Carles Fité

Associate professor

ORCID: 0000-0003-1361-6026
Scopus Author ID: 7003706216
Researcher ID: E-4772-2014
Knowledge area: Enginyeria Química

Research group: Catàlisi i Cinètica Aplicada

Teaching Innovation Groups: Enginyeria de la Reacció Química

Contact Information
Department of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Chemistry
Martí i Franquès 1, planta 6
934034769
fite(a)ub.edu

Academic Training

Química . Universitat de Barcelona . 1997 . (Ph.D.)

Participation in Projects (last 10 years)

Biocombustibles derivados del ácido levulínico. 1. Reacción con 1-buteno, 2. Hidrogenación/deshidratación a nonano . 2018 - 2020 . Ref.CTQ2017-84398-R . Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad . PI: Javier Tejero Salvador; Montserrat Iborra Urios
ENGREAQUIM - Enginyeria de la reacció química . 2016 - 2025 . Ref.GINDOC-UB/019 . Universitat de Barcelona . PI: Montserrat Iborra Urios
Transformación de biomasa a oxigenados de segunda generación. Conversión de carbohidratos C6 en butil levulinato sobre resinas de intercambio iónico . 2015 - 2017 . Ref.CTQ2014-56618-R . Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad . PI: Javier Tejero Salvador; Montserrat Iborra Urios
Catàlisi i Cinètica Aplicada . 2022 - 2025 . Ref.2021 SGR 00055 . Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR) . PI: Javier Tejero Salvador
Introducció d'activitats de simulació en assignatures del grau d'Enginyeria Química . 2023 - 2025 . Ref.2023DIG-UB/001 . Universitat de Barcelona . PI: Montserrat Iborra Urios
Assessment Octane Booster Moloecules . 2018 - 2018 . Ref.309892 . Repsol YPF, S.A. . PI: Eliana Ramírez Rangel
Idoneïtat de l'aprenentatge basat en problemes com a metodologia docent en entorns semi presencials i/o no presencials . 2020 - 2021 . Ref.REDICE20-2580 . Institut de Ciències de l'Educació (ICE) - Universitat de Barcelona (UB) . PI: Elisabet Fuguet Jorda
Comparison of the catalytic performance of five catalysts based on the reaction rate observed under different experimental conditions . 2023 - 2023 . Ref.312295 . Peak Spain, S.L.U. . PI: Eliana Ramírez Rangel; Jordi Hug Badia Corcoles
Consultancy is directed to the services of laboratory testing of polymeric resins in a catalytic process of producing methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) and other ether molecules . 2016 - 2017 . Ref.309041 . Dow Europe GmbH . PI: Roger Bringue Tomas

Journal Publications (last 10 years)

Jordi H. Badia; Rodrigo Soto; Eliana Ramírez; Roger Bringué; Carles Fité; Montserrat Iborra; Javier Tejero (2023). Role of ion-exchange resins in hydrogenation reactions. Catalysts, 13(3), p. 624 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 2073-4344
Costa, A. M.; Escaja, N.; Fité, C.; González, M.; Madurga, S.; Fuguet, E. (2023). Problem-Based Learning in Graduate and Undergraduate Chemistry Courses: Face-to-Face and Online Experiences. Journal of Chemical Education, 100(2), pp. 597 - 606 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 0021-9584
R. Soto; C. Fité; E. Ramírez; J. Tejero; F. Cunill. (2022). Deactivation of macroporous ion-exchange resins by acetonitrile and inhibition by water in the simultaneous synthesis of ethyl tert-butyl ether (ETBE) and tert-amyl ethyl ether (TAEE). Reaction Chemistry & Engineering, 8(2), pp. 389 - 401 . https://doi.org/10.1039/D2RE00407K . ISSN: 2058-9883
Jordi H. Badia; Carles Fité; Roger Bringué; Fidel Cunill; Javier Tejero (2022). Kinetics of the simultaneous syntheses of ethyl tert-butyl ether (ETBE) and butyl tert-butyl ether (BTBE) over AmberlystTM 35. Chemical Engineering Science, 264, p. 118137 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 0009-2509
Canadell, E.; Badia, J.H.; Ramírez, E.; Fité, C.; Iborra, M.; Tejero, J. (2022). Determination of thermodynamic properties for the esterification of levulinic acid with 1-butene. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 61, pp. 8313 - 8322 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 0888-5885
Soto, R.; Oktar, N.; Fité, C.; Ramírez, E.; Bringué, R.; Tejero, J. (2021). Experimental Study on the Liquid-Phase Adsorption Equilibrium of n-Butanol over Amberlyst TM15 and Contribution of Diffusion Resistances. Chemical Engineering & Technology, 44(12), pp. 2010 - 2019 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 0930-7516
Ramírez, E.; Bringué, R.; Fité, C.; Iborra, M.; Tejero, J.; Cunill, F. (2021). Assessment of ion-exchange resins as catalysts for the direct transformation of fructose into butyl levulinate. Applied Catalysis A-General, 612(117988), pp. 1 - 17 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 0926-860X
Badia, J.H.; Fité, C.; Bringué, R.; Ramírez, E.; Iborra, M. (2020). Liquid-phase synthesis of butyl tert-butyl ether catalysed by ion-exchange resins: kinetic modelling through in-depth model discrimination. Reaction Chemistry & Engineering, 6, pp. 165 - 172 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 2058-9883
Bringué, R; Soto, R; Badia, J.H.; Ramírez, E.; Fité, C.; Iborra, M.; Tejero, J. (2024). Optimization of the One-Pot Synthesis of Butyl Levulinate from Fructose and 1-Butanol. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 63, pp. 16701 - 16709 . https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.4c01580 . ISSN: 0888-5885
Badia, J.H. ; Soto, R. ; Fité, C. ; Tejero, J. ; Ramírez, E. (2025). Octyl levulinate biolubricant production from levulinic acid esterification over ion exchange resins: Role of morphology and reaction thermodynamics. Chemical Engineering Journal, 511, p. 162021 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2025.162021 . ISSN: 1385-8947

