Publications



WP1 (downloads' list)

1. M.K. de Kreuk, I.R. van de Poel, S.D. Zwart and M.C.M. van Loosdrecht
Ethics in innovation: Cooperation and tension
Proc. Workshop "Philosophy meets Engineering", Delft (Netherlands)

2. M.K. de Kreuk and M.C.M. van Loosdrecht
Formation of Aerobic Granular Sludge with Particulate and Colloidal Substrate
Proc. Conference "IWA Biofilm Conference", Singapore , 8-10 January 2008

3. M.K. de Kreuk and M.C.M. van Loosdrecht
Aerobic Granular Sludge
Proc. Conference "IWA Biofilm Conference", Singapore, 8-10 January 2008

4. Mark van Loosdrecht
Aerobic granular sludge and its application in Nereda® technology for urban and industrial wastewater treatment at Nanyang University and the public Utility Board in Singapore
Proc. Conference "IWA Biofilm Conference", Singapore, 8-10 January 2008

5. Di Iaconi C., Lopez A., Ried A.
Treatment of a mature municipal landfill leachate by aerobic granular biomass based system integrated with chemical oxidation
2nd European Conference on Environmental Applications of Advanced Oxidation Processes - EAAOP2, 9-11 September 2009, Cyprus.

6. De Kreuk M.K., De Sanctis M., Rossetti S., Pronk M., Van Loosdrecht M.C.M.
A study to the microbial population in aerobic granular sludge.
Proc. IWA Specialised Conference on "Activated Sludge Population Dynamics"24/05/2009 - 27/05/2009, Aalborg, Denmark.

7. Di Iaconi C.
Treatment of a stabilized municipal landfill leachate by SBBGR system integrated with chemical oxidation Specialist Group Newsletter, IWA ASPD ("Activated Sludge Population Dynamics"), 17-19 April2009.

8. De Kreuk M.K. (2009)
Aerobic granular sludge for treatment of industrial effluent
Specialist Group Newsletter, IWA ASPD ("Activated Sludge Population Dynamics") 14-16 April2009.

9. Di Iaconi C., Pagano M., Ramadori R., Lopez A.
Nitrogen recovery from a stabilized municipal landfill leachate
Bioresource Technology, 101 (2010) 1732–1736.

10. Di Iaconi C., Ried A., Lopez A. RossettiS., DeSanctis M.
Granular biomass structure and population dynamics in Sequencing Batch Biofilter Granular Reactor (SBBGR).
Bioresource Technology, 101 (2010) 2152-2158.

11. Di Iaconi C., Ried A., Lopez A. RossettiS., De Sanctis M.
Biological degradation combined/integrated with ozonation for municipal landfill leachate treatment.
Submitted to: IWA World Water Congress, Montreal, 19-24 September 2010

12.F. Duque1, Pronk, M., M.K. de Kreuk, M.F. Carvalho1, P.M.L. Castro1 and M.C.M. van Loosdrecht
Evaluation of toxic compounds effects on aerobic granule activity
Proc. Int. Conference, BioMicroWorld 2009, December 2009 Lisbon, oral presentation.

13. Jeremy J. Barr, Andrew E. Cook, Phillip L. Bond.
Investigation of granular segregation within a synthetic EBPR wastewater system.
In preparation

14.Jeremy J. Barr, Frances Slater, Toshikazu Fukushima, Philip L. Bond.
Bacteriophage-host interactions cause community and performance changes in a mixed-culture activated sludge system.
In preparation


15.Andrew E. Cook, Jeremy J. Barr, Katrina McMahon, Phillip L. Bond.
Differential gene expression in floccular and granular systems.
In preparation

16.De Kreuk, M.K., Kishida, N., Tsuneda, S. and van Loosdrecht, M.C.M.
Behavior of Polymeric Substrates in an Aerobic Granular Sludge System.
Water Research (submitted)


17.De Kreuk, M.K., Pronk M., and Van Loosdrecht, M.C.M.
"Aerobic granular sludge formation under elevated temperatures"
In preparation

18. A. F. Duque, Pronk, M., M.K. de Kreuk, M.F. Carvalho, P.M.L. Castro and M.C.M. van Loosdrecht
Evaluation of salt and pH effects on aerobic granule activity
In preparation


