Email addresses

  • rferreira@fe.up.pt (Professional)
  • rui.carlos.ferreira.27@gmail.com (Personal)

Knowledge fields

  • Engineering and Technology - Chemical Engineering - Chemical Engineering

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2013/04 - 2017/04
Concluded
 Engenharia Química e Biológica (Doutoramento)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
"Two-phase flow in PEM fuel cells: 1D + 3D model development and numerical simulations" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Approved by Unanimity
2007/09 - 2012/09
Concluded
 Engenharia do Ambiente (Mestrado integrado)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Technische Universiteit Delft Faculteit Civiele Techniek en Geowetenschappen, Netherlands
"Anaerobic digestion of sludge from marine aquaculture systems" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16 values (A on the ECTS Grading System)
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2020/07 - Current Contracted Researcher (Research) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Centro de Estudos de Fenómenos de Transporte, Portugal
2017/06 - 2020/06 Postdoc (Research) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Universidade do Porto Centro de Estudos de Fenómenos de Transporte, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2017/09 - Current Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2014/10 - 2017/02 Invited Assistant (University Teacher) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2013/04/01 - 2017/03/31 WATER MANAGEMENT ON PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS: INNOVATIVE MODELING AND TWO-PHASE FLOW CHARACTERIZATION
SFRH/BD/89572/2012
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded

Contract

Designation Funders
2025/01 - Current GreenShip - Electrification of Ships Using Green Fuels and Advanced Technologies
n.a.
Researcher
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
 Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
Ongoing
2023/07 - Current AIHRE - Análisis e Impulso del H2 REnovable en la región POCTEP
0093_AIHRE_6_E
Researcher
Interreg Europe
Ongoing
2023/03 - Current SuN2Fuel - Photo-assisted production of green ammonia-based fuels
(2022.04682.PTDC
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2023/01 - Current HI-MOV - Corredor Tecnológico Transfronterizo de Movilidad con Hidrógeno Renovable
0160_HI_MOV_1_E
Researcher
Interreg Europe
Ongoing
2022/03 - Current Service provision contract - Development of PEM electrolyzers for industrial applications
V24901
Researcher
Ongoing
2021/10 - Current Aero.Next Portugal
PRR - C645727867-00000066
Researcher
Agência para a Competitividade e Inovação IP
Ongoing
2021/03 - Current BiCat4Energy - Carbon-based noble metal-free bifunctional electrocatalyst for renewable energy production: Improving the Unitized Regenerative Fuel Cell
PTDC/EQU-EQU/1707/2020
Researcher
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/01/01 - 2025/12/31 ALICE - Associate Laboratory in Chemical Engineering
LA/P/0045/2020
10.54499/LA/P/0045/2020
LA/P/0045/2020
Universidade do Porto Centro de Estudos de Fenómenos de Transporte, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Laboratório de Processos de Separação e Reacção Laboratório de Catálise e Materiais, Portugal

Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Laboratorio de Engenharia de Processos Ambiente Biotecnologia e Energia, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2021/04 - 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
Researcher
European Regional Development Fund
Concluded
2019/08 - 2023/01 ACE - Airborne Clean Energy systems
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-039863
Post-doc
Agência Nacional de Inovação SA
Concluded
2013/01/01 - 2020/12/31 Transport Phenomena Research Center
UID/EMS/00532/2013
UID/EMS/00532/2019
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
2017/06 - 2020/12 UniRCell - Unitised regenerative fuel cell for efficient renewable energy supply: from materials to device
SAICTPAC/0032/2015
Post-doc
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
2019/07 - 2020/05 HYLANTIC - Atlantic Network for Renewable Generation and Supply of Hydrogen to promote High Energy Efficiency
EAPA_204/2016
Post-doc Fellow
European Regional Development Fund
Ongoing
2017/06 - 2019/07 Energetic sustainability at the SUDOE region: PEMFC-SUDOE Network
SOE1/P1/E0293
Post-doc Fellow
European Regional Development Fund
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Falcão, D.S.; Santos, D.F.M.; Pinto, A.M.F.R.; Ferreira, R.B.. "Electrolyzer – Alkaline Electrolyzer | Overview". In Encyclopedia of Electrochemical Power Sources, 15-32. Elsevier, 2025.
    10.1016/b978-0-323-96022-9.00217-6
  2. Pinto, A.M.F.R.; Falcão, D.S.; Ferreira, R.B.. "Electrolyzers: Principles and Types". In Encyclopedia of Energy Storage, 266-275. Elsevier, 2022.
    10.1016/b978-0-12-819723-3.00095-0
Conference paper
  1. Santos, D.F.M.; Ferreira, R.B.; Falcão, D.S.; Pinto, A.M.F.R.. "DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF A PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELL STACK ENVISIONING UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE APPLICATIONS". 2022.
Conference poster
  1. Ferreira, R. B.; Falcão, D.S.; Oliveira, V.B.; Pinto, A.M.F.R.. "Numerical Simulation of the Membrane Chemical Degradation in a PEM fuel cell". Paper presented in 13th International Chemical and Biological Engineering Conference (CHEMPOR 2018), 2018.
  2. Ferreira, R. B.; Falcão, D.S.; Oliveira, V.B.; Pinto, A.M.F.R.. "Effects of surfaces wettability on the two-phase flow in the cathode gas channels of a PEM fuel cell". Paper presented in Hyceltec 2017 - VI Symposium on Hydrogen, Fuel Cells and Advanced Batteries, 2017.
  3. Ferreira, R. B.; Falcão, D.S.; Oliveira, V.B.; Pinto, A.M.F.R.. "Numerical simulations of the two phase flow in the anode channel of a PEMFC using the VOF method". Paper presented in European Hydrogen Energy Conference, 2014.
Edited book
  1. A.M.F.R. Pinto; E. Doutel; João Carneiro; Lucília Ribeiro; Ferreira, R. B., ed. Book of Abstracts of the Symposium on Chemical and Biological Engineering from the 1st Doctoral Congress in Engineering (DCE 2015). Porto, Portugal. 2015.
    Editor
Journal article
  1. Diogo F.M. Santos; D.S. Falcão; A.M.F.R. Pinto; Rui B. Ferreira. "Influence of the active area shape on the performance of an open-cathode proton exchange membrane fuel cell stack". International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (2025): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2025.04.360.
    10.1016/j.ijhydene.2025.04.360
  2. Ferreira, Rui B.; Santos, Diogo F.M.; Pinto, A.M.F.R.; Falcão, D.S.. "Development and testing of a PEM fuel cell stack envisioning unmanned aerial vehicles applications". International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 51 (2024): 1345-1353. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2023.05.090.
    10.1016/j.ijhydene.2023.05.090
  3. Diogo F.M. Santos; Daniela S. Falcão; Alexandra M.F.R. Pinto; Rui B. Ferreira. "Effect of membrane electrode assembly characteristics on the performance of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell stack designed for unmanned aerial vehicle applications". International Journal of Green Energy (2023): 1-12. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15435075.2023.2244062.
    10.1080/15435075.2023.2244062
  4. Rocha, A.; Ferreira, R.B.; Falcão, D.S.; Pinto, A.M.F.R.. "Experimental study on a unitized regenerative fuel cell operated in constant electrode mode: Effect of cell design and operating conditions". Renewable Energy 215 (2023): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85162846605&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.renene.2023.05.128
  5. R. B. Ferreira. "Evaluation of a fuel cell system designed for unmanned aerial vehicles". Energy 253 (2022): 124099-124099. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2022.124099.
    10.1016/j.energy.2022.124099
  6. Rocha, A.G.; Ferreira, R.; Falcão, D.; Pinto, A.M.F.R.. "Experimental Study on the Catalyst-Coated Membrane of a Proton Exchange Membrane Electrolyzer". Energies 15 21 (2022): http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85141852129&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.3390/en15217937
  7. Rui B. Ferreira; D.S. Falcão; A.M.F.R. Pinto. "Simulation of membrane chemical degradation in a proton exchange membrane fuel cell by computational fluid dynamics". International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 46 1 (2021): 1106-1120. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2020.09.179.
    10.1016/j.ijhydene.2020.09.179
  8. Ferreira, R.B.; Falcão, D.S.; Oliveira, V.B.; Pinto, A.M.F.R.. "Experimental study on the membrane electrode assembly of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell: effects of microporous layer, membrane thickness and gas diffusion layer hydrophobic treatment". Electrochimica Acta 224 (2017): 337-345. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85006320895&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.electacta.2016.12.074
  9. Ferreira, R.B.; Falcão, D.S.; Oliveira, V.B.; Pinto, A.M.F.R.. "1D + 3D two-phase flow numerical model of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell". Applied Energy 203 (2017): 474-495. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85021109984&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.06.048
  10. Ferreira, R.B.; Falcão, D.S.; Oliveira, V.B.; Pinto, A.M.F.R.. "Numerical simulations of two-phase flow in an anode gas channel of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell". Energy 82 (2015): 619-628. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84926227836&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.energy.2015.01.071
  11. Ferreira, R.B.; Falcão, D.S.; Oliveira, V.B.; Pinto, A.M.F.R.. "A one-dimensional and two-phase flow model of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell". Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology 90 9 (2015): 1547-1551. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84937816926&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1002/jctb.4651
  12. Ferreira, R.B.; Falcão, D.S.; Oliveira, V.B.; Pinto, A.M.F.R.. "Numerical simulations of two-phase flow in proton exchange membrane fuel cells using the volume of fluid method - A review". Journal of Power Sources 277 (2015): 329-342. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84919725191&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.jpowsour.2014.11.124
  13. Zhang, X.; Ferreira, R.B.; Hu, J.; Spanjers, H.; van Lier, J.B.. "Improving methane production and phosphorus release in anaerobic digestion of particulate saline sludge from a brackish aquaculture recirculation system". Bioresource Technology 162 (2014): 384-388. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84899935309&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.1016/j.biortech.2014.04.005
  14. Zhang, X.; Ferreira, R.B.; Spanjers, H.; Van Lier, J.B.. "Phosphatase activity and specific methanogenic activity in an Anaerobic reactor treating sludge from a brackish recirculation aquaculture system". Water Science and Technology 68 2 (2013): 387-393. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84881188655&partnerID=MN8TOARS.
    10.2166/wst.2013.263
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Ferreira, R. B.. "Two-phase flow in PEM fuel cells: 1D + 3D model development and numerical simulations". PhD, Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, 2017. https://repositorio-aberto.up.pt/handle/10216/104215.
  2. Ferreira, R. B.. "Anaerobic digestion of sludge from marine recirculation aquaculture systems". Master, Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10216/65569.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/06/24 Effect of active area shape of an open-cathode proton exchange membrane fuel cell designed for unmanned aerial vehicles applications WHEC 2024 - World Hydrogen Energy Conference
(Cancún, Mexico)
2023/05/10 Membrane electrode assembly design for a proton exchange membrane fuel cell stack developed for unmanned aerial vehicle applications IHTEC-2023 - The Seventh International Hydrogen Technologies Congress
(Turkey)
2022/06/27 Development and Testing of a PEM Fuel Cell Stack Envisioning Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) Applications WHEC 2022 - 23rd World Hydrogen Energy Conference
(Turkey)
2016/09/12 A 1D + 3D Numerical Model of a Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell 11 Euromech Fluid Mechanics Conference
EUROMECH - European Mechanics Society (Seville, Spain)
2016/07/25 Experimental study on the membrane electrode assembly design of PEM fuel cells 7th International Conference on Advanced Nanomaterials and 2nd International Conference on Graphene Technology and 1st International Conference on Spintronics Materials (ANM 2016)
University of Aveiro (Aveiro, Portugal)
2014/09/10 A One-Dimensional and Two-Phase Flow Model of a Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) Fuel Cell 12th International Chemical and Biological Engineering Conference
Department of Chemical Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering - University of Porto and Ordem dos Engenheiros (the Portuguese Engineers Association) (Porto, Portugal)

