Luis Henríquez Vargas

Profesor Asociado del Departamento de Ingeniería Química y Bioprocesos. Director Laboratorio de Energía donde se desarrolla investigación sobre la transformación y almacenamiento de energía en sus diferentes formas así como también la modelación y simulación de transporte turbulento multifásico de sistemas de interés. Actualmente el foco se centra en la captación de energía solar mediante materiales de cambio de fase y su transformación a energía eléctrica. En el laboratorio también se desarrollan algoritmos de computación paralela para su uso en CFD utilizando tecnología GPGPU (CUDA). 
 

Cursos

Postgrado: Transferencia de Masa Avanzada, Fenómenos de Transporte Avanzado, Soluciones Numéricas en Fenómenos de Transporte, Termodinámica del No-Equilibrio, Tópicos Especiales en Simulación Computacional.

Pregrado: Principios de los Procesos Químicos I, Métodos de Cálculo en Ingeniería de Procesos, Fenómenos de Transporte, Transferencia de Calor y Materia, Transferencia de Masa I, Transferencia de Masa II.

Publicaciones

  1. P. Donoso-García, L. Henríquez-Vargas, J. González, I. Díaz, and I. Fuentes. A study for estimating the overall heat transfer coefficient in a pilot-scale indirect rotary dryer, Processes. 2024.
  2. A.Reyes, E.Gatica, L.Henríquez-Vargas, N.Pailahueque, A. Vargas. Experimental and numerical study of desalination using solar energy and phase change materials, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering. 2023
  3. A. Reyes, E. Gatica, L. Henríquez-Vargas, and N. Pailahueque. Sawdust drying in a series of rectangular base spouted beds using solar energy. Journal of Energy Storage, 48:103881, 2022.
  4. A. Reyes, E. Gatica, L. Henríquez-Vargas, and N. Pailahueque. Modeling of sawdust drying in spouted beds using solar energy and phase change materials. Journal of Energy Storage, 51:104441, 2022.
  5. L. Henríquez-Vargas, F. Angel, L. Lackey, and P. Donoso-García. Evaluation of interpolation scheme alternatives and variation of the number of slave cells in a cut cell methodology. Mathematics, 10(6):895, 2022
  6. P. Donoso-García, L. Henríquez-Vargas, and E. Huerta. Waste heat recovery from air using porous media and conversion to electricity. Energies, 15(15):5597, 2022.
  7. P. Donoso-García and L. Henríquez-Vargas. Numerical study of a reciprocal flow porous media burner using a turbulence model. International Journal of Fluid Mechanics Research, 49(2):31–47, 2022.
  8. N. Pailahueque, A. Reyes, L. Henríquez-Vargas, M. Gil, P. Castro, and V. Bubnovich. Fluid dynamic analysis and residence time distribution determination for rectangular based spouted beds. Powder Technology, 380:385–393, Mar. 2021.
  9. L. Henríquez-Vargas, A. Reyes, M. Quiroga, F. Angel, N. Pailahueque, and P. Donoso-García. Thermoelectric generation in a PCM based energy accumulator. Heat and Mass Transfer, 2021.
  10. A. Reyes, L. Henríquez-Vargas, J. Vásquez, N. Pailahueque, and G. Aguilar. Analysis of a laboratory scale thermal energy accumulator using two-phases heterogeneous paraffin wax-water mixtures. Renewable Energy, 145:41–51, 2020.
  11. L. Henríquez-Vargas, F. Angel, A. Reyes, N. Pailahueque, and P. Donoso García. Simulation of a solar energy accumulator based on phase change materials. Numerical Heat Transfer, Part A: Applications, 77(5):443–459, 2020.
  12. A. Reyes, N. Pailahueque, L. Henríquez-Vargas, J. Vásquez, and F. Sepúlveda. Analysis of a multistage solar thermal energy accumulator. Renewable Energy, 136:621–631, 2019.
  13. A. Reyes, L. Henríquez-Vargas, N. Pailahueque, and N. Carvajal. Experimental Analysis of a Rectangular Base Spouted Bed in Continuos Operation. Chemical Engineering Transactions, 74:439–444, 2019.
  14. P. Donoso-García and L. Henríquez-Vargas. Numerical study of a waste heat recovery thermogenerator system. Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, 41:356, 2019.
  15. V. Bubnovich, P. S. Martin, L. Henriquez, and M. de Lemos. Filtration gas combustion in a porous ceramic annular burner for thermoelectric power conversion. Heat Transfer Engineering, 40(13–14):1196–1210, 2019.
  16. A. Reyes, L. Henríquez-Vargas, J. Rivera, and F. Sepúlveda. Theoretical and experimental study of aluminum foils and paraffin wax mixtures as thermal energy storage material. Renewable Energy, 101:225–235, 2017.
  17. L. Henríquez-Vargas, E. Villaroel, J. Gutierrez, and P. Donoso-García. Implementation of a parallel ADI algorithm on a finite volume GPU-based elementary porous media flow computation. Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering, 39(10):3965–3979, August 2017.
  18. S. Contreras, L. Henríquez-Vargas, and P. I. Álvarez. Arsenic Transport and Adsorption Modeling in Columns Using a Copper Nanoparticles Composite. Journal of Water Process Engineering, 19:212–219, 2017.
  19. P. Donoso-García and L. Henríquez-Vargas. Numerical study of porous media turbulent combustion in a recuperative reactor. Journal of Porous Media, 19(11):941–953, 2016.
  20. V. Bubnovich, P. S. Martín, L. Henríquez-Vargas, N. Orlovskaya, and H. A. González-Rojas. Electric Power Generation from Combustion in Porous Media. Journal of Porous Media, 19(10):841–851, 2016.
  21. V. Bubnovich and L. Henríquez-Vargas. Analysis of Combustibility Limits for Lean Methane/Air Mixtures in a Cylindrical Annular Packed Bed. International Journal of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, 1:38–46, 2016.
  22. A. Reyes, L. Henríquez-Vargas, R. Aravena, and F. Sepúlveda. Experimental analysis, modeling and simulation of a solar energy accumulator with paraffin wax as PCM. Energy Conversion and Management, 105:189–196, 2015.
  23. L. Henríquez-Vargas, M. Valeria, and V. Bubnovich. Numerical study of lean combustibility limits extension in a reciprocal flow porous media burner for ethanol/air mixtures. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 89:1155-1163, 2015.
  24. L. Henríquez-Vargas, J. Loyola, D. Sanhueza, and P. Donoso. Numerical Study of Reciprocal Flow Porous Media Burners Coupled with Thermoelectric Generation. Journal of Porous Media, 18(3):257–267, 2015.
  25. P. Donoso-García and L. Henríquez-Vargas. Numerical study of turbulent porous media combustion coupled with thermoelectric generation in a recuperative reactor. Energy, 93:1189–1198, 2015.
  26. L. Henríquez-Vargas, A. Cabezas Garrido, and P. Donoso García. Multiphysics coupling in COMSOL for modeling of thermogeneration of electricity through porous media combustion. Afro Asian Journal of Science and Technology, 1(2):109–125, 2014.
  27. L. Henríquez-Vargas, M. Maiza, and P. Donoso. Numerical study of thermoelectric generation within a continuous flow porous media burner. Journal of Porous Media, 16(10):933–944, 2013.
  28. L. Henríquez-Vargas and P. Donoso. Numerical study of thermoelectric generation within a reciprocal flow porous media burner. Journal of Mechanics Engineering and Automation, 3(6):367–377, 2013.
  29. L. Henríquez-Vargas, V. Bubnovich, F. Cubillos, and P. Donoso. Modeling, simulation and control for a continuous porous media burner. Journal of Porous Media, 16(2):155–165, 2013.
  30. V. Bubnovich, N. Orlovskaya, L. Henríquez-Vargas, and F. Ibacache. Experimental Thermoelectric Generation in a Porous Media Burner. International Journal of Chemical Engineering and Applications, 4(5):301–304, 2013.
  31. R. Salinas, U. Raff, and L. Henríquez-Vargas. Digital Temperature Tracking in Porous Media Burners. Measurements and Control, 45(3):90–93, 2012.
  32. V. Bubnovich, M. Maiza, and L. Henríquez-Vargas. Analysis of thermal energy conversion into electric power inside a porous media burner. Theoretical Foundations of Chemical Engineering, 46(6):666–672, 2012.
  33. V. Bubnovich, M. Maiza, and L. Henríquez-Vargas. Modeling of thermoelectric power generation by porous media burner. Chemical Engineering Transactions, 25:141–146, 2011.
  34. V. Bubnovich, L. Henríquez-Vargas, C. Díaz, and M. Maiza. Diameter of alumina balls effect on stabilization operation region for a reciprocal flow burner. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 54:2026–2033,
    2011.
  35. L. Henríquez-Vargas, V. Bubnovich, and F. Cubillos. Dynamic optimization of porous media combustor through flame positioning. Chemical Engineering Transactions, 21:961–966, 2010.
  36. V. Bubnovich, M. Toledo, L. Henríquez-Vargas, C. Rosas, and J. Romero. Flame stabilization between two beds of alumina balls in a porous burner. Applied Thermal Engineering, 30:92–95, 2010.
  37. V. Bubnovich, L. Henríquez-Vargas, C. Díaz, and E. Ávila. Stabilization operation region and operational variables effect on a reciprocal flow burner. WSEAS Transactions on Heat and Mass Transfer, 5:1–10, 2010.
  38. V. Bubnovich, L. Henríquez-Vargas, C. Díaz, and E. Ávila. Stabilization operation region for a reciprocal flow burner. In Recent Advances in Applied and Theoretical Mechanics, pages 114–119. WSEAS, 2009.
  39. V. Bubnovich, L. Henríquez, and N. Gnesdilov. Numerical study of the effects of the diameter of alumina balls on flame stabilization in a porous media burner. Numerical Heat Transfer: part A, 52:275–295, 2007.

