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Piet N.L. Lens
Researcher at National University of Ireland, Galway
Publications - 708
Citations - 29373
Piet N.L. Lens is an academic researcher from National University of Ireland, Galway. The author has contributed to research in topics: Sulfate & Wastewater. The author has an hindex of 77, co-authored 633 publications receiving 23367 citations. Previous affiliations of Piet N.L. Lens include Tampere University of Technology & UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education.
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A review on dark fermentative biohydrogen production from organic biomass: Process parameters and use of by-products
Anish Ghimire,Anish Ghimire,Luigi Frunzo,Francesco Pirozzi,Eric Trably,Renaud Escudié,Piet N.L. Lens,Giovanni Esposito +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, a review of the potential of dark fermentation of organic biomasses and its potential in green energy-efficient green chemistry applications is presented, with a brief review on the simulation and modeling of the dark fermentation processes and their energy balance.
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Pretreatment methods to enhance anaerobic digestion of organic solid waste
Javkhlan Ariunbaatar,Javkhlan Ariunbaatar,Antonio Panico,Giovanni Esposito,Francesco Pirozzi,Piet N.L. Lens +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a review of pretreatment techniques to enhance the anaerobic digestion of organic solid waste, including mechanical, thermal, chemical and biological methods, is presented, in terms of their efficiency, energy balance, environmental sustainability as well as capital, operational and maintenance costs.
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Anaerobic sludge granulation.
TL;DR: This paper reviews different theories on anaerobic sludge granulation in UASB-reactors that have been proposed during the past two decades, and concludes that Methanosaeta concilii is a key organism in granulation.
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Biotechnological treatment of sulfate-rich wastewaters.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a treatment strategy for a sulfate-rich wastewater dep... Selection of a treatment scheme for sulfate rich wastewaters is based on an anaerobic and anoxic microenvironments.
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Microbial fuel cells for sulfide removal.
Korneel Rabaey,Kirsten Van de Sompel,Lois Maignien,Nico Boon,P. Aelterman,Peter Clauwaert,Liesje De Schamphelaire,Jan Vermeulen,Marc Verhaege,Piet N.L. Lens,Willy Verstraete +10 more
TL;DR: This study demonstrates that digester effluents can be polished by a MFC for both residual carbon and sulfur compounds, and implies a recovery of energy otherwise lost in the methane digester.