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4190
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Javier Lafuente is affiliated with the Autonomous University of Barcelona in Spain. Their research focuses on environmental science and engineering, with a specific emphasis on anaerobic digestion and biogas production as well as wastewater treatment and nitrogen removal.

The scientist has contributed to several interdisciplinary subfields including building and construction, pollution control, astronomy and astrophysics, environmental chemistry, and process chemistry and technology. Their work intersects applied environmental technologies and theoretical studies, particularly in the context of microbial and biochemical processes and geometric analysis.

Frequent collaborators in their research include David Gabriel, Xavier Gamisans, Antonio David Dorado Castaño, A. Bautista, and Alberto Ibort.

They have published research in various academic journals with repeated contributions to the International Journal of Geometric Methods in Modern Physics and the SSRN Electronic Journal. Additional publication venues include Chemosphere, Journal of Environmental Sciences, and Water Environment Research.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Javier Lafuente include:

  • Feasibility of S-rich streams valorization through a two-step biosulfur production process, 2020, Chemosphere
  • Systematic comparison framework for selecting the best retrofitting alternative for an existing water resource recovery facility, 2020, Water Environment Research
  • Coupling dissolved oxygen microsensors measurements and heterogeneous respirometry for monitoring and modeling microbial activity within sulfide-oxidizing biofilms, 2020, Chemical Engineering Journal
  • The effect of slime accumulated in a long-term operating UASB using crude glycerol to treat S-rich wastewater, 2022, Journal of Environmental Sciences
  • The sky invariant: A new conformal invariant for Schwarzschild spacetime, 2022, International Journal of Geometric Methods in Modern Physics

Best Publications

  • Biological nitrogen removal of high-strength ammonium industrial wastewater with two-sludge system

    J Carrera;J.A Baeza;T Vicent;J Lafuente

  • Respirometric estimation of the oxygen affinity constants for biological ammonium and nitrite oxidation

    Albert Guisasola;Irene Jubany;Juan A Baeza;Julián Carrera

  • Biological sweetening of energy gases mimics in biotrickling filters.

    Marc Fortuny;Juan A. Baeza;Xavier Gamisans;Carles Casas

  • Kinetic models for nitrification inhibition by ammonium and nitrite in a suspended and an immobilised biomass systems

    Julián Carrera;Irene Jubany;Lorena Carvallo;Rolando Chamy

  • Effect of internal recycle on the nitrogen removal efficiency of an anaerobic/anoxic/oxic (A2/O) wastewater treatment plant (WWTP)

    J.A Baeza;D Gabriel;J Lafuente

  • Total and stable washout of nitrite oxidizing bacteria from a nitrifying continuous activated sludge system using automatic control based on Oxygen Uptake Rate measurements.

    Irene Jubany;Javier Lafuente;Juan A. Baeza;Julián Carrera

  • Inorganic carbon limitations on nitrification: experimental assessment and modelling.

    Albert Guisasola;Sebastian Petzet;Juan A. Baeza;Julián Carrera

  • A detailed model of a biofilter for ammonia removal: Model parameters analysis and model validation

    Guillermo Baquerizo;Juan P. Maestre;Takeyuki Sakuma;Marc A. Deshusses

  • Fungal biofilters for toluene biofiltration: Evaluation of the performance with four packing materials under different operating conditions

    Juan P. Maestre;Xavier Gamisans;David Gabriel;Javier Lafuente

  • Start-up of a nitrification system with automatic control to treat highly concentrated ammonium wastewater : Experimental results and modeling

    Irene Jubany;Julián Carrera;Javier Lafuente;Juan A. Baeza

  • Aerobic phosphorus release linked to acetate uptake : Influence of PAO intracellular storage compounds

    M. Pijuan;A. Guisasola;J.A. Baeza;J. Carrera

  • A hybrid supervisory system to support WWTP operation: implementation and validation

    I.R. Rodriguez-Roda;M. Sànchez-Marrè;J. Comas;J. Baeza

  • Modeling of a bacterial and fungal biofilter applied to toluene abatement: kinetic parameters estimation and model validation

    Antoni David Dorado;Guillermo Baquerizo;Juan Pedro Maestre;Xavier Gamisans

  • Physiological control on the expression and secretion of Candida rugosa lipase

    Marina Lotti;Silvia Monticelli;José Luis Montesinos;Stefania Brocca

  • Combined effect of inorganic carbon limitation and inhibition by free ammonia and free nitrous acid on ammonia oxidizing bacteria.

    Josep A. Torà;Javier Lafuente;Juan A. Baeza;Julián Carrera

  • Life cycle assessment of different physical-chemical and biological technologies for biogas desulfurization in sewage treatment plants

    Patricio I. Cano;Joan Colón;Martín Ramírez;Javier Lafuente

  • Operational aspects of the desulfurization process of energy gases mimics in biotrickling filters

    Marc Fortuny;Xavier Gamisans;Marc A. Deshusses;Javier Lafuente

  • Simultaneous Removal of H2S, NH3, and Ethyl Mercaptan in Biotrickling Filters Packed with Poplar Wood and Polyurethane Foam: Impact of pH During Startup and Crossed Effects Evaluation

    J. Hernández;J. Lafuente;Ó. J. Prado;D. Gabriel

  • DAI-DEPUR: an integrated and distributed architecture for wastewater treatment plants supervision

    Miquel Sànchez;Ulises Cortés;Javier Lafuente;Ignasi R. Roda

  • Operational aspects, pH transition and microbial shifts of a H2S desulfurizing biotrickling filter with random packing material.

    Andrea M. Montebello;Tercia Bezerra;Roger Rovira;Laura Rago

  • Improving the nitrogen removal efficiency of an A2/O based WWTP by using an on-line knowledge based expert system.

    J.A Baeza;D Gabriel;J Lafuente

Frequent Co-Authors

David Gabriel
David Gabriel Autonomous University of Barcelona
Juan A. Baeza
Juan A. Baeza Autonomous University of Barcelona
Julián Carrera
Julián Carrera Autonomous University of Barcelona
Manel Poch
Manel Poch University of Girona
Ulises Cortés
Ulises Cortés Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Maite Pijuan
Maite Pijuan Catalan Institute for Water Research
Antoni Sánchez
Antoni Sánchez Autonomous University of Barcelona
Eugénio C. Ferreira
Eugénio C. Ferreira University of Minho
Marc A. Deshusses
Marc A. Deshusses Duke University
Teresa Vicent
Teresa Vicent Autonomous University of Barcelona

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