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Luis K. Cabatingan

Cabatingan, Luis K.

Associate Professor

lkcabatingan@usc.edu.ph

Degrees

B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of San Carlos, 1993
M.S. Chemical Engineering, University of the Philippines Diliman, 1995

Research Interests:

Downstream processing, thermodynamic modeling, outcomes-based chemical engineering education

List of publications:

  1. Flores, D.; Martin, A.; Tagalog, S.; Tabañag, I.; Go, A.; Cabatingan, L.. Separation of Ethanol–Water Azeotrope Using Waste Carrageenan Filter-Cake Adsorbent. Asia Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering. 2025, https://doi.org/10.1002/apj.3194.
  2. Dadol, G.C.; Kilic, A.; Tijing, L.D.; Lim, K.J.A.; Cabatingan, L.K.; Tan, N.P.B.; Stojanovska, E.; Polat, Y.. Solution blow spinning (SBS) and SBS-spun nanofibers: Materials, methods, and applications. Materials Today Communications. 2020, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2020.101656.
  3. Te, K.G.D.; Go, A.W.; Wang, H.J.D.; Guevarra, R.G.; Cabatingan, L.K.; Tabañag, I.D.F.; Angkawijaya, A.E.; Ju, Y.H.. Extraction of lipids from post-hydrolysis copra cake with hexane as solvent: Kinetic and equilibrium data. Renewable Energy. 2020, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2020.05.096.
  4. Dadol, G.C.; Lim, K.J.A.; Cabatingan, L.K.; Tan, N.P.B.. Solution blow spinning-polyacrylonitrile-assisted cellulose acetate nanofiber membrane. Nanotechnology. 2020, https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6528/ab90b4.
  5. Mendaros, C.M.; Go, A.W.; Nietes, W.J.T.; Gollem, B.E.J.O.; Cabatingan, L.K.. Direct sulfonation of cacao shell to synthesize a solid acid catalyst for the esterification of oleic acid with methanol. Renewable Energy. 2020, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2020.01.066.
  6. Navalta, C.J.L.G.; Banaag, K.G.C.; Raboy, V.A.O.; Go, A.W.; Cabatingan, L.K.; Ju, Y.H.. Solid fuel from Co-briquetting of sugarcane bagasse and rice bran. Renewable Energy. 2020, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2019.09.129.
  7. Tan, N.P.B.; Cabatingan, L.K.; Lim, K.J.A.. Synthesis of tio2 nanofiber by solution blow spinning (Sbs) method. Key Engineering Materials. 2020, https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.858.122.
  8. Bureros, G.M.A.; Tanjay, A.A.; Cuizon, D.E.S.; Go, A.W.; Cabatingan, L.K.; Agapay, R.C.; Ju, Y.H.. Cacao shell-derived solid acid catalyst for esterification of oleic acid with methanol. Renewable Energy. 2019, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2019.01.082.
  9. Conag, A.T.; Villahermosa, J.E.R.; Cabatingan, L.K.; Go, A.W.. Predictive HHV Model for Raw and Torrefied Sugarcane Residues. Waste and Biomass Valorization. 2019, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12649-018-0204-2.
  10. Gontiñas, J.G.L.; Cabatingan, L.K.; Ju, Y.H.; Go, A.W.; Curayag, M.A.A.; Baloro, J.Z.. Acid hydrolysis as a method to valorize cellulosic filter cake from industrial carrageenan processing. Detritus. 2019, https://doi.org/10.31025/2611-4135/2019.13823.
  11. Flores, K.P.; Omega, J.L.O.; Cabatingan, L.K.; Go, A.W.; Agapay, R.C.; Ju, Y.H.. Simultaneously carbonized and sulfonated sugarcane bagasse as solid acid catalyst for the esterification of oleic acid with methanol. Renewable Energy. 2019, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2018.06.093.
  12. Chato, R.J.A.; Cuevas, C.C.R.; Tangpuz, J.S.N.; Cabatingan, L.K.; Go, A.W.; Ju, Y.H.. Dilute acid hydrolysis as a method of producing sugar-rich hydrolysates and lipid-dense cake residues from copra cake. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering. 2018, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2018.08.072.
  13. Conag, A.T.; Villahermosa, J.E.R.; Cabatingan, L.K.; Go, A.W.. Energy densification of sugarcane leaves through torrefaction under minimized oxidative atmosphere. Energy for Sustainable Development. 2018, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esd.2017.11.004.
  14. Conag, A.T.; Villahermosa, J.E.R.; Cabatingan, L.K.; Go, A.W.. Energy densification of sugarcane bagasse through torrefaction under minimized oxidative atmosphere. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering. 2017, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2017.10.032.
  15. Go, A.W.; Sutanto, S.; Nguyenthi, B.T.; Cabatingan, L.K.; Ismadji, S.; Ju, Y.H.. Transesterification of soybean oil with methanol and acetic acid at lower reaction severity under subcritical conditions. Energy Conversion and Management. 2014, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2014.03.014.
  16. Cabatingan, L.K.; Agapay, R.C.; Rakels, J.L.L.; Ottens, M.; Van der Wielen, L.A.M.. Potential of biosorption for the recovery of chromate in industrial wastewaters. Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research. 2001, https://doi.org/10.1021/ie0008575.
  17. Van Der Wielen, L.A.M.; Cabatingan, L.K.. Fishing products from the sea - Rational downstream processing of marine bioproducts. Journal of Biotechnology. 1999, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0168-1656(99)00089-9.
  18. van der Wielen, L.A.M.; Cabatingan, L.K.. Fishing products from the sea-rational downstream processing of marine bioproducts. Progress in Industrial Microbiology. 1999, https://doi.org/10.1016/s0079-6352(99)80129-5.

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