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Engineering and Technology

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46
Citations
7026
World Ranking
5248
National Ranking
160

Environmental Sciences

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48
Citations
7508
World Ranking
5602
National Ranking
102

Overview

Francesco Fatone is affiliated with Marche Polytechnic University in Italy and has focused their research primarily in the field of Environmental Science. Their publication record includes significant contributions to subfields such as Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Water Science and Technology, Pollution, Environmental Engineering, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's research topics span several key areas, including Wastewater Treatment and Reuse, Urban Stormwater Management Solutions, the Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies, Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal, Flood Risk Assessment and Management, and Water Quality Monitoring Technologies.

Among their recent papers are the following works:

  • Combined sewer overflows: A critical review on best practice and innovative solutions to mitigate impacts on environment and human health, 2020, Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology
  • Microplastics in real wastewater treatment schemes: Comparative assessment and relevant inhibition effects on anaerobic processes, 2020, Chemosphere
  • Brine treatment technologies towards minimum/zero liquid discharge and resource recovery: State of the art and techno-economic assessment, 2021, Journal of Environmental Management
  • Decentralized Community Composting: Past, Present and Future Aspects of Italy, 2020, Sustainability
  • An overview of operations and processes for circular management of dredged sediments, 2022, Waste Management

Frequent coauthors in Francesco Fatone's work include Anna Laura Eusebi, Alessia Foglia, Çağrı Akyol, J. González-Camejo, and Giulia Cipolletta. These collaborations reflect ongoing research partnerships within their fields of expertise.

The scientist's work has been published often in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), SSRN Electronic Journal, Journal of Environmental Management, Water Research, and Journal of Cleaner Production.

Best Publications

  • Monitoring and diagnosis of energy consumption in wastewater treatment plants. A state of the art and proposals for improvement

    Stefano Longo;Benedetto Mirko d’Antoni;Michael Bongards;Antonio Chaparro

  • Thermophilic anaerobic co-digestion of cattle manure with agro-wastes and energy crops: Comparison of pilot and full scale experiences

    Cristina Cavinato;F. Fatone;D. Bolzonella;Paolo Pavan

  • Mesophilic and thermophilic anaerobic co-digestion of waste activated sludge and source sorted biowaste in pilot- and full-scale reactors.

    Cristina Cavinato;David Bolzonella;Paolo Pavan;Francesco Fatone

  • Effect of trace element supplementation on the mesophilic anaerobic digestion of foodwaste in batch trials: The influence of inoculum origin

    Veronica Facchin;Cristina Cavinato;Francesco Fatone;Paolo Pavan

  • A decade of nitrous oxide (N2O) monitoring in full-scale wastewater treatment processes: A critical review.

    V. Vasilaki;T.M. Massara;P. Stanchev;F. Fatone

  • Optimization of two-phase thermophilic anaerobic digestion of biowaste for hydrogen and methane production through reject water recirculation.

    Cristina Cavinato;David Bolzonella;Francesco Fatone;Franco Cecchi

  • Nutrients recovery from anaerobic digestate of agro-waste: Techno-economic assessment of full scale applications.

    D. Bolzonella;F. Fatone;M. Gottardo;N. Frison

  • Fate of aromatic hydrocarbons in Italian municipal wastewater systems: an overview of wastewater treatment using conventional activated-sludge processes (CASP) and membrane bioreactors (MBRs).

    Francesco Fatone;Silvia Di Fabio;David Bolzonella;Franco Cecchi

  • High rate mesophilic, thermophilic, and temperature phased anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge: A pilot scale study

    David Bolzonella;Cristina Cavinato;Francesco Fatone;Paolo Pavan

  • Combined sewer overflows: A critical review on best practice and innovative solutions to mitigate impacts on environment and human health

    Alice Botturi;E. Gozde Ozbayram;Katharina Tondera;Nathalie I. Gilbert

  • Anaerobic Fermentation of Organic Municipal Solid Wastes for the Production of Soluble Organic Compounds

    David Bolzonella;Francesco Fatone;Paolo Pavan;Franco Cecchi

  • Progress in real-time control applied to biological nitrogen removal from wastewater. A short-review

    Letizia Zanetti;Nicola Frison;Elisa Nota;Martino Tomizioli

  • Microplastics in real wastewater treatment schemes: Comparative assessment and relevant inhibition effects on anaerobic processes

    Lucia Pittura;Alessia Foglia;Çağrı Akyol;Giulia Cipolletta

  • Tracing pharmaceuticals in a municipal plant for integrated wastewater and organic solid waste treatment.

    Aleksandra Jelic;Francesco Fatone;Silvia Di Fabio;Mira Petrovic;Mira Petrovic

  • Food wastes and sewage sludge as feedstock for an urban biorefinery producing biofuels and added-value bioproducts

    Federico Battista;Nicola Frison;Paolo Pavan;Cristina Cavinato

  • Application of food waste disposers and alternate cycles process in small-decentralized towns: a case study.

    Paolo Battistoni;Francesco Fatone;Daniele Passacantando;David Bolzonella

  • Microalgae Cultivation on Anaerobic Digestate of Municipal Wastewater, Sewage Sludge and Agro-Waste

    Luca Zuliani;Nicola Frison;Aleksandra Jelic;Francesco Fatone

  • Life cycle assessment of nutrient removal technologies for the treatment of anaerobic digestion supernatant and its integration in a wastewater treatment plant

    G. Rodriguez-Garcia;N. Frison;J.R. Vázquez-Padín;A. Hospido

  • Brine treatment technologies towards minimum/zero liquid discharge and resource recovery: State of the art and techno-economic assessment.

    Giulia Cipolletta;Nicola Lancioni;Çağrı Akyol;Anna Laura Eusebi

  • Auto-nucleation and crystal growth of struvite in a demonstrative fluidized bed reactor (FBR).

    P Battistoni;R Boccadoro;F Fatone;Paolo Pavan

  • Recovery of volatile fatty acids from fermentation of sewage sludge in municipal wastewater treatment plants.

    Stefano Longo;Evangelia Katsou;Symeon Alexandros Malamis;Nicola Frison

Frequent Co-Authors

David Bolzonella
David Bolzonella University of Verona
Paolo Pavan
Paolo Pavan Ca Foscari University of Venice
Nicola Frison
Nicola Frison University of Verona
Almudena Hospido
Almudena Hospido University of Santiago de Compostela
Gumersindo Feijoo
Gumersindo Feijoo University of Santiago de Compostela
Mira Petrovic
Mira Petrovic Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
Damià Barceló
Damià Barceló University of Almería
Maria Teresa Moreira
Maria Teresa Moreira University of Santiago de Compostela
Francisco Omil
Francisco Omil University of Santiago de Compostela
Mauro Majone
Mauro Majone Sapienza University of Rome

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