Project Results

DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES

Peer Reviewed Articles

•  S. Malato, J. Cáceres, A. R. Fernández-Alba, L. Piedra, M. D. Hernando, A. Agüera, J. Vial. Photocatalytic treatment of diuron by solar photocatalysis: evaluation of main intermediates and toxicity . Env. Sci. Technol ., 37 , 2516-2524, 2003.

•  S. Malato, J. Blanco, A. Vidal, D. Alarcón, M. I. Maldonado, J. Cáceres, W. Gernjak. Applied studies in solar photocatalytic detoxification: an overview. Solar Energy , 75 , 329-336, 2003 .

•  Pulgarin, C.; Sarria, V.; Kenfach, S.; Guillod, O.; An innovative coupled solar-biological system at field pilot . Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry 159, 89-99 2003.

•  M. I. Maldonado, S. Malato, I. Oller, W. Gernjak, J. Blanco, D. C. Alarcón. Proyecto CADOX: tecnología para el tratamiento de efluentes industriales. Ingeniería Química , 409 , 121-126, 2004.

•  M.I. Franch, J.A. Ayllón, J. Peral y X. Domènech. Fe(III)-photocatalysed degradation of low chain carboxylic acids. Implication of the iron salt. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 50 (2004) 89-99.

•  S. Malato Rodríguez, J. Blanco Gálvez, M.I. Maldonado Rubio, P. Fernández Ibáñez, D. Alarcón Padilla, M. Collares Pereira, J. Farinha Mendes, J. Correia de Oliveira. Engineering of solar photocatalytic collectors. Solar Energy 77 (2004) 513-524.

•  Maria José Farré, Maria Isabel Franch, Sixto Malato, José Antonio Ayllón, José Peral and Xavier Domènech. Degradation of some biorecalcitrant pesticides by Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Photocatalytic Ozonation . Chemosphere 58 (2005) 1127-1133.

•  M. I. Franch, J. Peral, X. Domènech, R. F. Howe and J. A. Ayllón . Enhancement of photocatalytic activity of TiO2 by adsorbed aluminium (III). •  Appl. Catal. B:Environmental , 55, 105-113, 2005.

•  Sixto Malato and Manuel I. Maldonado. The "CADOX" Project : A Coupled Advanced Oxidation-Biological Process For Recycling Of Industrial Wastewater Containing Persistent Organic Contaminants. •  Applied Catalysis B: Environmental (News Brief) , 54 (1) , N2-N5, 2004.

•  M. I. Maldonado, W. Gernjak, I. Oller, J. Blanco, P. Fernández-Ibáñez and S. Malato. Photo-Fenton degradation of Alachlor, Atrazine, Chlorfenvinphos, Diuron, Isoproturon and Pentachlorophenol at Solar Pilot Plant. Int. J. Environmental and Pollution . Vol. 27, Nº 1/2/3 (2006)

•  S. Malato Rodríguez, J. Blanco Gálvez, Manuel I. Maldonado Rubio, P. Fernández Ibáñez, W. Gernjak, I. Oller Alberola. Treatment of Chlorinated Solvents by TiO2 Photocatalysis and Photo-Fenton: Influence of Operating Conditions in a Solar Pilot Plant. Chemosphere 58 (2005) 391-398.

• Malato S., Fernández P., Giménez J. Introduction by guest editors . Catalysis Today , 101 , (2005) 185-186.

•  M.I. Franch, J.A, Ayllón, J. Peral and X. Domènech. Enhanced photocatalytic degradation of maleic acid by Fe(III) adsorption onto the TiO2 surface. Catalysis Today , 101 (2005) 245-252.

•  M. Hincapié, M.I. Maldonado, I. Oller, W. Gernjak, J. A. Sánchez-Pérez, M. M. Ballesteros, and S. Malato. Solar photocatalytic degradation and detoxification of EU priority substances. Catalysis Today , 101 (2005) 203-210.

•  Ivan Muñoz, Joan Rieradevall, Francesc Torrades, José Peral and Xavier Doménech. Environmental Assessment of Different Solar Driven Advanced Oxidation Processes. Solar Energy , 79, 369-375, 2005.