19. A. F. Duque, Pronk, M., M.K. de Kreuk, M.F. Carvalho, P.M.L. , M.C.M. van Loosdrecht, P.M.L. Castro.
2-Fluorophenol effects on aerobic granule activity.
In preparation


20.M. Pronk, A.Duque, J. Bassin, R. Kleerebezem, M.C.M. van Loosdrecht
Long term effect of salt on formation, population and activity in an Aerobic granular sludge reactor.
In preparation


WP2 (downloads' list)

1. Sixto Malato
Treatment of wastewater by advanced oxidation technologies using solar energy
Proc. Int. Conference "Treatment and recycling of urban and industrial wastewater", Valencia (Spain), 12-14 December 2006

2. Sixto Malato
Treatment of wastewater by advanced oxidation technologies using solar energy: photocatalysis and photo-Fenton" Invited lecture. "2nd EMCO workshop on emerging contaminants in wastewaters: monitoring tools and treatment technologies", Belgrade (Serbia), 26-27 April 2007.

3. Balest L., Laera G., Lopez A., Mascolo G., Pollice A.
Pharmaceutical wastewater treatment by an integrated AOP-MBR system: preliminary tests
Proc. "TIWATMED 2007, Technologies for Industrial Wastewater Treatment and Reuse in Mediterranean Region", Jerba (Tunisia), 24-26 May 2007

4. Sixto Malato
Solar Water Detoxification
Invite lecture. "Summer School CIEMAT-CNRST, Renewable Energies 2007", Rabat (Morocco) 25-29 June 2007

5. W. Gernjak, S. Malato, I. Oller, M.I. Maldonado, L. Pérez Estrada, C. Sirtori, A. Zapata
Combining solar photo-Fenton with biological treatment at demonstration scale, AOTs-13/TiO212
Oral Communication: "The 13th International Conference on: Advanced Oxidation Technologies for Treatment of Water, Air and Soil". Niagara Falls, New York, USA, 24.-27.9.2007. Book of Abstracts, 5-6.

6. C.Sirtori, A. Agüera, S. Malato, W. Gernjak
Photocatalytic treatment of flumequine using solar radiation. identification of intermediate products
Oral Communication: "The 12th International Conference on TiO2 Photocatalysis: Fundamentals and Applications". Niagara Falls, New York, USA, 24.-27.9.2007. Book of Abstracts,p. 17-18.

7. Maldonado M.I., Malato S., Gernjak W., Fernández P., Oller I., Pérez L.
Treatment of wastewater by advanced oxidation solar technologies: State of the art and on going projects at European Union.
Proc. Conf. "SMALLWAT07 - II International congress on wastewater treatment in small communities", Seville (Spain), 11-15 November 2007

8. Sirtori C., Malato S., Gernjak W., Agüera A.
Treatment of antibiotics used in aquaculture by photocatalytical processes under solar radiation
Poster Communication "SMALLWAT07 - II International congress on wastewater treatment in small communities", Seville (Spain), 11-15 November 2007

9. Malato S., Wolfgang G.; Peña P., Dona Rodr?guez J. M.
Selected Contributions of the 4th European Meeting on Solar Chemistry and Photocatalysis: Environmental Applications (SPEA 4).
Catalysis Today, 129 (1-2), 1-2, 2007

10. I. Oller, S. Malato, M.I. Maldonado, P. Fernández-Ibáñez, L.A. Pérez-Estrada, W. Gernjak, M. Vincent.
AOPs-Biological coupling technology for hazardous industrial wastewater treatment: SOLAR CADOX".
Oral Communication, Workshop in mitigation technologies, 28 - 29 November 2007, Aachen (Germany).

11. Gernjak W., Malato S., Pulgarín C., Mascolo G., Pollice A., Vogelsang C., Plosz B., Lopez A
Combining Advanced Oxidation Processes and Biological Wastewater treatment
Poster Communication n. 55 "ENVIETECH2008", Vienna (Austria), 31 January -1 February 2008

12. Sirtori C., Zapata A., Oller I., Maldonado M.I., Malato S., Gernjak W.
Combined photo-Fenton/biotreatment for treatment of saline pharmaceutical wastewater.
Poster communication n.54: ENVIETECH2008, Vienna (Austria), 31.1.-1.2.2008.

