CHEMICAL
ENGINEERING TRANSACTIONS -
VOL.27
Guest Editors:Enrico Bardone, Alberto Brucato, Tajalli Keshavarz
Copyright © 2012, AIDIC Servizi S.r.l.,
ISBN 978-88-95608-18-1; ISSN 1974-9791
Table of Contents
& Authors Index |
DOI |
| Blue, Green, Red and White BioTechnology | |
| Characterization of Collagenolytic/proteolytic Marine Enzymes | 1 |
| Salamone M., Cuttitta A., Seidita G., Mazzola S., Bertuzzi F., Ricordi C., Ghersi G. | DOI:10.3303/CET1227001 |
| Production of Biosurfactants for Application in the Removal of Hydrophobic Contaminants Originated by the Petroleum Industry | 7 |
| Sarubbo L., Luna J., Rufino R. , Farias C., Santos V. | DOI:10.3303/CET1227002 |
| Biodegradation of Aromatic Compounds by a Halophilic Archaeon Isolated from the Dead Sea. | 13 |
| Cuadros-Orellana S., Pohlschroeder M., Grossman M., Durrant L. | DOI:10.3303/CET1227003 |
| Transgenic Corn Oil for Biodiesel Production via Enzymatic Catalysis with Ethanol | 19 |
| Mata T.M., Sousa I.R.G.B., Caetano N.S. | DOI:10.3303/CET1227004 |
| Replacing an Existing Methanol Production within Dme Production, by Using Biogas | 25 |
| Kovac Kralj A. , Hosnar J. | DOI:10.3303/CET1227005 |
| Continuous Biotransformation of Estrogens by Laccase in an Enzymatic Membrane Reactor | 31 |
| Lloret L., Eibes G., Feijoo G., Moreira M.T., Lema J.M. | DOI:10.3303/CET1227006 |
| Biological Approaches to the Treatment of Saline Oily Waste(waters) Originated from Marine Transportation | 37 |
| Mancini G., Cappello S., Yakimov M.M., Polizzi A., Torregrossa M. | DOI:10.3303/CET1227007 |
| Biopreservation of 'birgah' Eggplant from Polyphenol Oxidase Activity Assayed in Vitro with Onion (allium Cepa L.) By-products | 43 |
| Barbagallo R.N., Riggi E., Avola G., Patane C. | DOI:10.3303/CET1227008 |
| Use in Vivo of Natural Anti-browning Agents Against Polyphenol Oxidase Activity in Minimally Processed Eggplant | 49 |
| Barbagallo R.N., Chisari M., Patane C. | DOI:10.3303/CET1227009 |
| Study of Sphingopyxis Isolates in Degradation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons | 55 |
| Shokrollahzadeh S., Golmohammad F., Shokouhi H. | DOI:10.3303/CET1227010 |
| Application of the Biosurfactant Produced by Candida Lipolytica in the Remediation of Heavy Metals | 61 |
| Rufino R. , Luna J., Campos-Takaki G., Ferreira S.R.M., Sarubbo L. | DOI:10.3303/CET1227011 |
| Properties of the Biosurfactant Produced by Candida Sphaerica Cultived in Low-cost Substrates | 67 |
| Luna J., Rufino R. , Campos-Takaki G., Sarubbo L. | DOI:10.3303/CET1227012 |
| Evaluation of the Efficiency of Biosorption of Lead, Cadmium and Chromium by the Biomass of Pequi Fruit Skin (caryocar Brasiliense Camb.) | 73 |
| Seolatto A., Silva Filho C.J., Freitas Mota D.L. | DOI:10.3303/CET1227013 |
| Mathematical Modeling as a Tool to Describe and Optimize Heterologous Protein Production by Yeast Cells in Aerated Fed-batch Reactor | 79 |
| Paciello L., Landi C., De Alteriis E., Parascandola P. | DOI:10.3303/CET1227014 |
| Optimization of Penicillin G Microencapsulation with Osa Starch by Factorial Design | 85 |
| Fontes G., Finotelli P., Rossi A., Rocha-Leao M.H. | DOI:10.3303/CET1227015 |
| Butanol Production from Lignocellulosic-based Hexoses and Pentoses by Fermentation of Clostridium Acetobutylicum | 91 |
| Raganati F., Curth S., Goetz P., Olivieri G., Marzocchella A. | DOI:10.3303/CET1227016 |
| Evaluation of Produced Volumes of Carbon Dioxide from the Concentration of the Gas Absorbed in the Media During Microbial Fermentation for Enhanced Oil Recovery Purposes | 97 |