•  Victor Sarria, Simeon Kenfack, Sixto Malato, Julian Blanco and Cesar Pulgarin. New Helio-Photocatalytic Photovoltaic Hybrid System for Simultaneous Water Decontamination and Solar Energy Conversion. Solar Energy , 79, 353-359, 2005..

•  Sixto Malato, Julian Blanco and Claudio A. Estrada. Photocatalysis. Guest Editorial. Solar Energy 74 (2004) 443-444.

•  M. I. Franch, J. Peral, X. Domènech, R. F. Howe and J. A. Ayllón. Aluminium(III) adsorption: a soft and simple method to prevent TiO2 deactivation during salicylic acid photodegradation , Chemical Communications , 1851-1853, 2005.

•  Malato S., Fernández P., Giménez J. Introduction by guest editors . Catalysis Today , 101 , 185-186, 2005.

•  Sixto Malato Rodríguez, Pilar Fernández Ibáñez and Jaime Giménez Farreras. Environmental applications of solar energy (introduction by guest editors). Solar Energy , 79, 341-342, 2005.

•  W. Gernjak, M. Fuerhacker, P. Fernández-Ibañez, J. Blanco, S. Malato. Solar Photo-Fenton treatment - Process Parameters and Process Control . Appl. Catal. B: Environ ., 64 (2006) 121-130.

•  J.D. Álvarez, W. Gernjak, S. Malato, M. Berenguel, M. Fuerhacker and L.J. Yebra. Dynamic Models for Hydrogen Peroxide Control in Solar Photo-Fenton Systems. J. Solar Energy Eng. , 129, 37-44, 2007..

•  Milena Lapertot, César Pulgarín, Pilar Fernández-Ibáñez, Manuel I. Maldonado, Leonidas Pérez-Estrada, Isabel Oller, Wolfgang Gernjak and Sixto Malato. Enhancing biodegradability of priority substances (pesticides) by solar photo-Fenton. Wat. Res ., 40, 1086-1094, 2006.

•  Margarita Hincapié Pérez, Gustavo Peñuela, Manuel I. Maldonado, Pilar Fernández-Ibáñez, Isabel Oller, Wolfgang Gernjak and Sixto Malato. Degradation of pesticides in water using solar advanced oxidation processes. Appl. Catal. B: Environ ., 64 (2006) 272-281.

•  Miléna Lapertot, Cesar Pulgarin. Biodegradability assessments of several priority hazardous substances: choice, application and relevance regarding toxicity and bacterial activity .

Chemosphere, 65, 682-690, 2006.

•  Miléna Lapertot, Pierre Pichat, Sandra Parra, Chantal Guillard, and César Pulgarin. Photocatalytic Degradation of p-halophenols in TiO2 Aqueous Suspensions: Halogen Effect on Removal Rate, Aromatic Intermediates and Toxicity Variations. J. Environ. Sci. Health, A. 41, 1009-1025, 2006.

•  Oller I, Fernández-Ibáñez P, Maldonado M.I., Pérez-Estrada L., Gernjak, L., Pulgarín, C., Passarinho, P.C., Malato, S. Solar heterogeneous and homogeneous photocatalysis as a pre-treatment option for biotreatment. Res. Chem. Interm., 33(3-5), 407-420 (2007).

•  Múñoz, I.; Rieradevall, J.; Torrades, F.; Peral, J.; Doménech, X.; Environmental assessment of different advanced oxidation processes applied to a bleaching Draft mill effluent. Chemosphere, 62, 9-16, 2006.

•  Julián Blanco-Galvez, Pilar Fernández-Ibáñez and Sixto Malato-Rodríguez. Solar Photocatalytic Detoxification and Disinfection of Water: Recent overview. J. Solar Energy Eng., 129, 4-15, 2007.

•  Julio Chaves, Manuel Collares Pereira. New CPC solar collector for planar absorbers immersed indielectrics. Application to the treatment of contaminated water. J. Solar Energy Eng., 29, 16-21, 2007.

