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Assessing the Potential of a Hybrid Renewable Energy System
Joaquim, Salomão; Amaro, Nuno; Lapa, NunoFunding Information: Salomão Muquepe Joaquim acknowledges the Government of Angola, Ministério do Ensino Superior, Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação, for the MSc. fellowship attributed in the framework of the Presidential Decree number 67/19 of 22 February. Publisher Copyright: © 2025 by the authors.; This study investigates a hybrid renewable energy system combining the municipal solid waste (MSW) gasification an...
Fruit and vegetable wastes as co-substrates in anaerobic co-digestion
Azevedo, André; Lapa, Nuno; Moldão, Margarida; Gominho, Jorge; Duarte, ElizabethFunding Information: This research was funded by national funds from FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., through the doctoral scholarship “UI/BD/151370/2021″ attributed to Mr. André Azevedo, under the project “UIDB/04129/2020″ of LEAF (Linking Landscape, Environment, Agriculture and Food Research Unit), and PT national funds (FCT/MCTES, Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia and Ministério da Ciên...
Neodymium removal and recovery from simulated NdFeB leachate using manganese fe...
Sousa, Joana; Tavares, Daniela S.; Pinto, João; Henriques, Bruno; Rocha, João; Trindade, Tito; Lapa, Nuno; Pereira, EduardaFunding Information: This work received financial support from PT national funds (FCT/MCTES, Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia and Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Ensino Superior) through the CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials (UIDB/50011/2020 and UIDP/50011/2020), and REQUIMTE (UIDB/50006/2020 and UIDP/50006/2020). João Pinto thanks FCT/MCTES (Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia and Ministério da Ciê...
Pig Slurry Anaerobic Digestion
Silva, Inês; Lapa, Nuno; Ribeiro, Henrique; Duarte, ElizabethFunding Information: This work was supported by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) through the strategic project UID/04129/2020 (LEAF) and a PhD grant to the first author (doi: https://doi.org/10.54499/2023.03381.BD). H. Ribeiro and E. Duarte acknowledge the support by national funds through FCT—Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, I.P., under the projects UIDB/04129/2020 of LEAF-Linking Landscape, E...
Recovery of Nd3+ and Dy3+ from E-Waste Using Adsorbents from Spent Tyre Rubbers
Nogueira, Miguel; Matos, Inês; Bernardo, Maria; Pinto, Filomena; Fonseca, Isabel; Lapa, Nuno© 2024 by the authors Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.; This paper investigates the use of spent tyre rubber as a precursor for synthesising adsorbents to recover rare earth elements. Through pyrolysis and CO2 activation, tyre rubber is converted into porous carbonaceous materials with surface properties suited for rare earth element adsorption. The study also examines the efficiency of leaching rare earth el...
Life cycle assessment of pharmaceutical and clinical packaging required for med...
Baehr, Julian; Göllner-Völker, Laura; Baehr, Michael; Muthukumar, Hariharan; Lapa, Nuno; Schebek, LiselottePublisher Copyright: © 2023, The Author(s). Funding: Open Access funding enabled and organized by Projekt DEAL.; Purpose: Digital closed-loop medication administration (CLMA) is a prime example of how digitalization in healthcare can reduce time and costs while simultaneously increasing patient safety. However, in contrast to its social and economic benefits, associated environmental impacts have never been inv...
Bioreactor Feeding Strategies to Improve Biogas Production and Pig Slurry Manag...
Silva, Inês; Lapa, Nuno; Ribeiro, Henrique; Duarte, ElizabethThis work was supported by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) through the strategic project UID/04129/2020 of LEAF and the PhD grant to the first author (DOI: 10.54499/2023.03381. BD). Publisher Copyright: © (2024), (Polskie Towarzystwo Inzynierii Ekologicznej (PTIE)). All rights reserved.; Pig slurry (PS) management is a challenge that needs appropriate strategies. Anaerobic digestion (AD) has proved...
Opportunities and Constraints of the Adsorption of Rare Earth Elements onto Pyr...
Nogueira, Miguel; Bernardo, Maria; Ventura, Márcia; Matos, Inês; Pinto, Filomena; Lapa, NunoPublisher Copyright: © 2024 by the authors. Maria Bernardo thanks FCT/MCTES for funding through program DL 57/2016—Norma transitória. Inês Matos thanks FCT/MCTES for contract CEECIND/004431/2022.; Rare earth elements (REEs), comprising seventeen metallic elements, including lanthanides, scandium, and yttrium, are indispensable for modern technological industries due to their unique properties. However, their su...
Microalgae as a selenium vehicle for nutrition
Pires, Rita; Costa, Margarida; Pereira, Hugo; Cardoso, Helena; Ferreira, Luís; Lapa, Nuno; Silva, Joana; Ventura, MárciaRita Pires acknowledges the Ph.D. Fellowship 2022.12360.BNA, Ref CRM:001 1392 from Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia . Publisher Copyright: © The Author(s) 2024.; Selenium (Se) is essential for human and animal nutrition, playing a key role in antioxidant and immune functions. Organic Se is better for supplementation because it is more efficiently assimilated and less toxic than its inorganic form. Due to th...
Technical, Environmental, and Cost Assessment of Granite Sludge Valorisation
Surra, Elena; Sousa, João; Correia, Manuela; Carvalheiras, João; Labrincha, João A.; Marques, José C.; Lapa, Nuno; Delerue-Matos, CristinaPublisher Copyright: © 2023 by the authors.; Featured Application: This work provides fundamental information regarding the technical, environmental, and economic viability of granite sludge valorisation as a substitute for feldspar in a ceramic paste and as a substitute for fine–medium inert in structural concrete. The granite sludge (GS) produced during block sawing can be exploited as alternative raw materia...