What is he best known for?
The fields of study he is best known for:
- Oxygen
- Organic chemistry
- Biochemistry
Rafael Borja mainly investigates Anaerobic digestion, Wastewater, Chemical oxygen demand, Pulp and paper industry and Bioreactor. His Anaerobic digestion research includes elements of Alkalinity, Waste management, Fermentation and Mesophile. His Wastewater research incorporates elements of Microorganism, Biodegradation, Methanogenesis and Effluent.
The various areas that Rafael Borja examines in his Chemical oxygen demand study include Hydraulic retention time, Suspended solids, Anaerobic filter, Oxygen and Environmental chemistry. His work deals with themes such as Acidogenesis and Microbiology, which intersect with Pulp and paper industry. His Bioreactor study incorporates themes from Chromatography and Spirulina.
His most cited work include:
- Biochemical methane potential (BMP) of solid organic substrates: evaluation of anaerobic biodegradability using data from an international interlaboratory study (323 citations)
- Anaerobic digestion of solid organic substrates in batch mode: An overview relating to methane yields and experimental procedures (309 citations)
- Use of the water quality index and dissolved oxygen deficit as simple indicators of watersheds pollution (286 citations)
What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?
Rafael Borja spends much of his time researching Anaerobic digestion, Wastewater, Chemical oxygen demand, Pulp and paper industry and Bioreactor. The study incorporates disciplines such as Waste management, Biogas, Chromatography and Mesophile in addition to Anaerobic digestion. His research in Wastewater intersects with topics in Fermentation, Biodegradation and Sewage treatment.
Rafael Borja interconnects Environmental chemistry, Alkalinity and Effluent in the investigation of issues within Chemical oxygen demand. His study on Pulp and paper industry also encompasses disciplines like
- Hydraulic retention time which is related to area like Acidogenesis,
- Zeolite that intertwine with fields like Ammonia. His studies deal with areas such as Microorganism, Methanogenesis and Mineralogy as well as Bioreactor.
He most often published in these fields:
- Anaerobic digestion (62.31%)
- Wastewater (38.81%)
- Chemical oxygen demand (38.06%)
What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2014-2021)?
- Anaerobic digestion (62.31%)
- Pulp and paper industry (37.31%)
- Municipal solid waste (8.21%)
In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:
His primary areas of study are Anaerobic digestion, Pulp and paper industry, Municipal solid waste, Methane and Waste management. His Anaerobic digestion study combines topics in areas such as Food science, Chromatography, Extraction, Biogas and Mesophile. His work deals with themes such as Chemical oxygen demand, Residue, Methanogenesis, Analytical chemistry and Hydroxymethylfurfural, which intersect with Chromatography.
He combines subjects such as Sludge, Organic matter, Aeration and Metal with his study of Pulp and paper industry. His Methane research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Nuclear chemistry, Microorganism, Pomace, Hydrolysis and Bioreactor. His work carried out in the field of Waste management brings together such families of science as Sustainability and Methane yield.
Between 2014 and 2021, his most popular works were:
- Competitive removal of heavy metal ions from squid oil under isothermal condition by CR11 chelate ion exchanger (50 citations)
- Anaerobic co-digestion of lipid-spent microalgae with waste activated sludge and glycerol in batch mode (47 citations)
- Mesophilic anaerobic co-digestion of the organic fraction of municipal solid waste with the liquid fraction from hydrothermal carbonization of sewage sludge. (38 citations)
In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:
- Oxygen
- Organic chemistry
- Biochemistry
Rafael Borja focuses on Anaerobic digestion, Waste management, Methane, Mesophile and Municipal solid waste. Rafael Borja has included themes like Organic matter, Activated sludge, Biofuel, Biogas and Pulp and paper industry in his Anaerobic digestion study. His work in Biofuel covers topics such as Hydrogen sulfide which are related to areas like Bioreactor.
His Pulp and paper industry research integrates issues from Sludge and Biomass. As a member of one scientific family, he mostly works in the field of Waste management, focusing on Methane yield and, on occasion, Chlorella sorokiniana, Cellulose and Steam explosion. His study in Methane is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Chromatography and Chemical oxygen demand.
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