Chemical Engineering Transactions-VOL 20
Editors: Enrico Bardone & Aurelio Viglia
Copyright © 2010, AIDIC Servizi S.r.l.,
ISBN 978-88-95608-11-2; ISSN 1974-9791

Table of Contents & Authors Index
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Regulation and Biofinance  
GENETICALLY MODIFIED MICRO-ORGANISMS: THE EU REGULATORY FRAMEWORK AND THE NEW DIRECTIVE 2009/41/EC ON THE CONTAINED USE 1
Fontana G. >DOI: 10.3303/CET1020001
INVESTING IN INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY: WHERE IS THE VALUE ? US AND GLOBAL BUSINESS CLUSTERS AND INVESTMENTS TRENDS 7
Barbanti P. >DOI: 10.3303/CET1020002
   
Biocatalyst function and optimization  
EVALUATION OF THE PARAMETERS EFFECTS ON THE BIO-ETHANOL PRODUCTION PROCESS FROM RICOTTA CHEESE WHEY 13
Sansonetti S., Curcio S., Calabrò V., Iorio G. >DOI: 10.3303/CET1020003
PHOTOCHEMICAL IMMOBILIZATION OF ENZYMES ON TEXTILE CARRIER MATERIALS 19
Opwis K. >DOI: 10.3303/CET1020004
OPTIMIZATION OF THE ENZYMATIC TREATMENT OF OLIVE OIL POMACE FOR LIGNOCELLULOSIC ETHANOL PRODUCTION 25
Cannella D., Valencia Peroni C., Bravi M. >DOI: 10.3303/CET1020005
EVALUATION OF TWO FUNGAL STRAINS FOR THE DEGRADATION OF PHARMACEUTICAL AND PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS (PPCPS) 31
Rodarte-Morales A., Moreira M.T., Feijoo G., Lema J.M. >DOI: 10.3303/CET1020006
THE SYNTHESIS OF BIODIESEL VIA ENZYMATIC ETHANOLYSIS OF THE OF SUNFLOWER AND PALM OILS: KINETIC MODELING 37
Magalhaes S., Falcao P. W., Nogueira L., Pessoa F. >DOI: 10.3303/CET1020007
ACTIVITY AND STABILITY PREDICTION OF ENZYMATIC REACTIONS AS A TOOL FOR THERMAL OPTIMIZATION: THE CASE OF INULIN HYDROLYSIS 43
Ricca E., Calabrò V., Curcio S., Iorio G. >DOI: 10.3303/CET1020008
IN VITRO ENZYMATIC GENERATION OF MN(III)-MALONATE AS A CHEMICAL OXIDANT OF ORANGE II 49
Taboada-Puig R., Lu-Chau T., Moreira M.T., Feijoo G., Lema J.M. >DOI: 10.3303/CET1020009
SIMULTANEOUS CR(VI) REDUCTION AND PHENOL DEGRADATION IN A TRICKLE BED BIOREACTOR: SHOCK LOADING RESPONSE 55
Chirwa E., Smit E. >DOI: 10.3303/CET1020010
   
Biocatalyst process design  
BIOCATALYZED SYNTHESIS OF TESTOSTERONE 61
Fogal S., Motterle R., Castellin A., Arvotti G., Bergantino E. >DOI: 10.3303/CET1020011
ROTATING BIOLOGICAL CONTACTOR AND ITS APPLICATION FOR DECOLORIZATION OF TEXTILE DYES BY IRPEX LACTEUS 67
Pocedic J., Knotek O., Sima J., Hasal P. >DOI: 10.3303/CET1020012
CELLULASE PRODUCTION FROM OLIVE PROCESSING RESIDUES 73
Damato G., Vivona G., Stoller M., Bubbico R., Bravi M. >DOI: 10.3303/CET1020013
FEASIBILITY OF THE BATCH FERMENTATION PROCESS OF RICOTTA CHEESE WHEY (RCW) 79
Sansonetti S., Curcio S., Calabrò V., Iorio G. >DOI: 10.3303/CET1020014
STUDY ON THE OPTIMAL GROWING CONDITIONS OF CHLORELLA VULGARIS IN BUBBLE COLUMN PHOTOBIOREACTORS 85
