Antonio Marzocchella

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ABOUT ANTONIO MARZOCCHELLA

Research Interests: biprocesses for microalgae expolitation. production of biofuels by biotechnological routes. The activity develops along two lines. The first regards butanol production by means of Clostridia. The second bio-oil extraction from microalgae cultivated in photobioreactors. development of biofilm reactors. The focus is on two/three-phases biofilm reactors. The activity regards the relevance and characterization of the combined effects of bioconversion process, transport phenomena and hydrodynamics. Particular attention has also paid on dynamics of three-phase bioreactors. bioconversion by means of Pseudomonas sp. OX1 free and/or immobilized under aerobic/anaerobic conditions. The activity regards the conversion of aromatic (phenol) and polyaromatic (azo-dyes) species. bioremediation of industrial wastewater streams. The activity regards the bioremediation of polyphenols rich wastewaters by means of Pleurotus ostreatus in three-phase airlift. bioadsoption of organic dyes. The activity is focused on the characterization of dye adsorption on inactivated fungus-biomass as regard both thermodynamic and kinetic aspects. biofixation of carbon dioxide. The activity is focused on the assessment of performances and characterization of absorption unit of carbon dioxide assisted by immobilised enzymes. hydrodynamics of gas-solids, gas-liquid and gas-liquid-solids systems. The activity is framed in the basic research carried out at the Department regarding the multiphase investigations to support design and optimization of unit operation apparatuses.