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- Design of remediation pilot plants for the treatment of industrial metal-bearing effluents (BIOMETAL DEMO project): Lab testsPublication . Ballester, Antonio; Castro, Laura; Clara Costa, Maria; Carlier, Jorge; Garcia-Roig, Manuel; Perez-Galende, Patricia; Alvarez, Angela; Bertagnolli, Caroline; Guibal, EricCurrent research is the first part of the BIOMETAL DEMO project, funded by the European Union, focusing on the development of complementary and modular biotreatment processes for the removal of metal ions from industrial effluents (issued from mining industry, surface treatment and ceramics). Metal bio-precipitation (in form of metal sulfides and metal phosphates) using sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB), phytase and phosphatase enzymes, biosorption using sugar-beet pulp, algal biomass and alginate- or chitosan-based composites (immobilizing polyethyleneimine derivatives by encapsulation) have been extensively studied using synthetic and industrial effluents. These preliminary results allow designing a treatment flow-sheet including pre-treatment of the effluent using biologically-assisted precipitation followed by biosorption (for mining effluents that contain sulfate anions). For surface treatment and ceramics effluents, bio-precipitation combined with biosorption processes and physicochemical pretreatment followed by biosorption process represent, respectively, a promising solution. The carbon-source for the SRB process, the optimization of process parameters and the biosorbents have been selected taking into account both the technical performance and the economic viability. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
- Biometal demonstration plant for the biological rehabilitation of metal bearing-wastewaters (Biometal Demo)Publication . Jimeno, Manuel Román; Ballester, Antonio; García Roig, Manuel; Guibal, Eric; Costa, Maria Clara; Castro, Laura; Carlier, Jorge; Perez Galande, Patricia; Alvarez, Angela; Bertagnolli, Caroline; Guibal, EricHeavy metal pollution is one of the most important environmental problems today even threatening human life. A large number of industries produce and discharge wastes containing different heavy metals into the environment and do not comply with current EU directives. European project BIOMETAL DEMO (www.biometaldemo.eu) aims to demonstrate the feasibility of the application of novel biotechnologies for the treatment of metal polluted wastewaters through the development of three pilot plants to be implemented in metal polluting representative industries.The biotechnologies that have been evaluated in project BIOMETAL DEMO are: metal bioprecipitation by sulphate-reducing bacteria and immobilized phytase biocatalysis, and metal biosorption on agricultural industry by-products and biopolymers such as alginate & chitosan based materials.After the evaluation of these techniques, an optimized bioprocess or a synergy of two integrated bioprocesses will be selected to design and build two demonstration pilot plants for scaling-up the metal removal biotreatment.Finally, an economic, social and technical analysis of the benefits of such biotreatment of metal polluted industrial wastewater will be carried out for the corresponding and related industrial sectors.