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Overview

Renaud Escudié is affiliated with the University of Montpellier in France, specializing in the fields of Engineering and Environmental Science. Their research spans a variety of subfields including Building and Construction, Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology, Environmental Engineering, and Pollution.

The scientist's primary research topics focus on Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production, Biofuel Production and Bioconversion, as well as Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation. Additional areas of work include Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal, Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction, Microbial Metabolism and Enzyme Function, and Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems.

Renaud Escudié has published extensively, with frequent contributions in several scientific journals. The main publication venues include:

  • Bioresource Technology (8 publications)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (8 publications)
  • The Science of The Total Environment (3 publications)
  • Energies (3 publications)
  • Waste Management (3 publications)

Recent papers authored by Renaud Escudié cover multiple topics related to biomethanation, microbial processes, and bioenergy production. Notable publications include:

  • "Biomethanation processes: new insights on the effect of a high H2 partial pressure on microbial communities," 2020, Biotechnology for Biofuels
  • "Lactic acid production from food waste using a microbial consortium: Focus on key parameters for process upscaling and fermentation residues valorization," 2022, Bioresource Technology
  • "Microbial community redundance in biomethanation systems lead to faster recovery of methane production rates after starvation," 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Temperature and Inoculum Origin Influence the Performance of Ex-Situ Biological Hydrogen Methanation," 2020, Molecules
  • "Impact of microbial inoculum storage on dark fermentative H2 production," 2020, Bioresource Technology

Collaboration is an integral part of Escudié's research activities, with frequent coauthors including:

  • Éric Trably (25 collaborations)
  • Nicolas Bernet (17 collaborations)
  • Jean-Philippe Steyer (13 collaborations)
  • Gabriel Capson-Tojo (13 collaborations)
  • Hélène Carrère (12 collaborations)

Renaud Escudié's work intersects several domains within engineering and environmental science, contributing to the understanding and development of technologies related to sustainable bioenergy and environmental management. Their publications reflect a focus on microbial communities and their roles in bioconversion processes, with applied research aiming at improving system efficiencies and exploring microbial interactions under various operational conditions.

Best Publications

  • A review on dark fermentative biohydrogen production from organic biomass: Process parameters and use of by-products

    Anish Ghimire;Anish Ghimire;Luigi Frunzo;Francesco Pirozzi;Eric Trably

  • Total solids content drives high solid anaerobic digestion via mass transfer limitation.

    Amel Abbassi-Guendouz;Doris Brockmann;Eric Trably;Claire Dumas

  • CFD modelling of a liquid–solid fluidized bed

    Jack T. Cornelissen;Fariborz Taghipour;Renaud Escudié;Renaud Escudié;Naoko Ellis

  • Role of shear stress on composition, diversity and dynamics of biofilm bacterial communities.

    Alice Rochex;Jean-Jacques Godon;Nicolas Bernet;Renaud Escudié

  • Food waste valorization via anaerobic processes: a review

    Gabriel Capson-Tojo;Maxime Rouez;Marion Crest;Jean-Philippe Steyer

  • Experimental analysis of hydrodynamics in a radially agitated tank

    Renaud Escudié;Alain Liné

  • Addition of granular activated carbon and trace elements to favor volatile fatty acid consumption during anaerobic digestion of food waste

    Gabriel Capson-Tojo;Roman Moscoviz;Diane Ruiz;Gaëlle Santa-Catalina

  • Dynamic effect of total solid content, low substrate/inoculum ratio and particle size on solid-state anaerobic digestion.

    J.-C. Motte;R. Escudié;N. Bernet;J.-P. Delgenes

  • Total solids content: a key parameter of metabolic pathways in dry anaerobic digestion

    Jean-Charles Motte;Eric Trably;Renaud Escudié;Jérôme Hamelin

  • Control of start-up and operation of anaerobic biofilm reactors: An overview of 15 years of research

    Renaud Escudié;Romain Cresson;Jean-Philippe Delgenès;Nicolas Bernet

  • Biohydrogen production by dark fermentation: scaling-up and technologies integration for a sustainable system

    Estela Tapia-Venegas;Juan Esteban Ramirez-Morales;Fernando Silva-Illanes;Javiera Toledo-Alarcón;Javiera Toledo-Alarcón

  • Biomass hydrolysis inhibition at high hydrogen partial pressure in solid-state anaerobic digestion

    Elisabeth Cazier;Eric Trably;Jean-Philippe Steyer;Renaud Escudié

  • Effect of particle shape on liquid-fluidized beds of binary (and ternary) solids mixtures: segregation vs. mixing

    R. Escudié;R. Escudié;N. Epstein;J.R. Grace;H.T. Bi

  • Dry anaerobic digestion of food waste and cardboard at different substrate loads, solid contents and co-digestion proportions.

    Gabriel Capson-Tojo;Eric Trably;Maxime Rouez;Marion Crest

  • Stratification in the cohesion of biofilms grown under various environmental conditions.

    Nicolas Derlon;Anthony Massé;Renaud Escudié;Nicolas Bernet

  • Effects of operational parameters on dark fermentative hydrogen production from biodegradable complex waste biomass.

    Anish Ghimire;Anish Ghimire;Fabio Sposito;Luigi Frunzo;Eric Trably

  • Characterization of Trailing Vortices Generated by a Rushton Turbine

    Renaud Escudié;Denis Bouyer;Alain Liné

  • Accumulation of propionic acid during consecutive batch anaerobic digestion of commercial food waste.

    Gabriel Capson-Tojo;Diane Ruiz;Maxime Rouez;Marion Crest

  • Influence of substrate concentration and moisture content on the specific methanogenic activity of dry mesophilic municipal solid waste digestate spiked with propionate

    Ronan Le Hyaric;Caroline Chardin;Hassen Benbelkacem;Julien Bollon

  • Water distribution in biowastes and digestates of dry anaerobic digestion technology

    Diana García-Bernet;Pierre Buffière;Eric Latrille;Jean-Philippe Steyer

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean-Philippe Steyer
Jean-Philippe Steyer INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Nicolas Bernet
Nicolas Bernet INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Eric Trably
Eric Trably INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Hélène Carrère
Hélène Carrère University of Montpellier
Piet N.L. Lens
Piet N.L. Lens University of Galway
Francesco Pirozzi
Francesco Pirozzi University of Naples Federico II
Norman Epstein
Norman Epstein University of British Columbia
Jukka Rintala
Jukka Rintala Tampere University
Etienne Paul
Etienne Paul Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Toulouse
Fabienne Guillon
Fabienne Guillon INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement

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