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A comparison between a puff atmospheric dispersion model (hereafter: PuM) and a Lagrangian particle model (hereafter: LPM) was conducted for a real case of emissions from an industrial plant, in the context of a complex and coastal site. The PuM's approach is well-known and widely adopted worldwide, thanks to the authoritative suggestions by...

Two new highly-efficient and eco-friendly biosorbents comprised of magnetite, chitosan and Chlorella vulgaris (MCC) or Arthrospira platensis (MCA) were prepared in such a way to be easily separated and reused for removing different classes of antibiotics such as tetracycline (TC), ciprofloxacin (CIP) and amoxicillin (AMX) from wastewater. They...

So far, there are few sustainable alternatives to manage the exhausted olive pomace (EOP), a dangerous waste produced by the olive oil sector. In this work, EOP resulting from organosolv pretreatment was submitted to conventional anaerobic digestion (mono-AD) or co-digestion with sewage sludge (co-AD) at different ratios using a pilot-scale...

The rapid development of urbanization and industrialization leads to the production of large amounts of wastewater all over the world, which could be exploited to grow microalgae, thereby reducing their cultivation costs and making biofuel production more feasible. In this research work, a co-culture of Chlorella vulgaris and Arthrospira...

Wine-making process leads to large amounts of wastewater. Winery wastewaters (WWW) are produced from different activities of wine production: washing, transferring and storage operations. Tank cleaning and filtration equipment are responsible for the release of the largest amount of wastewater, whose polluting power is mainly due to both the...

Inorganic mercury was effectively removed from water solutions by means of dry biomass of Arthrospira (Spirulina) platensis as biosorbent. The results obtained at defined pH and biomass concentration as well as variable Hg concentrations were used to estimate biosorption kinetics and isotherm parameters. Biosorption kinetics was best described...

Cultivations of Arthrospira platensis were carried out to evaluate the CO2 capture capacity of this cyanobacterium under bench‐scale conditions. For this purpose, the influence of light intensity on the microbial growth and the photosynthetic efficiency has been investigated in a helical photobioreactor. Five cultivations were performed at...

Microreactor technology is increasingly applied in the chemical-pharmaceutical industry for safer and more efficient drug production as compared to the traditional batch process. This technology is employed for the first time to study the production of 2-[methyl(pyridin-2-yl)amino]ethanol, the first intermediate in rosiglitazone synthesis....

One of the difficulties related to oil exploration is transporting heavy oil since its high viscosity causes high-pressure drop and energy consumption. In order to save energy, the core annular flow (CAF) can be applied where a two-phase annular flow occurs, with peripheral water flowing offering a reduction in energy expenditure. The...