Biogenic nanoparticles of elemental selenium : synthesis, characterization and relevance in wastewater treatment Nanoparticles exhibit many unique properties as compared to bulk materials owning to their high surface to [ … ]
Mese: Dicembre 2017
Mirjana Vemic
Leaching and recovery of Mo, Ni and Co from metals recycling plants mineral sludges In view of the on-going depletion of the natural resources taking place worldwide, the high [ … ]
Nang Htay Yin
Contribution of Isotopic Techniques to the Study of Metallurgical Slags Bio/weathering Primary smelting slags, known as Lead Blast Furnace (LBF) and Imperial Smelting Furnace (ISF), are generated by the former [ … ]
Marina Seder Colomina
Sphaerotilus natans, a neutrophilic iron-related filamentous bacterium : mechanisms of uranium scavenging Heavy metals and radionuclides are present in some ecosystems worldwide due to natural contaminations or anthropogenic activities. [ … ]
Maria Rosaria Mattei
Mathematical modelling of multispecies biofilms for wastewater treatment This dissertation relates to the applications of a one-dimensional mathematical model for multispecies biofilm formation and growth. The model consists of [ … ]
Joana Cassidy
Optimization of Biological Sulphate Reduction to Treat Inorganic Wastewaters: Process Control and Potential Use of Methane as Electron Donor This work investigated two different approaches to optimize biological sulphate [ … ]
Hugo Olvera-Vargas
Study on the Fate of Pharmaceuticals in Aqueous Media: Synthesis Characterization and Detection of Biotic and Abiotic Transformation Products using Electrochemical Advanced Oxidation Processes and Bioconversions The present study contributes [ … ]
Wendy Mussoline
Enhancing the methane production from untreated rice straw using an anaerobic co-digestion approach with piggery wastewater and pulp and paper mill sludge to optimize energy conversion in farm-scale biogas plants [ … ]
Lucian Staicu
Production of colloidal biogenic selenium and removal by different coagulation-flocculation approaches Selenium (Se) is a chalcogen element with a narrow window between essentiality and toxicity. The toxicity is mainly related [ … ]
Flavia Liotta
Dry Anaerobic Digestion (AD) presents different advantages if compared to wet AD, i.e. smaller reactor size, lesser water addition, digestate production and pretreatment needed, although several studies have demonstrated that [ … ]