Browsing by Author "Font Capafons, Josep"

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    • Biofilm model development and process analysis of anaerobic bio-digestion of azo dyes 

      Amin, Mohammad Shaiful Alam; Mozumder, Md. Salatul Islam; Stüber, Frank; Giralt Marcé, Jaume; Fortuny Sanromá, Agustín; Fabregat Llangostera, Azael; Font Capafons, Josep (2023-02-01)
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      Ceramic-supported graphene oxide membrane bioreactors have already shown their potential for the anaerobic decolorization of wastewater containing azo dyes. The primary goal of this investigation was to develop a mathematical ...

    • Ceramic-supported graphene oxide membrane bioreactor for the anaerobic decolorization of azo dyes 

      Amin, Mohammad Shaiful Alam; Stüber, Frank Erich; Giralt Marcé, Jaume; Fortuny Sanromá, Agustín; Fabregat Llangostera, Azael; Font Capafons, Josep (2021-12-22)
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      A continuous compact membrane bioreactor consisted of ceramic-supported graphene oxide membrane (CSGoM) was implemented for the first time for anaerobic biodecolorization of monoazo Acid Orange 7 (AO7), diazo Reactive Black ...

    • Comparative anaerobic decolorization of AZO dyes by carbon-based membrane bioreactor 

      Amin, Mohammad Shaiful Alam; Stüber, Frank Erich; Giralt Marcé, Jaume; Fortuny Sanromá, Agustín; Fabregat Llangostera, Azael; Font Capafons, Josep (2021-04-02)
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      This study used a novel integrated technology of ceramic supported carbon membrane(CSCM) to degrade azo dyes through an anaerobic mixed culture. The CSCM worked simultaneouslyas biofilm support, redox mediator, and nano-filter ...

    • Direct liquid-liquid extraction of lipid from municipal sewage sludge for biodiesel production 

      Olkiewicz, Magdalena; Caporgno, Martin Pablo; Fortuny Sanromá, Agustín; Stüber, Frank Erich; Fabregat Llangostera, Azael; Font Capafons, Josep; Bengoa, Christophe José (2014-12-01)
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      Municipal sludge from wastewater treatment plants is a promising lipid feedstock for biodiesel production as it contains a significant amount of lipids. However, the energy necessary to remove its high water content is a ...

    • Effects of pre-treatments on the lipid extraction and biodiesel production from municipal WWTP sludge 

      Olkiewicz, Magdalena; Fortuny Sanromá, Agustín; Stüber, Frank Erich; Fabregat Llangostera, Azael; Font Capafons, Josep; Bengoa, Christophe José (2015-02-01)
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      Biodiesel production is currently limited due to high raw material costs. The potential of using sludge from municipal wastewater treatment plants as an alternative lipid feedstock was investigated. Four different types ...

    • Enhanced degradation of phenol by a fenton-like system (Fe/EDTA/h2 o2) at circumneutral pH 

      Messele, Selamawit Ashagre; Bengoa, Christophe José; Stüber, Frank Erich; Giralt Marcé, Jaume; Fortuny Sanromá, Agustín; Fabregat Llangostera, Azael; Font Capafons, Josep (2019-05-01)
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      This work deals with the degradation of phenol based on the classical Fenton process, which is enhanced by the presence of chelating agents. Several iron-chelating agents such as ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), ...

    • Evaluation of different sludges from WWTP as a potential source for biodiesel production 

      Olkiewicz, Magdalena; Fortuny Sanromá, Agustín; Stüber, Frank Erich; Fabregat Llangostera, Azael; Font Capafons, Josep; Bengoa, Christophe José (2012)
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      Biodiesel expansion is currently limited due to high raw material costs for its produc tion. The potential of using sludge from municipal wastewater treatment plants as an alternative lipid feedstock for biodiesel ...

    • Fast aqueous biodegradation of highly-volatile organic compounds in a novel anaerobic reaction setup 

      Garcia Martinez, Yonhara; Chirinos, Judith; Bengoa, Christophe José; Stüber, Frank; Font Capafons, Josep; Fortuny Sanromá, Agustín; Fabregat Llangostera, Azael (2018-11-01)
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      The present work explores the biodegradation of some emerging pollutants (EPs) in an anaerobic slowly-agitated up-flow packed-bed reactor (USPBR) filled with biological activated carbon (BAC). Chlorobenzene (CB) and ...

    • Fenton coupled with nanofiltration for elimination of Bisphenol A 

      Escalona, I.; Fortuny Sanromá, Agustín; Stueber, Frank; Bengoa, Christophe José; Fabregat Llangostera, Azael; Font Capafons, Josep (2014-07-15)
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      Bisphenol A (BPA) is a typical Endocrine Disrupting Chemical (EDC), which is potentially harmful during wastewater reclamation. In this study, its degradation during Fenton's process under different operational conditions ...

