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GENOCOV

GENOCOV stands for Group of biological treatment and of liquid and gaseous effluents, nutrient removal, and odors and Volatile Organic Compounds. The group is a research group from the Chemical Engineering Department at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. GENOCOV, whose principal investigator is Prof. Francisco Javier Lafuente, has been active over the last 25 years in understanding the biological processes for the treatment of urban and industrial water and gaseous effluents, with special emphasis on monitoring, modelling and control of such complex biological systems.

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    2026-01-22
    20:10
    12 p, 3.3 MB Customizing bioelectrochemical ammonium recovery : towards application-specific effluents / Fernandez Verdejo, David Juan (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Biològica i Ambiental) ; Galeano, Mariella Belen (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Biològica i Ambiental) ; Ul Kausar, Zainab (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Biològica i Ambiental) ; Pant, Deepak (Flemish Institute for Technological Research) ; Baeza Labat, Juan Antonio (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Biològica i Ambiental) ; Guisasola, Albert (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Biològica i Ambiental)
    Ammonium recovery from wastewater is of increasing interest due to its environmental implications and potential economic and energy benefits. In this study, a three-chamber bioelectrochemical system (BES) incorporating nickel-based gas diffusion electrodes was operated in continuous mode, achieving high ammonium recovery rates (47 g NH4+-N/m2/d) and current densities (3. [...]
    2026 - 10.1016/j.cej.2025.172380
    Chemical engineering journal, Vol. 528 (January 2026) , art. 172380  
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    2026-01-08
    11:55
    14 p, 4.6 MB Assessing the Feasibility of Bioscrubbing for Flue Gas Treatment and Sulfur Recovery : A Comparative Study Using Mathematical Modeling, Life Cycle Analysis, and Life Cycle Costing / Castagnoli, Alessio (Università di Pisa) ; Valdes Martin, Eric (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Biològica i Ambiental) ; Pasciucco, Francesco (Università di Pisa) ; Pecorini, Isabella (Università di Pisa) ; González Alé, Daniel (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Biològica i Ambiental) ; Giulio Munz (Università degli Studi di Firenze) ; Gabriel, David (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Biològica i Ambiental)
    Industrial flue gas emissions are treated with technologies such as wet flue gas desulfurization (FGD) in chemical scrubbers, which are costly. Two-step biological scrubbers have emerged as an alternative for bio-FGD. [...]
    2025 - 10.1021/acsenvironau.5c00216
    ACS Environmental Au, December 2025  
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    2025-11-25
    12:24
    15 p, 3.3 MB Sustainable valorization of slaughterhouse solid waste : A review of characterization, conditioning, hydrolysis and biotransformation strategies / Jiménez-Urpi, Montserrat (Benviro) ; Carbonell Chacón, Sergi (Benviro) ; Jubany, Irene (Centre Tecnològic de Catalunya) ; Suárez Ojeda, María Eugenia (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Biològica i Ambiental) ; Baquerizo, Guillermo (Universidad Iberoamericana (Mèxic))
    The meat processing industry generates significant quantities of waste, including solid animal by-products (ABPs) and slaughterhouse wastewater (SWW). For instance, based on global meat production in 2020 (approximately 250 million tons), slaughterhouse activities can generate up to 2250 million m³ of SWW and around 375 million tons of ABPs annually. [...]
    2025 - 10.1016/j.jece.2025.118879
    Journal of environmental chemical engineering, Vol. 13, Issue 6 (December 2025) , art. 118879  
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    2025-09-30
    15:05
    16 p, 3.6 MB Exploring the effects of substrate composition on acidogenic fermentation of carbohydrate-protein mixtures / Vazquez Fernandez, Ana (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Biològica i Ambiental) ; Suárez Ojeda, María Eugenia (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Biològica i Ambiental) ; Carrera, Julian (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Biològica i Ambiental)
    The organic composition of the substrate is a pivotal factor that significantly influences the performance of acidogenic fermentation processes. Despite its importance, the impact of this parameter on acidification yields, effluent composition, and bacterial communities remains inadequately understood. [...]
    2025 - 10.1007/s12649-025-03297-x
    Waste and Biomass Valorization, (September 2025)  
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    2025-09-30
    15:05
    12 p, 5.7 MB Scaling up microbial electrolysis cells (MECs) for hydrogen production : Design, construction and operation of a 1 m3 pilot plant in an urban wastewater treatment plant / Guerrero-Sodric, Oscar (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Biològica i Ambiental) ; Baeza Labat, Juan Antonio (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Biològica i Ambiental) ; Guisasola, Albert (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Biològica i Ambiental)
    Microbial electrolysis cells (MECs) are considered a breakthrough technology in the water-energy nexus frame due to the good results obtained at lab-scale conditions: organic matter degradation with low sludge production and energy recovery as hydrogen. [...]
    2025 - 10.1016/j.cej.2025.168035
    Chemical engineering journal (1996), Vol. 523 (November 2025) , art. 168035  
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    2025-09-10
    14:51
    25 p, 1.2 MB Enhancing the Selectivity of Nitroso-R-Salt for the Determination of Co(II) in Lithium Bioleaching Recovery of Smartphone Batteries Using a Combinatorial Methodology Approach / Ricart, David (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya) ; Dorado, Antonio David (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya) ; Baeza Labat, Maria del Mar (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Química) ; Lao-Luque, Conxita (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya)
    The selectivity of the colorimetric method for Co(II) determination using the nitroso-R-salt (NRS) in samples with complex matrices has been improved. Interferences caused by Cu(II), Fe(II), Fe(III), Mn(II), Al(III) and Ni(II) ions, which were present in the bioleach ate of lithium-ion batteries, have been solved through the sequential addition of masking agents: acetate, fluoride, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), and strong acids (HSO). [...]
    2025 - 10.3390/nano15161264
    Nanomaterials, Vol. 15, Issue 16 (August 2025) , art. 1264  
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    2025-07-09
    12:07
    12 p, 3.2 MB Electrochemical and bioelectrochemical ammonium recovery from N-loaded streams using a hydrophobic membrane / Ul Kausar, Zainab (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Biològica i Ambiental) ; Galeano, Mariella Belen (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Biològica i Ambiental) ; Sulonen, Mira (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Biològica i Ambiental) ; Baeza Labat, Maria del Mar (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Química) ; Baeza Labat, Juan Antonio (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Biològica i Ambiental) ; Guisasola, Albert (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Biològica i Ambiental)
    Bioelectrochemical systems enable the recovery of ammonium from wastewater with low energy requirements and as a concentrated nitrogen-rich stream. This work aims to thoroughly investigate different cathodic electrode configurations and to optimize the operational conditions for active ammonium recovery from synthetic wastewater as concentrated ammonium sulphate. [...]
    2025 - 10.1016/j.bioelechem.2025.109013
    Bioelectrochemistry, Vol. 166 (December 2025) , art. 109013  
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    2025-06-25
    12:06
    10 p, 2.0 MB Evaluation of single chamber electrochemical reduction of CO2 to formate for application under biocompatible conditions / Ul Kausar, Zainab (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Biològica i Ambiental) ; Sulonen, Mira (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Biològica i Ambiental) ; Haus, Philip (Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ. Department of Microbial Biotechnology) ; Izadi, Paniz (Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ. Department of Microbial Biotechnology) ; Baeza Labat, Juan Antonio (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Biològica i Ambiental) ; Harnisch, Falk (Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research-UFZ. Department of Microbial Biotechnology) ; Guisasola, Albert (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Biològica i Ambiental)
    The electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction (eCO2RR) facilitates high rates and yields for the selective production of formate, a quintessential C1-compound that can serve as a valuable carbon and energy source for biosynthesis. [...]
    2025 - 10.1016/j.jcou.2025.103136
    Journal of CO2 Utilization, Vol. 97 (July 2025) , art. 103136  
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    2025-05-19
    15:09
    19 p, 3.2 MB A critical review on the effect of different carbon sources on EBPR : Revaluation of performance and applications / Zhang, Congcong (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Biològica i Ambiental) ; Guisasola, Albert (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Biològica i Ambiental) ; Baeza Labat, Juan Antonio (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Biològica i Ambiental)
    Enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR), as one of the most sustainable and economical technologies for efficient P removal from wastewater, is widely applied in full-scale wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). [...]
    2025 - 10.1016/j.cej.2025.161083
    Chemical engineering journal (1996), Vol. 509 (April 2025) , art. 161083  
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    2025-03-12
    05:39
    12 p, 2.1 MB Evolution of physico-chemical parameters, microorganism diversity and volatile organic compound of apple pomace exposed to ambient conditions / Hernández, Diógenes (Universidad de Talca (Xile)) ; Zambra, Carlos (University of Talca) ; Astudillo, Cristian (University of Talca) ; Gabriel, David (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Biològica i Ambiental) ; Díaz, Juan (University of Talca)
    In apple processing, waste material known as apple pomace amounts to 45% of production volumes. When this residue is stored in open-air for its stabilization and potential uses, Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) are produced, resulting in environmental and odor pollution, and must be managed to avoid their impact. [...]
    2023 - 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e19770
    Heliyon, Vol. 9, Num. 9 (September 2023) , art. e19770  
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