Supervision

Thesis Title
Role 		Degree Subject (Type)
Institution / Organization
2025/02 - Current Green hydrogen through a proton exchange membrane electrolyzer: experimental study on porous transport layer and flow field design
Supervisor
 Engenharia Química (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2025/02 - Current Study of alternative OER electrodes towards a more sustainable electrolyser design
Co-supervisor
 Engenharia Química (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2024/02 - 2024/07 Experimental study of Anion Exchange Membrane Water Electrolyzer – Effect of operating conditions and materials
Supervisor
 Engenharia Química (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2023/02 - 2023/07 DAFC - Células de combustível diretas de amoníaco como novo vetor energético
Co-supervisor
 Master in Chemical Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2023/02 - 2023/07 Study of a PEM fuel cell for application in unmanned aerial vehicles - Evaluation of different polymeric membranes
Supervisor
 Master in Chemical Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2017/07 - 2023/06 PEM electrolyzer for renewable energy storage: from materials to devices
Co-supervisor
 Engenharia Química e Biológica (PhD)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Universidade do Porto Centro de Estudos de Fenómenos de Transporte, Portugal
2022/09 - 2023/02 Estudo da Operação de um eletrolisador de membrana permutadora de aniões
Co-supervisor
 Master in Chemical Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2021/02 - 2021/07 Studying the operation of a fuel cell system for Unmanned aerial vehicles
Supervisor
 Integrated Master in Environmental Engineering (Master)
Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
2018/01 - 2021/01 CFD modeling and simulation of a PEM electrolyzer
Co-supervisor
 Research Fellow (Master Degree) (Other)
Universidade do Porto Centro de Estudos de Fenómenos de Transporte, Portugal
2019/07 - 2020/07 Development of electrodes for PEM fuel cells
Co-supervisor
 Research Fellow (Master Degree) (Other)
Universidade do Porto Centro de Estudos de Fenómenos de Transporte, Portugal

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2025/06/25 - 2025/06/27 H2FC - International Summer School in Hydrogen & Fuel Cells Technology (2025/06) Universidade do Porto Centro de Estudos de Fenómenos de Transporte, Portugal
2023/06/21 - 2023/06/23 H2FC - International Summer School in Hydrogen & Fuel Cells Technology (2023/06) Universidade do Porto Centro de Estudos de Fenómenos de Transporte, Portugal
2021/06/16 - 2021/06/18 H2FC - International Summer School in Hydrogen & Fuel Cells Technology (2021/06) Universidade do Porto Centro de Estudos de Fenómenos de Transporte, Portugal
2015/07/11 - 2015/07/12 1st Doctoral Congress in Engineering (DCE 2015) (2015/06/11)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
 Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2014/10 - Current Laboratories of Fluid Mechanics and Transfer Phenomena I, from the Bioengineering course. Bioengenharia (Mestrado integrado) Universidade do Porto Faculdade de Engenharia, Portugal
Distinctions

Other distinction

2012 PhD Individual Grant (SFRH/BD/89572/2012)
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal