ange.nzihou@mines-albi.fr
Present position:
■ Editor-in-Chief of “Waste and Biomass Valorization” Journal (www.springer.com/engineering/journal/12649)
■ Founding Chair of the WasteEng Conference Series on Valorization of Wastes, Biomass and Residues into Energy and Useful Materials (www.wasteeng.org/)
■ Head of Research Group on Waste Treatment and Beneficial Use at the RAPSODEE research centre, Ecole des Mines d’Albi-Carmaux, France
Research field:
Thermal treatments and engineering properties of wastes and biomass for valorization
Heavy metals, Adsorption and ion exchange, Characterization (Thermal, Physico-chemical)
About 90 papers published and 8 PhDs graduated in these fields. 9 post-docs supervised
Profession: Full Professor
Education: PhD Eng., MEng BEng
1994 PhD (Chemical Engineering), National Polytechnic Institute in Toulouse (France)
Professional experience:
1994-1996 Research Engineer at MidiValeur Company
1996-1998 Assistant Professor, National Polytechnic Institute in Toulouse (France)
1998-2001 Assistant Professor, Ecole des Mines d’Albi-Carmaux, France
2001-2005 Associate Professor, Ecole des Mines d’Albi-Carmaux, France
(2003-2004) Associate Professor, New Jersey Institute of Technology, NJIT USA
Since 2005 Professor, Ecole des Mines d’Albi-Carmaux, France
Since 2006 Permanent Guest Professor at the China University of Mining and Technology in Xuzhou, China (First in the Rank of Mining Schools in China)
Since 2005 Spending one month/year as visiting Professor in various universities in USA and 2-3 weeks /year as guest and visiting Professor in China.
Invited seminar given since 2004:
National physical Laboratory, NPL (UK), DoSon summer school (Viet-Nam), Princeton University (USA), City University of New York (USA), Vanderbilt University (USA), New Jersey Institute of Technology (USA), University of Melbourne (Australia), Tsinghua University (China), Institute for Mining and Technology in XuZhou (China), University of Santiago de Chili (Chili), University of illinois at Chicago (USA), Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).
Other activities: Expert for various national, international institutions and companies
Memberships: Chair of the WasteEng Conference Series
Member of the European Federation of Chemical Engineering
Member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineering
Member of the American Chemical Society
Selection of recent papers published:
1. Nzihou A., Bournonville B., Marchal P., Choplin L., Rheology and Heat Transfer during Fly Ash Phosphatation in a Rheo-reactor.Trans IChemE, Part A. Chem.Eng.Res. Design,2004, 82(A5), 1-5
2. Bailliez S., Nzihou A., The Kinetics of surface area reduction during isothermal sintering of hydroxyapatite adsorbent.Chem. Eng. J., 2004, 98, 141-152
3. Derie R., Depelsenaire G., Nzihou A., Sludge treatment method, SOLVAY, FR2845983 & WO2004035490, Patent, 2004
4. Nzihou A., Adhikari B., Pfeffer R. Effect of Metal-Chlorides on the Sintering and Densification of Hydroxyapatite Adsorbents, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2005, 44, 1787-1794
5. Saeki S., Zhang Q., Saito F. and Nzihou A., Synthesis of Hydroxyapatite with the Mechanochemical treatment product of PVC using CaO. Trans IChemE Part B Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 2006, 84(B4):309-312
6. Verwilghen C., Rio S., Nzihou A., Gauthier D., Flamant G.,Preparation of high specific surface area hydroxyapatite for environmental applications. Journal of Materials Science, 2007, 42:6062–6066
7. Baillez S., Nzihou A., Bernache-Assolant Didier, Champion Eric and Sharrock Patrick. Removal of aqueous lead ions by hydroxyapatites: Equilibria and kinetic processes. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2007, 139, (3) : 443-446
8. S. Rio , C. Verwilghen , J. Ramaroson , A. Nzihou , P. Sharrock, Heavy metal vaporization and abatement during thermal treatment of modified wastes. Journal of Hazardous Materials ,2007, 148, 521–528
9. M. Kacem, S. Salvador, A. Nzihou, G. Flamant. Particle In Box: A Cell for In-situ Measurements of Porosity and Effective Diffusion Coefficient during Thermo Physical Transformations.Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2007, 46, 6558-6565
10. Commandré J-M, Salvador S., Nzihou A.. Reactivity of laboratory and industrial limes. Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 2007, 85, (A4) : 473-480
11. J.Batton, J.Kadaksham, A.Nzihou, P.Singh, N.Aubry. Trapping Heavy metals by using calcium hydroxyapatite and dielectrophoresis. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2007, A139, 461-466
12. Depelsenaire G., Sharrock P., Nzihou A. Process for treating substances contamined by heavy metals. WO 2008/095921 A2, Patent 2008
13. J. Ramaroson, J.L.Dirion, A.Nzihou, G. Depelsenaire. Characterization and kinetics of surface area reduction during the calcination of dredged sediments. Powder Technology, 2008 in press (available online)
14. C. Verwilghen, M.Chkir, S. Rio, A. Nzihou, P. Sharrock, G. Depelsenaire. Convenient conversion of calcium carbonate to hydroxyapatite at ambient temperature. Material Science and Engineering: C, 2008 in press
15. P.Sharrock, M.Fiallo, A. Nzihou. Turning animal waste carcasses into valuable products. Accepted in Bioresource Technology
16. Kemiha, A. Nzihou, D.Mateos. Agglomeration of metals during pyrolysis of chromated copper arsenate (CCA) treated wood waste. Accepted in High Temperature Materials and Processes.