•  M.I. Maldonado, P.C. Passarinho, I. Oller, W. Gernjak, P. Fernández, J. Blanco and S. Malato. Photocatalytic degradation of EU priority substances: a comparison between TiO2 and photo-Fenton in a solar pilot plant. J. Photochem. Photobiol. A: Chem., 185, 354-363, 2007.

•  I. Oller, S. Malato, J.A. Sánchez-Pérez, W. Gernjak, M.I. Maldonado, L.A. Pérez-.Estrada and C. Pulgarín. A combined solar photocatalytic-biological field system for the mineralization of an industrial pollutant at pilot scale. Catalysis Today 122 (2007) 150-159.

•  Manuel I Maldonado, Sixto Malato, L A Pérez-Estrada, Wolfgang Gernjak, Isabel Oller, Xavier Domènech, José Peral. Partial degradation of five pesticides and an industrial pollutant by ozonation in a pilot-plant scale reactor. J. Hazardous Materials, B138, 363-369, 2006.

• J. García-Montaño, F. Torrades, J.A. García-Hortal X. Domènech, J. Peral. Degradation of Procion Red H-E7B reactive dye by coupling a photo-Fenton system with a sequencing batch reactor, J. Haz. Mat., 34, 220-229, 2006.

• M.J. Farré, X.Domènech and J.Peral. Assessment of photo-Fenton and biological treatment coupling for Diuron and Linuron removal from water. Water Res., 40, 2533-2540, 2006.

• J. García-Montaño, F. Torrades, J.A. García-Hortal, X. Domènech and J. Peral. Combining photo-Fenton process with aerobic sequencing batch reactor for commercial hetero-bireactive dye removal. Appl.Catal B: Environmental, 67, 86-92, 2006.

• Miléna Lapertot; Pierre Pichat; Sandra Parra; Chantal Guillard and César Pulgarin; Photocatalytic Degradation of p-Halophenols in TiO2 Aqueous Suspensions: Halogen Effect on Removal Rate, Aromate Intermediates and Toxicity Variations. Journal of Environmental Sciencie and Health Part A, 41, 1009-1025, 2006.

• Ivan Muñoz, José Peral, José Antonio Ayllón, Sixto Malato, Xavier Domènech. Life cycle assessment of a coupled solar photocatalytic-biological process for wastewater treatment. Wat. Res., 40, 3533-3540. 2006.

• Ivan Muñoz, José Peral, José Antonio Ayllón, Sixto Malato, Maria José Martin, Jean Yves Perrot, Martin Vincent, Xavier Domènech. Life cycle assessment of a coupled advanced oxidation-biological process for wastewater treatment. Comparison with granular activated carbon adsorption. Environmental Engineering Science 24(5), 638-651, 2007.

• Sixto Malato, Julián Blanco, Diego C. Alarcón, Manuel I. Maldonado, Pilar Fernández-Ibáñez, Wolfgang Gernjak. Photocatalytic Decontamination and Disinfection of water with Solar Collectors. Catalysis Today 122 (2007) 137-149.

• Sixto Malato, Julián Blanco, Manuel I. Maldonado, Isabel Oller, Wolfgang Gernjak, Leonidas Pérez-Estrada. Coupling solar photo-Fenton and biotreatment at industrial scale: Main results of a demonstration plant. J. Hazar. Materials 146, (2007) 440-446.

• Milena Lapertot, Sirous Ebrahimi, Stefano Dazio, Anabelle Rubinelli, Cwsar Pulgarin. Photo-Fenton and biological integrated process for degradation of a mixture of pesticides. J. Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 186, 34–40, 2007.

• Isabel Oller, Sixto Malato, Jose A. Sáchez-Pérez, M. Ignacio Maldonad, Wolfgang Gernjak and Leonidas A. Pérez-Estrada. AOPs-Biological system for wastewater containing a recalcitrant pollutant. Wat. Sci. Technol., 55(12), 229-235, 2007.