| Jimoh I., Sogaard E., Rudyk S. | DOI:10.3303/CET1227017 |
| Generation of Biogas from Textile Waste Waters | 103 |
| Opwis K., Gutmann J. | DOI:10.3303/CET1227018 |
| Start-up and Performance of an Activated Sludge Bioanode in Microbial Electrolysis Cells | 109 |
| Villano M., Aulenta F., Beccari M., Majone M. | DOI:10.3303/CET1227019 |
| Downstream Processing of Biosurfactants | 115 |
| Weber A., May A., Zeiner T., Gorak A. | DOI:10.3303/CET1227020 |
| Polyhydroxyalkanoates (phas) Production Through Conversion of Glycerol by Selected Strains of Pseudomonas Mediterranea and Pseudomo-nas Corrugata | 121 |
| Palmeri R., Pappalardo F., Fragala M., Tomasello M., Damigella A., Catara A. | DOI:10.3303/CET1227021 |
| Effects of CO2 and Ph on Stichococcus Bacillaris in Laboratory Scale Photobioreactors | 127 |
| Olivieri G., Gargano I., Andreozzi R. , Marotta R. , Marzocchella A., Pinto G., Pollio A. | DOI:10.3303/CET1227022 |
| Production of Enzymes from Rice Husks and Wheat Straw in Solid State Fermentation | 133 |
| Masutti D., Borgognone A., Setti L. | DOI:10.3303/CET1227023 |
| Candida Freyschussii: an Oleaginous Yeast Producing Lipids from Glycerol | 139 |
| Amaretti A., Raimondi S., Leonardi A., Rossi M. | DOI:10.3303/CET1227024 |
| Decolorization of Dyes by Aspergillus Ochraceus Cultivated Under Solid State Fermentation on Sugar Beet Waste | 145 |
| Tisma M., Komar M., Rajic M., Pavlovic H., Zelic B. | DOI:10.3303/CET1227025 |
| Evaluation of Two Operational Regimes: Fed-batch and Continuous for the Removal of Pharmaceuticals in a Fungal Stirred Tank Reactor | 151 |
| Rodarte-Morales A.I., Feijoo G., Moreira M.T., Lema J.M. | DOI:10.3303/CET1227026 |
| Evaluation of 1,3- Propanediol Production from Crude Glycerol by Citrobacter Freundii Atcc 8090 | 157 |
| Ferreira T.F., Ribeiro R.D.R., Ribeiro C.M.S., Freire D.M.G., Coelho M.A.Z. | DOI:10.3303/CET1227027 |
| Selection of Yeasts for the Production of L-phenyl-acetil-carbinol Bybiotransformation in Shake Flasks. | 163 |
| Miguez M., Nunes P., Azeredo N., Pedraza S., Vasconcelos M., Viana O., Coelho M.A.Z., Amaral P. | DOI:10.3303/CET1227028 |
| Degradation of the Recalcitrant Pharmaceuticals Carbamazepine and 17a-ethinylestradiol by Ligninolytic Fungi | 169 |
| Santos I.J.S., Grossman M., Sartoratto A., Ponezi A., Durrant L. | DOI:10.3303/CET1227029 |
| Biocatalyst Process Design | |
| Biological Treatment of Industrial Wastewaters: a Fungal Approach | 175 |
| Spina F., Anastasi A., Prigione V., Tigini V., Varese G.C. | DOI:10.3303/CET1227030 |
| Kinetic Assessment of Thermostable Carbonic Anhydrase for CO2 Capture Processes | 181 |
| Russo M.E., Olivieri G., Rossi M., Capasso C., De Luca V., Marzocchella A., Salatino P. | DOI:10.3303/CET1227031 |
| Mass Transfer Enhancement by the Addition of Surfactant in a Two Phase Partitioning Bioreactor for the Degradation of Anthracene by Laccase | 187 |
| Arca Ramos A., Eibes G., Moreira M.T., Feijoo G., Lema J.M. | DOI:10.3303/CET1227032 |
| Development of Nad+ Regeneration Process in Microreactors of Different Materials | 193 |
| Salic A., Ivankovic M., Ferk E., Stuparic M., Tisma M., Zelic B. | DOI:10.3303/CET1227033 |
| System Biology | |
| Production of Citric Acid by Yarrowia Lipolytica in Different Crude Glycerol Concentrations and in Different Nitrogen Sources | 199 |
| Da Silva L., Bastos Tavares C., Amaral P., Zarur Coelho M.A. | DOI:10.3303/CET1227034 |
| Oxygen Transfer Performance of Unbaffled Stirred Vessels in View of Their Use as Biochemical Reactors for Animal Cell Growth | 205 |
