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A critical review on anaerobic co-digestion achievements between 2010 and 2013 by Mata-Alvarez, J., Dosta, J., Romero-Güiza, M.S., Fonoll, X., Peces, M., Astals, S.

“…Anaerobic digestion is a commercial reality for several kinds of waste. Nonetheless, anaerobic digestion of single substrates presents some drawbacks linked to…”
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Advances in anaerobic membrane bioreactor technology for municipal wastewater treatment: A 2020 updated review by Vinardell, S., Astals, S., Peces, M., Cardete, M.A., Fernández, I., Mata-Alvarez, J., Dosta, J.

“…The application of anaerobic membrane bioreactors (AnMBR) for mainstream municipal sewage treatment is almost ready for full-scale implementation. However,…”
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Anaerobic co-digestion of sewage sludge and fruit wastes: Evaluation of the transitory states when the co-substrate is changed by Fonoll, X., Astals, S., Dosta, J., Mata-Alvarez, J.

“…•Transitory stage assessment when co-substrate is changed.•A brief peak of volatile fatty acids was recorded when co-digestion started.•Changing the…”
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Short- and long-term effects of ammonium and nitrite on the Anammox process by Fernández, I., Dosta, J., Fajardo, C., Campos, J.L., Mosquera-Corral, A., Méndez, R.

“…Autotrophic anaerobic ammonium oxidation (Anammox) is a biological process in which Planctomycete-type bacteria combine ammonium and nitrite to generate…”
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Resilience towards organic load and activated sludge variations in co-fermentation for carboxylic acid production by Perez-Esteban, N., Vives-Egea, J., Dosta, J., Astals, S., Peces, M.

“…[Display omitted] •Organic loading rate impacts the fermentation products profile but not the yield.•Butyric acid accumulated at 11 gVS/(L·d) shifting towards…”
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Assessing the potential of waste activated sludge and food waste co-fermentation for carboxylic acids production by Vidal-Antich, C., Perez-Esteban, N., Astals, S., Peces, M., Mata-Alvarez, J., Dosta, J.

“…This study investigated waste activated sludge (WAS) and food waste (FW) co-fermentation in batch assays to produce carboxylic acids. Three mixtures (50%, 70%…”
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Potential of anaerobic co-fermentation in wastewater treatments plants: A review by Perez-Esteban, N., Vinardell, S., Vidal-Antich, C., Peña-Picola, S., Chimenos, J.M., Peces, M., Dosta, J., Astals, S.

“…Fermentation (not anaerobic digestion) is an emerging biotechnology to transform waste into easily assimilable organic compounds such as volatile fatty acids,…”
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Evaluation of hydroxyapatite crystallization in a batch reactor for the valorization of alkaline phosphate concentrates from wastewater treatment plants using calcium chloride by Hermassi, M., Valderrama, C., Dosta, J., Cortina, J.L., Batis, N.H.

“…•Hap was obtained by chemical precipitation using concentrated P(V) alkaline brines.•Three stages were identified in the precipitation of phosphate as…”
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Ammonia recovery from acidogenic fermentation effluents using a gas-permeable membrane contactor by Serra-Toro, A., Vinardell, S., Astals, S., Madurga, S., Llorens, J., Mata-Álvarez, J., Mas, F., Dosta, J.

“…[Display omitted] •Membrane contactor efficiently recovered NH3 from a biowaste fermentation broth.•Membrane contactor allowed a complete separation of NH3…”
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Temperature-driven carboxylic acid production from waste activated sludge and food waste: Co-fermentation performance and microbial dynamics by Perez-Esteban, N., Vives-Egea, J., Peces, M., Dosta, J., Astals, S.

“…[Display omitted] •Temperature had an impact on solubilisation and fermentation yields.•Volatile fatty acids profile was influenced by temperature.•Each…”
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Integrating the selection of PHA storing biomass and nitrogen removal via nitrite in the main wastewater treatment line by Basset, N., Katsou, E., Frison, N., Malamis, S., Dosta, J., Fatone, F.

“…[Display omitted] •Selection of PHA storing biomass was integrated with N removal in municipal WWTP.•N removal via nitrite was achieved using fermented…”
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Two-step partial nitritation/Anammox process in granulation reactors: Start-up operation and microbial characterization by Dosta, J., Vila, J., Sancho, I., Basset, N., Grifoll, M., Mata-Álvarez, J.

“…A two-stage Partial Nitritation (PN)/Anammox process was carried out at lab-scale conditions to treat reject water from a municipal WWTP. PN was achieved in a…”
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Impact of food waste composition on acidogenic co-fermentation with waste activated sludge by Vidal-Antich, C., Peces, M., Perez-Esteban, N., Mata-Alvarez, J., Dosta, J., Astals, S.

“…The impact of food waste (FW) composition on co-fermentation performance was studied to elucidate if adjusting FW composition can be used to drive the…”
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Fractional calculus as a generalized kinetic model for biochemical methane potential tests by Silva, C. Da, Peces, M., Jaques, A., Muñoz, J.J., Dosta, J., Astals, S.

“…[Display omitted] •Fractional calculus is a promising tool for engineering and biological applications.•Fractional calculus is a robust generalization of…”
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Gamma distribution function to understand anaerobic digestion kinetics: Kinetic constants are not constant by Da Silva, C., Peces, M., Faundez, M., Hansen, H., Campos, J.L., Dosta, J., Astals, S.

“…The Gamma model is a novel approach to characterise the complex degradation dynamics taking place during anaerobic digestion. This three parameters model…”
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Impact of paper and cardboard suppression on OFMSW anaerobic digestion by Fonoll, X., Astals, S., Dosta, J., Mata-Alvarez, J.

“…•Waste paper removal increased OFMSW biodegradability and methane yield.•Larger waste degradation annulled expected CH4 losses when halving waste paper…”
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Nitrogen recovery from pig slurry by struvite precipitation using a low-cost magnesium oxide by Astals, S., Martínez-Martorell, M., Huete-Hernández, S., Aguilar-Pozo, V.B., Dosta, J., Chimenos, J.M.

“…Ammonia nitrogen management is a recurrent problem in intensive livestock areas. Struvite precipitation stands as a mature technology to recover ammonia…”
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Short- and long-term effects of temperature on the Anammox process by Dosta, J., Fernández, I., Vázquez-Padín, J.R., Mosquera-Corral, A., Campos, J.L., Mata-Álvarez, J., Méndez, R.

“…The application of the Anammox process has been usually focused on the treatment of wastewater with temperatures around 30 °C in order to operate under optimum…”
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Simultaneous ammonium and phosphate recovery and stabilization from urban sewage sludge anaerobic digestates using reactive sorbents by Hermassi, M., Dosta, J., Valderrama, C., Licon, E., Moreno, N., Querol, X., Batis, N.H., Cortina, J.L.

“…The use of low-cost inorganic sorbents as a new sustainable strategy to enhance the valorization of nutrients (N-P-K), from the urban water cycle (e.g., side…”
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Two ways to achieve an anammox influent from real reject water treatment at lab-scale: Partial SBR nitrification and SHARON process by Galí, A., Dosta, J., van Loosdrecht, M.C.M., Mata-Alvarez, J.

“…A comparative study to produce the correct influent for Anammox process from anaerobic sludge reject water (700–800 mg NH 4 +-N L −1) was considered here. The…”
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