Proyectos

  • 2024-2026 Salt and water recovery from brine using solar energy with phase change materials, Co-Investigador, FONDECYT.
  • 2023-2024 Explorador H2, Investigador, Ministerio de Energía.
  • 2020–2022     DICYT: 092011DG, Investigador. Recuperación de Calor Residual a través de Medios Porosos con Aplicación en Termogeneración de Electricidad.
  • 2018–2021     FONDECYT: 1180028, Investigador. Experimental Analysis and Modeling of the Drying of Solids using Solar Energy in a Continuous Multistage Rectangular Base Spouted Bed.
  • 2016–2018     Innova Chile – CORFO: 16COTE-66295, Director Alterno, Investigador. Reactor Continuo para Cortadura de Ioduro, Fusión Autógena y Separación de Iodo.
  • 2016–2017     DICYT: 091611DG, Investigador. Estudio de la Combustión de COVs en Quemadores de Medios Porosos Inertes bajo Régimen de Flujo Turbulento con Aplicaciones en Termogeneración de Electricidad.
  • 2015–2016     Innova Chile – CORFO: 15IPPID-45854, Investigador. Sistema de Recuperación de Solventes a partir de las Emisiones de la Industria Flexográfica Mediante la Tecnología PSA.
  • 2013–2015     Innova Chile – CORFO: 13IDL218643, Investigador. Diseño y Desarrollo de un Incinerador de Compuestos Orgánicos Volátiles en el Aire de Baja Concentración.
  • 2010–2013     FONDECYT Iniciación: 11100401, Investigador Responsable. Theoretical and Experimental Study of Power Generation Through Combustion of Low Calorific Gas Mixtures in Porous Media.
  • 2009–2010     FONDECYT: 1090062. Continuous Operational Plant Optimization Using Grey Box Neural Models.
  • 2007–2009     DICYT: 0611CM. Sistemas de Optimización y Control en Tiempo Real Usando Modelos Híbridos.
  • 2003–2010     FONDECYT: 1010354, 1050241, 1090550. Estudios Teórico Experimentales de la Combustión Superadiabática en Medios Porosos Inertes.

Libros y/o Capítulos

Títulos y/o Grados

  • Doctor en Ciencias de la Ingeniería c/m Ingeniería de Procesos, Universidad de Santiago de Chile.
  • Magíster en Ciencias de la Ingeniería c/m Ingeniería de Procesos, Universidad de Santiago de Chile.
  • Ingeniero Civil Químico, Universidad de Santiago de Chile.

Líneas de Investigación

  • Transporte en medios porosos
  • Energía solar
  • Termoelectricidad