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Overview

Irini Angelidaki is affiliated with the Technical University of Denmark in Denmark. Their research activity spans several key areas within engineering and environmental science, with a strong focus on anaerobic digestion and biogas production.

The primary fields of study associated with their work are:

  • Engineering
  • Environmental Science

Within these, key subfields include:

  • Building and Construction
  • Molecular Biology
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Pollution
  • Environmental Engineering

The main research topics covered in their publications are:

  • Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production
  • Biofuel production and bioconversion
  • Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
  • Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation
  • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
  • Algal biology and biofuel production
  • Microbial metabolism and enzyme function

Irini Angelidaki has authored a considerable number of publications in well-known scientific venues. The most frequent journals for their research include:

  • Bioresource Technology
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Journal of Cleaner Production
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering

They have contributed to a selection of papers in the period around 2020, such as:

  • "Hydrochar-Facilitated Anaerobic Digestion: Evidence for Direct Interspecies Electron Transfer Mediated through Surface Oxygen-Containing Functional Groups" (2020) published in Environmental Science & Technology
  • "A critical review on livestock manure biorefinery technologies: Sustainability, challenges, and future perspectives" (2020) published in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • "Deep insights into the network of acetate metabolism in anaerobic digestion: focusing on syntrophic acetate oxidation and homoacetogenesis" (2020) published in Water Research
  • "New insights from the biogas microbiome by comprehensive genome-resolved metagenomics of nearly 1600 species originating from multiple anaerobic digesters" (2020) published in Biotechnology for Biofuels
  • "In situ Biogas Upgrading by CO2-to-CH4 Bioconversion" (2020) published in Trends in Biotechnology

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated with them on multiple occasions include:

  • Panagiotis Tsapekos
  • Xinyu Zhu
  • Laura Treu
  • Merlin Alvarado-Morales
  • Stefano Campanaro

Best Publications

  • The IWA Anaerobic Digestion Model No 1 (ADM1)

    D.J. Batstone;J. Keller;I. Angelidaki;S.V. Kalyuzhnyi

  • Defining the biomethane potential (BMP) of solid organic wastes and energy crops: a proposed protocol for batch assays.

    I. Angelidaki;M. Alves;David Bolzonella;L. Borzacconi

  • Anaerobic digestion of swine manure: Inhibition by ammonia

    Kaare Hvid Hansen;Irini Angelidaki;Birgitte Kiær Ahring

  • Assessment of the anaerobic biodegradability of macropollutants

    Irini Angelidaki;Wendy Sanders

  • Biogas upgrading and utilization: Current status and perspectives

    Irini Angelidaki;Laura Treu;Panagiotis Tsapekos;Gang Luo

  • Production of bioethanol from wheat straw: An overview on pretreatment, hydrolysis and fermentation

    Farid Talebnia;Dimitar Borisov Karakashev;Irini Angelidaki

  • Thermophilic anaerobic digestion of livestock waste: the effect of ammonia

    I. Angelidaki;B. K. Ahring

  • Towards a standardization of biomethane potential tests.

    Christof Holliger;M. Madalena Alves;Diana Andrade;Irini Angelidaki

  • Volatile fatty acids as indicators of process imbalance in anaerobic digestors

    B. K. Ahring;M. Sandberg;I. Angelidaki

  • Bioethanol, biohydrogen and biogas production from wheat straw in a biorefinery concept.

    Prasad Laxmi-Narasimha Kaparaju;Maria Serrano;Anne Belinda Thomsen;Prawit Kongjan

  • Influence of Environmental Conditions on Methanogenic Compositions in Anaerobic Biogas Reactors

    Dimitar Karakashev;Damien J. Batstone;Irini Angelidaki

  • A mathematical model for dynamic simulation of anaerobic digestion of complex substrates: focusing on ammonia inhibition.

    Irini Angelidaki;L. Ellegaard;Birgitte Kiær Ahring

  • Microalgal carbohydrates: an overview of the factors influencing carbohydrates production, and of main bioconversion technologies for production of biofuels.

    Giorgos Markou;Irini Angelidaki;Dimitris Georgakakis

  • Hydrogen and methane production from household solid waste in the two-stage fermentation process.

    Dawei Liu;Dapeng Liu;Raymond J. Zeng;Irini Angelidaki

  • Codigestion of manure and organic wastes in centralized biogas plants: status and future trends.

    Irini Angelidaki;L. Ellegaard

  • A comprehensive model of anaerobic bioconversion of complex substrates to biogas

    Irini Angelidaki;Lars Ellegaard;Birgitte K. Ahring

  • Effects of free long-chain fatty acids on thermophilic anaerobic digestion

    I. Angelidaki;B. K. Ahring

  • Biomethanation and its potential

    Irini Angelidaki;Dimitar Borisov Karakashev;Damien J. Batstone;Caroline M. Plugge

  • Applications of the anaerobic digestion process

    Irini Angelidaki;Lars Ellegaard;Birgitte Kioer Ahring

  • Microbial electrolysis cells turning to be versatile technology: recent advances and future challenges.

    Yifeng Zhang;Irini Angelidaki

Frequent Co-Authors

Yifeng Zhang
Yifeng Zhang Technical University of Denmark
Birgitte Kiær Ahring
Birgitte Kiær Ahring Washington State University
Damien J. Batstone
Damien J. Batstone University of Queensland
Jens Ejbye Schmidt
Jens Ejbye Schmidt University of Southern Denmark
Benyamin Khoshnevisan
Benyamin Khoshnevisan University of Southern Denmark
Booki Min
Booki Min Kyung Hee University
Prasad Kaparaju
Prasad Kaparaju Griffith University
Barth F. Smets
Barth F. Smets Technical University of Denmark
Benedek G. Plósz
Benedek G. Plósz University of Bath
Gerasimos Lyberatos
Gerasimos Lyberatos National Technical University of Athens

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