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Dr. César Huiliñir Curío

Cargo: 
Director
Teléfono: 
2-27181814
E-mail: 
cesar.huilinir@usach.cl
 

Académico e Investigador en la temática de tratamiento de residuos con procesos biológicos. Experiencia en Investigación y Desarrollo de proyectos científicos y tecnológicos en el tratamiento de aguas residuales y lodos residuales. Su investigación se ha desarrollado en modelación matemática de los procesos de nitrificación, desnitrificación y digestión anaeróbica en el tratamiento de aguas y la modelación matemática del proceso de biosecado de lodos residuales. Director del Magister en Medio Ambiente mención en Ingeniería de Tratamiento de Residuos y miembro del Grupo de Estudio de Ingeniería 3 de FONDECYT.

 

Lineas de Investigación: 

 

  • Tratamiento Biológicos de residuos orgánicos
  • Modelación de bioreactores aplicados al tratamiento
  • Revalorización de residuos orgánicos
Proyectos de Investigación: 

2.1.- Proyectos en Ejecución.

 

  • FONDECYT Regular N° 1170103 (2017-2020). “Simultaneous Removal of Carbon-Nitrogen-Sulfide in a New Sequential Batch Biofilm Reactor with Elemental Sulfur and Zeolite as Support: Performance and Modeling”, Investigador Principal.
  • FONDECYT Regular N° 1170352 (2017-2020). “Application of Electrochemical Advances Oxidation processes for organics removal in Industrial Wastewater”, Co-Investigador.
  • Proyecto DICYT 091711MM (2017-2020): Influencia de los procesos de hidrólisis térmica y aerobia sobre la digestión anaerobia de lodos de aguas servidas. Co-Investigador.
  • Proyecto DICYT Asociativo código 021811HC_DAS (2018-2020): Desarrollo de una nueva tecnología biológica/fotoelectroquímica para el tratamiento de aguas residuales de la industria vitivinícola” Investigador Principal.

 

2.2.- Proyectos Terminados.

 

