A Mini Review of the Techno-environmental Sustainability of Biological Processes for the Treatment of High Organic Content Industrial Wastewater Streams

The authors would like to acknowledge the Royal Society for funding the current research: Ad-Bio: Advanced Biological Wastewater Treatment Processes, Newton Advanced Fellowship -2015/R2. Theoni M. Massara is grateful to the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) of the UK for the 4-year full PhD studentship

Removal of Heavy Metals by a Membrane Bioreactor Combined with Activated Carbon

Royal Society; Ad-Bio: Advanced Biological Wastewater Treatment Processes; Natural Environment Research Council (NERC): Newton Advanced Fellowship - 2015/R2

Influence of a Conductive Material and Different Anaerobic Inocula on Biochemical Methane Potential of Substrates from Alcoholic Beverage Production

The impact of a conductive material as powdered activated carbon (PAC) on the biochemical methane potential of whisky pot ale (PA) and brewery spent yeast (SY) was investigated. The test was carried out with three different types of anaerobic inocula: manure inoculum (MI), sewage sludge (SS) and granular sludge (GR). Brewery spent yeast produced partial (in sewage and granular sludge) and total (in manure inoculum) methanogenesis inhibition due to the toxicity of some of its constituents (hops extract). The inhibition was overcome by the supplementation of PAC, that improved significantly the anaerobic digestion process for SY, allowing to reach biochemical methane potential values between 657-699 L CH4 kg-1 VS and it reduced redox potential from 369 to 398 mV. The activated carbon did not improve the methane yields from whisky PA since microorganisms did not have difficulties to process this substrate; in fact, the redox potential slightly increased from 355 to 330 mV

Development of an ASM2d-N<inf>2</inf>O model to describe nitrous oxide emissions in municipal WWTPs under dynamic conditions

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie C-FOOT-CTRL project (grant agreement No 645769)

Targeting asymptomatic malaria infections: active surveillance in control and elimination.

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