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Research project

Banks - Biogas production from high volume industrial effluents at ambient temperatures (AmbiGAS)

Staff

Lead researcher

Emeritus Professor Charles Banks

Research interests

  • Controlled anaerobic and aerobic biodegradation of municipal and industrial solid wastes
  • Concepts for an integrated farming system for non competitive food and fuel production
  • Energy production from digestion of crops and agricultural wastes
Connect with Charles

Email: C.J.Banks@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Emeritus Professor Sonia Heaven

Professorial Fellow-Research

Research interests

  • Current research interests are in the use of biological systems for energy production, biomass production for biorefineries and pollution remediation.
Connect with Sonia

Email: S.Heaven@soton.ac.uk

Research outputs

Operation of submerged anaerobic membrane bioreactors at 20 °C: effect of solids retention time on flux, mixed liquor characteristics and performance
Santiago Pacheco-Ruiz, Sonia Heaven & Charles J. Banks, 2021, Processes, 9(9)
DOI: 10.3390/pr9091525
Type: article
Effect of mean cell residence time on transmembrane flux, mixed-liquor characteristics and overall performance of a submerged anaerobic membrane bioreactor
Santiago Pacheco Ruiz, Sonia Heaven & Charles Banks, 2016, Environmental Technology, 1-12
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2016.1225127
Type: article
Anaerobic granular reactors for the treatment of dairy wastewater: a review
Dogan Karadag, Oguz Emre Koroglu, Bestami Ozkaya, Mehmet Cakmakci, Sonia Heaven, Charles Banks & Alba Serna-Maza, 2015, International Journal of Dairy Technology, 68(4), 459-470
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0307.12252
Type: article