    • Fenton coupled with nanoflitration for elimination of tartrazine 

      Escalona, I.; Stüber, Frank Erich; Fortuny Sanromá, Agustín; Bengoa, Christophe José; Fabregat Llangostera, Azael; Font Capafons, Josep (2012)
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    • Flexible semi-amorphous carbon nitride films with outstanding electrochemical stability derived from soluble polymeric precursors 

      Dubov, Oleg; Giralt Marcé, Jaume; Fortuny Sanromá, Agustín; Fabregat Llangostera, Azael; Stüber, Frank Erich; Font Capafons, Josep (Springer, 2022-02-17)
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      Uniform flexible carbon nitride coatings have been synthesized by means of annealing of films, fabricated from soluble triazine-based polymeric precursors. The coatings exhibit fascinating electrochemical stability and ...

    • Heterogenization of copper catalyst for the oxidation of phenol, a common contaminant in industrial wastewater 

      Castro Cevallos, Ursula Isabel; Fortuny Sanromá, Agustín; Stueber, Frank; Fabregat Llangostera, Azael; Font Capafons, Josep; Bengoa, Christophe José (2013-07)
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      Advance oxidation process was employed as a pretreat- ment of industrial wastewater. For this purpose, the use of heavy metals as a catalyst is necessary but also complicated because homogeneous catalysts are difficult ...

    • L-Band sea surface emissivity: preliminary results of the WISE-2000 campaign and its application to salinity retrieval in the SMOS mission 

      Camps Carmona, Adriano José; Corbella Sanahuja, Ignasi; Vall-Llossera Ferran, Mercedes Magdalena; Duffo Ubeda, Núria; Torres Torres, Francisco; Villarino Villarino, Ramón; Enrique, L; Julbé, F; Font Capafons, Josep; Julià, A; Gabarró, C; Etcheto, J; Boutin, J; Weill, A; Caselles Costa, Vicent; Rubio, E; Wursteisen, P (2003-06)
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      Soil moisture and ocean salinity at surface level can be measured by passive microwave remote sensing at L-band. To provide global coverage data of soil moisture and ocean salinity with three-day revisit time, the Earth ...

    • Ocean salinity observations with SMOS mission 

      Martín Neira, Manuel; Font Capafons, Josep; Srokerz, M; Corbella Sanahuja, Ignasi; Camps Carmona, Adriano José (IEEE Piscataway, 2000)
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      The purpose of this paper is to present the capabilities of SMOS (Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity mission) for the global mapping of ocean salinity from space. SMOS has been selected by the European Space Agency as the ...

    • Phenol degradation by heterogeneous Fenton-like reaction using Fe supported over activated carbon 

      Messele, S. A.; Stüber, Frank Erich; Bengoa, Christophe José; Fortuny Sanromá, Agustín; Fabregat Llangostera, Azael; Font Capafons, Josep (2012)
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      The main objective of the work is to prepare catalysts based on iron supported over activated carbon (AC) and to test its activity for catalytic wet peroxide oxidation (CWPO) of phenol in a batch system. The catalysts were ...

    • Separation of cellulose from industrial paper mill wastewater dried sludge using a commercial and cheap ionic liquid 

      Glinska, Katarzyna; Aqlan, Mohammed; Giralt Marcé, Jaume; Torrens, Esther; Fortuny Sanromá, Agustín; Montané, Daniel; Stüber, Frank; Fabregat Llangostera, Azael; Font Capafons, Josep; Olkiewicz, Magdalena; Bengoa, Christophe José (2019-06-03)
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      Industrial wastewaters and their treatment are now placed at the heart of the environmental concerns that industries face. Some research work has been carried out in order to limit the impact of these wastes on the environment ...

    • SMOS: a satellite mission to measure ocean surface salinity 

      Font Capafons, Josep; Kerr, Y; Srokosz, M; Etcheto, J; Lagerloef, G S E; Camps Carmona, Adriano José; Waldteufel, P (European Geophysical Society, 2000)
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      The ESA's SMOS (Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity) Earth Explorer Opportunity Mission will be launched by 2005. Its baseline payload is a microwave L-band (21 cm, 1.4 GHz) 2D interferometric radiometer, Y shaped, with three ...

    • Supported liquid membranes for the removal of pharmaceuticals from aqueous solutions 

      Farah, Mary; Giralt Marcé, Jaume; Stüber, Frank Erich; Font Capafons, Josep; Fabregat Llangostera, Azael; Fortuny Sanromá, Agustín (2022-10)
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      In the following study, the extraction of three pharmaceutical compounds: Diclofenac (DCF), ibuprofen (IBP), and carbamazepine (CBZ) by liquid-liquid extraction and their transport by supported liquid membrane (SLM) using ...