Escuela de Ingeniería Mecánica

Assistant Professor
School of Mechanical Engineering
Universidad del Valle
Meléndez Campus, Cali, Colombia

Office: Building E33, Room 2005
Phone: (+572) 3212133
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Work Areas

Energy, CFD Simulation, Combustion, Multi-Phase Flow.

Education

PhD. in Mechanical Engineering., West Virginia University (USA), 2015
MSc. in Mechanical Engineering., University of Valle (COL), 2010
B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering., University of Valle (COL), 2006

Additional Training

The John Zink Institute, LLC, Tulsa, OK (USA), 2017.

Courses:

• PB107, Process Burner Fundamentals.
• PB108, Advanced Process Burners.
• FL102, Process Flares.
• BB115, Industrial & Power Boiler Burners.

Summer School in Combustion, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ (USA), 2012 & 2013.

Courses:

• Computational Turbulent Combustion.
• Quantitative Laser Diagnostics for Combustion Chemistry and Propulsion.
• Combustion Theory.
• Frontiers in Combustion.

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2010.

Courses:

• ASME BPV Code: Section VIII, Division 1 – Design, Fabrication and Inspection of Pressure Vessels.
• ASME Code B31.3: Design, Fabrication and Inspection of Process Piping for Chemical and Refinery Plants.

International Projects

• CFD Analysis of a Flint Hills Distillation Column.
  Project Location: Wichita, Kansas, USA.
  Customer: KOCK-GLITSCH, Dallas, Texas.
• CFD Study of ExxonMobil´s Regeneration Heater R1-F-4N.
  Project Location: Fawley Refinery, United Kingdom.
  Customer: ExxonMobil, UK.
• CFD Study of GS Caltex´s Thermal Oxidizer Heat Recovery Steam Generator (HRSG) – VGO FCC Revamp Project.
  Project Location: Yeosu, South Korea.
  Customer: GS Caltex Corporation.
• CFD Study of PETROBRAS F-32225-01 Amine Acid Gas Thermal Reactor.
  Project Location: Cubatão, Brasil.
  Customer: Petróleo Brasilero S.A. - PETROBRAS.
• CFD Study of Direct Injection of Liquid Ammonia (NH3) Reagents.
  Project Location: Sacramento, California, USA.
  Customer: Coen Hamworthy Combustion.
• CFD Study of Williams´ 10-FH-04001 Charge Heater.
  Project Location: Alberta, Canada.
  Customer: Williams Companies, Inc.
• CFD Study of National Peroxide Ltd.´s Hydrogen Reformer.
  Project Location: Maharashtra, India.
  Customer: National Peroxide Ltd (NPL), Kalyan, India.
• CFD Study of Algeria – Oman Fertilizer´s RF-84-Rimfire-Flare.
  Project Location: Oran, Algeria.
  Customer: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Japan.
• CFD Study of a Vacuum Crude Furnace Revamp for Singapore Refining Company (SRC).
  Project Location: Singapore, Southeast Asia.
  Customer: Singapore Refining Company (SRC) Private Limited.
• CFD Study of Indorama´s Ethylene Pyrolysis Heater F-201.
  Project Location: Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA.
  Customer: Indorama Corporation – Light Olefins Division.
• CFD Study of Air Ducting System for Heater B-201.
  Project Location: Texas City, Texas, USA.
  Customer: Galveston Bay Refinery - Marathon Petroleum Corporation.
• CFD Study of Monsanto´s Thermal Oxidizer Unit.
  Project Location: Monsanto Luling, LA, Chemical Complex, USA.
  Customer: MONSANTO.

