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Nature based-solutions for water reuse: 20 years of performance evaluation of a full-scale constructed wetland system
González Flo, Eva; Romero Hidalgo, Xavier; García Serrano, Joan (2023-03)
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Accés obertWater reuse is becoming an important tool in water resource management in regions with recurrent droughts and water shortages, such as the Mediterranean. However, there are still obstacles preventing the multiple application ... -
New insights on the combined removal of antibiotics and ARGs in urban wastewater through the use of two configurations of vertical subsurface flow constructed wetlands
Ávila, Cristina; García Galán, María Jesús; Borrego, Carles; Rodríguez Mozaz, Sara; García Serrano, Joan; Barceló Cullerès, Damià (Elsevier, 2021-02)
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Accés obertThe occurrence and removal of 49 antibiotics and 11 selected antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) were investigated in 2 vertical subsurface flow (VF) constructed wetlands (1.5 m2 each): an unsaturated (UVF) unit and a ... -
New mechanistic model to simulate microalgae growth
Solimeno, Alessandro; Samsó Campà, Roger; Uggetti, Enrica; Sialve, Bruno; Steyer, J. P.; Gabarró, Adrián; García Serrano, Joan (2015-11-01)
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Accés obertThe prospect of treating wastewater and at the same time producing microalgae biomass is receiving increasing attention. Mechanistic models for microalgae growth in wastewater are currently being developed for new systems ... -
New strategy for bioplastic and exopolysaccharides production: enrichment of field microbiomes with cyanobacteria
Altamira Algarra, Beatriz; Rueda Hernández, Estel; Lage Julia, Artai; San León Granada, David; Martínez Blanch, Juan Francisco; Nogales, Juan; García Serrano, Joan; González Flo, Eva (Elsevier, 2023-12)
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Accés obertSeven photosynthethic microbiomes were collected from field environmental samples to test their potential in polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) and exopolysaccharides (EPS) production, both alternatives to chemical-based polymers. ... -
Nitrogen transforming bacteria within a full-scale partially saturated vertical subsurface flow constructed wetland treating urban wastewater
Pelissari, Catiane; Trein, Camila Maria; García Serrano, Joan; Dultra de Armas, Rafael; Sezerino, Pablo Heleno (2017-01)
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Accés obertThe aim of this study was to characterize the nitrogen transforming bacterial communities within a partially saturated vertical subsurface flow constructed wetland (VF) treating urban wastewater in southern Brazil. The VF ... -
Numerical investigation of hydrodynamic conditions in a pilot tubular photobioreactor
Bělohlav, Vojtěch; Uggetti, Enrica; Montero, R.D.; García Serrano, Joan; Jirout, Tomáš; Kratky, L. (WIP Renewable Energies, 2018)
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Accés restringit per política de l'editorialA numerical simulation using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) was utilized to investigate the flow hydrodynamics of pilot horizontal tubular photobioreactor (PBR) with a 11 700 L culture medium. To establish the reliability ... -
Nutrient removal from agricultural run-off in demonstrative full scale tubular photobioreactors for microalgae growth
García Serrano, Joan; Ortiz Ruiz, Antonio; Álvarez San Millan, Eduard; Vojtech, Lukas; García Galán, María Jesús; Díez Montero, Rubén; Uggetti, Enrica; Álvarez, Juan Antonio (2018-09)
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Accés obertThe objective of this paper is to present the design, construction and operation (during one year) of 3 full scale semi-closed, horizontal tubular photobioreactors (PBR, 11.7 m3 of volume each) used to remove nutrients of ... -
Nutrients and biomass dynamics in photo-sequencing batch reactors treating wastewater with high nutrients loadings
Arias Lizarraga, Dulce María; Uggetti, Enrica; García Galán, María Jesús; García Serrano, Joan (2018-08)
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Accés obertThe present study investigates different strategies for the treatment of a mixture of digestate from an anaerobic digester diluted and secondary effluent from a high rate algal pond. To this aim, the performance of two ... -
Optimization and operation of a demonstrative full scale microalgae harvesting unit based on coagulation, flocculation and sedimentation
Ortiz Ruiz, Antonio; García Galán, María Jesús; García Serrano, Joan; Díez Montero, Rubén (2021-03)
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Accés obertBiomass harvesting is a bottleneck in microalgae culture and microalgae-based wastewater treatment systems. Sedimentation coupled to coagulation and flocculation has been experimentally studied for a long time, however, ... -
Optimization of multi-stage thickening of biomass in a demonstrative full–scale microalgae-based wastewater treatment system
Ortiz Ruiz, Antonio; García Serrano, Joan; Uggetti, Enrica; Díez Montero, Rubén (2022-01)
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Accés obertThis study gathers the results of the operation and optimization of the thickening of microalgal biomass produced at demonstrative scale in photobioreactors fed with agricultural runoff and domestic wastewater. The ... -
