Listar GI-BIOENGIN- Artigos por autor "Rene, Eldon R."
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Advances in the development of electrode materials for improving the reactor kinetics in microbial fuel cells
Agrahari, Roma; Bayar, Büşra; Nalakath Abubackar, Haris; Giri, BS; Rene, Eldon R.; Rani, Radha (Elsevier, 2021-12-07)[Abstract] Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) are an emerging technology for converting organic waste into electricity, thus providing potential solution to energy crises along with eco-friendly wastewater treatment. The electrode ... -
Biodegradation of BTEX in a fungal biofilter: Influence of operational parameters, effect of shock-loads and substrate stratification
Rene, Eldon R.; Mohammad, Balsam T.; Veiga, María Carmen; Kennes, Christian (Elsevier, 2012-07)The effect of relative humidity (RH: 30% to >95%) of a gas-phase mixture composed of benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and para-, meta- and ortho-xylenes (BTEX), inlet concentrations (0.2–12.6 g m−3), and empty bed residence ... -
Biodegradation of gas-phase styrene using the fungus Sporothrix variecibatus: Impact of pollutant load and transient operation
Rene, Eldon R.; Veiga, María Carmen; Kennes, Christian (Elsevier, 2010-03)Biofiltration of gas-phase styrene was studied using a newly isolated fungus Sporothrix variecibatus, in a perlite biofilter, at inlet concentrations and gas-flow rates ranging from 0.13 to 14 g m−3 and 0.075 to 0.34 m3 ... -
Biofiltration of mixtures of gas-phase styrene and acetone with the fungus Sporothrix variecibatus
Rene, Eldon R.; Špačková, Radka; Veiga, María Carmen; Kennes, Christian (Elsevier, 2010-12)The biodegradation performance of a biofilter, inoculated with the fungus Sporothrix variecibatus, to treat gas-phase styrene and acetone mixtures under steady-state and transient conditions was evaluated. Experiments were ... -
Bioprocesses for air pollution control
Kennes, Christian; Rene, Eldon R.; Veiga, María Carmen (Wiley-Blackwell, 2009)Bioprocesses have been developed as relatively recent alternatives to conventional, non-biological technologies, for waste gas treatment and air pollution control in general. This paper reviews major biodegradation processes ... -
Bioprocesses for resource recovery from waste gases: Current trends and industrial applications
Khanongnuch, Ramita; Nalakath Abubackar, Haris; Keskin Gundogdu, Tugba; Güngörmüşler, Mine; Duman, Gozde; Agrawal, Ayushi; Behera, Shishir Kumar; Li, Lu; Bayar, Büşra; Rene, Eldon R. (Elsevier, 2021-12-27)[Abstract] Air pollution is a topic of important global concern because it has contributed significantly to an increase in the earth's global warming potential and contributed to severe health and environmental impacts. ... -
Combined biological and physicochemical waste-gas cleaning techniques
Rene, Eldon R.; Veiga, María Carmen; Kennes, Christian (Taylor & Francis, 2012-06)This review presents a general overview of physical, chemical and biological waste-gas treatment techniques such as adsorption, absorption, oxidation and biodegradation, focusing more extensively on combined processes. It ... -
Experimental and neural model analysis of styrene removal from polluted air in a biofilter
Rene, Eldon R.; Veiga, María Carmen; Kennes, Christian (Wiley-Blackwell, 2009-07)BACKGROUND: Biofilters are efficient systems for treating malodorous emissions. The mechanism involved during pollutant transfer and subsequent biotransformation within a biofilm is a complex process. The use of artificial ... -
Performance of a biofilter for the removal of high concentrations of styrene under steady and non-steady state conditions
Rene, Eldon R.; Veiga, María Carmen; Kennes, Christian (Elsevier, 2009-08-30)The performance of a laboratory scale perlite biofilter inoculated with a mixed culture was evaluated for gas phase styrene removal under various operating conditions. Experiments were carried out by subjecting the biofilter ... -
Performance of a fungal monolith bioreactor for the removal of styrene from polluted air
Rene, Eldon R.; López, M. Estefanía; Veiga, María Carmen; Kennes, Christian (Elsevier, 2010-04)Gas-phase styrene removal using the fungus, Sporothrix variecibatus was evaluated in a novel monolith bioreactor, receiving a continuous supply of nutrients from the trickling liquid phase. During the start-up process, ... -
Recent Trends in Biogenic Gas, Waste and Wastewater Fermentation [Editorial]
Rene, Eldon R.; Veiga, María Carmen; Kennes, Christian (MDPI, 2022)[Abstract] In recent years, the optimization of bioprocesses for the removal of pollutants from industrial biogenic gas emissions, waste and wastewater has been the focus of intensive research. Recently developed technologies ... -
Steady- and transient-state operation of a two-stage bioreactor for the treatment of a gaseous mixture of hydrogen sulphide, methanol and α-pinene
Rene, Eldon R.; López, M. Estefanía; Veiga, María Carmen; Kennes, Christian (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010-03)A two-stage bioreactor, comprising a biotrickling filter (BTF) as the first stage and a biofilter (BF) as the second stage, operated under steady- and transient-state conditions, was tested to remove gas-phase hydrogen ... -
Styrene removal from polluted air in one and two-liquid phase biotrickling filter: Steady and transient-state performance and pressure drop control
Rene, Eldon R.; Montes, María; Veiga, María Carmen; Kennes, Christian (Elsevier, 2011-07)A Sporothrix variecibatus-inoculated biotrickling filter (BTF) was examined for styrene removal, without and with the addition of silicone oil, at different empty bed residence times. The highest elimination capacities ... -
Treatment of waste gas contaminated with dichloromethane using photocatalytic oxidation, biodegradation and their combinations
Almomani, Fares; Rene, Eldon R.; Veiga, María Carmen; Bhosale, Rahul R.; Kennes, Christian (Elsevier, 2020-08-22)[Abstract] The treatment of waste gas (WG) containing dichloromethane (DCM) using advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) [UV and UV-TiO2], biological treatment (BT), and their combination (AOPs-BT) was tested. AOP tests were ... -
Two‐stage gas‐phase bioreactor for the combined removal of hydrogen sulphide, methanol and α‐pinene
Rene, Eldon R.; Jin, Yaomin; Veiga, María Carmen; Kennes, Christian (Taylor & Francis, 2009)Biological treatment systems have emerged as cost‐effective and eco‐friendly techniques for treating waste gases from process industries at moderately high gas flow rates and low pollutant concentrations. In this study, ... -
Use of Styrene as Sole Carbon Source by the Fungus Exophiala oligosperma: Optimization and Modeling of Biodegradation, Pathway Elucidation, and Cell Membrane Composition
Rene, Eldon R.; Bernat, Przemysław; Długoński, Jerzy; Veiga, María Carmen; Kennes, Christian (Springer, 2012-11)Biodegradation of styrene by Exophiala sp. was tested at different initial concentrations (19.3–170.6 mg l−1), pH (2.8–8.7), and temperatures (19.8–45.1 °C), for 120 h according to a 23 full-factorial central composite ...