13. Mosteo R., Gumy D., Pulgarin C.
Coupled Photo-Fenton - biological system: Effect of the Fenton parameters such as residual H2O2,Fe 2+ and pH on the efficiency of biological process.
Poster communication (P005) "5th IWA Leading-Edge Conference & Exhibition on Water & WastewaterTechnologies" Zurich (Switzerland) 1-4 June 2008. Book of abstract p. 40

14. Mosteo R., Gumy D., Pulgarin C.
Coupled Photo-Fenton - biological system: Effect of the Fenton parameters such as residual H2O2,Fe2+ and pH on the efficiency of biological process
Water Science and Technology, 58 (2008) 1679-1685

15. Mazille F., Schoettl T., Pulgarin C.
Innovative and highly synergistic action of titanium and iron oxides coated on polymer previously modified by TiO2 photocatalysis
Poster communication in "SPEA 5 (5th European conference Solar chemistry and Photocatalysis: Environmental Applications)" Palermo (Italy) 4-8 October 2008, book of abstract PP3.39

16. Lapertot M., EbrahimiS., Oller I., Maldonado M. I., Gernjak W., Malato S., Pulgarin C.
Evaluating Microtox as a tool for biodegradability assessment of partially treated solutions of pesticides using Fe+3 and TiO2 solar photoassisted processes
Ecotoxicol. Environ. Saf., 69 (2008), 546-555.

17. Mazille F., Schoettl T., Pulgarin C.
Innovative and highly synergistic action of titanium and iron oxides coated on functionalized polymer films
Oral communication SÌLAPAO (simposio latinoamericano de procesos avanzados de oxidacion) Medellin (Colombia), 24-26 November 2008, book of abstract p.120-136.

18. Comninellis C., Kapalka A., Malato S., Parsone S. A., Poulios I., Mantzavinos D.
Advanced oxidation processes for water treatment: advances and trends for R&D
J.Chem. Technol. and Biotechnology 83:769-776 (2008)

19. Plósz, B.Gy., Jantsch, T.G., H. and Vogelsang, C.
Assessment of the ozonation process as a means to optimise biological nitrogen removal in landfill leachate treatment systems. Ozone & Related Oxidants in: Advanced treatment of water for human health and environment protection.
Proc. Conf.: IOA International Conference. May 15-16, 2008, Brussels, Belgium.

20. Sixto Malato.
Coupling of advanced oxidation processes and biotreatment for treating persistent water contaminants.
Invited Lecture: 4th Inter. Meeting on Biotechnol, BioSpain 2008. Granada, (Spain), 17-19 September 2008.

21. Sixto Malato
Removal of Emerging Contaminants in Waste-water Treatment: Removal by Photo-catalytic Processes.
In: The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry (Vol. 5, S/2), Emerging Contaminants from Industrial and Municipal Waste. D. Barceló and M. Petrovic (Eds.). Springer Verlag, Berlin-Heidelberg, Germany. ISBN 978-3-540-79209. pp. 177-197. 2008.

22. C. Sirtori, A. Zapata, I. Oller, M.I. Maldonado, P. Fernández-Ibáñez, W. Gernjak, S. Malato.
Combined detoxification technologies: solar photocatalytic process coupled with biological treatment for decontamination of pharmaceutical wastewater.
Oral communication: 2nd International Conference on Renewable Energies and Water Technologies CIERTA 2008, Almeria, (Spain), 2-3 October 2008.

23. C. Sirtori, A. Zapata, I. Oller, S. Malato, W. Gernjak.
Treatment of industrial pharmaceutical wastewater by a combined solar photo-Fenton and biological treatment system.
5th European Meeting on Solar Chemistry and Photocatalysis: Environmental Applications (SPEA5). Palermo, (Italy), 4-8 October 2008.

24. F. Mazille, T. Schoettl, C. Pulgarin
Synergistic effect of TiO2 and iron oxide supported on fluorocarbon films. Part 1: Effect of preparation parameters on photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutant at neutral pH.
Applied Catalysis B: Environmental (2009), 89, 635-644

25. F. Mazille, A. Lopez, C. Pulgarin
Synergistic effect of TiO2 and iron oxide supported on fluorocarbon films. Part 2: Long term stability and influence of reaction parameters on photoactivated degradation of pollutants
Applied Catalysis B : Environmental (2009), 90, 321-329.

