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Overview

César Valderrama is affiliated with the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya in Spain. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and engineering, with particular emphasis on water science and technology, industrial and manufacturing engineering, mechanical engineering, biomedical engineering, and pollution.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Engineering

Key subfields in which they publish are:

  • Water Science and Technology
  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Pollution

Valderrama's research covers various topics, notably:

  • Membrane Separation Technologies
  • Phosphorus and nutrient management
  • Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques
  • Extraction and Separation Processes
  • Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal
  • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
  • Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment

Frequent coauthors in their work include:

  • José Luis Cortina
  • Mónica Reig
  • Xanel Vecino
  • J. López
  • Mariana Figueira

The scientist regularly publishes in several venues, with the most frequent being:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Separation and Purification Technology
  • Journal of Environmental Management
  • Membranes
  • Journal of environmental chemical engineering

Recent papers by César Valderrama include:

  • Polyphenols and their potential role to fight viral diseases: An overview, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • ClimateCompatibleGrowth/clicSAND: v1.1, 2021, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Recovery of rare earth elements from acidic mine waters: An unknown secondary resource, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Fruit and vegetable processing wastes as natural sources of antioxidant-rich extracts: Evaluation of advanced extraction technologies by surface response methodology, 2021, Journal of environmental chemical engineering
  • Phosphate recovery from aqueous solution by K-zeolite synthesized from fly ash for subsequent valorisation as slow release fertilizer, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment

Best Publications

  • Simultaneous phosphate and ammonium removal from aqueous solution by a hydrated aluminum oxide modified natural zeolite

    Diana Guaya;Diana Guaya;César Valderrama;Adriana Farran;Chabaco Armijos

  • Sorption kinetics of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons removal using granular activated carbon: Intraparticle diffusion coefficients

    C. Valderrama;X. Gamisans;X. de las Heras;A. Farrán

  • Phenol removal from aqueous solution by adsorption and ion exchange mechanisms onto polymeric resins

    Michelle Caetano;César Valderrama;Adriana Farran;José Luis Cortina

  • Implementation of best available techniques in cement manufacturing: a life-cycle assessment study

    César Valderrama;Ricard Granados;José Luis Cortina;Carles M. Gasol

  • Application of ZnO nanostructures in ceramic and polymeric membranes for water and wastewater technologies: A review

    Mahdi Sheikh;Mahdieh Pazirofteh;Mostafa Dehghani;Morteza Asghari

  • Concentration of NaCl from seawater reverse osmosis brines for the chlor-alkali industry by electrodialysis

    Mònica Reig;Sandra Casas;Carlos Aladjem;César Valderrama

  • Polyphenols and their potential role to fight viral diseases: An overview.

    María Fernanda Montenegro-Landívar;Paulina Tapia-Quirós;Xanel Vecino;Mònica Reig

  • Extraction of valuable metal ions (Cs, Rb, Li, U) from reverse osmosis concentrate using selective sorbents

    Michaela Petersková;César Valderrama;Oriol Gibert;José Luis Cortina

  • Recovery of ammonia from domestic wastewater effluents as liquid fertilizers by integration of natural zeolites and hollow fibre membrane contactors

    I. Sancho;E. Licon;C. Valderrama;N. de Arespacochaga

  • Biogas deep clean-up based on adsorption technologies for solid oxide fuel cell applications

    N. de Arespacochaga;C. Valderrama;C. Mesa;L. Bouchy

  • Kinetics of sorption of polyaromatic hydrocarbons onto granular activated carbon and Macronet hyper-cross-linked polymers (MN200)

    C. Valderrama;J.L. Cortina;A. Farran;X. Gamisans

  • Integration of monopolar and bipolar electrodialysis for valorization of seawater reverse osmosis desalination brines: Production of strong acid and base

    M. Reig;S. Casas;C. Valderrama;O. Gibert

  • Understanding the effects of the origin, occurrence, monitoring, control, fate and removal of siloxanes on the energetic valorization of sewage biogas - A review

    N. de Arespacochaga;C. Valderrama;J. Raich-Montiu;M. Crest

  • Integration of nanofiltration and bipolar electrodialysis for valorization of seawater desalination brines: production of drinking and waste water treatment chemicals

    M. Reig;S. Casas;O. Gibert;C. Valderrama

  • Selectrodialysis and bipolar membrane electrodialysis combination for industrial process brines treatment: Monovalent-divalent ions separation and acid and base production

    Mònica Reig;César Valderrama;Oriol Gibert;José Luis Cortina

  • Oxidation by Fenton's reagent combined with biological treatment applied to a creosote-comtaminated soil.

    C. Valderrama;R. Alessandri;T. Aunola;J.L. Cortina

  • Comparative LCA of sewage sludge valorisation as both fuel and raw material substitute in clinker production

    Cesar Valderrama;Ricard Granados;Jose Luis Cortina;Carles M. Gasol

  • Liquid fertilizer production by ammonia recovery from treated ammonia-rich regenerated streams using liquid-liquid membrane contactors

    X. Vecino;M. Reig;B. Bhushan;O. Gibert

  • Fly ash as reactive sorbent for phosphate removal from treated waste water as a potential slow release fertilizer

    Mehrez Hermassi;Mehrez Hermassi;César Valderrama;Natalia Moreno;Oriol Font

  • Kinetic evaluation of phenol/aniline mixtures adsorption from aqueous solutions onto activated carbon and hypercrosslinked polymeric resin (MN200)

    César Valderrama;Joan I. Barios;Michelle Caetano;Adriana Farran

Frequent Co-Authors

José Luis Cortina
José Luis Cortina Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Aliakbar Akbarzadeh
Aliakbar Akbarzadeh RMIT University
Xavier Querol
Xavier Querol Spanish National Research Council
Natalia Moreno
Natalia Moreno Spanish National Research Council
M. del Valle
M. del Valle Autonomous University of Barcelona
Salvador Alegret
Salvador Alegret Autonomous University of Barcelona
Mashallah Rezakazemi
Mashallah Rezakazemi Shahrood University of Technology
Carles M. Gasol
Carles M. Gasol Autonomous University of Barcelona
Ignasi Sirés
Ignasi Sirés University of Barcelona
Romà Tauler
Romà Tauler Spanish National Research Council

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