Danahe Marmolejo, Ph.D.
Professor of Practice
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Education
Ph.D. in Energy and Process Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology,
Trondheim, Norway
M.S. in Chemical Engineering (Process Integration), University of Guanajuato, Guanajuato
Mexico
B.S. in Chemical Engineering, University of Guanajuato, Guanajuato Mexico
Research Interests
Dana Marmolejo has focused her research on the design and retrofit of power generation and low-temperature processes through exergy analysis, entropy generation minimization, and process integration.
Publications and Media Placements
Printed Archival Peer-Reviewed Journals
L. Perdomo-Hurtado, J. S. Rincón-Tabares, D. Marmolejo-Correa, and F. A. Perdomo,
“Castor oil preheater selection based on entropy generation and exergy effectiveness
criteria,” Energy, vol. 120, pp. 805–815, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2016.11.128
D. Marmolejo Correa and T. Gundersen, “Process design methodology for energy-efficient
processes operating below and across ambient temperature,” AIChE J., vol. 62, no.
7, 2016. http://doi.org/10.1002/aic.15200
D. Marmolejo-Correa and T. Gundersen, “A new efficiency parameter for exergy analysis
in low-temperature processes,” Int. J. Exergy, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 135–170, 2015.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJEX.2015.069988
D. Marmolejo-Correa and T. Gundersen, “New Graphical Representation of Exergy Applied
to Low-Temperature Process Design,” Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., vol. 52, no. 22, pp. 7145–7156,
2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ie302541e
D. Marmolejo-Correa and T. Gundersen, “A comparison of exergy efficiency definitions
with focus on low-temperature processes,” Energy, vol. 44, no. 1, pp. 477–489, 2012.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2012.06.001
Conference Abstracts
J. Cristóbal García-García, D. Marmolejo-Correa, J. Carlos Cárdenas-Guerra, and R.
Morales-Rodriguez, “Exergy Analysis of an Extractive Distillation Column for Reducing
Energy Consumption in a Bioethanol Production Process,” in Comput. Aided Chem. Eng,
vol. 43, pp. 513–51, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-444-64235-6.50091-7
D. Marmolejo-Correa, R. G. Juarez-Valdivia, and A. Rodriguez-Navarro, “Optimization
of Preventive Maintenance Program for Imaging Equipment in Hospitals,” Comput. Aided
Chem. Eng., vol. 38, pp. 1833–1838, 2016. http://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-444-63428-3.50310-6
D. Marmolejo-Correa and D. Jantes-Jaramillo, “Selection of the Optimal Operating Conditions
in Fired Heaters Based on Two-Phase CFD Simulations,” in Proceedings of the AIChE
Annual Meeting 2016, San Francisco, CA, Nov 13−18, 2016.
D. Marmolejo-Correa, E. Vázquez-Nuñez, C. Molina, C. Cardenas, and A. Sanchez, “Production
of Bioethanol from lignocellulosic Biomass in Mexico: Evaluation on technical Potential
and the Analysis of two Biorefinery Configurations,” in Proceedings of the AIChE Annual
Meeting 2016, San Francisco, CA, Nov 13−18, 2016.
C. Cardenas, D. Marmolejo-Correa, and S. Hernandez-Castro, “Internal heat integration
of double feel reactive distillation processes involving kinetically controlled reactions,”
in Proceedings of the AIChE Annual Meeting 2016, San Francisco, CA, Nov 13−18, 2016.
J. D. Valle-García, D. Marmolejo-Correa, and E. Vásquez-Núñez, “Availability of agro
residues and estimation of the theoretical, sustainable and technical energetic potentials
in Mexico: The scenario in the last ten years,” in 1st International Conference on
Bioenergy and Climate Change, Soria Spain, Jun 6−7, 2016.
D. Marmolejo-Correa and C. E. Molina-Guerrero, “Conceptual design of biofuels production
by using second law analyses”, in proceedings of the AIChE Annual Meeting 2015, Salt
Lake City, UT, Nov 8−13, 2015.
D. Marmolejo-Correa and T. Gundersen, “Use of exergy in energy-efficient process design
methodology for sub-ambient processes,” in Proceedings of the AIChE Annual Meeting
2015, Salt Lake City, UT, Nov 8−13, 2015.
D. Marmolejo-Correa and T. Gundersen, “Process integration using exergy in LNG process,
targeting and design,” in Proceedings of International Process Integration Jubilee
Conference, Gothenburg, Sweden, Mar 18−20, 2013.
D. Marmolejo-Correa and T. Gundersen, “A new graphical exergy targeting representation
for processes operating above and below ambient temperature,” in Comput. Aided Chem.
Eng., 2012, vol. 30, pp. 557–561. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-444-59519-5.50112-X
Marmolejo-Correa, D and T. Gundersen, “Evolutionary design of an LNG process using
the ExPAnD method and a new graphical representation of exergy,” in Proceedings of
the AIChE Spring Meeting 2012, Houston, TX, Apr 1−4,2012.
T. Gundersen and D. Marmolejo-Correa, “Appropriate placement of compressors and expanders,”
in Proceedings of the AIChE Spring Meeting 2012, Houston, TX, Apr 1−4,2012.
D. Marmolejo-Correa and T. Gundersen, “A new graphical exergy targeting representation
for processes operating above and below ambient temperature,” in Proceedings of 22nd
European Symposium on Computer-Aided Process Engineering, ESCAPE 22, London, UK, Jun
17–20, 2012.
D. Marmolejo-Correa and T. Gundersen, “A new procedure for the design of LNG processes
by combining exergy and pinch analyses,” in Proceedings of 25th International Conference
on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems
ECOS 2012, Perugia, Italia, Jun 26−29, 2012.
D. Marmolejo-Correa and T. Gundersen, “A new graphical representation of exergy applied
to low-temperature process design,” in Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium
on Process Systems Engineering PSE 2012, Singapore, Jul 15−19 2012.
T. Gundersen and D. Marmolejo-Correa, “A new approach for the use of exergy analysis
in synthesis and design – Focus on low-temperature processes,” in Proceedings of the
AIChE Annual Meeting 2012, Pittsburgh, PA, Oct 28–Nov 2, 2012.
D. Marmolejo-Correa and T. Gundersen, “Low-Temperature Process Design: Challenges
and Approaches for using Exergy Efficiencies,” in Comput. Aided Chem, 2011, vol. 29,
pp. 1909–1913. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-444-54298-4.50160-4
D. Marmolejo−Correa and T. Gundersen, “Exergetic temperatures for exergy targeting,”
in Proceedings of the AIChE Annual Meeting 2011, Minneapolis, MN, Oct 16−21,2011.
T. Gundersen and D. Marmolejo−Correa, “Challenges in low-temperature process design,”
in Proceedings of the AIChE Annual Meeting 2011, Minneapolis, MN, Oct 16−21,2011.
Community Work and Service
Dana Marmolejo became a Professor of Practice in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in the Fall of 2022. Prior to joining SLU, Dana was an Adjunct Professor of Physics and Engineering at Maryville University, St. Louis Community College, and St. Charles Community College and an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics Engineering at the University of Guanajuato in León, Mexico. Before beginning her Ph.D., she completed a research internship on Sustainability Metrics in Industrial Plants at the Texas A&M Department of Chemical Engineering.