26. Blanco. J, Malato.S, Fernandez-Ibanez P., Alarcon D.. Gerniak W., Maldonado M.I.
Review of feasible solar energy applications to water processes
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 13 (2009) 1437 -1445

27. Benedek G. Plosz, Tor-Gunnar Jantsch, Christian Vogelsang
Optimisation of biological landfill leachate treatment using a 3-stage pre-denitrification moving bed biofilm reactor
Proc. Conf.: International Conference of Xenobiotics in the Urban Water Cycle " XENOWAC 2009", Cyprus, March 11-13, 2009

28. Mascolo G., Abbaticchio P., Cassano D., Laera G., Lopez A., Pollice A., SalernoC.
Integrated AOP-MBR system for pharmaceutical wastewater treatment
2nd European Conference on Environmental Applications of Advanced Oxidation Processes - EAAOP2, 9-11September 2009, Cyprus.

29. C. Sirtori, A. Zapata, I. Oller, W. Gernjak, A. Agüera, S. Malato.
Decontamination industrial pharmaceutical wastewater by combining solar photo-Fenton and biological treatment.
Wat. Res. 43 (2009) 661-668.

30. C. Sirtori, A. Zapata, I. Oller, W. Gernjak, A. Agüera, S. Malato
Solar photo-Fenton as finishing step for biological treatment of a real pharmaceutical wastewater.
Env. Sci. Technol. 43 (2009) 1185-1191.

31. S. Malato, P. Fernandez-Ibanez, M.I. Maldonado, J. Blanco, W. Gernjak.
Decontamination and disinfection of water by solar photocatalysis: Recent overview and trends.
Catalysis Today (2009), 147, 1-59.

32. Malato S., Maldonado M.I., Fernández-Ibáñez P. and Oller I.
Solar photocatalysis: large scale, solar-driven applications.
2nd European Conference on Environmental Applications of Advanced Oxidation Processes - EAAOP2, 9-11September 2009, Cyprus.

33. Sirtori C., Zapata A., Gernjak W., Malato S., Agüera A.
Analytical assessment and fate of nalidixic acid and its main transformation products during the treatment of an industrial effluent by coupling solar photo- Fenton and biooxidation.
2nd European Conference on Environmental Applications of Advanced Oxidation Processes - EAAOP2, 9-11September 2009, Cyprus.

34. G. Mascolo, L. Balest, D. Cassano, G. Laera, A. Lopez, A. Pollice, C. Salerno
Biodegradability of pharmaceutical industrial wastewater and formation of recalcitrant organic compounds during aerobic biological treatment.
Bioresource Technology, 101 (2010) 2585–2591.

35. A. Moncayo-Lasso, J. Sanabria, C. Pulgarin, N. Benítez
Simultaneous E. coli Inactivation and NOM Degradation in River Water via Photo-Fenton Process at Natural pH in Solar CPC Reactor. A New Way for Enhancing Solar Disinfection of Natural Water.
Chemosphere (2009), 77, 296–300.


36. Plósz, B.G., Jantsch, T.G., H., Vogelsang, C., Lopez, A.
Ozonation as a means to optimise biological nitrogen removal from landfill leachate.
Ozone Science and Engineering, in press.

37. G. Mascolo, G. Laera, A. Pollice, D. Cassano, A. Pinto, C. Salerno, A. Lopez

Effective organics degradation from pharmaceutical wastewater by an integrated process including membrane bioreactor and ozonation.
Chemosphere (2010), 78, 1100-1109.

38. Plósz, B.G., Vogelsang, C., Bomo, A.M., Rossetti, S.
A novel optimisation method for biofilm reactor design to remove xenobiotic organic chemicals.
Water Research, submitted.

39. Plósz, B.G., Langford, K.H., Heiaas, H.H.,Macrae, K., Liltved, H., Lopez, A., Vogelsang, C.
The BIOZO process - A biofilm system combined with ozonation: occurrence of xenobiotic organic micro-pollutants in and removal of PAHs and nitrogen from landfill leachate.
Water Science and Technology (2010), doi: 10.2166/wst.2010.920.

