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Hariklia N. Gavala is affiliated with the Technical University of Denmark in Denmark and specializes in the field of engineering. Their research spans various subfields including building and construction, molecular biology, catalysis, biomedical engineering, and mechanical engineering.

The primary topics of their work focus on anaerobic digestion and biogas production, catalysts for methane reforming, microbial metabolic engineering and bioproduction, carbon dioxide capture technologies, biofuel production and bioconversion, thermochemical biomass conversion processes, and microbial fuel cells and bioremediation.

Hariklia N. Gavala has contributed to several recent papers, including the following publications:

  • Gas Biological Conversions: The Potential of Syngas and Carbon Dioxide as Production Platforms, 2021, Waste and Biomass Valorization
  • Temperature effects on syngas biomethanation performed in a trickle bed reactor, 2020, Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Scale up study of a thermophilic trickle bed reactor performing syngas biomethanation, 2021, Applied Energy
  • Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) purification through dilute aqueous ammonia digestion at elevated temperatures, 2020, Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology
  • Modeling of syngas biomethanation and catabolic route control in mesophilic and thermophilic mixed microbial consortia, 2020, Applied Energy

The frequent coauthors collaborating with Hariklia N. Gavala include:

  • Ioannis V. Skiadas
  • Antonio Grimalt-Alemany
  • Sambit Dutta
  • Konstantinos Asimakopoulos
  • Anna Lymperatou

Hariklia N. Gavala often publishes in these venues:

  • Waste and Biomass Valorization
  • Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Biochemical Engineering Journal
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Their research contributes to advancing knowledge in engineering disciplines with a notable emphasis on sustainable bioenergy and biochemical conversion technologies.

Best Publications

  • Recent Advances and Challenges towards Sustainable Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) Production

    Constantina Kourmentza;Jersson Plácido;Nikolaos Venetsaneas;Anna Burniol-Figols

  • Mesophilic and thermophilic anaerobic digestion of primary and secondary sludge. Effect of pre-treatment at elevated temperature

    Hariklia N. Gavala;U. Yenal;Ioannis V. Skiadas;Peter Westermann

  • Biofuels generation from sweet sorghum: fermentative hydrogen production and anaerobic digestion of the remaining biomass.

    Georgia Antonopoulou;Hariklia N. Gavala;Ioannis V. Skiadas;K. Angelopoulos

  • Kinetics and modeling of anaerobic digestion process.

    Hariklia N. Gavala;Irini Angelidaki;Birgitte Kiær Ahring

  • Improving anaerobic sewage sludge digestion by implementation of a hyper-thermophilic prehydrolysis step.

    Jingquan Lu;Hariklia N. Gavala;Ioannis V. Skiadas;Zuzana Mladenovska

  • Biological hydrogen production in suspended and attached growth anaerobic reactor systems

    Hariklia N. Gavala;Ioannis V. Skiadas;Birgitte Kiær Ahring

  • Hydrogen production from sugars and sweet sorghum biomass using Ruminococcus albus

    I Ntaikou;Hariklia N. Gavala;M Kornaros;G Lyberatos

  • Reactor systems for syngas fermentation processes: A review

    Konstantinos Asimakopoulos;Hariklia N. Gavala;Ioannis V. Skiadas

  • Hydrogen and methane production through two-stage mesophilic anaerobic digestion of olive pulp

    Eleni C. Koutrouli;Haralabos Kalfas;Hariklia N. Gavala;Hariklia N. Gavala;Ioannis V. Skiadas;Ioannis V. Skiadas

  • Treatment of Dairy Wastewater Using an Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket Reactor

    H.N. Gavala;H. Kopsinis;I.V. Skiadas;K. Stamatelatou

  • Biodegradation of phthalate esters during the mesophilic anaerobic digestion of sludge.

    Hariklia N. Gavala;Felipe Alatriste-Mondragon;R. Iranpour;R. Iranpour;Birgitte Kiær Ahring;Birgitte Kiær Ahring

  • Thermal pre-treatment of primary and secondary sludge at 70°C prior to anaerobic digestion

    Ioannis V. Skiadas;H.N. Gavala;Jingquan Lu;Birgitte Kiær Ahring

  • Syngas biomethanation: state-of-the-art review and perspectives

    Antonio Grimalt‐Alemany;Ioannis V. Skiadas;Hariklia N. Gavala

  • Energy balance and cost-benefit analysis of biogas production from perennial energy crops pretreated by wet oxidation.

    Hinrich Uellendahl;Guangtao Wang;Henrik B. Møller;Uffe Jørgensen

  • Butyric acid fermentation from pretreated and hydrolysed wheat straw by an adapted Clostridium tyrobutyricum strain

    G. N. Baroi;I. Baumann;P. Westermann;Hariklia N. Gavala

  • Anaerobic codigestion of agricultural industries' wastewaters

    H. N. Gavala;I.V. Skiadas;Nikolaos A. Bozinis;G. Lyberatos

  • Application of ADM1 for the simulation of anaerobic digestion of olive pulp under mesophilic and thermophilic conditions.

    H Kalfas;IV Skiadas;Hariklia N. Gavala;K Stamatelatou

  • Combined and separate aerobic and anaerobic biotreatment of green olive debittering wastewater.

    G.G. Aggelis;H.N. Gavala;G. Lyberatos

  • Modelling of the periodic anaerobic baffled reactor (PABR) based on the retaining factor concept

    Ioannis V. Skiadas;Hariklia N. Gavala;G. Lyberatos

  • Integration of chlorogenic acid recovery and bioethanol production from spent coffee grounds

    Anna Burniol-Figols;Katarzyna Cenian;Ioannis V. Skiadas;Hariklia N. Gavala

  • Temperature effects on syngas biomethanation performed in a trickle bed reactor

    Konstantinos Asimakopoulos;Mateusz Łężyk;Antonio Grimalt-Alemany;Antonios Melas

  • Enhanced methane productivity from manure fibers by aqueous ammonia soaking pretreatment

    Esperanza Jurado;Ioannis V. Skiadas;Hariklia N. Gavala

Frequent Co-Authors

Ioannis V. Skiadas
Ioannis V. Skiadas Technical University of Denmark
Gerasimos Lyberatos
Gerasimos Lyberatos National Technical University of Athens
Birgitte Kiær Ahring
Birgitte Kiær Ahring Washington State University
Irini Angelidaki
Irini Angelidaki Technical University of Denmark
George Aggelis
George Aggelis University of Patras
Anne S. Meyer
Anne S. Meyer Technical University of Denmark
Jens Ejbye Schmidt
Jens Ejbye Schmidt University of Southern Denmark
Michael Kornaros
Michael Kornaros University of Patras
Michael K. Stenstrom
Michael K. Stenstrom University of California, Los Angeles
Uffe Jørgensen
Uffe Jørgensen Aarhus University

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