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Oral and Poster Presentations

•  A Coupled Advanced Oxidation-Biological Process for Recycling of Industrial Wastewater Containing Persistent Organic Contaminants. The CADOX Project. Sixto Malato, Julián Blanco, Alfonso Vidal, Antonio Campos, Julia Cáceres, Raquel Rodríguez. 2nd European Meeting on Solarchemistry and Photocatalysis: Environmental Applications. Saint-Avold, France. May 29-31, 2002. Oral presentation. Abstract O28.

•  Photocatalysis in Plataforma Solar de Almería: applied studies in environmental detoxification. S. Malato, J. Blanco, A. Vidal, D. Alarcón, J. Cáceres, M. I. Maldonado. 7 th Int. Conf. Solar Energy Storage and Applied Photochemistry 4 th Int. Workshop on Environmental Photochemistry. Luxor, Egypt, February 23 - 28, 2003. Book of abstracts, Oral presentation.

•  Photocatalytic water treatment: practical applications with solar energy. S. Malato, M. I. Maldonado, J. Blanco, J. Cáceres, W. Gernjak, and D. C. Alarcón IWA 3 rd Conference on Oxidation Technologies for Water and Wastewater Treatment Germany, Goslar 18- 22 May 2003. Oral presentation.

•  Applied Studies in Solar Photocatalytic Detoxification: an Overview. Julián Blanco, Sixto Malato, Alfonso Vidal, Ana I. Cardona, D. Alarcón, Julia Cáceres, Manuel I. Maldonado. ISES Solar World Congress 2003, Göteborg, Sweden, 14-19 June 2003. Book of abstract, Oral 05-42.

•  Applied Studied in Solar Photocatalytic Detoxification: Twelve Years of Experience in Plataforma Solar de Almería. M. I. Maldonado, S. Malato, J. Blanco, D. Alarcón, A. I. Cardona, W. Gernjak. 4 th European Congress of Chemical Engineering. Granada, 21-25 September 2003. Book of Abstracts 3, P-3.2-033 .

•  Solar advanced oxidation processes applied to wastewater treatment. A step forward: CADOX project. S. Malato, J. Blanco, M. I. Maldonado, I. Oller, W. Gernjak, D. Alarcón, P. Fernández. 3rd Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Society of Chromatography and Related Techniques. 3rd Waste Water Cluster (WWC) European Workshop. Almería, Spain. 19-21 November 2003. Book of Abstracts, IL-7.

•  Systematic investigation of the photo-fenton method at pilot plant scale. W. Gernjak, M. Fürhacker, M.I. Maldonado, I. Oller, L. Yebra and S. Malato. 3rd Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Society of Chromatography and Related Techniques. 3rd Waste Water Cluster (WWC) European Workshop. Almería, Spain. 19-21 November 2003. Book of Abstracts, OP-12.

•  A coupled advanced oxidation-biological process for reciclyng of industrial wastewater containing persistent organic contaminants. Results of photo-Fenton preliminary experiments. M. I. Maldonado, I. Oller, S. Malato, W. Gernjak, J. Blanco, D. Alarcón, P. Fernández. 3rd Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Society of Chromatography and Related Techniques. 3rd Waste Water Cluster (WWC) European Workshop. Almería, Spain. 19-21 November 2003. Book of Abstracts, P-56.

•  Treatment of chemical and bacteriological contamination of water by coupling advanced oxidation processes and biological systems . Pulgarin, C.; Sarria, V.; Rincon, A. G.; 3rd Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Society of Chromatography and Related Techniques. 3rd Waste Water Cluster (WWC) European Workshop. Almería, Spain. 19-21 November 2003. Book of Abstracts, Book of Abstracts, IL-6.

•  A Coupled Advanced Oxidation-Biological Process for Recycling of Industrial Wastewater Containing Persistent Organic Contaminants. The CADOX Project. M. I. Maldonado, S. Malato, J. Blanco, D. C. Alarcón, P. Fernández, I. Oller, W. Gernjak. Second International Environmental Congress of the Caribbean. Cartagena de Indias (Colombia). May 19-21, 2004. Oral presentation.