40. A. Pollice, G. Mascolo, G. Laera, D. Cassano, S. Diomede, A. Pinto, C. Salerno, A. Lopez
Pharmaceutical wastewater treatment with integrated mbr-ozonation process.
Submitted to: MDIW 2010 - 9th conference in the series Membranes in the Production of Drinking and Industrial Water, Trondheim, Norway, 27-30 June 2010.

41. D. Cassano, S. Diomede, P. Ielpo, G. Laera, A. Lopez, G. Mascolo, N. Michel, I. Pariente, A. Pinto, A. Pollice
Integrated MBR-ozonation system for pharmaceutical wastewater treatment
Submitted to: IWA World Water Congress, Montreal, 19-24 September 2010.

42.F. Mazille, T. Schoettl, A. Lopez, C. Pulgarin
Physico-chemical properties and photo-reactivity relationship for para-substituted phenols in photo-assisted Fenton system.
Journal of photochemistry and photobiology A: Chemistry (2010), doi:10.1016/j.jphotochem.2009.12.015


43.F. Mazille, T. Schoettl, N.Klamerth, S. Malato, C. Pulgarin.
Field solar degradation of pesticides and emerging water contaminants mediated by polymer films containing titanium and iron oxide with synergistic heterogeneous photocatalytic activity at neutral pH.
Water research (2010), in press.


44.F. Mazille, A. Moncayo-Lasso, D. Spuhler, A. Serra, J. Peral, N.L Benítez, C. Pulgarin.
Comparative evaluation of polymer surface functionalization techniques before iron oxide deposition. Activity of the iron oxide-coated polymer films in the photo-assisted degradation of organic pollutants and inactivation of bacteria.
Chemical Engineering Journal (2010), doi:10.1016/j.cej.2010.03.035.


45.Sixto Malato, Isabel Oller, Pilar Fernández, Manuel I. Maldonado.
Descontaminación de aguas residuales industriales mediante fotocatálisis solar.
FarmaEspaña Industrial, 10, 26-28, 2010


46.A. Zapata, I. Oller, C. Sirtori, A. Rodríguez, J.A. Sánchez-Pérez, A. López, M. Mezcua, S. Malato
Decontamination of industrial wastewater containing pesticides by combining large scale homogeneous solar photocatalysis and biological treatment
Chemical Engineering Journal (2010), 160, 447–456.


47.C. Sirtori, A. Zapata, W. Gernjak, S. Malato, A. Lopez, A. Agüera
Analytical assessment and fate of nalidixic acid and its main transformation products during the treatment of an industrial effluent by coupling solar photo- Fenton and biooxidation
Analytical Chemistry, submitted.


48.Plósz, B.G., Vogelsang, C., Bomo, A.M., Rossetti, S
Controlled stratification of microbial populations in biofilm systems by reactor stages: A novel optimisation method using reaction kinetics
Water Research, submitted.


WP3 (downloads' list)

1. M. Pidou, O. Autin, C. Battrick, J. Macadam, B. Jefferson, S. A. Parsons.
Membrane Chemical Reactor (MC-R) for the treatment of industrial effluents
Proc. Conf. "Membrane in drinking water production and wastewater treatment", Toulouse (France), 20-22 October 2008

2. Hans Breisig, Serafin Stiefel, Clemens Fritzmann, Christoph Bayer, Thomas Melin
Optical measurement of dispersion in spacer-filled channels
Proc. 12th Aachener Membran Kolloquim, Aachen, 29-30 October 2008.

3. Bayer C., Breisig H., Follmann M., Fritzmann C. and Melin T.
Mixing in spacer-filled channels
Proc. 7th International Conference on Membrane Science and Technology (MST2009)
12-15 May 2009, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia

4. C. Bayer, H. Breisig, M. Follmann, C. Fritzmann, T. Melin
Optical Measurement of Dispersion in Spacer-filled Channels.
Proc. Euromembrane 2009, Montpellier, France

5. C. Bayer, S. Stiefel, M. Follmann, T. Melin
Acid-Base Reactions Enhancing Membrane Separation: Model Development and Implementation,
Proc. COMSOL Conference 2009, October 14-16, 2009, Milan, Italy

6. T. Wintgens, C. Bayer, P. Corvini, T. Melin
Membrane technologies for process integrated environmental protection
Symposium on new Frontiers in Chemical & Biochemical Engineering 2009, Thessaloniki, Greece

7. C. Bayer, M. Follmann, T. Melin, T. Wintgens, K. Larsson, M. Almemark
The ecological impact of membrane-based extraction of phenolic compounds – a life cycle assessment study
Water Science and Technology, in press.

