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Luis K. Cabatingan

Cabatingan, Luis K.

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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

Recent Publications:

  1. Flores, D.C.; Martin, A.M.V.; Tagalog, S.K.M.; Tabañag, I.D.F.; Go, A.W.; Cabatingan, L.K. “Separation of ethanol-water azeotrope using waste carrageenan filter cake adsorbent.” Asia-Pac. J. Chem. Eng. 2025, 20(3), e3194.
  2. 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.” Renew. Energ.2020, 152, 320–330.
  3. 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.” Renew. Energ. 2020, 147, 1941–1958.
  4. Te, K. G. D.; Go, A. W.; Wang, H. J. D.; Guevarra, R. G.; Cabatingan, L. K. et al. “Extraction of lipids from post-hydrolysis copra cake with hexane as solvent: Kinetic and equilibrium data.” Renew. Energ.2020, 158, 311–323.
  5. 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.” Renew. Energ. 2019, 138, 489–501.

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