The wastewater treatment plant developed by the UAB and Aigües de Manresa S.A. municipal company, generates value-added products simultaneously to the debugging process. The system recovers 50% of the phosphorus, useful as a fertilizer, extracts materials to produce...
Dr. Xavier Font Segura, professor at the UAB School of Engineering and researcher of the GICOM group, has carried out a prospective study to find the countries and research institutions that lead research on anaerobic digestion in Europe. The empirical study of have...
The research group at UAB GICOM evaluated and compared two different methods for treating waste leather industry so for to reduce the environmental impact mainly in wastewater. Researchers have found an...
The TRITON network, funded by the CYTED program, aims to promote the treatment and recycling of wastewater from the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the Latin American region by using...
Biodiesel isan alternative to fossil fuels which also has environmental benefits such as reducing emissions of certain pollutants. But, the fact that biodiesel mainly comes from edible oils for human consumption involves...
Researchers in the Department of Chemical, Biological and Environmental Engineering are coordinating an EU LIFE Programme to explore the possibility of generating energy from the treatment of urban wastewater. This is the first project in this programme to...
UAB's researchers have found a bacterium that can help to clean up contaminated waters. After three years’ research, they have shown these bacteria's capacity to transform some of organochlorine compounds that are frequently found in aquifers into harmless products.
In Western societies, each year a huge amount of waste is generated. For a long time, its regular destination has been landfill or incineration. The UAB Composting Research Group (GICOM) focuses on transforming organic waste into value-added products, such as compost, which can be used as an...
As part of the DIGITAL project, the two centres will develop a biosensor to monitor daily and from home ammonia levels in patients with urea cycle disorders.
Researchers from the Department of Chemical Engineering at the UAB have managed to produce electrical energy and hydrogen efficiently from the sewage treatment process. The proposed system, published in Water Research, uses bacteria which consume organic matter and...
