Comparison of the Biodegradation of n-alkanes and Readily Biodegradable Substrates Using Open Mixed Culture under Aerobic, Anoxic and Anaerobic Conditions

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Acidogenic fermentation of vegetable and salad waste for chemicals production : Effect of pH buffer and retention time

Authors acknowledge the financial support of ADNet (Business Interaction Voucher, BIV2015007) and thank Dr Gavin Milligan, William Jackson Food Group, for the discussion of the research and the experimental data. The authors are also thankful to Mrs Liz Hendrie for her technical assistance.Peer reviewedPostprin

Maximisation of the organic load rate and minimisation of oxygen consumption in aerobic biological wastewater treatment processes by manipulation of the hydraulic and solids residence time

The assistance of Ms Liz Hendrie in setting up the experiments is highly acknowledged and appreciated.Peer reviewedPostprin

Experimental investigation and mathematical modelling of batch and semi-continuous anaerobic digestion of cellulose at high concentrations and long residence times

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Experimental study on the biotreatability of wastewaters from food processing industries in aerobic sequencing batch reactors

ACKNOWLEDGMENT The authors wish to acknowledge the skilful assistance of Mrs Liz Hendrie (Chemical Engineering laboratory of the University of Aberdeen, UK) in performing the experiments.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

Effect of the process conditions on the anaerobic fermentation of glucose for the production of chemicals

Acknowledgments Victor Igwe acknowledges the financial help of Total E&P Nigeria Limited and Niger Delta Development Commission during his PhD studies.Peer reviewedPostprin

Investigating the challenges of biogas provision in water limited environments through laboratory scale biodigesters

Funding This project was funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council under Grant [BBSRC BB/M010996/1] and the University of Aberdeen.Peer reviewedPublisher PD

Effect of the operating conditions on the anaerobic digestion of wheatgrass for chemicals and energy production

Open Access via the Springer Compact Agreement Acknowledgments The authors wish to acknowledge Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland (Research Incentive Grant 70307), CAPES (Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel) for the financial support (Process 011944/2013-07), Mrs Elizabeth Hendrie and Ms Gabriela Paupitz for the technical collaboration and Mr Andrew Rennie (Gask Farm, Turriff, Aberdeenshire, UK) for kindly providing the inoculum used in the experiments.Peer reviewedPostprintPublisher PD

Comparison between batch aerobic biodegradation of paracetamol and glucose with open mixed microbial cultures : experimental data and kinetic modelling

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Model-based comparison of sequencing batch reactors and continuous-flow activated sludge processes for biological wastewater treatment

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