• A Coupled Advanced Oxidation-Biological Process for Recycling of Industrial Wastewater Containing Persistent Organic Contaminants "CADOX". Sixto Malato, Martín Vincent, Manuel Collares-Pereira, Xavier Doménech, Joao Farinha Mendes, Jean Yves Perrot, Tom Tanghe, César Pulgarin, José Antonio Muñoz. Conference: IDS-Water 2004. "on-line conference". URL: www.idswater.com

A Coupled Advanced Oxidation-Biological Process for Recycling of Industrial Wastewater Containing Persistent Organic Contaminants "CADOX". Main Results. S. Malato; J. Blanco; M. I. Maldonado; D. C. Alarcón; P. Fernández; I. Oller; W. Gernjak. 3 rd European Meeting on Solar Chemistry and Photocatalysis: Environmental Applications. Barcelona (Spain), 30 June-2 July 2004. Oral presentation. Book of Abstracts 1.C.2.

•  Solar Photodegradation of EC Priority Substances on Pilot-Plant Scale. Results of Preliminary Experiments. M. I. Maldonado; M. Hincapié; I. Oller; W. Gernjak, J. L. Casas, S. Malato. 3 rd European Meeting on Solar Chemistry and Photocatalysis: Environmental Applications. Barcelona (Spain), 30 June-2 July 2004. Poster presentation. Book of Abstracts 1.P.29.

•    Solar Photo-Fenton Treatment of Pesticides on Pilot-Plant Scale. Investigation of Process Parameters. W. Gernjak; M. I. Maldonado; I. Oller, L. Yebra, M. Fürhacker; S. Malato. 3 rd European Meeting on Solar Chemistry and Photocatalysis: Environmental Applications. Barcelona (Spain), 30 June-2 July 2004. Poster presentation. Book of Abstracts 1.P.39.

•  Efecto del Fe(III) sobre procesos fotocatalíticos heterogéneos. X. Doménech. XXVI Reunión Bienal del Grupo de Electroquímica de la RSEQ. Córdoba. Abril 2004. P.18.

•  Fe(III) effect on the photocatalytic degradation of maleic acid. X.Doménech, M.Franch, J.A.Ayllón and J.Peral. SETAC, 14th Annual Meeting. Praga. Abril 2004. WEPO21/023.

•  Degradation of some biorecalcitrant pesticides by homogeneous and heterogeneous photocatalytic ozonation . M.J. Farré, M.I. Franch, S. Malato, J.A. Ayllón, J. Peral and X. Doménech. 3 rd European Meeting on Solar Chemistry and Photocatalysis: Environmental Applications. Barcelona (Spain), 30 June-2 July 2004. Poster presentation. Book of Abstracts 1.P.22.

•  Fe(III) effect on the heterogeneous photocatalytic degradation of maleic acid in acid-aqueous medium . M.I. Franch, J..A. Ayllón, J. Peral and X. Doménech. 3 rd European Meeting on Solar Chemistry and Photocatalysis: Environmental Applications. Barcelona (Spain), 30 June-2 July 2004. Poster presentation. Book of Abstracts 1.P.23.

•  Degradation and biodegradability enhancement of reactive dyes solutions by means of Fenton and photo-Fenton processes. J. García, J. Peral, J.A García, F. Torrades and X. Doménech. 3 rd European Meeting on Solar Chemistry and Photocatalysis: Environmental Applications. Barcelona (Spain), 30 June-2 July 2004. Poster presentation. Book of Abstracts 1.P.31.

•  LCA as a tool for green chemistry: Environmental assessment of different advanced oxidation processes. I. Muñoz, J. Rieradevall, F. Torrades, J. Peral and X. Doménech., 3 rd European Meeting on Solar Chemistry and Photocatalysis: Environmental Applications. Barcelona (Spain), 30 June-2 July 2004. Poster presentation. Book of Abstracts 8.P.1.

•A Coupled Advanced Oxidation-Biological Process For Recycling Of Industrial Wastewater Containing Persistent Organic Contaminants (Cadox). S. Malato, J. Blanco, M.I. Maldonado, D. C. Alarcón, P. Fernández, I. Oller, W. Gernjak. CANMET-EC Workshop, Madrid, Spain, September 29 - October 1, 2004.

