Advanced Biological Waste-to-Energy Technologies

Project Information

ABWET

Grant agreement ID: 643071

DOI 10.3030/643071

Project closed

EC signature date 19 December 2014

Start date 1 January 2015

End date 31 December 2018

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Total cost € 3 918 950,64

EU contribution € 3 918 950,64

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI CASSINO E DEL LAZIO MERIDIONALE
Italy

Deliverables

Other (14)

Recruitment (cohort 2)

Recruitment completion (cohort 2)

Conference 1

"Conference 1, organised by UPE, will be dedicated to ""Dark fermentation and Anaerobic digestion of organic feedstocks"""

Summer School 1

First summer school on “Liquid and solid digestate reuse and valorization strategies” in Paris (France)

Conference 2

Conference 2, as a closing conference, will be dedicated to the dissemination of the final ABWET scientific results

PhD defense and joint degree delivery (cohort 2)

Each ESR of the second cohort will defend at the Partner Institution where he/she is enrolled

PhD advanced introductory course

Compulsory advanced PhD course “Advanced Biological Waste-to-Energy Technologies”

Summer School 4

Fourth summer school on “Anaerobic Biological Treatment of Wastewater” in Tampere (Finland)

Supervisory Board of the network
Kick-off

Kick-off meeting in Paris

Summer school 2

Second summer school on “Waste to Energy” in Delft (the Netherlands)

Mid-term review meeting
Recruitment (cohort 1)

Recruitment completion (cohort 1)

PhD defense and joint degree delivery (cohort 1)

Each ESR of the first cohort will defend at the Partner Institution where he/she is enrolled

Summer school 3

"Third summer school on ""Biological Treatment of Solid Waste"" in Cassino (Italy)"

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (1)

Website

Website completion

Documents, reports (2)

Intermediate research strategy plan

Research strategy and forward plan published on the web-site of the consortium

Administrative agreement to establish a Joint Doctorate

Consortium Agreement to award joint degrees

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (38)

Biohydrogen production from xylose by fresh and digested activated sludge at 37, 55 and 70 °C

Author(s): Paolo Dessì, Aino-Maija Lakaniemi, Piet N.L. Lens
Published in: Water Research, Issue 115, 2017, Page(s) 120-129, ISSN 0043-1354
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2017.02.063

Comparison of Scenedesmus acuminatus and Chlorella vulgaris cultivation in liquid digestates from anaerobic digestion of pulp and paper industry and municipal wastewater treatment sludge

Author(s): Ran Tao, Viljami Kinnunen, Ramasamy Praveenkumar, Aino-Maija Lakaniemi, Jukka A. Rintala
Published in: Journal of Applied Phycology, Issue 29/6, 2017, Page(s) 2845-2856, ISSN 0921-8971
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers
DOI: 10.1007/s10811-017-1175-6

Cultivation of Scenedesmus acuminatus in different liquid digestates from anaerobic digestion of pulp and paper industry biosludge

Author(s): Ran Tao, Aino-Maija Lakaniemi, Jukka A. Rintala
Published in: Bioresource Technology, Issue 245, 2017, Page(s) 706-713, ISSN 0960-8524
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.08.218

Quantitative real-time PCR monitoring dynamics of Thermotoga neapolitana in synthetic co-culture for biohydrogen production

Author(s): Onyinye Okonkwo, Aino-Maija Lakaniemi, Ville Santala, Matti Karp, Rahul Mangayil
Published in: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Issue 43/6, 2018, Page(s) 3133-3141, ISSN 0360-3199
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2017.12.002

Composition and role of the attached and planktonic microbial communities in mesophilic and thermophilic xylose-fed microbial fuel cells

Author(s): Paolo Dessì, Estefania Porca, Johanna Haavisto, Aino-Maija Lakaniemi, Gavin Collins, Piet N. L. Lens
Published in: RSC Advances, Issue 8/6, 2018, Page(s) 3069-3080, ISSN 2046-2069
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/c7ra12316g

Thermophilic versus mesophilic dark fermentation in xylose-fed fluidised bed reactors: Biohydrogen production and active microbial community

Author(s): Paolo Dessì, Estefania Porca, Nicholas R. Waters, Aino-Maija Lakaniemi, Gavin Collins, Piet N.L. Lens
Published in: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Issue 43/11, 2018, Page(s) 5473-5485, ISSN 0360-3199
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2018.01.158

Effect of N/S ratio on anoxic thiosulfate oxidation in a fluidized bed reactor: Experimental and artificial neural network model analysis