International Conferences

• Albio D. Gutierrez, Carmen R. Forero, Eduardo Arango, Juan C. Guerrero, Juan M. Barraza. A Numerical Model for the Combustion of Densified Agricultural Residues (DAR) from Sugar Cane Cutting in Grate-Fired Boilers. 2nd Global Summit on Applied Science, Engineering and Technology (GSASET). Rome, Italy, March, 2023
• Escobar, J. Celik, I., T. Yang, Gutierrez, A. Empirical Wall Functions for MHD Applications. 9th International Symposium on Turbulence and Shear Flow Phenomena (TSFP-9). Melbourne, Australia, July, 2015
• Gutierrez, A., Rowan, S., I. Celik. Slag Flow Modeling with Reactions in Oxy-Coal Combustors. International Pittsburgh Coal Conference. Pittsburgh. 2014
• Rowan, S., Gutierrez, A., I. Celik. A Reduced Order Model for the Design of Oxy-Coal Combustion Systems. International Pittsburgh Coal Conference. Pittsburgh. 2014
• Gutierrez, A., Rowan, S., I. Celik. An Integrated Approach for the Design of a Pilot Scale Oxy-Coal Combustion Reactor Using CFD and Chemical Equilibrium Software. Fall Technical Meeting of Eastern Section of the Combustion Institute. Clemson. 2013
• Celik, I., Escobar, J., Gutierrez, A. Verification Issues Related to CFD Simulations of Flow around Circular Cylinders. Proceedings of ASME 32nd International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering, Nantes, France. 2013
• Gutierrez, A., Posada, A., I. Celik. CFD Study of Oxy Coal Combustion in a 100 kW Down-Fired Furnace. International Pittsburgh Coal Conference. Pittsburgh. 2012

Journal Publications

• Saenz, S., Gutierrez, A., Acuña, J. J., Influence of Coal Quality on the Tendency for Slagging Formation on a Spreader Stoker Boiler. International Journal of Coal Preparation and Utilization GCOP 2024. https://doi.org/10.1080/19392699.2024.2305924
• Alvarez, L., Gutierrez, A. A Reduced-Order Simulation Methodology for Nanosecond-Pulsed Plasmas in a Backward-Facing ‎Step Supersonic Combustor Configuration. Journal of Applied and Computational Mechanics 2023, 9(1), 181-194. https://doi.org/10.22055/jacm.2022.40704.3644
• Gutierrez, A., Alvarez, L. Simulation of Plasma Assisted Supersonic Combustion over a Flat Wall. Mathematical Modelling of Engineering Problems 2022, (9) 4, 862-872. https://doi.org/10.18280/mmep.090402
• Ramírez, C., Gutierrez, A., Ramírez, J. Numerical Analysis of the Seismic Behavior of a Steel Beam-to-Concrete-Filled Steel Tubular Column Connection Using External Diaphragms. Buildings 2022, 12, 1217. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings12081217
• Ramirez, C., Areiza, G., Gutierrez, A., Ramirez, J., Cano, R., Gonzales, L. Seismic Behavior of a Steel Beam-to-Concrete-Filled Steel Tubular Column Connection Using External Diaphragms. Appl. Sci. 2022, 12, 3618. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12073618
• Gutierrez, A., Sezer, H., Ramírez, J. Required Thermal Comfort Conditions Inside Hospital Operating Rooms (ORs): A Numerical Assessment. Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer 2022, 18-4. http://dx.doi.org/10.5098/hmt.18.4
• Julián Balanta-Melo, Albio Gutiérrez, Gustavo Sinisterra, María del Mar Díaz-Posso, David Gallego, Judy Villavicencio and Adolfo Contreras., Rubber Dam Isolation and High-Volume Suction Reduce Ultrafine Dental Aerosol Particles: An Experiment in a Simulated Patient., Appl. Sci. 2020.https://doi.org/10.3390/app10186345
• Rowan, S., Celik, I., Gutierrez, A., Escobar, J. A Reduced Order Model for the Design of Oxy-Coal Combustion Systems. Journal of Combustion, October, 2015

Professional Affiliations

• American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

Research Groups

• Research Group in Fatigue and Surfaces (GIFS), EIME, Univalle.
• Research Group in Coal Science and Technology (CSTG), EIQ, Univalle.

Hobbies

• Brazilian Jiujitsu (BJJ)
• Boxing
• Scuba Diving

Enlaces

• CVLAC
• ORCID
• Google Scholar