When plant biomass is anaerobically digested, seeds may survive the energy production process and contaminate digestate. Hard-seeded (HS), i.e., physically dormant, species were found to be difficult inactivate. Here, we aimed verify this finding from lab-scale experimental reactors (ERs) in a full-scale commercial reactor (CR). In addition, tested seed survival pH-buffered water bath (WB). See...

A set of Essential Climate Variables (ECV) have been defined to be monitored by current and new remote sensing missions. The ECV retrieved at global scale need to be validated in order to provide reliable products to be used in remote sensing applications. For this, test sites are required to use in calibration and validation of the remote sensing approaches in order to improve the ECV retrieva...

Due to its non-dispersive contact, definite interface and high specific volume, a membrane contactor offers many advantages over conventional contactors. In recent years it has been established as a potential replacement for packed absorber columns in the field of CO2 capture. There are many different configurations in which a membrane contactor can operate, while tubular membrane with liquid i...

An increasing number of grid applications manage data at very large scale, of both size and distribution. In this paper we discuss data access and data processing services for such applications, in the context of a grid. The complexity of data management on a grid arises from the scale, dynamism, autonomy, and distribution of data sources. The main argument of this paper is that these complexit...

A new method for the large-scale hydrothermal production and activation of ZIF-8 is presented in this communication. Activated ZIF-8 has been produced, at lab-scale and pilot-scale, at a rate of 27 g h(-1) and 810 g h(-1) respectively with the activated material showing a surface area of 1800 m(2) g(-1).