Scarsella M., Belotti G., De Filippis P., Bravi M. >DOI: 10.3303/CET1020015
   
Novel enzymes & microorganisms  
MULTILEVEL CONTROL OF GSH ACCUMULATION IN MUTANT AND WILD-TYPE STRAINS OF S. CEREVISIAE UNDER CONDITIONS OF SMOOTH CYSTEINE ADDITION 91
Nisamedtinov I., Orumets K., Kevvai K., Viiard E., Sarand I., Paalme T. >DOI: 10.3303/CET1020016
ENGINEERING AMYLOLYTIC YEASTS FOR INDUSTRIAL BIOETHANOL PRODUCTION 97
Favaro L., Basaglia M., Saayman M., Rose Shaunita H., Van Zyl W.H., Casella S. >DOI: 10.3303/CET1020017
INTENSIFICATION OF BIOETHANOL FERMENTATION BY RECOMBINANT YEAST WITH XYLOSE ISOMERASE PATHWAY 103
Ito T., Hotta A., Uchida A., Tanino T., Ogino C., Kondo A., Ohmura N. >DOI: 10.3303/CET1020018
PRODUCTION OF SINGLE CELL OILS BY THE COLD-ADAPTED OLEAGINOUS YEAST RHODOTORULA GLACIALIS AS 4.7: EFFECTS OF THE GROWTH TEMPERATURE AND THE C:N RATIO 109
Amaretti A., Raimondi S., Sala M., Roncaglia L., De Lucia M., Leonardi A., Rossi M. >DOI: 10.3303/CET1020019
BIOLOGICAL URANIUM (VI) REDUCTION BY THREE FACULTATIVE PURE CULTURES FROM A SOIL CONSORTIUM, A PERFORMANCE EVALUATION 115
Chabalala S., Chirwa E. >DOI: 10.3303/CET1020020
PECTINASES PRODUCTION BY SOLID STATE FERMENTATION WITH CASHEW APPLE BAGASSE: WATER ACTIVITY AND NITROGEN SOURCE 121
Alcantara S.R., de Almeida F.A.C., da Silva F.L.H. >DOI: 10.3303/CET1020021
EFFECT OF PH AND TEMPERATURE ON PIGMENT PRODUCTION FROM AN ISOLATED BACTERIUM 127
Goswami G., Chaudhuri S., Dutta D. >DOI: 10.3303/CET1020022
STUDY OF MORPHOLOGICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS OF CULTURES OF YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA UNDERGONE ELECTROCHEMICAL STRESS 133
Oliveira A.A.C., Sousa T.V.S., Amaral P., Coelho M.A., Araujo O.Q.F. >DOI: 10.3303/CET1020023
EVALUATION OF THE FLOURESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION TECHNIQUE FOR DETECTION OF EUBACTERIA AND SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIA FROM SAMPLES OF WATER IN OIL FIELDS 139
Santos A., Batista L.L.F., Lima J., Almeida R., Roque M., De Souza E.R., Almeida P. >DOI: 10.3303/CET1020024
AN APPROACH TO THE CHARACTERIZATION OF A NOVEL THERMOPHILIC BACILLUS THERMOAMYLOVORANS LIPASE 145
Longo M.A., Carvalho E., Deive F.J., Sanroman M.A. >DOI: 10.3303/CET1020025
DYE DECOLOURIZATION BY NEWLY ISOLATED THERMOPHILIC MICROORGANISMS 151
Sanroman M.A., Deive F.J., Dominguez A., Barrio T., Longo M.A. >DOI: 10.3303/CET1020026
   
Process engineering and innovative downstream processing  
ENZYMES IMMOBILIZED IN ADVANCED MEMBRANE REACTOR/SEPARATOR FOR THE PRODUCTION AND STABILIZATION OF REACTION INTERMEDIATES 157
Mazzei R., Piacentini E., Drioli E., Giorno L. >DOI: 10.3303/CET1020027
MICROBIAL GENERATION OF H2 OR CH4 COUPLED TO WASTEWATER TREATMENT IN BIOELECTROCHEMICAL SYSTEMS 163