Teaching Innovation

ENGREAQUIM - Enginyeria de la reacció química . 2016 - 2025 . Ref.GINDOC-UB/019 . Universitat de Barcelona . PI: Montserrat Iborra Urios
Introducció d'activitats de simulació en assignatures del grau d'Enginyeria Química . 2023 - 2025 . Ref.2023DIG-UB/001 . Universitat de Barcelona . PI: Montserrat Iborra Urios
RIMDA Química. APRENENTATGE BASAT EN PROBLEMES . 2019 - 2019 . Ref.2018PID-UB/Q29 . Universitat de Barcelona . PI: Carles Fite Piquer
Idoneïtat de l'aprenentatge basat en problemes com a metodologia docent en entorns semi presencials i/o no presencials . 2020 - 2021 . Ref.REDICE20-2580 . Institut de Ciències de l'Educació (ICE) - Universitat de Barcelona (UB) . PI: Elisabet Fuguet Jorda
Costa, A. M.; Escaja, N.; Fité, C.; González, M.; Madurga, S.; Fuguet, E. (2023). Problem-Based Learning in Graduate and Undergraduate Chemistry Courses: Face-to-Face and Online Experiences. Journal of Chemical Education, 100(2), pp. 597 - 606 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 0021-9584
Iborra, M.; Ramírez-Rangel, E.; Bringué, R.; Tejero, J.; Cunill, F.; Fité, C. (2015). Generic skills development and learning/assessment process: Use of rubrics and students validation. Journal of Technology and Science Education, 5(2), pp. 107 - 121 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 2014-5349
Rudé, E.; Fité, C.; Jutglar, L.; Mans, C.; Queral. M.A.; Tejero, X.; Torres, R.; May, A.; Cruz, A.; Fondevila, F.X.; Lago, I.; López, S.; Simón, F.X.; Egea, A.; Grau, A.; Salazar, A. (2012). Vocabulari d’enginyeria química .
Iborrra, M.; Ramírez, E.; Tejero, J.; Bringué, R.; Fité, C.; Cunill, F. (2015). Aula virtual de la asignatura reactores químicos. Puesta en marcha de estrategias y prácticas de evaluación formativa . In El aula Moodle. Aprender i enseñar en la UB. . (pp. 63 - 87) . Octaedro / ICE-UB . ISBN: 978-84-9921-793-2 .
Iborra, M.; Ramírez, E.; Tejero, E.; bringué, R.; Fité, C.; Cunill, F. (2014). Rubrics Validation to Improve Teaching-Learning Process in Laboratory Subjects of the Chemical Engineering Undergraduate Degree of the University of Barcelona. (Poster) . 2014 AIChE Annual Meeting . Conference Program . Atlanta . UNITED STATES
Cunill, F.; Iborra, M.; Ramírez, E.; Tejero, J.; Bringué, R.; Fité, C. (2013). Revamp of teaching-learning methodologies in laboratory subjects of the chemical engineering degree of the University of Barcelona for their adjustment to the Bolonya process. (Presentation of communication) . European Congress on Chemical Engineering 9 (ECCE9). The Hague, 10 -13 de abril, 2013 . The Hague . NETHERLANDS