•  Processo integrado de oxidação avançada e biológica para reciclagem de efluentes industriais: CADOX - descrição e resultados. P. C. Passarinho e J. Farinha Mendes. ENER'05 - Conferência sobre Energias Renováveis e Ambiente em Portugal. Figueira da Foz., 5-7 May 2005.

•  Coupling AOPs and Biological Treatments. Recent Results of CADOX Project. W. Gernjak, S. Malato, J. Blanco, M. I. Maldonado, D. C. Alarcón, P. Fernández, I. Oller, L. Pérez-Estrada. The Second European Conference on Oxidation and Reduction Technologies for ex-situ and in-situ treatment of Water, Air and Soil. ECOR-2. Goettingen (Germany), June 2005. Oral presentation.

•  Solar Photo-Fenton Treatment. Process Parameters and Process Control. W. Gernjak, S. Malato, M. I. Maldonado, I. Oller, L. Pérez-Estrada, M. Fuerhacker. The Second European Conference on Oxidation and Reduction Technologies for ex-situ and in-situ treatment of Water, Air and Soil. ECOR-2. Goettingen (Germany), June 2005. Oral presentation.

•  Processo integrado de oxidaçao avançada e biológica para reciclagem de efluentes industriais CADOX-descriçao e resultados . P. C. Passarinho, J. Farinha Mendes. Ener05. Lisbon. Portugal. P02.

•  M.J.Farré, M.I Franch, S.Malato, J.A. Ayllón, J.Peral and X.Domènech, 9th International Meeting on Environmental Science and Technology. Rhodes Island, Greece, p.62

•  A coupled advanced oxidation-biological process for recycling of industrial wastewater containing persistent organic contaminants. “CADOX” project. Recent results. S. Malato, Martín Vincent, Manuel Collares-Pereira, Xavier Doménech, Joao Farinha Mendes, Jean Yves Perrot, Tom Tanghe, César Pulgarin, José Antonio Muñoz. Final P-THREE-workshop “Advanced wastewater technologies for the removal of organic contaminants and potential impact of the water framework directive”. Wiesbaden, Germany, 12 December 2005. Book of abstract pp. 14. Oral presentation.

AOPs-Biological system for wastewater containing a recalcitrant pollutant. Isabel Oller, Sixto Malato, Jose A. Sáchez-Pérez, M. Ignacio Maldonado, Wolfgang Gernjak and Leonidas A. Pérez-Estrada. IWA 4th Conference on Oxidation Technologies for Water and Wastewater Treatment Germany, Goslar 15-17 May 2006.            A. Vogelpohl, M. Sievers, S.U. Geissen (Ed.), pp. 710-715. Poster.

Hybrid photocatalytic-biological demonstration plant. Manuel I. Maldonado, Sixto Malato, Julián Blanco, Isabel Oller, Wolfgang Gernjak, Leonidas Pérez-Estrada. 13th Inter. Symp. On Concentrated Solar Power and Chemical Energy Technologies. Sevilla, 20-23, June, 2006. Abstract FB1-S.2. Oral.

X.Domenech, I.Muñoz, J.A.Ayllón, J.Peral and S.Malato. 1st European Chemistry Congress. Budapest. August 2006. p 249. Oral.

J. D. Álvarez, W. Gernjak, S. Malato, M. Berenguel, M. Fuerhacker, L. J. Yebra. “Control de hidrógeno de peróxido en sistemas solares foto-Fenton”. XXVII Jornadas de Automática. 6-9 September 2006. Almería (Spain). Oral.

I. Oller , S. Malato, J.A. Sánchez-Pérez, M.I. Maldonado, W. Gernjak, J.A. Muñoz; “Tratamiento de aguas residuales industriales mediante combinación de procesos de oxidación avanzada y biológicos a escala pre-industrial”. I Jornadas Doctorales. 25-27th September 2006 CIEMAT, Madrid (Spain). Oral.

Sixto Malato, Julián Blanco, Manuel I. Maldonado, Isabel Oller, Wolfgang Gernjak, Leonidas Pérez-Estrada; “Coupling solar photo-Fenton and biotreatment at pre-industrial scale: Main results of a demonstration plant”. First European Conference on Environmental Applications of Advanced Oxidation Processes (EAAOP). 7-9 September, Chania (Greece). Oral. 

