Hurricane HR system featured in Bioénergie international magazine

Posted on November 11th, 2019

Members of LEPABE, Prof. Romualdo Salcedo and Júlio Paiva, worked in a new solution to replace the ancient system of cyclones for the company Vert Déshy, France.

This new optimized system Hurricane HR, from Advanced Cyclone Systems (ACS), a spin-off of LEPABE, allowed the company to reduce their emissions from 190  mg/Nm3 to less than 20  mg/Nm3 (below the emission limit of 60 mg/Nm3). This new solution was reported in the number 62 of the Bioénergie international magazine.

Know more about this technology here (in French).

LEPABE was present at the Water Festival AQUAPORTO 2019

Posted on October 30th, 2019

The 6th edition of the Water Festival Aquaporto entitled ‘Planeta Água’ took place at the City Park of Porto, on 11-13th October, under the organization of the municipal company Águas do Porto.

LEPABE research unit in collaboration with the Chemical Engineering Department (DEQ) of FEUP was present with some experimental setups designed to support the communication about water treatment processes and monitoring of water pollution. A group of researchers from different research units conducted brief scientific demonstrations and helped with the participants’ questions concerning water-related issues.

More information about Aquaporto 2019

CVMAR+i project has a newsletter

Posted on October 25th, 2019

The CVMAR+i project focuses on the industrial innovation through specific collaborations between companies and research centers in the field of marine biotechnology valorization.

The research team led by Prof. Luís Melo from LEPABE is one of the many partners of this project.  Financially supported by INTERREG V-A Spain – Portugal (POCTEP), this project has now a newsletter where is possible to find recent news about the project and its development.

Access and subscribe here.

LEPABE present at Caminho da Inovação 2019

Posted on October 4th, 2019

Vera Homem, LEPABE Assistant Researcher and project coordinator of AGRONAUT and Idalina Bragança (Junior Researcher), were invited to participate as exhibitors at Caminho da Inovação 2019 - Expo & Networking, that took place at Fábrica da Água de Alcântara, Lisboa, on September 26th, and was organized by Águas do Tejo Atlântico.

PhD Thesis by Isabel Mesquita on the development of Perovskite Solar Cells

September 9th, 2019

LEPABE would like to congratulate Dr. Isabel Mesquita for her PhD thesis of the Doctoral Program in Chemical and Biological Engineering, entitled “Preparation, Characterisation and Stability Evaluation of Perovskite Solar Cells” supervised by Luísa Andrade, defended on September 9th 2019 at FEUP.

PhD Thesis by Ana Reis on sulfamethoxazole biodegradation for wastewater treatment

July 26th, 2019

LEPABE would like to congratulate Dr. Ana Reis for her PhD thesis of the Doctoral Program in Environmental Engineering, entitled “Sulfamethoxazole Biodegradation, an Uncommon Property with Potential Application for Wastewater Treatment” supervised by Prof. Olga Nunes, defended on July 26th 2019 FEUP.