1. Chemical Engineering Graduate Program, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Natal, Brazil
2. Department of Chemical Engineering, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Natal, Brazil
3. Department of Exact and Natural Sciences, Federal University of the Semiarid (UFERSA), Pau dos Ferros, Brazil
4. Department of Chemical and Biotechnological Engineering, Université de Sherbrooke (UdeS), Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
5. Department of Petroleum Engineering, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), Natal, Brazil