Author(s): Ramita Khanongnuch, Francesco Di Capua, Aino-Maija Lakaniemi, Eldon R. Rene, Piet N.L. Lens
Published in: Process Biochemistry, Issue 68, 2018, Page(s) 171-181, ISSN 1359-5113
Publisher: Elsevier Applied Science
DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2018.02.018

Inoculum pretreatment differentially affects the active microbial community performing mesophilic and thermophilic dark fermentation of xylose

Author(s): Paolo Dessì, Estefania Porca, Luigi Frunzo, Aino–Maija Lakaniemi, Gavin Collins, Giovanni Esposito, Piet N.L. Lens
Published in: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Issue 43/19, 2018, Page(s) 9233-9245, ISSN 0360-3199
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2018.03.117

Temperature control as key factor for optimal biohydrogen production from thermomechanical pulping wastewater

Author(s): Paolo Dessì, Estefania Porca, Aino-Maija Lakaniemi, Gavin Collins, Piet N.L. Lens
Published in: Biochemical Engineering Journal, Issue 137, 2018, Page(s) 214-221, ISSN 1369-703X
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2018.05.027

H2S removal and microbial community composition in an anoxic biotrickling filter under autotrophic and mixotrophic conditions

Author(s): Ramita Khanongnuch, Francesco Di Capua, Aino-Maija Lakaniemi, Eldon R. Rene, Piet N.L. Lens
Published in: Journal of Hazardous Materials, Issue 367, 2019, Page(s) 397-406, ISSN 0304-3894
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2018.12.062

High-solids anaerobic digestion requires a trade-off between total solids, inoculum-to-substrate ratio and ammonia inhibition

Author(s): V. Pastor-Poquet, S. Papirio, E. Trably, J. Rintala, R. Escudié, G. Esposito
Published in: International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 2019, ISSN 1735-1472
Publisher: Islamic Azad University of Research and Technology
DOI: 10.1007/s13762-019-02264-z

Semi-continuous mono-digestion of OFMSW and Co-digestion of OFMSW with beech sawdust: Assessment of the maximum operational total solid content

Author(s): Vicente Pastor-Poquet, Stefano Papirio, Eric Trably, Jukka Rintala, Renaud Escudié, Giovanni Esposito
Published in: Journal of Environmental Management, Issue 231, 2019, Page(s) 1293-1302, ISSN 0301-4797
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.10.002

Influence of liquid-phase hydrogen on dark fermentation by Thermotoga neapolitana

Author(s): Gilbert Dreschke, Stefano Papirio, Piet N.L. Lens, Giovanni Esposito
Published in: Renewable Energy, Issue 140, 2019, Page(s) 354-360, ISSN 0960-1481
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2019.02.126

Effect of feed glucose and acetic acid on continuous biohydrogen production by Thermotoga neapolitana

Author(s): Gilbert Dreschke, Stefano Papirio, Désirée M.G. Sisinni, Piet N.L. Lens, Giovanni Esposito
Published in: Bioresource Technology, Issue 273, 2019, Page(s) 416-424, ISSN 0960-8524
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2018.11.040

ADM1 based mathematical model of trace element complexation in anaerobic digestion processes

Author(s): Bikash Chandra Maharaj, Maria Rosaria Mattei, Luigi Frunzo, Eric D. van Hullebusch, Giovanni Esposito
Published in: Bioresource Technology, Issue 276, 2019, Page(s) 253-259, ISSN 0960-8524
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2018.12.064

ADM1 based mathematical model of trace element precipitation/dissolution in anaerobic digestion processes

Author(s): Bikash Chandra Maharaj, Maria Rosaria Mattei, Luigi Frunzo, Eric D. van Hullebusch, Giovanni Esposito
Published in: Bioresource Technology, Issue 267, 2018, Page(s) 666-676, ISSN 0960-8524
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2018.06.099

Enhancement of hydrogen production rate by high biomass concentrations of Thermotoga neapolitana

Author(s): Gilbert Dreschke, Giuliana d’Ippolito, Antonio Panico, Piet N.L. Lens, Giovanni Esposito, Angelo Fontana
Published in: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Issue 43/29, 2018, Page(s) 13072-13080, ISSN 0360-3199
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2018.05.072

Biokinetics of microbial consortia using biogenic sulfur as a novel electron donor for sustainable denitrification