Villano M., Aulenta F., Beccari M., Majone M. >DOI: 10.3303/CET1020028
A TECHNO-ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT OF BIOFUELS PRODUCTION BY MICROALGAE 169
Marzocchella A., Andreozzi R., Bartalini G., Filippone E., Olivieri G., Pinto G., Salatino P. >DOI: 10.3303/CET1020029
MESOPHILIC TO THERMOPHLIC CONDITIONS IN CODIGESTION OF SEWAGE SLUDGE AND OFMSW: EVALUATION OF EFFLUENT STABILITY USING DYNAMIC RESPIROMETRIC INDEX (DRI) AND BIOCHEMICAL METHANE POTENTIAL(BMP) 175
Cavinato C., Fatone F., Bolzonella D., Pavan P. >DOI: 10.3303/CET1020030
INFLUENCE OF TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS ON ETHANOL PRODUCTION BY KEFIR GRAINS - MATHEMATICAL MODEL DEVELOPMENT 181
Gorsek A., Zajsek K. >DOI: 10.3303/CET1020031
EFFECT OF HYDRAULIC AND ORGANIC LOADS IN SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR ON MICROBIAL ECOLOGY OF ACTIVATED SLUDGE AND STORAGE OF POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES 187
Villano M., Lampis S., Valentino F., Vallini G., Majone M., Beccari M. >DOI: 10.3303/CET1020032
PRODUCTION OF BUTANOL IN A CONTINUOUS PACKED BED REACTOR OF CLOSTRIDIUM ACETOBUTYLICUM 193
Napoli F., Olivieri G., Marzocchella A., Russo M.E., Salatino P. >DOI: 10.3303/CET1020033
VEGETAL OIL FROM MICROALGAE: SPECIES SELECTION AND OPTIMIZATION OF GROWTH PARAMETERS 199
Sforza E., Bertucco A., Morosinotto T., Giacometti G. >DOI: 10.3303/CET1020034
SINTERED SEWAGE SLUDGE AS SUPPORT MATERIAL USED IN DRINKING WATER FILTRATION 205
Morais L., Dweck J., Campos V., Rosa A.H, Fraceto L.F., Buchler P. >DOI: 10.3303/CET1020035
POTENTIAL APPLICATION OF RAW GLYCEROL FROM BIODIESEL IN CITRIC ACID PRODUCTION BY YARROWIA LIPOLYTICA 211
Silva L., Ribeiro R., Amaral P., Coelho M.A., Pessoa F. >DOI: 10.3303/CET1020036
CHALLENGE TO THE FOOD ENGINEERING DUE TO A HYBRID METHOD OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING-PROTON NMR TECHNIQUE -MEAT JERKY DESIGN BY THE SCIENTIFIC PARAMETERS- 217
Konishi Y., Kobayashi M. >DOI: 10.3303/CET1020037
ANTIBACTERIAL AND ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY OF RED RICE OBTAINED FROM MONASCUS PURPUREUS 223
Ungureanu C., Ferdes M. >DOI: 10.3303/CET1020038
   
Innovative fermentation  
kLa MEASUREMENT IN BIOREACTORS 229
Scargiali F., Busciglio A., Grisafi F., Brucato A. >DOI: 10.3303/CET1020039
SCALABLE DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING OF RECOMBINANT ANTIBODY FAB FRAGMENTS 235
Crivellin F., Volpato F., Bartolomeo M.P., Maisano F. >DOI: 10.3303/CET1020040
GREEN ROUTES TO GREEN NOTES 241
Ibdah M., Lavid N., Lewinson E., Amit A., Dror N. >DOI: 10.3303/CET1020041
APPLICATION OF METHODS OF OPTIMIZATION IN THE CALCULATION OF COMBINED CHEMICAL AND PHASE EQUILIBRIA FOR PROCESSES WITH SYNTHESIS GAS 247
