Flotats Ripoll, Xavier

Member of the Academic Committee of the Doctoral Programme in Environmental Engineering
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xavier.flotatsupc.edu
Manure management and treatment of livestock farming. Optimization and mathematical modeling of biological processes to reduce organic matter and nutrients (anaerobic digestion, composting, nitrification-denitrification). Tools for decision making on appropriate treatment technology for organic waste.

Scientific production

Selected papers

Palatsi, J.; Illa, J.; Prenafeta-Boldu, F. X.; Laureni, M.; Fernandez, B.; Angelidaki, I.; Flotats, X. (2010) "Long-chain fatty acids inhibition and adaptation process in anaerobic thermophilic digestion: Batch tests, microbial community structure and mathematical modeling", Bioresource Technology, 101(7): 2243-2251.

Flotats, X.; Bonmatí, A.; Fernández, B.; Magrí, A. (2009) "Manure treatment technologies: on-farm versus centralized strategies. NE Spain as case study",  Bioresource Technology, 100(22): 5519–5526.

Vavilin, V. A.; Fernández, B.; Palatsi, J.; Flotats, X. (2008) "Hydrolysis kinetics in anaerobic degradation of particulate organic material: an overview",  Waste Management, 28(6): 939-951.

Campos, E.; Almirall, M.; Mtnez-Almela, J.; Palatsi, J.; Flotats, X. (2008) "Feasibility study of the anaerobic digestion of dewatered pig slurry by means of polyacrylamide", Bioresource Technology, 99(2): 387-395.

Solé-Mauri, F.; Illa, J.; Magrí, A.; Prenafeta-Boldú, F. X.; Flotats, X. (2007) "An integrated biochemical and physical model for the composting process", Bioresource Technology, 98(17): 3278-3293.