Author(s): Anastasiia Kostrytsia, Stefano Papirio, Liam Morrison, Umer Zeeshan Ijaz, Gavin Collins, Piet N.L. Lens, Giovanni Esposito
Published in: Bioresource Technology, Issue 270, 2018, Page(s) 359-367, ISSN 0960-8524
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2018.09.044

Modelling non-ideal bio-physical-chemical effects on high-solids anaerobic digestion of the organic fraction of municipal solid waste

Author(s): Vicente Pastor-Poquet, Stefano Papirio, Jean-Philippe Steyer, Eric Trably, Renaud Escudié, Giovanni Esposito
Published in: Journal of Environmental Management, Issue 238, 2019, Page(s) 408-419, ISSN 0301-4797
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.03.014

High-solids anaerobic digestion model for homogenized reactors

Author(s): Vicente Pastor-Poquet, Stefano Papirio, Jean-Philippe Steyer, Eric Trably, Renaud Escudié, Giovanni Esposito
Published in: Water Research, Issue 142, 2018, Page(s) 501-511, ISSN 0043-1354
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2018.06.016

Elemental sulfur-based autotrophic denitrification and denitritation: microbially catalyzed sulfur hydrolysis and nitrogen conversions

Author(s): Anastasiia Kostrytsia, Stefano Papirio, Luigi Frunzo, Maria Rosaria Mattei, Estefanía Porca, Gavin Collins, Piet N.L. Lens, Giovanni Esposito
Published in: Journal of Environmental Management, Issue 211, 2018, Page(s) 313-322, ISSN 0301-4797
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.01.064

Sensitivity analysis for an elemental sulfur-based two-step denitrification model

Author(s): A. Kostrytsia, S. Papirio, M. R. Mattei, L. Frunzo, P. N. L. Lens, G. Esposito
Published in: Water Science and Technology, Issue 78, 2018, Page(s) 1296-1303, ISSN 0273-1223
Publisher: International Water Association Publishing
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2018.398

Acetotrophic Activity Facilitates Methanogenesis from LCFA at Low Temperatures: Screening from Mesophilic Inocula

Author(s): Suniti Singh, Johanna M. Rinta-Kanto, Riitta Kettunen, Piet Lens, Gavin Collins, Marika Kokko, Jukka Rintala
Published in: Archaea, Issue 2019, 2019, Page(s) 1-16, ISSN 1472-3646
Publisher: Heron Publishing
DOI: 10.1155/2019/1751783

Effects of anode materials on electricity production from xylose and treatability of TMP wastewater in an up-flow microbial fuel cell

Author(s): Johanna Haavisto, Paolo Dessì, Pritha Chatterjee, Mari Honkanen, Md Tabish Noori, Marika Kokko, Aino-Maija Lakaniemi, Piet N.L. Lens, Jaakko A. Puhakka
Published in: Chemical Engineering Journal, Issue 372, 2019, Page(s) 141-150, ISSN 1385-8947
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2019.04.090

Long-term performance evaluation of an anoxic sulfur oxidizing moving bed biofilm reactor under nitrate limited conditions

Author(s): Ramita Khanongnuch, Francesco Di Capua, Aino-Maija Lakaniemi, Eldon R. Rene, Piet N. L. Lens
Published in: Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, 2019, ISSN 2053-1400
Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
DOI: 10.1039/c9ew00220k

Impacts of short-term temperature fluctuations on biohydrogen production and resilience of thermophilic microbial communities

Author(s): Onyinye Okonkwo, Renaud Escudie, Nicolas Bernet, Rahul Mangayil, Aino-Maija Lakaniemi, Eric Trably
Published in: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Issue 44/16, 2019, Page(s) 8028-8037, ISSN 0360-3199
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2019.01.256

Assessing arsenic redox state evolution in solution and solid phase during As(III) sorption onto chemically-treated sewage sludge digestate biochars

Author(s): Suchanya Wongrod, Stéphane Simon, Eric D. van Hullebusch, Piet N.L. Lens, Gilles Guibaud
Published in: Bioresource Technology, Issue 275, 2019, Page(s) 232-238, ISSN 0960-8524
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2018.12.056

Changes of sewage sludge digestate-derived biochar properties after chemical treatments and influence on As(III and V) and Cd(II) sorption

Author(s): Suchanya Wongrod, Stéphane Simon, Eric D. van Hullebusch, Piet N.L. Lens, Gilles Guibaud
Published in: International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation, Issue 135, 2018, Page(s) 96-102, ISSN 0964-8305
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibiod.2018.10.001