I. Oller, S. Malato, J.A. Sánchez-Pérez, W. Gernjak, M.I. Maldonado; “Treatment of pesticides by solar advanced oxidation processes”. International Conference on renewable energies and water technologies CIERTA 2006. 6-7 October 2006. Roquetas de Mar-Almería. (Spain). Poster.

S. Malato, M. Vincent, M. Collares-Pereira, X. Doménech, J. Farinha, J. Y. Perrot, T. Tanghe, C. Pulgarin, J. A. Muñoz. “A coupled solar advanced oxidation-biological process for recycling of industrial wastewater: DSM Deretil demonstration plant within EU “CADOX” project”. International Conference on renewable energies and water technologies CIERTA 2006. 6-7 October 2006. Roquetas de Mar-Almería. (Spain). Oral.

P.C. Passarinho, M.I. Maldonado, J.F. Mendes, C. Pulgarín, I. Oller, W. Gernjak and S. Malato; “Photo-fenton and titanium dioxide photocatalysis : the first step for a coupled solar-biological water treatment at pilot plant scale”. International Conference on renewable energies and water technologies CIERTA 2006. 6-7 October 2006. Roquetas de Mar-Almería. (Spain). Oral.

I. Oller, S. Malato, J.A. Sánchez-Pérez, M.I. Maldonado, W. Gernjak, J.A. Muñoz. “Solar photo-Fenton pre-treatment coupled with immobilised activated sludge biotreatment at pre-industrial scale: CADOX demonstration plant results”. 2nd SOLLAB Doctoral Colloquium. 15-18 October. Monte Veritá (Switzerland). Oral.

I. Oller, W. Gernjak, C. Ramos Siles, , J. A. Muñoz, M. I. Maldonado, L. A. Pérez-Estrada, S. Malato. “Industrial scale coupling of oxidative pre-treatment (solar photo-fenton or ozone) and immobilised biomass activated sludge biotreatment”. 4th European Meeting on Solar Chemistry and Photocatalysis: Environmental Applications. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain), 8-10 November 2006. Book of Abstracts OT-6-1. Oral.

S. Malato; “Treatment of wastewater by advanced oxidation technologies using solar energy: An overview”. 4th European conference on pesticides and related organic micropollutants in the environment. 10th Symposium on chemistry and fate of modern pesticides. 26-29 November 2006. Almería (Spain). Invited Lecture.


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Seminars

•   Advanced Oxidation Methods of the Treatment of Liquid and Air Waste. Aristotle Univ. of Tessaloniki, 9th a 20th February 2004. Presented by Dr. Sixto Malato (CIEMAT).

•  Uso de la fotocatálisis en el tratamiento de aguas residuales. Conferencia. Facultad de ingeniería de la Univ. Católica de la Santísima Concepción. Concepción, Chile. 22 Abril 2004. Presented by Dr. Sixto Malato (CIEMAT).

•  Depuración de aguas residuales conteniendo plaguicidas mediante fotocatálisis solar. Conferencia. Feria de la Calidad Ambiental y Ecoeficiencia. Escuela de Calidad Ambiental (CEMACAM, Torre Guil). Murcia, 1-3 Junio 2004. Presented by Dr. Sixto Malato (CIEMAT).

•  Sistemas experimentales; escala piloto de reactores solares; futuro y perspectivas. Conferencia. Curso "Investigación, desarrollo y aplicación de métodos heliofotocatalíticos para la descontaminación química y biológica de agua residuales". 2 horas. Universidad del Valle (Cali, Colomia), 7-8 Junio 2004. Univ. De Caldas (Manizales, Colombia), 11-12 junio 2004. Univ. de Antioquia (Medellín, Colombia) 16 Junio 2004. Presented by Dr. Sixto Malato (CIEMAT).

