Imperial College London
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Dr Rocio Diaz-Chavez

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Centre for Environmental Policy

Senior Research Fellow
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 9338r.diaz-chavez Website

 
 
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Location

 

Weeks Building Room 507Weeks BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Meneses-Jácome:2015:10.1016/j.rser.2015.12.036,
author = {Meneses-Jácome, A and Diaz-Chavez, R and Velásquez-Arredondo, HI and Cárdenas-Chávez, DL and Parra, R and Ruiz-Colorado, AA},
doi = {10.1016/j.rser.2015.12.036},
journal = {Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews},
pages = {1249--1262},
title = {Sustainable Energy from agro-industrial wastewaters in Latin-America},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2015.12.036},
volume = {56},
year = {2015}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Conventional biological processes used to treat high-polluted agro-industrial effluents produce biogas and sludge, two by-products stocking up important energy contents. Advanced biotechnologies to treat these effluents are being developed to obtain increased biogas production and other efficient and useful energy sources, such as bio-hydrogen and even bio-electricity. Utilization of these clean energies is significantly lower than other renewables, particularly in developing regions such as Latin-America. This occurs despite the close link between the environmental benefits and sustainable use of this energy, which might be incorporated in different sustainable strategies for local and regional development. This study reviews the 'state of the art' of Latin-American research regarding technologies for energy recovery from agro-industrial wastewaters and their sustainable implementation. It also discusses the need for a more sustainable management of the water-energy nexus in treatment systems used to decont minate effluents, which should be committed to the improvement of renewable energy production and to a more extended regional use. Contributions of methodologies based on life cycle assessment (LCA) and criteria-indicators used to drive sustainability studies in this field are updated and used to outline a conceptual framework advising sustainable practices in this sector.
AU  - Meneses-Jácome,A
AU  - Diaz-Chavez,R
AU  - Velásquez-Arredondo,HI
AU  - Cárdenas-Chávez,DL
AU  - Parra,R
AU  - Ruiz-Colorado,AA
DO  - 10.1016/j.rser.2015.12.036
EP  - 1262
PY  - 2015///
SN  - 1364-0321
SP  - 1249
TI  - Sustainable Energy from agro-industrial wastewaters in Latin-America
T2  - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2015.12.036
VL  - 56
ER  -
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