Optimization of the phototrophic Cyanobacteria polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) production by kinetic model simulation
Rueda Hernández, Estel; García Serrano, Joan (Elsevier, 2021-12)
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Accés obertCyanobacteria can grow using inorganic substrates, such as CO2 from industrial sources and nutrients from wastewaters, and therefore are promising microorganisms to produce polyhydroxybutyrate in a cleaner circular context. ... -
El paper dels sistemes naturals de tractament d'aigües residuals en la protecció dels recursos hídrics
Llorens Ribes, Esther; Ferrer Martí, Ivet; García Serrano, Joan (Centre per a la Sostenibilitat, 2009-07-09)
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Accés obertL’aigua és un bé valuós i essencial, indispensable per a totes les formes de vida. Aquest fet, conjuntament amb la seva fragilitat enfront la contaminació, i l’escassetat d’aigua potable en moltes regions del planeta, ... -
Parameter sensitivity analysis of a mechanistic model to simulate microalgae growth
Solimeno, Alessandro; Samsó Campà, Roger; García Serrano, Joan (2016-04)
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Accés obertIn this paper, sensitivity analysis is applied to a mechanistic model developed to simulate microalgae growth. The Morris method of Elementary Effects (EEs) is applied to evaluate the sensitivity of model outputs with ... -
Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in the environment and their removal from wastewater through constructed wetlands
Ávila Martín, Cristina; García Serrano, Joan (2015)
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Accés obertPharmaceuticals and personal care products are emerging organic contaminants that are continuously introduced into the environment due to their regular and widespread consumption by human beings. Their sources and fate in ... -
Polyhydroxybutyrate and glycogen production in photobioreactors inoculated with wastewater borne cyanobacteria monocultures
Rueda Hernández, Estel; García Galán, María Jesús; Díez Montero, Rubén; Vila Grajales, Joaquim; Grifoll Ruiz, Magdalena; García Serrano, Joan (2020-01)
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Accés obertThe aim of this study was to investigate the PHB and glycogen accumulation dynamics in two photobioreactors inoculated with different monocultures of wastewater-borne cyanobacteria, using a three-stage feeding strategy ... -
Polymer accumulation in mixed cyanobacterial cultures selected under the feast and famine strategy
Arias Lizarraga, Dulce María; Fradinho, Joana C.; Uggetti, Enrica; García Serrano, Joan (Elsevier, 2018-07-01)
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Accés obertIn this study, a sequencing batch reactor (SBR), operated with transient carbon availability (feast and famine) and different nutrients loads, was used to select cyanobacteria accumulating poly (3-hydroxyalkanoate) (PHB) ... -
Process optimization of the polyhydroxybutyrate production in the cyanobacteria Synechocystis sp. and Synechococcus sp.
Rueda Hernández, Estel; Altamira Algarra, Beatriz; García Serrano, Joan (Elsevier, 2022-07)
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Accés restringit per política de l'editorialThe effect of four parameters (acetate, NaCl, inorganic carbon and days in darkness) affecting the polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) production were tested and optimized for Synechococcus sp. and Synechocystis sp. using a Box-Behnken ... -
Producción de biogás a partir de microalgas cultivadas en aguas residuales
Ferrer Martí, Ivet; Passos, Fabiana Lopes del Rei; Gutiérrez Martínez, Raquel; García Serrano, Joan (2013)
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Accés restringit per política de l'editorialEl Grupo de Ingeniería y Microbiología del Medio Ambiente de la UPC (http://gemma.upc.edu/) está desarrollando el proyecto BIOALGAS, que tiene por objetivo estudiar la producción de biogás a partir de microalgas procedentes ... -
Production of phycobiliproteins, bioplastics and lipids by the cyanobacteria Synechocystis sp. treating secondary effluent in a biorefinery approach
Senatore, Vincenzo; Rueda Hernández, Estel; Bellver Catalá, Marta; Díez Montero, Rubén; Ferrer Martí, Ivet; Zarra, Tiziano; Naddeo, Vinzenzo; García Serrano, Joan (Elsevier, 2023-01)
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Accés obertCyanobacteria have been identified as promising organisms to reuse nutrients from waste effluents and produce valuable compounds such as lipids, polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs), and pigments. However, almost all studies on ... -
Production of polyhydroxybutyrates and carbohydrates in a mixed cyanobacterial culture : effect of nutrients limitation and photoperiods
Arias Lizarraga, Dulce María; Uggetti, Enrica; García Galán, María Jesús; García Serrano, Joan (Elsevier, 2018-05-25)
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Accés obertIn the present study, different photoperiods and nutritional conditions were applied to a mixed wastewater-borne cyanobacterial culture in order to enhance the intracellular accumulation of polyhydroxybutyrates (PHBs) and ...