Raffaele Marotta » Faculties

Informazioni biografiche

Education

1997 Ph.D. University of Naples Federico II Chemical Engineering

1993 M.Sc. University of Naples Federico II Chemistry

Professional Experiences

1999-2013 Assistant Professor University of Naples Federico II Chemical Engineering

Courses

Organic Chemistry – Bachelor Chemical Engineering

Industrial Chemistry – M. Sc. Chemical Engineering

Environmental Chemistry – M. Sc. Chemical Engineering

Research areas

Environmental Protection and Pollution mitigation

Photocatalysis, Advanced Oxidation Processes, Solar chemical processes, Hydrogen production

Chemical Process Safety

Runaway reactions

Biodiesel Production from Algal Biomass

Research Group

SAFE and Enviromentally Sustainable CHEmical PROcess Group (SESCHEMPROG)

Laboratory

Sustainable and Safe Chemical Processes

Recent Publications

2013

Raffaele Marotta, Danilo Spasiano, Ilaria Di Somma, Roberto Andreozzi. “Photodegradation of naproxen and its photoproducts in aqueous solution at 254 nm: a kinetic investigation” Water Research, 47 (2013) 373-383.

Danilo Spasiano, Lucia del Pilar Prieto Rodriguez, Jaime Carbajo Olleros, Sixto Malato, Raffaele Marotta, Roberto Andreozzi. “TiO2/Cu(II) photocatalytic production of benzaldehyde from benzyl alcohol in solar pilot plant reactor” Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 136-137 (2013) 56–63.

Giuseppe Olivieri, Immacolata Gargano, Roberto Andreozzi, Raffaele Marotta, Antonio Marzocchella, Gabriele Pinto, Antonino Pollio. “Effects of photobioreactors design and operating conditions on Stichococcus bacillaris biomass and biodiesel production” Biochemical Engineering Journal, 74 (2013) 8–14.

Raffaele Marotta, Ilaria Di Somma, Danilo Spasiano, Roberto Andreozzi, Vincenzo Caprio. “An evaluation of the application of a TiO2/Cu(II)/solar simulated radiation system for selective oxidation of benzyl alcohol derivatives” Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, 88 (2013) 864–872.

Ilaria Di Somma, Raffaele Marotta, Roberto Andreozzi, Vincenzo Caprio. “Nitric acid decomposition kinetics in mixed acid and their use in the modeling of aromatic nitration” Chemical Engineering Journal 228 (2013) 366–373.

Ilaria Di Somma, Raffaele Marotta, Roberto Andreozzi, Vincenzo Caprio. “Detailed thermal and kinetic modeling of cumene hydroperoxide decomposition in cumene” Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 91 (2013) 262–268.

Gargano I., Olivier, G., Andreozz, R., Marotta R., Marzocchella A., Pinto G., Pollio A. “Effects of photobioreactor depth on stichococcus cultures aimed at biodiesel production” Chemical Engineering Transactions 32 (2013) 1117-1122.

Valeriano Lanese, Danilo Spasiano, Raffaele Marotta, Ilaria Di Somma, Luciana Lisi, Stefano Cimino, Roberto Andreozzi. “Hydrogen production by photoreforming of formic acid in aqueous copper/TiO2 suspensions under UV-simulated solar radiation at room temperature” International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 38 (2013) 9644–9654.

Danilo Spasiano, Raffaele Marotta, Ilaria Di Somma, Roberto Andreozzi and Vincenzo Caprio. “Fe(III)-photocatalytic partial oxidation of benzyl alcohol to benzaldehyde under UV-solar simulated radiation” Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences, 12(11) (2013) 1991-2000

2012

Ilaria Di Somma, Raffaele Marotta, Roberto Andreozzi, Vincenzo Caprio “Dicumyl Peroxide Thermal Decomposition in Cumene: Development of a Kinetic Model” Industrial & Engineering Chemistry, 51 (2012) pp. 7493–7499.

G. Olivieri, I. Gargano, R. Andreozzi, R. Marotta, A. Marzocchella, G. Pinto, A. Pollio “Effects of CO2 and pH on Stichococcus bacillaris in laboratory scale photobioreactors” Chemical Engineering Transactions, 27 (2012) pp. 127 – 132.

Raffaele Marotta, Danilo Spasiano, Ilaria Di Somma, Roberto Andreozzi, Vincenzo Caprio“Kinetic modeling of benzyl alcohol and/or benzaldehyde selective oxidation in water by means of TiO2/CuII/hν process” Chemical Engineering Journal, 209 (2012) 69-78.

Ilaria Di Somma, Raffaele Marotta, Roberto Andreozzi, Vincenzo Caprio. “Kinetic and Safety Characterization of the Nitration Process of Methyl Benzoate in Mixed Acid” Organic Process Research & Development, 16 (12), (2012) 2001–2007

2011

R. Andreozzi, I. Di Somma, R. Marotta, G. Pinto, A. Pollio, D. Spasiano “Oxidation of 2,4-dichlorophenol and 3,4-dichlorophenol by means of Fe(III)-homogeneous photocatalysis and algal toxicity assessment of the treated solutions” Water Research, 45 (2011) pp. 2038 – 2048.

I. Di Somma, R. Marotta, R. Andreozzi, V. Caprio“Kinetic and chemical characterization of thermal decomposition of dicumylperoxide in cumene” Journal of Hazardous Materials, 187 (2011) pp. 157 – 163.

Raffaele Marotta, Ilaria Di Somma, Danilo Spasiano, Roberto Andreozzi, Vincenzo Caprio “Selective oxidation of benzyl alcohol to benzaldehyde in water by TiO2/Cu(II)/UV solar system” Chemical Engineering Journal, 172 (2011) 243– 249.

R. Andreozzi, I. Di Somma, R. Marotta, D. Spasiano. “Selective oxidation processes of organic substances by means of photocatalytic systems” Chemical Engineering Transactions, 24 (2011) pp. 1261 – 1266.

I. Di Somma, R. Andreozzi, R. Marotta, V. Caprio. “Kinetic modeling of dicumyl peroxide thermal decomposition in cumene” Chemical Engineering Transactions, 24 (2011) pp. 73 – 78.