| Scargiali F., Busciglio A., Grisafi F., Brucato A. | DOI:10.3303/CET1227035 |
| Autochthonous Fermentation Starters for the Production of Aglianico Wines | 211 |
| Sorrentino A., Boscaino F., Cozzolino R., Volpe M.G., Ionata E., La Cara F. | DOI:10.3303/CET1227036 |
| From Microbial Proteomics to Synthetic Biology: Amycolatopsis Balhimycina Case | 217 |
| Gallo G., Alduina R., Renzone G., Scaloni A., Puglia A.M. | DOI:10.3303/CET1227037 |
| Evaluation of Crude Oil Degradation by Yarrowia Lipolytica | 223 |
| Martins F.F., Ferreira T.F., Azevedo D.A., Coelho M.A.Z. | DOI:10.3303/CET1227038 |
| Nanobiotechnology | |
| Large-scale Radiation Manufacturing of Hierarchically Assembled Nanogels | 229 |
| Dispenza C., Sabatino M.A., Grimaldi N., Spadaro G., Bulone D., Bondi M.L., Adamo G., Rigogliuso S. | DOI:10.3303/CET1227039 |
| Immobilization of Cellulase for Industrial Production | 235 |
| Hojnik Podrepsek G., Primozic M., Knez Z., Habulin M. | DOI:10.3303/CET1227040 |
| The Effect of Chemical Treatment Conditions of Titanium Dioxide Sols on Their Dispersion and Cytotoxic Properties | 241 |
| Ismagilov Z., Shikina N., Bessudnova E., Korneev D.V., Ishchenko A.V., Chesalov Y.A., Vladimirova A. V. , Ryabchikova E. | DOI:10.3303/CET1227041 |
| Polymeric Nanogels:nanocarriers for Drug Delivery Application | 247 |
| Rigogliuso S., Sabatino M.A., Adamo G., Grimaldi N., Dispenza C., Ghersi G. | DOI:10.3303/CET1227042 |
| Novel Enzyme & Microorganisms | |
| Production of a ?-l-rhamnosidase from Aspergillus Terreus Using Citrus Solid Waste as Inducer for Application in Juice Industry | 253 |
| Abbate E., Palmeri R., Todaro A., Blanco R., Spagna G. | DOI:10.3303/CET1227043 |
| Biochemical Comparison Between Clostridium Histolyticum Collagenases G and H Obatined by Dna Recombinant and Extractive Procedures . | 259 |
| Salamone M., Cuttitta A., Bertuzzi F., Ricordi C., Ghersi G., Seidita G. | DOI:10.3303/CET1227044 |
| Modelling U(vi) Reduction by Pseudomonas Stutzeri | 265 |
| Chabalala S., Chirwa E. | DOI:10.3303/CET1227045 |
| Characterization and Properties of a New Thermoactive and Thermostable Carbonic Anhydrase | 271 |
| Capasso C., De Luca V., Carginale V., Caramuscio P., Cavalheiro C., Cannio R., Rossi M. | DOI:10.3303/CET1227046 |
| Prebiotic Effect of Inulin on the Growth and Organic Acid Profile of Bifidobacterium Lactis in Co-culture with Streptococcus Thermophilus | 277 |
| Oliveira R., Perego P. , Nogueira De Oliveira M. , Converti A. | DOI:10.3303/CET1227047 |
| Media Optimization of Bacteriocin St22ch Production by Lactobacillus Sakei St22ch Isolated from Salpicão, a Traditional Meat-product from Portugal | 283 |
| Dimitrov Todorov S., Oliveira R., Vaz-Velho M. | DOI:10.3303/CET1227048 |
| Application of Fungal Endophytes in Biotechnological Process | 289 |
| Molina G., Pimentel M., Bertucci T., Pastore G. | DOI:10.3303/CET1227049 |
| Biotransformation of Citronellol in Rose Oxide by Pseudomonas Spp. | 295 |
| Pimentel M., Molina G., Bertucci T., Pastore G. | DOI:10.3303/CET1227050 |
| Process Engineering and Innovative Downstream Processing | |
| Modelling of an Anaerobic Process Producing Biogas from Winery Wastes | 301 |
| Colussi I., Cortesi A., Gallo V., Rubesa Fernandez A.S., Vitanza R. | DOI:10.3303/CET1227051 |
| New Evidences Derived from a Consecutive Reaction Model for the Maillard Reaction in Foods -optimum Drying Operation of a Leek | 307 |
| Konishi Y., Kobayashi M. | DOI:10.3303/CET1227052 |
| Simple Kinetic Model of Cellulase Production by Trichoderma Reesei for Productivity Or Yield Maximization | 313 |