Silva C.C.G., Guirardello R. >DOI: 10.3303/CET1020042
EXPLOITATION OF RAPESEED AND SUNFLOWER RESIDUES FOR METHANE GENERATION THROUGH ANAEROBIC DIGESTION: THE EFFECT OF PRETREATMENT 253
Antonopoulou G., Stamatelatou K., Lyberatos G. >DOI: 10.3303/CET1020043
TRANSFORMATION OF AROMATIC COMPOUNDS BY C. NECATOR 259
Berezina N., Paternostre L. >DOI: 10.3303/CET1020044
MICROALGAE CULTURING IN THIN-LAYER PHOTOBIOREACTORS 265
Torzillo G., Giannelli L., Martinez Roldan A.C., Verdone N., De Filippis P., Scarsella M., Bravi M. >DOI: 10.3303/CET1020045
CHEMICAL-PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT OF HIGH SALINITY WASTEWATERS CONTAMINATED BY OILY XENOBIOTIC COMPOUNDS 271
Mancini G., Lanciotti E., Bruno M. >DOI: 10.3303/CET1020046
WASTE PAPER AS CARBOHYDRATE SOURCE FOR BIOFUEL PRODUCTION: AN EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION 279
Franceschin G., Favaron C., Bertucco A. >DOI: 10.3303/CET1020047
DYNAMICS OF A CONTINUOUS FLASH FERMENTATION FOR BUTANOL PRODUCTION 285
Mariano A.P., Costa C.B.B., De Angelis D., Maugeri Filho F., Atala D. I. P., Wolf Maciel M.R., Maciel Filho R. >DOI: 10.3303/CET1020048
PRODUCTION OF A BIOSURFACTANT BY PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS – SOLUBILIZING AND WETTING CAPACITY 291
Abouseoud M., Yataghene A., Amrane A., Maachi  R. >DOI: 10.3303/CET1020049
REMOVAL OF NICKEL BY SORPTION ON ANAEROBIC SLUDGE. EFFECTS ON METHANE PRODUCTION 297
Colussi I., Cortesi A., Gallo V., Solinas D., Vitanza R. >DOI: 10.3303/CET1020050
DILUTED SPOUTED BED AT HIGH TEMPERATURE FOR THE TREATMENT OF SLUDGES WASTES 303
San Jose M.J., Alvarez S., Morales A., Lopez L.B., Ortiz De Salazar A. >DOI: 10.3303/CET1020051
ENHANCED PHYTOEXTRACTION OF PB AND OTHER METALS FROM CONTAMINATED SOILS AND ASSOCIATED RISKS 309
Mancini G., Bruno M. >DOI: 10.3303/CET1020052
A STRATEGY FOR BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCESSES DESIGN: PRICKLY PEAR (OPUNTIA FICUS- INDICA) WINE PRODUCTION 315
Gutierrez-Moreno K., Rodriguez-Lerma G., Botello-Álvarez J.E., Jimenez-Islas H., Rico-Martinez R., Navarrete-Bolanos J.L. >DOI: 10.3303/CET1020053
PRETREATMENT OF SUGAR CANE BAGASSE WITH PHOSPHORIC AND SULFURIC DILUTED ACID FOR FERMENTABLE SUGARS PRODUCTION BY ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS 321
Gomez Rueda S.M., Andrade Rafael R., Santander Carlos G., Costa Aline C., Maciel Filho R. >DOI: 10.3303/CET1020054
EFFECT OF CULTURE AND PURIFICATION CONDITIONS ON PHYSICO-CHEMICAL AND TRANSPORT PROPERTIES IN BACTERIAL CELLULOSE MEMBRANES 327
Carreno Pineda L.D., Caicedo Mesa L.A., Habert A.C. >DOI: 10.3303/CET1020055
SYNGAS PRODUCTION AND OPTIMIZATION FROM GLYCEROL PYROLYSIS 333
Peres A.P.G., De Lima D.R., da Silva N.D.L., Wolf Maciel M.R. >DOI: 10.3303/CET1020056