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Germán E. Aroca

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Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso

Odor and Emission Control TechnologiesBiofuel production and bioconversionIndustrial Gas Emission ControlMicrobial Metabolic Engineering and BioproductionAnaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production

Germán E. Aroca works in Odor and Emission Control Technologies, Biofuel production and bioconversion, Industrial Gas Emission Control, Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction, Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production. Recorded institutional associations include Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso.

113Publications
2,593Citations
28H-index

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Selected research works

Up to 100 highly cited works; DOI links open the original research. Counts reflect the collected record, not real-time citation totals.

  1. Life cycle assessment of lignocellulosic bioethanol: Environmental impacts and energy balance

    2014 · 275 citations
  2. Biofiltration of high concentration of hydrogen sulphide using Thiobacillus thioparus

    2003 · 179 citations
  3. Removal of hydrogen sulfide by immobilized Thiobacillus thioparus in a biotrickling filter packed with polyurethane foam

    2009 · 155 citations
  4. Operational and microbiological aspects of a bioaugmented two‐stage biotrickling filter removing hydrogen sulfide and dimethyl sulfide

    2005 · 142 citations
  5. Spectrophotometric method for determining gibberellic acid in fermentation broths

    2003 · 81 citations
  6. Effects of gas flow rate, inlet concentration and temperature on the biofiltration of toluene vapors

    2006 · 78 citations
  7. Comparison on the removal of hydrogen sulfide in biotrickling filters inoculated with Thiobacillus thioparus and Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans

    2007 · 74 citations
  8. Biofiltration of benzo[α]pyrene, toluene and formaldehyde in air by a consortium of Rhodococcus erythropolis and Fusarium solani: Effect of inlet loads, gas flow and temperature

    2017 · 69 citations
  9. Cradle-to-gate life cycle assessment of Eucalyptus globulus short rotation plantations in Chile

    2015 · 66 citations
  10. Comparison on the removal of hydrogen sulfide in biotrickling filters inoculated with thiobacillus thioparus and acidithiobacillus thiooxidans

    2007 · 65 citations
  11. The influence of pH in the hydrolytic stage of anaerobic digestion of the organic fraction of urban solid waste

    2003 · 59 citations
  12. Adaptation of a flocculent Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain to lignocellulosic inhibitors by cell recycle batch fermentation

    2012 · 56 citations
  13. Techno‐economic and life‐cycle assessments of small‐scale biorefineries for isobutene and xylo‐oligosaccharides production: a comparative study in Portugal and Chile

    2019 · 54 citations
  14. Development of an acetic acid tolerant Spathaspora passalidarum strain through evolutionary engineering with resistance to inhibitors compounds of autohydrolysate of Eucalyptus globulus

    2017 · 53 citations
  15. Inoculation and start-up of a biotricking filter removing dimethyl sulfide

    2005 · 49 citations
  16. Biodegradation of benzo[α]pyrene, toluene, and formaldehyde from the gas phase by a consortium of Rhodococcus erythropolis and Fusarium solani

    2017 · 48 citations
  17. Gibberellic acid extraction from aqueous solutions and fermentation broths by using emulsion liquid membranes

    2009 · 45 citations
  18. Clostridium strain selection for co-culture with Bacillus subtilis for butanol production from agave hydrolysates

    2018 · 45 citations
  19. Removal of ammonia by immobilized Nitrosomonas europaea in a biotrickling filter packed with polyurethane foam

    2009 · 42 citations
  20. Oxidation of methane by Methylomicrobium album and Methylocystis sp. in the presence of H2S and NH3

    2013 · 41 citations
  21. Acid hydrolysis of sugar beet pulp as pretreatment for fermentation

    1994 · 40 citations
  22. Effect of co-digestion of milk-whey and potato stem on heat and power generation using biogas as an energy vector: Techno-economic assessment

    2019 · 40 citations
  23. Use of Nanobubbles to Improve Mass Transfer in Bioprocesses

    2024 · 38 citations
  24. Biofiltration of trimethylamine in biotrickling filter inoculated with Aminobacter aminovorans

    2018 · 36 citations
  25. Life cycle assessment of gasoline production and use in Chile

    2014 · 32 citations

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