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Prasad Kaparaju

Prasad Kaparaju

Overview

Prasad Kaparaju is a researcher affiliated with Griffith University in Australia, contributing primarily to the fields of Engineering and Environmental Science. Their work spans a broad range of topics, with particular emphasis on biofuel production and bioconversion, anaerobic digestion and biogas production, and issues related to microplastics and plastic pollution.

The scientist's research frequently addresses areas such as recycling and waste management techniques, hybrid renewable energy systems, forest biomass utilization and management, and biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties. These diverse topics reflect a focus on sustainable technologies and environmental impact mitigation.

Key publication venues for Kaparaju's work include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Sustainability
  • Environmental Technology
  • Energy & Fuels
  • Energies

They have collaborated extensively with several researchers as frequent co-authors, including Oluchi Mbachu, Nilay Kumar Sarker, Thanuja Gelanigama Mesthrige, Graham Andrew Jenkins, and Chris Pratt.

Some notable recent publications by Kaparaju include:

  • The rise of artificial soil carbon inputs: Reviewing microplastic pollution effects in the soil environment, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • A New Contaminant Superhighway? A Review of Sources, Measurement Techniques and Fate of Atmospheric Microplastics, 2020, Water Air & Soil Pollution
  • Design and economic analysis of off-grid solar PV system in Jos-Nigeria, 2020, Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Enzymatic purification of microplastics in soil, 2021, MethodsX
  • Effect of temperature on oil quality obtained through pyrolysis of sugarcane bagasse, 2020, Fuel

Their subfields of study particularly focus on biomedical engineering, building and construction, industrial and manufacturing engineering, pollution, and mechanics of materials. These areas underline a multidisciplinary approach bridging engineering principles with environmental applications.

Best Publications

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

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

  • Biochemical methane potential (BMP) of solid organic substrates: evaluation of anaerobic biodegradability using data from an international interlaboratory study

    F. Raposo;V. Fernández-Cegrí;M.A. De la Rubia;R. Borja

  • Effects of mixing on methane production during thermophilic anaerobic digestion of manure: lab-scale and pilot-scale studies.

    Prasad Kaparaju;Inmaculada Buendia;Lars Ellegaard;Irini Angelidakia

  • Municipal solid waste as a valuable renewable energy resource: a worldwide opportunity of energy recovery by using Waste-To-Energy Technologies

    Diego Moya;Clay Aldás;Germánico López;Prasad Kaparaju

  • Geothermal energy: Power plant technology and direct heat applications

    Diego Moya;Clay Aldás;Prasad Kaparaju

  • Anaerobic co-digestion of potato tuber and its industrial by-products with pig manure

    Prasad Kaparaju;Jukka Rintala

  • Characterization of lignin during oxidative and hydrothermal pre-treatment processes of wheat straw and corn stover.

    Prasad Kaparaju;Claus Felby

  • Thermophilic anaerobic digestion of source-sorted organic fraction of household municipal solid waste: start-up procedure for continuously stirred tank reactor.

    Irini Angelidaki;X. Chen;J. Cui;Prasad Laxmi-Narasimha Kaparaju

  • Mesophilic and thermophilic anaerobic co-digestion of rendering plant and slaughterhouse wastes

    Suvi Bayr;Marianne Rantanen;Prasad Kaparaju;Jukka Rintala

  • Co-digestion of energy crops and industrial confectionery by-products with cow manure: batch-scale and farm-scale evaluation.

    P. L. N. Kaparaju;Sari Luostarinen;E. Kalmari;J. Kalmari

  • Optimisation of biogas production from manure through serial digestion: lab-scale and pilot-scale studies.

    Prasad Kaparaju;Lars Ellegaard;Irini Angelidaki

  • Optimization of biogas production from wheat straw stillage in UASB reactor

    Prasad Laxmi-Narasimha Kaparaju;M. Serrano;Irini Angelidaki

  • Mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions by adopting anaerobic digestion technology on dairy, sow and pig farms in Finland

    P. Kaparaju;J. Rintala

  • Alkaline pretreatment to enhance one-stage CH4 and two-stage H2/CH4 production from sunflower stalks: Mass, energy and economical balances

    F. Monlau;P. Kaparaju;P. Kaparaju;E. Trably;J.P. Steyer

  • The rise of artificial soil carbon inputs: Reviewing microplastic pollution effects in the soil environment.

    Oluchi Mbachu;Graham Jenkins;Prasad Kaparaju;Chris Pratt

  • Effect of reactor configuration on biogas production from wheat straw hydrolysate

    Prasad Laxmi-Narasimha Kaparaju;M. Serrano;Irini Angelidaki

  • Screening pretreatment methods to enhance thermophilic anaerobic digestion of pulp and paper mill wastewater treatment secondary sludge

    Suvi Bayr;Prasad Kaparaju;Jukka Rintala

  • Effects of solid-liquid separation on recovering residual methane and nitrogen from digested dairy cow manure.

    Prasad Laxmi-Narasimha Kaparaju;J.A. Rintala

  • Two-stage anaerobic digestion of tomato, cucumber, common reed and grass silage in leach-bed reactors and upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactors.

    Padma Shanthi Jagadabhi;Prasad Kaparaju;Jukka Rintala

  • Effect of micro-aeration and leachate replacement on COD solubilization and VFA production during mono-digestion of grass-silage in one-stage leach-bed reactors.

    Padma Shanthi Jagadabhi;Prasad Kaparaju;Jukka Rintala

Frequent Co-Authors

Jukka Rintala
Jukka Rintala Tampere University
Irini Angelidaki
Irini Angelidaki Technical University of Denmark
Jean-Philippe Steyer
Jean-Philippe Steyer INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Cigdem Eskicioglu
Cigdem Eskicioglu University of British Columbia
Ramón Méndez
Ramón Méndez University of Santiago de Compostela
Eric Trably
Eric Trably INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Ivet Ferrer
Ivet Ferrer Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Aimo Oikari
Aimo Oikari University of Jyväskylä
Karen A. Krogfelt
Karen A. Krogfelt Statens Serum Institut
Fabrice Béline
Fabrice Béline European University of Brittany

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