TECHNICAL STUDIES

Interfacial properties of industrially relevant fluids. Final Master’s thesis.
(THESIS) ICMAB-CSIC UAB
2007-2008.

Study of the solubility of CO2 in ethers, polyols and ketones.
ICMAB-CSIC
February-July 2004.

Study for air monitoring after the 9/11 attacks on the WTC.
Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB)
February-July 2004.

Construction project for a penicillin-G production plant.
Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB)
September 2003-February 2004.

Calculation and design of the rainwater drainage system of the controlled deposit of rubble and other waste from the Papiol construction (Santa Teresa quarry nº 405).
UTE GTR-TERSA-GRC
July-October 2003.

Study for the monitoring and control of environmental pollution in a cement plant.
Rovira i Virgili University (URV)
2002.

Study for the construction of a cumene extraction plant, Tarragona.
Rovira i Virgili University (URV)
September 2002-June 2003.

SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS

Interfacial properties of industrially relevant fluids. Final Master’s Thesis (TESINA) ICMAB-CSIC.
Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) 2007-2008.

Molecular mdeling of interfacial properties of industrial relevant fluids.
Autonomous University of Barcelona, BELLATERRA, 23rd July 2012.

In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY.
Under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Lourdes F. Vega and Dr. Felix Llovell for the public defense by Oriol Vilaseca i Vidal. 

Understnding the Role of Intermolecular Forces in Molecular-Based Equations of State: 20 Years of the Soft-SAFT Equation. November 2017.
F Llovell, FJ Blas, O Vilaseca, JAP Coutinho, Jordi Torné.

Modeling ionic liquids and the solubility of gases in them: recent advances and perspectives
Fluid Phase Equilibria 294 (1-2), 15-30.
LF Vega, O Vilaseca, F Llovell, JS Andreu.

Modeling complex associating mixtures with [C n-mim][Tf2N] ionic liquids: Predictions from the soft-SAFT equation.
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 115 (15), 4387-4398.
F Llovell, E Valente, O Vilaseca, LF Vega.

Direct calculation of interfacial properties of fluids close to the critical region by a molecular-based equation of state.
Fluid Phase Equilibria 306 (1), 4-14.
Vilaseca, LF Vega.

Thermodynamic modeling of imidazolium-based ionic liquids with the [PF6]− anion for separation purposes
Separation Science and Technology 47 (2), 399-410.
F Llovell, O Vilaseca, LF Vega.

Phase equilibria, surface tensions and heat capacities of hydrofluorocarbons and their mixtures including the critical region.
The Journal of Supercritical Fluids 55 (2), 755-768.
O Vilaseca, F Llovell, J Yustos, RM Marcos, LF Vega.

Water+ 1-alkanol systems: Modeling the phase, interface and viscosity properties.
Fluid Phase Equilibria 360, 367-378.
F Llovell, O Vilaseca, N Jung, LF Vega.

Using Molecular Modelling Tools to Understand the Thermodynamic Behaviour of Ionic Liquids.
Ionic Liquids: Theory, Properties, New Approaches, 303-328.
LF Vega, O Vilaseca, E Valente, JS Andreu, F Llovell, RM Marcos

One of the challenges in these theoretical approaches is to make them as general as possible, reproducing several features of ionic liquids and, in particular, their …
LF Vega, F Llovell, MB Oliveira, O Vilaseca, RM Marcos.

Inhomogeneous density theories coupled into a molecular equation of state for the description of the fluid-fluid interface.
F Llovell, O Vilaseca, LF Vega.

Thermodynamic Study of Ionic Liquids and Their Mixtures for Separation and Extraction Processes Using the Soft-SAFT EoS.
E Valente, F Llovell, O Vilaseca, R Marcos, LF Vega.

Thermodynamic Modeling of the Solubility of Supercritical CO2 and Other Gases on Ionic Liquids with the soft-SAFT Equation of State.
F Llovell, M Belo, O Vilaseca, JAP Coutinho, LF Vega.

How Molecular Modelling Tools Can Help in Mitigating Climate Change.
Molecular Modeling and Simulations. 2021
LF Vega, WA Fouad, F Llovell, L Pereira, O Vilaseca 

SCIENTIFIC CONGRESSES

Workshop on Electrostatic Effects in SoftMatter: Bringing Experiments, Theory and Simulation Together”. Member of the Organizing Committee.
Oriol Vilaseca i Vidal.
SoftMatter 2008. MATGAS and ICMAB-CSIC. Bellaterra Campus (Barcelona). April 10th-11th 2008.

Predicting the behavior of Interfacial Properties of Binary Mixtures by a Molecular Modeling Approach.
LFVega, Andrés Mejía, Oriol Vilaseca. 
Invited lecture in the 17th Symposium on Thermophysical Properties Boulder CO (USA). June 21st-26th 2009.

Phase and interface behavior of pure compounds and binary mixtures with soft-SAFT coupled with Density Gradient Theory.
Oriol Vilaseca, Rosa M. Marcos, and Lourdes F. Vega.
Panel. XVI Congress of Statistical Physics. Huelva, September 10-12, 2009.

Phase and interface behavior of pure compounds and binary mixtures with soft-SAFT coupled with Density Gradient Theory.
Oriol Vilaseca. 
II Conference of Young Researchers in Atomic and Molecular Physics. Barcelona, 21-22 January 2010.

“20 years of the SAFT equation: recent advances and challenges”. Organizing Committee.
Oriol Vilaseca i Vidal. 
MATGAS, CSIC and the Imperial College (London), September 19th -21st, 2010, Barcelona, Spain.

Critical, interfacial and surface properties of ionic liquids by a molecular-based equation of state FISES. Study of Interfacial Phenomena, Viscosity and Derivative Properties of Common.
Oriol Vilaseca i Vidal. 
Ionic Liquids with the soft-SAFT Equation of State. 12 AICHE Annual Meeting Pittsburgh, 2012 , Philadelphia, USA.