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5527
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8089
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324

Overview

Michèle Heitz is affiliated with the Université de Sherbrooke in Canada and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of engineering and environmental science. Their scholarly work spans various subfields including process chemistry and technology, mechanical engineering, industrial and manufacturing engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, and health, toxicology, and mutagenesis.

Their research focuses on topics such as odor and emission control technologies, extraction and separation processes, indoor air quality and microbial exposure, recycling and waste management techniques, carbon dioxide capture technologies, vehicle emissions and performance, and advancements in battery materials.

Heitz has published in several peer-reviewed journals, with frequent appearances in:

  • Critical Reviews in Biotechnology
  • Molecules
  • Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology
  • Chemosphere
  • Atmospheric Pollution Research

Recent papers include:

  • Bioelimination of low methane concentrations emitted from wastewater treatment plants: a review (2021, Critical Reviews in Biotechnology)
  • Simultaneous biodegradation of methane and styrene in biofilters packed with inorganic supports: Experimental and macrokinetic study (2020, Chemosphere)
  • Air biofilters for a mixture of organic gaseous pollutants: an approach for industrial applications (2022, Critical Reviews in Biotechnology)
  • Biofiltration of methane in presence of ethylbenzene or xylene (2021, Atmospheric Pollution Research)
  • Immobilization of nitrifying bacteria on composite based on polymers and eggshells for nitrate production (2021, Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering)

Throughout their research career, Michèle Heitz has collaborated with several frequent coauthors, including Antonio Avalos Ramírez, Milad Ferdowsi, J. Peter Jones, Gerardo Buelna, and Beatriz Delgado Cano.

Best Publications

  • Biofiltration of air: a review.

    Marie-Caroline Delhoménie;Michèle Heitz

  • Fractionation of Populus tremuloides at the pilot plant scale: optimization of steam pretreatment conditions using the STAKE II technology

    M. Heitz;E. Capek-Ménard;P.G. Koeberle;J. Gagné

  • Elimination of methane generated from landfills by biofiltration: a review.

    J. Nikiema;R. Brzezinski;M. Heitz

  • Treatment of air polluted with high concentrations of toluene and xylene in a pilot‐scale biofilter

    Hasnaa Jorio;Karim Kiared;Ryszard Brzezinski;Annie Leroux

  • Biofiltration of air contaminated with toluene on a compost-based bed

    Marie-Caroline Delhoménie;Louise Bibeau;Nathalie Bredin;Sébastien Roy

  • Biofiltration of methane: An experimental study

    J. Nikiema;L. Bibeau;J. Lavoie;R. Brzezinski

  • Trace gas compound emissions from municipal landfill sanitary sites

    Josée Brosseau;Michèle Heitz

  • Effects of gas flow rate and inlet concentration on xylene vapors biofiltration performance

    Hasnaa Jorio;Louise Bibeau;Guy Viel;Michèle Heitz

  • Improved alkaline oxidation process for the production of aldehydes (vanillin and syringaldehyde) from steam-explosion hardwood lignin

    Guoxiong Wu;Michele Heitz;Esteban Chornet

  • Biofiltration of air contaminated by styrene: Effect of nitrogen supply, gas flow rate, and inlet concentration

    Hasnaa Jorio;Louise Bibeau;Michèle Heitz

  • A study of clogging in a biofilter treating toluene vapors

    Marie-Caroline Delhoménie;Louise Bibeau;Julie Gendron;Ryszard Brzezinski

  • Influence of biomass properties on technical and environmental performance of a multi-fuel boiler during on-farm combustion of energy crops

    S. Fournel;J.H. Palacios;R. Morissette;J. Villeneuve

  • Biofiltration of xylene emissions: bioreactor response to variations in the pollutant inlet concentration and gas flow rate

    Hicham Elmrini;Nathalie Bredin;Zarook Shareefdeen;Michèle Heitz

  • Performance and macrokinetic analysis of biofiltration of toluene and p-xylene mixtures in a conventional biofilter packed with inert material.

    G. Gallastegui;A. Ávalos Ramirez;A. Elías;J.P. Jones

  • A study of the impact of particle size and adsorption phenomena in a compost-based biological filter

    Marie-Caroline Delhoménie;Louise Bibeau;Michèle Heitz

  • Elimination of mass transfer and kinetic limited organic pollutants in biofilters: A review

    Milad Ferdowsi;Antonio Avalos Ramirez;Antonio Avalos Ramirez;J. Peter Jones;Michèle Heitz

  • Esterification of free fatty acids with methanol to biodiesel using heterogeneous catalysts: From model acid oil to microalgae lipids

    Marc Veillette;Marc Veillette;Anne Giroir-Fendler;Nathalie Faucheux;Michèle Heitz

  • Biological elimination of VOCs in biofilter

    K. Kiared;L. Bibeau;R. Brezezinski;G. Viel

  • Biofiltration of methane at low concentrations representative of the piggery industry—Influence of the methane and nitrogen concentrations

    Matthieu Girard;Antonio Avalos Ramirez;Gerardo Buelna;Michèle Heitz

  • Effect of inlet mass loading, water and total bacteria count on methanol elimination using upward flow and downward flow biofilters

    Satida Krailas;Satida Krailas;Q Tuan Pham;Rose Amal;John K Jiang

  • Generalized correlations for the aqueous liquefaction of lignocellulosics

    M. Heitz;F. Carrasco;M. Rubio;G. Chauvette

  • Catalytic Mechanism of Cu2+ and Fe3+ in Alkaline O2 Oxidation of Lignin

    Guoxiong Wu;Michèle Heitz

Frequent Co-Authors

Esteban Chornet
Esteban Chornet Enerkem (Canada)
Satinder Kaur Brar
Satinder Kaur Brar York University
José Luis Valverde
José Luis Valverde University of Castilla-La Mancha
Réjean Tremblay
Réjean Tremblay Université du Québec à Rimouski
Rose Amal
Rose Amal University of New South Wales
Paula Sánchez
Paula Sánchez University of Castilla-La Mancha
Ronald W. Thring
Ronald W. Thring University of Northern British Columbia

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