Dr Diego LisbonaMEng PhD Tel: +44 (0)114 222 4911 Chemical and Biological Engineering |
Research Interests• Hazardous waste treatment and recycling |
BiographyDr Diego Fernandez Lisbona has a five-year MEng in Chemical Process Engineering from the University of Oviedo (Spain) and a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Nottingham (UK). Prior to his PhD studies, in 2004-2005, Diego worked as a Research Associate at the University of Cordoba (Spain), developing and characterising novel electrode materials for lithium and sodium-ion batteries (ALISTORE EU Network of Excellence). As part of his PhD at Nottingham, Diego developed a process for the co-treatment of SPL, an unavoidable hazardous waste from primary aluminium smelting containing fluoride and cyanide, with Al3+ wastewaters generated by the aluminium anodising industry. The process is unique among all SPL treatment technologies, as it does not require any chemical reagents other than waste solutions nor does it involve burning the carbon fraction. Aluminium and fluoride values in the leachates are recovered as AlF2OH, which can be directly injected into fluidised beds that are used to convert Al(OH)3 to AlF3. Since AlF3 is used in primary aluminium smelting, aluminium and fluoride are recovered in a form that can be readily used as a feedstock in the aluminium industry, without net input of chemicals other than waste. In 2008, Diego joined the Health and Safety Laboratory (HSL), an agency of the UK Health and Safety Executive, initially as Higher Chemical Engineer and then as a Senior Chemical Engineer following promotion in 2010. Diego mainly worked in the area of Major Hazards Risk Assessment, being responsible for Societal Risk assessment of Major Hazard installations, high-pressure CO2 pipeline risk assessment (EU project CO2Pipehaz), the development of geographical representations of Societal Risk, LNG transport risk assessment and flash fire risk modelling. At HSL, Diego also chaired HAZOP studies and developed source terms for consequence assessment of offshore hydrocarbon releases and toxic releases at onshore chemical installations. In 2012, he joined the Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering at Sheffield University with his teaching responsibilities being mainly linked to the MSc in Process Safety and Loss Prevention and the Environmental and Energy Engineering programme. |
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Selected Publications
Lisbona, D., Somerfield, C., Steel K. (2012), Treatment of Spent Pot-lining with Aluminium Anodising Wastewaters: Selective Precipitation of Aluminium and Fluoride as an Aluminium Hydroxyfluoride Hydrate Product. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry and Research, 51 (25), 8366–8377
Lisbona, D., Somerfield, C., Steel K. (2012), Leaching of Spent Pot-lining with Aluminium Anodising Wastewaters: Fluoride Extraction and Thermodynamic Modelling of Aqueous Speciation. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry and Research, 51 (39), 12712–12722
Lisbona, D., Johnson M., Millner, A., McGillivray, A., Maddison, T., Wardman M. (2012), Analysis of a loss of containment incident dataset for major hazards intelligence using Storybuilder. Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, 25, 344-363
Lisbona D., Briggs, B., Wardman, W. (2012), A comparative study of models used in the estimation of risk from flash fire events at major hazard. In: Proceedings of IChemE Hazards XXIII Conference, Southport, 13–15 November 2012.
Wilday, J., Lisbona D. F. (2012), Risk Assessment for a VCE Scenario in an Aerosol Warehouse. HSE research report RR916: http://www.hse.gov.uk/research/rrhtm/rr916.htm
Bellamy L.J., Lisbona D., Johnson, M., Kooi E., Manuel H.J. (2012), The Major Accident Failure Rates Project: Concept Phase. HSE Research Report 915: http://www.hse.gov.uk/research/rrhtm/rr915.htm
Lisbona D., Januszewski, Balmforth H., Wardman, M. (2011), Societal risk assessment of major hazard installations using QuickRisk. Process Safety and Environmental Protection 89, 404-414
Lisbona, D.; Snee, T. (2011), A review of hazards associated with primary lithium and lithium-ion batteries. Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 89, 434-442
Lisbona, D., Wardman, M. (2011). Development of methods for geographical representation of local societal risk. In: Proceedings of IChemE Hazards XXII Conference, Liverpool, 11–14 April 2011.
Lisbona, D.F. (2010), Feasibility of Storybuilder software tool for Major Hazards intelligence. HSE Research Report RR778: http://www.hse.gov.uk/research/rrhtm/rr778.htm
Lisbona, D. F. & Steel, K. M. (2008). Recovery of fluoride values from spent pot-lining: Precipitation of an aluminium hydroxyfluoride hydrate product. Separation and Purification Technology, 61, 182-192
Chadwick, A. V., Savin, S. L. P., Fiddy, S., Alcantara, R., Lisbona, D. F., Lavela, P., Ortiz, G. F. & Tirado, J. L. (2007). Formation and oxidation of nanosized metal particles by electrochemical reaction of Li and Na with NiCo2O4: X-ray absorption spectroscopic study. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 111, 4636-4642
Lisbona, D. F. & Steel, K. M. (2007). Treatment of spent pot-lining for recovery of fluoride values. Light Metals 2007, 843-848.
Chadwick, A. V., Savin, S. L. P., Alcantara, R., Lisbona, D. F., Lavela, P., Ortiz, G. F. & Tirado, J. L. (2006). X-ray absorption spectroscopic study of LiCoO2 as the negative electrode of lithium-ion batteries. Chemphyschem, 7, 1086-1091