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Curriculum
Personal data:
Surnames: Abreu Naranjo.
Name: Reinier
Sex: Male
Email: reinier.abreu@gmail.com
Nationality: Cuban
Cell phone: 00 593 987 504 108
(Ecuador)
Docent category (Cuban Educational system): Auxiliary Professor
University degree.
Chemical Engineering (1999-2004)
Universidad Central “Marta Abreu” de las Villas. Facultad de Química- Farmacia.
Thesis: Contribution to the study and development of fermentation to obtain organic
ethanol.
Master in Analysis of Process of the Chemistry Industry (2006-2008).
Universidad Central “Marta Abreu” de las Villas. Facultad de Química- Farmacia, 2008.
Thesis: Study of the main uncertainties in the installation of an ethanol plant considering
the integration with the sugar factory "Uruguay", in the Province of Sancti Spiritus.
PhD. Dottorato in “Scienze Agrarie” curriculum in Gestione e Valorizzazione dei
Sistemi Collinari e Montani X Ciclo - Nuova Serie, (2009-2012).
Thesis: Energy production from lignocellulosic biomass obtained from Dichrostachys
cinerea processes through thermal decomposition.
Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, Alimentari e Ambientali. Università Politecnica delle
Marche, Italia.
PhD in Technical Science, homologation in Cuba, 2013.
Papers.
1. Bacteria in sugar cane molasses to produce ethanol: Method of estimation
uncertainty of bacterial contamination. Obregón Luna, J.D.J., Romero

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Romero, O., Abreu Naranjo, R., Hernández León Revista Ingeniería Química,
Alcion. No. 476. ISSN: 0210-2064. noviembre, 2009.
2. Caracterización energética del MARABÚ. R. Abreu Naranjo, Giovani Riva, E.
Foppa Pedretti y O. Romero Romero, Dyna, (85). nº7, 581/586. ISSN: 0012-7361.
Octubre 2010.
3. Energy sugarcane juice to produce bioethanol (V): Preservation method for
non-risk storage. Obregón Luna, J.D.J., Romero Romero, O., Abreu Naranjo, R.,
Hernández León, R.A.Ingenieria Quimica (Spain). 43, 84-89. 2011a.
4. Energetic cane juice to produce bioethanol (VI): Algorithmic determination of
the %Brix lower limit of conservation. Obregón Luna, J.J., Romero Romero, O.,
Abreu Naranjo, R., Hernández León, R.A. Ingenieria Quimica (Spain). 43, 110-112.
2011b.
5. Kinetic analysis: Simultaneous modelling of pyrolysis and combustion
processes of dichrostachys cinerea. R. Abreu Naranjo, J.A Conesa, E. Foppa
Pedretti y O. Romero Romero, Biomass and Bioenergy.170-175, (36). 2012.
6. Thermal and kinetic behavior of the Acacia mangium wood using
thermogravimetric analysis. Arteaga. et. Al. Wood and Fiber Science.
OCTOBER, 2015, V. 47(4).
Manuscript in preparation:
1. A study on torrefaction and exergetic behaviour of Dichrostachys cinerea
wood.
2. Considerations about of the lignocellulosic biomass to use in the
thermodescomposition processes.

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Referee
1- Revista Ingeniería e Industria. DYNA (ISSN: 0012-7361).
2- Environmental Engineering Science. (ISSN: 1092-8758)
3- Biomass and Bioenergy. (ISSN: 0961-9534)
Research stay.
1- Four period in the Polytechnic University Delle Marche, Italy. (January, 2009 to
July, 2009)
(September 2009 to July 2010)
(September 2010 to July 2011)
(August 2011 to February 2012)
Advisor Prof. Ester Foppa Pedretti
Email: e.foppa@univpm.it
2- One stay of 3 months in the Chemical Engeneering of Departament of the
University of Alicante, Spain. (October, 2010 to January, 2011)
Advisor Prof. Juan A. Conesa
Email: ja.conesa@ua.es
Main conferences and events.
1. VII Convegno AISSA “Agricultura, Qualità dell’Ambiente e Salute”. 2-4 dicembre
del 2009 Ancona, Italia. Associazione Italiana Società Scientifiche Delle Marche Título:
produzione di biodiesel da girasole su piccola scala e valutazione della sua
sostenibilità. Riva Giovanni, Foppa Pedretti Ester, Toscano Giuseppe, Mengarelli
Chiara, Abreu Reinier, Rossini Giorgio, Pizzi Andrea, DUCA Daniele
2. VII Convegno AISSA “ Agricultura, Qualità dell’Ambiente e Salute”. 2-4 dicembre
del 2009. Ancona, Italia. Associazione Italiana Società Scientifiche Delle Marche.
Título: la qualita’ delle biomasse solide residuali ad uso energetico. Riva Giovanni,