•  Application of Solar Technologies to pesticide wastewater decontamination: evaluation of main parameters, by Dr. Sixto Malato. PROGRAMA INTERUNIVERSITARIO DE DOCTORADO:  "CONTROL DE PLAGUICIDAS EN ALIMENTOS Y MEDIO AMBIENTE" (Inter-universitary PhD. Program “Pesticides control in food and in the environment”). Univ. of Almería and Univ. of de Granada. Application of Solar Technologies to pesticide wastewater decontamination: evaluation of main parameters, by Dr. Sixto Malato. June 2006.

•   Reactores heliofotocataliticos instalados en el mundo y sus aplicaciones. Presented by Dr. Sixto Malato. Curso de Métodos heliofotocataliticos para el tratamiento de la  contaminación química y biológica en el agua. Simposio Latinoamericano sobre procesos Avanzados de Oxidacion en potabilización y tratamiento de aguas residuals SILAPAO 2006. 7-10 November. Cali (Colombia).

•   Treatment of wastewater by advanced oxidation technologies using solar energy. by Dr. Sixto Malato. International seminar on “Treatment and recycling of urban and industrial wastewater”. Activity organized by AQUATEX (EU Founded Project). 12-14, December 2006. Valencia, Spain.


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Other Dissemination Activities

•  Master Thesis: Life Cycle Assessment as a tool for green chemistry: application to kraft pulp industrial wastewater treatment by different advanced oxidation processes. Ivan Muñoz Ortiz. Directors Master's Thesis: Dr. Xavier Domènech Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals and Dr. Joan Rieradevall. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. September 2003.

•  Poster presentation in CIEMAT Stand. II Feria de Las Energías Renovables y Tecnologías del Agua. Exhibition and Congress Centre of Aguadulce, Almería, Spain. 5 th   to 7 th February 2004.

•  Master Thesis. Effects of the Parameters Temperature, Iron Concentration and Irradiation on the Reaction Rate of the Photo-Fenton Process using Alachlor as a Model Compound. Eva Augsten. FH Bingen, Germany, 2004.

•  A Coupled Advanced Oxidation-Biological Process for Recycling of Industrial Wastewater Containing Persistent Organic Contaminants. The CADOX Project. European Commission Stand. IWA World Water Congress and Exhibition, Marrakech (Morocco), 19-24 September 2004. 

•  Tratamento Integrado de Efluentes Contendo Pesticidas. Pedro Ilídio Soares Antunes. Estágio Profissionalizante do Curso de Química Tecnológica da Faculdade de Ciências de Lisboa. Outubro 2004.

• Master Thesis. Etude de la dégradation de composés récalcitrants par le procédé photo-Fenton couplé à une biomasse immobilisée. Raphael Gallay. Director: César Pulgarín. Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland. 2006.

• Doctoral Thesis. Solar photo-Fenton treatment of EU priority substances. Process parameters and control strategies. Wolfgang Gernjak. Director: AO.Univ.Prof.DI.Dr.nat.techn. Maria Fürhacker. University of Applied Life Sciences, Department of Water, Air and Environment, Vienna, Austria. March 2006.

• Doctoral Thesis. A strategy for xenobiotic renoval using photocatalytic treatment, microbial degradation or integrated photocatalytic-biological process. Miléna Lapertot. 24th May 2006. Director: César Pulgarín. École Polytechnique Fédérale de Laussane (Suiza).

• Doctoral Thesis. Life Cycle Assessment as a Tool for Green Chemistry: Application to Different Advanced Oxidation Processes for Wastewater Treatment. Ivan Muñoz Ortíz. Director: Xavier Domènech and Sixto Malato. Depart. Chemistry. Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. 5 May 2006.

• Book: Gernjak, W.; Malato Rodríguez, S.; Maldonado Rubio, M. I.; Fuerhacker, M.; “Solar Photo-Fenton Treatment of EU Priority Substances-Process Parameters and Control Strategies”. Editorial CIEMAT, Madrid, Spain. ISBN 84-7834-521-3. 182 pages. 2006.

• Book: I. Muñoz, X. Domènech and S. Malato, “Life Cycle Assessment as a tool for Green Chemistry: Application to different advanced oxidation processes for wastewater treatment”, Editorial CIEMAT, Madrid, Spain. ISBN 84-7834-520-5, 258 pages. (2006).


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