i-Ambiente: Blog of Raúl Muñoz

Have a look on the new contribution of Professor Muñoz to i-Ambiente, where he explains the new project of the VOC & Odour Treatment Team: "Biological Treatment of Biogas Pollutants"

Check out our new publication in Journal of Hazardous Materials

Have a look on our new publication on hexane abatement and spore emission control. This work has been carried out in collaboration with Professor Sonia Arriaga from the Institute for Scientific and Technological Research of San Luis Potosi, IPICYT.

A new paper on methane abatement published in Chemical Engineering Journal

Check out our new publication in Chemical Engineering Journal on methane abatement in biotrickling filters.

Visit of professors Tatsuki Toda and Syuhei Ban

Some pictures of the visit of professors Tatsuki Toda (Soka University) and Syuhei Ban (University of Shiga Prefecture) from Japan to the facilities of the Environmental Technology Group at University of Valladolid.

A new generation of two-liquid phase bioreactors for methane removal

Sara will be working on the abatement of CH4, one of the most harmful greenhouse gasses, with a new generation of two-liquid phase bioreactors (TLPBs). Conventional TLPBs are based on the addition of a non-aqueous phase (e.g. silicone oil) with a high affinity for the target pollutant. However, improved TLPB performance can be achieved by using hydrophobic microorganisms able to grow in the non-aqueous phase, taking advantage of the full concentration gradient available for mass transfer between the gas and the non-aqueous phase.

Our facilities and researchers!

Have you seen our facilities at University of Valladolid?... If you don't, here are some 360º pictures of our laboratories. Can you find LittleVOC & TopoKat?

Carbon/nitrogen removal in anoxic-aerobic algal-bacterial photobioreactors!

Cynthia and Jesús starting with a new experiment: Quantification of N2O emissions and carbon/nitrogen removal in an anoxic-aerobic algal-bacterial photobioreactor configuration during wastewater treatment. The setup looks great guys!