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Foppa Pedretti Ester, Toscano Giuseppe, Duca Daniele, Abreu Reinier, Pizzi Andrea,
Rossini Giorgio, MENGARELLI Chiara.
3. Scuola Nazionale di Chimica Analitica per Dottorandi. Università Sapienza di
Roma. Ottubre 2010. Certificado aprobado. Reinier Abreu Naranjo
4. Workshow Internacionale “Idee e Pratiche per una Nuova Co-Operazione. Il
Roulo delle Università”. 27 Aprile 2010. Università degli studi di Milano Bicocca,
Milano, Italia.
5. SIQ’2010 IV SIMPOSIO INTERNACIONAL DE QUIMICA y II SEMINARIO
LATINOAMERICANO DE ANÁLISIS DE CICLO DE VIDA. 1 al 4 de junio de 2010.
Facultad de Química y Farmacia. Universidad Central “Marta Abreu” de Las Villas,
Santa Clara. Villa Clara. Cuba.
6. VII Conferencia Internacional de Energía Renovable, Ahorro de Energía y
Educación Energética. CIER2011. Julio del 2011. País: Cuba. Título: Modelación y
determinación de los parámetros cinéticos de la pirólisis del Dichrostachys cinérea.
Autores: Abreu Naranjo, Reinier; Romero Romero, Osvaldo; Foppa Pedretti, Ester;
Riva, Giovani
Work experience
- Professor de la Facultad de Ingeniería de la Universidad de Sancti Spiritus “José
Martí Pérez” (from September, 2004 to July 2014)
Director of Center for Energetic and Industrial Process Studies (CEEPI)
Faculty of Engineering of the University of Sancti Spiritus “José Martí Pérez”, (form
May, 2008 to January, 2009) and (from May, 2012 to August, 2014)
- Professor & Researcher. Universidad Estatal Amazónica. Puyo, Ecuador
(October 2014 to date)

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Class in pre-degree imparted
1- Industrial Instrumentation and Process Control.
2- General Chemistry (Industrial Engineering and Agronomy Engineering)
3- Statistics (Agro-Industrial Engineering, Environmental Engineering)
3- Organic Chemistry (Environmental Engineering)
Post-grade Classes
Master of Industrial Engineering: Specialty quality
- Design of Experiments
Master of Energy Efficiency.
- Renewable Energy
- Advanced Thermodynamics
Advanced Heat Transference
Other skills
- Advanced domain in the main tools of Microsoft office, (word, excel and power
point)
- Experience in the process modeling through Hysys and Aspen.
Research topic developed
- Chemical-physical and thermogravimetric analysis of lignocellulosic material and
solid waste for its possible usage as a raw material in thermo-chemical conversion
processes.
- Process of torrefaction as a thermal pre-treatment to lignocellulosic materials and
solid wastes.
- Kinetic analysis and modelling of thermo-chemical conversion processes.
- Process simulation and use of Aspen Plus.
References:
Prof. Juan A. Conesa, PhD.
University of Alicante, Spain
Email: ja.conesa@ua.es

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Prof. Ester Foppa Pedretti. PhD.
Polytechnic University Delle Marche, Italy
Email: e.foppa@univpm.it
Prof. Osvaldo Romero Romero, PhD.
University of Sancti Spirtus “José martí Pérez”, Cuba
Email: osvaldo@uniss.edu.cu
osvarom@yahoo.com
Actualized to october 11, 2015