Distribution trend of trace elements in digestate exposed to air: Laboratory-scale investigations using DGT-based fractionation

Author(s): Andreina Laera, Rémy Buzier, Gilles Guibaud, Giovanni Esposito, Eric D. van Hullebusch
Published in: Journal of Environmental Management, Issue 238, 2019, Page(s) 159-165, ISSN 0301-4797
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.02.120

Assessment of the DGT technique in digestate to fraction twelve trace elements

Author(s): Andreina Laera, Rémy Buzier, Gilles Guibaud, Giovanni Esposito, Eric D. van Hullebusch
Published in: Talanta, Issue 192, 2019, Page(s) 204-211, ISSN 0039-9140
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2018.09.033

Lead sorption by biochar produced from digestates: Consequences of chemical modification and washing

Author(s): Suchanya Wongrod, Stéphane Simon, Gilles Guibaud, Piet N.L. Lens, Yoan Pechaud, David Huguenot, Eric D. van Hullebusch
Published in: Journal of Environmental Management, Issue 219, 2018, Page(s) 277-284, ISSN 0301-4797
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.04.108

Effect of digestate application on microbial respiration and bacterial communities' diversity during bioremediation of weathered petroleum hydrocarbons contaminated soils

Author(s): Anna Gielnik, Yoan Pechaud, David Huguenot, Aurélie Cébron, Jean-Michel Riom, Gilles Guibaud, Giovanni Esposito, Eric D. van Hullebusch
Published in: Science of The Total Environment, Issue 670, 2019, Page(s) 271-281, ISSN 0048-9697
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.03.176

Enrichment of a solventogenic anaerobic sludge converting carbon monoxide and syngas into acids and alcohols

Author(s): Samayita Chakraborty, Eldon R. Rene, Piet N.L. Lens, María C. Veiga, Christian Kennes
Published in: Bioresource Technology, Issue 272, 2019, Page(s) 130-136, ISSN 0960-8524
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2018.10.002

Bioreduction of selenate in an anaerobic biotrickling filter using methanol as electron donor

Author(s): Tejaswini Eregowda, Eldon R. Rene, Piet N.L. Lens
Published in: Chemosphere, Issue 225, 2019, Page(s) 406-413, ISSN 0045-6535
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.02.158

Performance of a biotrickling filter for the anaerobic utilization of gas-phase methanol coupled to thiosulphate reduction and resource recovery through volatile fatty acids production

Author(s): Tejaswini Eregowda, Luck Matanhike, Eldon R. Rene, Piet N.L. Lens
Published in: Bioresource Technology, Issue 263, 2018, Page(s) 591-600, ISSN 0960-8524
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2018.04.095

H2-rich biogas recirculation prevents hydrogen supersaturation and enhances hydrogen production by Thermotoga neapolitana cf. capnolactica

Author(s): Gilbert Dreschke, Stefano Papirio, Giuliana d’Ippolito, Antonio Panico, Piet N.L. Lens, Giovanni Esposito, Angelo Fontana
Published in: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Issue 44/36, 2019, Page(s) 19698-19708, ISSN 0360-3199
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2019.06.022

Assessing practical identifiability during calibration and cross-validation of a structured model for high-solids anaerobic digestion

Author(s): Vicente Pastor-Poquet, Stefano Papirio, Jérôme Harmand, Jean-Philippe Steyer, Eric Trably, Renaud Escudié, Giovanni Esposito
Published in: Water Research, Issue 164, 2019, Page(s) 114932, ISSN 0043-1354
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2019.114932

High rate continuous biohydrogen production by hyperthermophilic Thermotoga neapolitana

Author(s): Gilbert Dreschke, Stefano Papirio, Alessio Scala, Piet N.L. Lens, Giovanni Esposito
Published in: Bioresource Technology, Issue 293, 2019, Page(s) 122033, ISSN 0960-8524
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2019.122033

Book chapters (1)

CO2 Biofixation by Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Using Different CO2 Dosing Strategies

Author(s): Nilesh R. Badgujar, Franscesco Di Capua, Stefano Papirio, Francesco Pirozzi, Piet N. L. Lens, Giovanni Esposito
Published in: Frontiers in Water-Energy-Nexus—Nature-Based Solutions, Advanced Technologies and Best Practices for Environmental Sustainability - Proceedings of the 2nd WaterEnergyNEXUS Conference, November 2018, Salerno, Italy, 2020, Page(s) 321-324, ISBN 978-3-030-13067-1
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-13068-8_80