  • Proyectos de cooperación interuniversitaria UAM-Banco Santander con América Latina código CEAL-AL/2015-29 (2015-2017) “VALORIZACIÓN DE RESIDUOS SÓLIDOS ORGÁNICOS MEDIANTE CARBONIZACIÓN HIDROTÉRMICA Y DIGESTIÓN ANAEROBIA. Del residuo sólido urbano a la generación sostenible de energía y biofertilizantes”. Co-Investigador.
  • DICYT Regular (Proyecto Interno Universidad de Santiago) N° 091611HC (2016-2018) “Remoción simultánea de Carbono-Nitrógeno-Sulfato en un nuevo reactor batch secuencial de biopelículas con azufre elemental y zeolita como soportes”, Investigador Principal.
  • FONDECYT Regular 1130108 (2013-2016) “Simultaneous bio-elimination of nitrogen and sulphur in the presence and absence of complex organic matter”. Co-Investigador.
  • FONDECYT Iniciación 11121160 (2012-2015) “Development of a new dynamic model for batch biodrying process of dewatered sewage sludge”. Investigador Responsable.
  • FONDECYT Regular 1130315 (2013-2015) “Development and modeling of a new methodology for anaerobic sewage sludge treatment: Enhancement of hydrolysis and methanogenesis by application of micro aeration and solid waste as trace elements supplement”. Co-Investigador
Publicaciones: 
  1. Huiliñir, C., Medina, R., Montalvo, S., Castillo, A., Guerrero, L. “Biological nitrification in the presence of sulfide and organic matter: Effect of zeolite on the process in a batch system”. Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, Article in Press.
  2. Montalvo, S., Vielma, S., Borja, R., Huiliñir, C., Guerrero, L. “Increase in biogas production in anaerobic sludge digestion by combining aerobic hydrolysis and addition of metallic wastes”. Renewable Energy, Volume 123, pp. 541-548, (2018)
  3. Vidal, J., Huiliñir, C., Santander, R., Silva-Agredo, J., Torres-Palma, R.A., Salazar, R. “ Effective removal of the antibiotic Nafcillin from water by combining the Photoelectro-Fenton process and Anaerobic Biological Digestion”. Science of the Total Environment, Volume 624, pp. 1095-1105.
  4. Pablo Gertner, César Huiliñir, Paula Pinto-Villegas, Alejandra Castillo, Silvio Montalvo, Lorna Guerrero. “A new model for including the effect of fly ash on biochemical methane potential”. Waste Management, Volume 68, pp. 232-239.
  5. S. Montalvo, I. Cahn, R. Borja, C. Huiliñir, L. Guerrero. “Use of solid residue from thermal power plant (fly ash) for enhancing sewage sludge anaerobic digestion: Influence of fly ash particle size”. Bioresource Technology, Volume 244, Part 1, November 2017, Pages 416-422
  6. Huiliñir C., Pinto-Villegas P., Castillo A., Montalvo S., Guerrero L. “Biochemical methane potential from sewage sludge: Effect of an aerobic pretreatment and fly ash addition as source of trace elements”. Waste Management, Volume 64, June 2017, Pages 140-148.
  7. Huiliñir C., Pérez J., Olivares D. “A new model of batch biodrying of sewage sludge, Part 1: Model development and simulations”. Drying Technology, 35 (6), pp 655-665, (2017).
  8. Huiliñir C., Pérez J. “A new model of batch biodrying of sewage sludge, Part 2: Model calibration and validation”. Drying Technology, 35 (6), pp 666-679, (2017).
  9. Montalvo S., Prades H., González M., Pérez P., Guerrero L., Huiliñir C. “Anaerobic digestion of wastewater with high sulfate concentration using micro-aeration and natural zeolites”. Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 33 (4), (2016).
  10. Santiago R., Huilinir C., Cottet L., Castillo A. “Microbiological characterization for a new wild strain of Paenibacillus polymyxa with antifungal activity against Botrytis cinerea”. Biological Control, 103, pp 251-260 (2016).
  11. Montalvo S., Ojeda F., Huiliñir C., Guerrero L., Borja R., Castillo A. “Performance evaluation of micro-aerobic hydrolysis of mixed sludge: Optimum aeration and effect on its biochemical methane potential”. Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A 51(14), pp 1269-1277 (2016).
  12. Guerrero L., Montalvo S., Huilinir C., Barahona A., Borja R., Cortes A. “Simultaneous nitrification-denitrification of wastewater: effect of zeolite as a support in sequential batch reactor with step-feed strategy”. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 13 (10), pp 2325-2338 (2016).
  13. Vidal J., Huiliñir C., Salazar R. “Removal of organic matter contained in slaughterhouse wastewater using a combination of anaerobic digestion and solar photoelectro-Fenton processes”. Electrochimica Acta, 210, pp 163-170 (2016).
  14. Montalvo S., Huiliñir C., Ojeda F., Castillo A., Lillo L. and Guerrero L. “Microaerobic pretreatment of sewage sludge: Effect of air flow rate, pretreatment time and temperature on the aerobic process and methane generation.” International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation, 110 (5), pp 1-7 (2016)
  15. Guerrero L, Aguirre J.P., Muñoz M.A., Barahona A., Huiliñir C., Montalvo S. and Borja R. “Autotrophic and heterotrophic denitrification for simultaneous removal of nitrogen, sulfur and organic matter”. Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Engineering, (04) (2016)
  16. Montalvo S., Huiliñir C., Gálvez D., Roca N. and Guerrero L. “Autotrophic denitrification with sulfide as electron donor: Effect of zeolite, organic matter and temperature in batch and continuous UASB reactors”. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation, 108 (3), pp 158-165 (2016)
  17. Guerrero L., Montalvo S., Huiliñir C., Campos J.L., Barahona A., Borja R. “Advances in the biological removal of sulphides from aqueous phase in anaerobic processes: A review”. Environmental Reviews, 24(1), pp 84-100 (2015).
  18. Huiliñir C., Villegas M. “Simultaneous effect of initial moisture content and airflow rate on biodrying of sewage sludge”. Water Research, 82 (SI), pp 118-128, (2015).
  19. Huiliñir C., Montalvo S., Guerrero L. “Biodegradability and methane production from secondary paper and pulp sludge: effect of fly ash and modeling”. Water Science and Technology, 72 (2), pp 230-237, (2015).
  20. Montalvo S., San Martín J., Huiliñir C., Guerrero L., Borja R. “Assessment of a UASB reactor with high ammonia concentrations: Effect of zeolite addition on process performance”. Process Biochemistry, 49 (12) pp 2220–2227 (2014).
  21. C. Huiliñir, Alejandra Quintriqueo, Christian Antileo, Silvio Montalvo. “Methane production from secondary paper and pulp sludge: Effect of natural zeolite and modeling”. Chemical Engineering Journal, 257 (1) pp 131-137 (2014) (ISI)
  22. Manuel Villegas, Cesar Huiliñir. “Biodrying of sewage sludge: Kinetics of volatile solids degradation under different initial moisture contents and air-flow rates”. Bioresource Technology, 174, pp 33-41, (2014) (ISI).
  23. S. Montalvo, L. Guerrero, M. Robles, C. Mery, C. Huiliñir, R. Borja. “Start-up and performance of UASB reactors using zeolite for improvement of nitrate removal process”. Ecological Engineering, 70, pp 437-445, (2014) (ISI).
  24. Giustinianovich EA., Aspé E., Huiliñir C., Roeckel M. “Simultaneous C and N removal from saline salmon effluents in filter reactors comprising anoxic-anaerobic-aerobic processes: Effect of recycle ratio”. Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Engineering; 49(5), pp584-92 (2014) (ISI).
  25. Huiliñir C. and Villegas M. “Biodrying of pulp and paper secondary sludge: Kinetics of volatile solids biodegradation” Bioresource Technology, 157, pp 206–213 (2014) (ISI).
  26. Guerrero, L., Chamy, R., Jeison, D., Montalvo, S., Huiliñir, C. "Behavior of the anaerobic treatment of tannery wastewater at different initial pH values and sulfate concentrations". Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part A Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering 48, pp 1073-1078, (2013). (ISI)
  27. Huiliñir C., Montalvo S. "Modeling of an anoxic/methanogenic biofilm: Effect of pH calculation within the biofilm". Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering, pp 1-13, (2013). (ISI)

 

 

Libros y Patentes: 

1. César Huiliñir. “Biodrying of Sewage Sludge: New Findings on Biodrying Kinetics”. Series Environmental Science and Engineering, Solid Waste Management (volume 5), ISBN de la Serie 1-62699-088-3, ISBN del volume 1-62699-093-x, páginas 285-304, Studium Press LLC, USA.