| Jourdier E., Ben Chaabane F., Poughon L., Larroche C., Monot F. | DOI:10.3303/CET1227053 |
| Membrane Reactor System for Parallel Continuous Screening and Characterisation of Biocatalysts | 319 |
| Lyagin E., Drews A., Bhattacharya S., Kraume M. | DOI:10.3303/CET1227054 |
| Olive Mill Wastewater Anaerobically Digested: Phenolic Compounds with Antiradical Activity | 325 |
| La Cara F., Ionata E., Del Monaco G., Marcolongo L., Goncalves M., Paula Marques I. | DOI:10.3303/CET1227055 |
| Extraction and Characterization of Biomolecules from Agricultural Wastes | 331 |
| Nazzaro M., Mottola V., La Cara F., Del Monaco G., Aquino R.P., Volpe M.G. | DOI:10.3303/CET1227056 |
| Hydrodynamics of a Laboratory Scale Rotating Biological Contactor and Its Application for Decolorization of Textile Dyes by White Rot Fungus Irpex Lacteus | 337 |
| Sima J., Pocedic J., Hasal P. | DOI:10.3303/CET1227057 |
| Measurements of Njs and Power Requirements in Unbaffled Bioslurry Reactors | 343 |
| Tamburini A., Cipollina A., Micale G., Brucato A. | DOI:10.3303/CET1227058 |
| Experimental Investigation of Laccase Purification Using Aqueous Two-phase Extraction | 349 |
| Prinz A., Zeiner T., Voessing T., Schuettmann I., Zorn H., Gorak A. | DOI:10.3303/CET1227059 |
| Solid State Fermentation Process for Polygalacturonase Production Using Tray Bioreactor | 355 |
| Alcantara S.R., Silva F.L.H. | DOI:10.3303/CET1227060 |
| Supercritical Water Gasification of Glucose and Cellulose for Hydrogen and Syngas Production | 361 |
| Freitas A., Guirardello R. | DOI:10.3303/CET1227061 |
| Metabolic Modelling of Itaconic Acid Fermentation with Ustilago Maydis | 367 |
| Voll A., Klement T., Gerhards G., Buechs J., Marquardt W. | DOI:10.3303/CET1227062 |
| Simulation of a Hydrogen Production Process from Algae | 373 |
| Galatro D., Verruschi E. | DOI:10.3303/CET1227063 |
| Comparison of a Model Fixed-bed Bioreactor, Plating a Model of N-reactors in Series Perfectly Blended and a Tubular Reactor Model, and Simulation Models | 379 |
| Palencia J., Verruschi E. | DOI:10.3303/CET1227064 |
| Identification and Characterization of Aromatic Degrading Halomonas in Hypersaline Produced Water and Cod Reduction by Bioremediation by the Indigenous Microbial Population Using Nutrient Addition. | 385 |
| Piubeli F., Grossman M., Fantinatti-Garboggini F., Durrant L. | DOI:10.3303/CET1227065 |
| Extraction and Characterization of Vegetable Oils from Cherry Seed by Different Extraction Processes | 391 |
| Straccia M.C., Siano F., Coppola R., La Cara F., Volpe M.G. | DOI:10.3303/CET1227066 |
| Comparative Evaluation of Artificial Neural Network Coupled Genetic Algorithm and Response Surface Methodology for Modeling and Optimization of Citric Acid Production by Aspergillus Niger Mcbn297 | 397 |
| Kana E.B., Oloke J.K., Lateef A., Oyebanji A. | DOI:10.3303/CET1227067 |
| Tissue Engineering | |
| A Fibrillar Biodegradable Scaffold for Blood Vessels Tissue Engineering | 403 |
| Fiorica C., Rigogliuso S., Palumbo F., Pitarresi G., Giammona G., Ghersi G. | DOI:10.3303/CET1227068 |
| Poly Lactic Acid Based Scaffolds for Vascular Tissue Engineering | 409 |
| Carfì Pavia F., Rigogliuso S., La Carrubba V., Mannella G.L., Ghersi G., Brucato V. | DOI:10.3303/CET1227069 |
| Use of Modified 3D Scaffolds to Improve Cell Adhesion and Drive Desired Cell Responses | 415 |
| Rigogliuso S., Carfì Pavia F., Brucato V., La Carrubba V., Favia P., Intranuovo F., Gristina R. , Ghersi G. | DOI:10.3303/CET1227070 |