8. MacAdam J., Santaulària R.G., Pidou M., Jefferson B. and Parsons S.A
Evaluation of UV/H2O2 and UV/TiO2 advance oxidation processes as a treatment for industrial wastewaters.
Applied Catalysis B, in preparation

9. MacAdam J., Ozgencil H., Jefferson B., Pidou M. and Parsons S.A.
Treatment of spent metalworking fluids using biodegradation and advanced oxidation processes
Journal of Hazardous Materials, in preparation

10. Autin O., Pidou M., MacAdam J., Jefferson B., and Parsons S.A.
Optimisation of a Membrane Chemical Reactor for the treatment of industrial wastewaters
Applied Catalysis B, in preparation

11. Pidou M., MacAdam J., Jefferson B., and Parsons S.A.
Influence of membrane configuration in an MC-R for industrial wastewater treatment
Environmental Technology, in preparation

12. Pidou M., MacAdam J., Jefferson B., and Parsons S.A.
Evaluation of reactor configuration in an MC-R for industrial wastewater treatment
Applied Catalysis B, in preparation

13. Pidou M., MacAdam J., Jefferson B., and Parsons S.A.
Study of TiO2 particles aggregation in the photo-catalytic treatment of industrial wastes
Water Research, in preparation

14. Pidou M., MacAdam J., Jefferson B., and Parsons S.A.
Study of interactions between TiO2 and membrane materials with AFM
Applied Surface Science, in preparation


WP4 (downloads' list)

1. Jonas Röttorp
Autumn meeting of Foreningen Vatten
(The Swedish Water Society), Stockholm (Sweden), Nov 29th 2007.

2. Jonas Röttorp
Conference: "Sustainable City", Gothenburg (Sweden), December 3rd 2007

3. Klara Larsson
Innovative Integrated Wastewater Treatment
Poster presented at: Process Technology fair in Gothenburg on October 7th-10th 2008

4.C. Bayer, M. Follmann, T. Melin, T. Wintgens, K. Larsson, M. Almemark
The ecological impact of membrane-based extraction of phenolic compounds - a life cycle assessment study.
IWA Water and Industry Conference, 30 November - 2 December 2009, Palmerston North, New Zealand.


WP5 (downloads' list)

1. Lopez A.
Innovative and integrated technologies for the treatment of industrial wastewater: a chance for SMEs.
Proc. EC Workshop: "Environmental Research for SMEs - Technology Challenges and Market Opportunities in Wastewater Treatment", Bruxelles (Belgium), 28 November 2006

2.Lopez A.
Overview of the European Project INNOWATECH – Innovative and integrated technologies for the treatment of industrial wastewater
Proc. Workshop: "Sino-Italian Comparative Studies on Sustainable Development Water, Waste and Green Cities", 1-2 December 2008, Venice International University (Italy)

3.Lopez A.
INNOWATECH: Tecnologie innovative ed integrate per la depurazione delle acque reflue industriali
Festival dell’Innovazione, 3-5 Dicembre 2008 / Fiera del Levante – Bari (Italy)

4.Lopez A.
The Ec Project INNOWATECH: Innovative and integrated technologies for the treatment of industrial wastewater
II Level University Master: Water Treatment - Innovative Membrane Technologies For Waste And Drinking Water Treatment, 28/April/2009, University of Genova (Italy)

5.Lopez A.
Innowatech: Project overview
General Assembly of the EC Integrated Project AQUAFIT4USE: Workshop with EU projects INNOWATECH and TECHNEAU, 3-4 June 2009, San Sebastian (Spain)

6.Lopez A.
Innovative and integrated technologies for the treatment of industrial wastewater
Proc. 2nd Trends in Surface Technology Symposium, 25 June 2009, Milan, Italy

7.Lopez A.
Innovations in industrial wastewater treatment
Proc. SEP- Waste Technologies Exibition, 21-24 April 2010, Padova (Italy)