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• Co-digestion of microalgae and primary sludge: effect on biogas production and microcontaminants removal 

  Solé Bundó, Maria; Garfi, Marianna; Matamoros Mercadal, Víctor; Ferrer Martí, Ivet (Elsevier, 2019-04)
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  Microalgal-based wastewater treatment plants are conceived as low cost and low energy consuming systems. The operation of these plants involves the management of primary sludge and microalgal biomass. The aim of this study ...
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  Influence of liquid-to-biogas ratio and alkalinity on the biogas upgrading performance in a demo scale algal-bacterial photobioreactor 

  Marín de Jesús, David Fernando; Ortiz Ruiz, Antonio; Díez Montero, Rubén; Uggetti, Enrica; García Serrano, Joan; Lebrero Fernández, Raquel; Muñoz Torre, Raul (2019-05)
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  The influence of the liquid-to-biogas ratio (L/G) and alkalinity on methane quality was evaluated in a 11.7 m3 outdoors horizontal semi-closed tubular photobioreactor interconnected to a 45-L absorption column (AC). CO2 ...
• The effect of primary treatment of wastewater in high rate algal pond systems: biomass and bioenergy recovery 

  Arashiro, Larissa Terumi; Ferrer Martí, Ivet; Rousseau, Diederik; van Hulle, Stijn; Garfi, Marianna (2019-05)
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  The aim of this study was to assess the effect of primary treatment on the performance of two pilot-scale high rate algal ponds (HRAPs) treating urban wastewater, considering their treatment efficiency, biomass productivity, ...
• Selection of cyanobacteria over green algae in a photo-sequencing batch bioreactor fed with wastewater 

  Arias Lizarraga, Dulce María; Rueda Hernández, Estel; García Galán, María Jesús; Uggetti, Enrica; García Serrano, Joan (Elsevier, 2019-02-25)
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  In this work, a strategy based on photo-sequencing batch operationwas used to select cyanobacteria over unsettled green algae in awastewater treatment system, evaluating for the first time the effect of hydraulic regimes ...
• Constructed wetlands for winery wastewater treatment: a comparative Life Cycle Assessment 

  Flores Rosell, Laura; García Serrano, Joan; Pena Rois, Rocío; Garfi, Marianna (Elsevier, 2019-04)
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  A Life Cycle Assessment was carried out in order to assess the environmental performance of constructed wetland systems for winery wastewater treatment. In particular, six scenarios which included the most common winery ...
• Evaluating environmental benefits of low-cost biogas digesters in small-scale farms in Colombia: a life cycle assessment 

  Garfi, Marianna; Castro, Liliana; Montero, Neus; Escalante, Humberto; Ferrer Martí, Ivet (2019-02)
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  The aim of this study was to assess the environmental benefits of implementing low-cost digesters in small-scale farms in Colombia by using the LCA methodology. Four scenarios were taken into account considering two ...
• Feasibility assessment of energy-neutral microalgae-based wastewater treatment plants under Spanish climatic conditions 

  Díez Montero, Rubén; Solimeno, Alessandro; Uggetti, Enrica; García Galán, María Jesús; García Serrano, Joan (2018-10)
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  The energy balance of a hypothetical microalgae-based wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) has been performed for thirteen geographic locations covering the whole range of latitudes, longitudes and climate conditions of the ...
• A multi-criteria decision support tool for the assessment of household biogas digester programmes in rural areas. A case study in Peru 

  Ferrer Martí, Laia; Ferrer Martí, Ivet; Sánchez, Elena; Garfi, Marianna (2018)
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  Household biogas digesters are a sustainable technology that can help rural families of low income countries meeting their basic energy needs and improving their standard of living. However, household biogas digester ...
• CO2 addition to increase biomass production and control microalgae species in high rate algal ponds treating wastewater 

  Uggetti, Enrica; Sialve, Bruno; Hamelin, Jérôme (Elsevier, 2018-12)
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  Challenges regarding microalgal cultivation need to be solved in order to enhance microalgae potential as a feedstock for biofuel, bioenergy, and bioproducts. The optimization of the operating strategy in high rate algal ...
• Potential methane production and molecular characterization of bacterial and archaeal communities in a horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetland under cold and warm seasons 

  López, Daniela; Sepúlveda Mardones, Mario; Ruiz Tagle, Nathaly; Uggetti, Enrica (Elsevier, 2019-01)
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  Organic matter removal in a horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetland (HSSF) treating wastewater is associated with the presence of bacteria and archaea. These organisms perform anaerobic microbial processes such as ...
• Microalgae and bacteria dynamics in high rate algal ponds based on modelling results: long-term application of BIO_ALGAE model 

  Solimeno, Alessandro; García Serrano, Joan (Elsevier, 2019-02)
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  The mechanistic model (BIO_ALGAE) for microalgae-bacteria based wastewater treatment systems simulation was validated in the long-term (months) using experimental results from a pilot high rate algal pond (HRAP) treating ...
• Contaminants removal and bacterial activity enhancement along the flow path of constructed wetland microbial fuel cells 

  Hartl, Marco; Bedoya Ríos, Diego F.; Fernández Gatell, Marta; Garfi, Marianna; Puigagut Juárez, Jaume (Elsevier, 2019-02)
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  Microbial fuel cells implemented in constructed wetlands (CW-MFCs), albeit a relatively new technology still under study, have shown to improve treatment efficiency of urban wastewater. So far the vast majority of CW-MFC ...

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