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- 13 anos de monitorização da descarga do emissário submarino da Guia: integração na DQAPublication . Santos, C.; Catarino, Justina; Barreiros, M. Alexandra; Trancoso, Maria Ascensão; Marques, Eugénia; Garcia, Carla; Neves, Ramiro; Carvalho, Vânia; Lopes, CatarinaO Programa das Nações Unidas para o Ambiente define monitorização como “o processo de observação repetitivo com fins definidos, de um ou mais elementos do ambiente, de acordo com um planeamento prévio no espaço e no tempo, utilizando metodologias comparáveis para caracterização ambiental e colheita de dados”. A Directiva Quadro da Água (DQA), o instrumento orientador na União Europeia para gestão das águas superficiais interiores, águas de transição, águas costeiras e águas subterrâneas, suporta este conceito propondo, no entanto, três níveis para os programas de monitorização: (1) monitorização de vigilância orientada para a evolução a longo prazo; (2) operacional, orientada para zonas em risco de não atingir os objectivos de qualidade requeridos pela DQA; (3) de investigação orientada para a compreensão e quantificação dos processos responsáveis por excessos que levam ao incumprimento da DQA. Embora sejam os Estados-Membros quem devam adoptar estas medidas e cumprir os seus objectivos, o comportamento pró-activo de algumas empresas contribui significativamente para o cumprimento das exigências da DQA. A SANEST, Saneamento da Costa do Estoril, empresa gestora do Sistema de Saneamento da Costa do Estoril implementou um programa de monitorização da descarga do emissário submarino da Guia. Este programa deu continuidade ao iniciado em 1993, antes da entrada em funcionamento do sistema, e é o maior programa de monitorização a nível nacional em zonas costeiras, que inclui investigação detalhada a vários níveis. O progressivo aumento do número de parâmetros e a adaptação de metodologias, quer na ETAR quer no meio receptor, demonstra também a preocupação desta empresa pela salvaguarda e gestão sustentável dos recursos. Neste trabalho são apresentados os principais resultados do programa de monitorização referido, levado a cabo por Laboratórios de Estado e Universidades portugueses, que em conjunto cobrem os requisitos normativos nacionais e internacionais, em termos analíticos, e detêm o conhecimento necessário à componente de monitorização operacional, preconizada na DQA.
- 3DOM ceria ecoceramics from sustainable cork templates for solar thermochemical CO2 splittingPublication . Pullar, Robert C.; Novais, Rui M.; Caetano, Ana P. F.; Barreiros, M. Alexandra; Abanades, Stéphane; Almeida Costa Oliveira, Fernando
- AA 5083 aluminium alloy corrosion in estuarine environmentPublication . Marques, Maria João; Alves, Isabel Nascimento; Gonçalves, Rita
- AA 5083 aluminium alloy corrosion in estuarine environment [Poster]Publication . Marques, Maria João; Alves, Isabel Nascimento; Gonçalves, Rita; Cunha Diamantino, Teresa
- Ability of Gordonia alkanivorans strain 1B for enhanced desulfurization of dibenzothiophene and its derivatives using fructose as carbon sourcePublication . Alves, Luís; Silva, Tiago; Fernandes, A. S.; Paixão, Susana M.In order to keep up the strict sulfur limits on fossil fuels and their derivatives, refineries commonly use a desulfurization method, which combines high temperatures and pressures with molecular hydrogen known as hydrodesulfurization (HDS). However, the effectiveness of HDS to desulfurize recalcitrant organic aromatic compounds such as dibenzothiophene (DBT) or its derivatives is low. Biodesulfurization (BDS) has been described as a promising complementary technique to HDS. Using microorganisms, BDS is able of desulfurize several recalcitrant compounds usually present in fossil fuels at mild temperatures and pressures without hydrogen, making it a simple and eco-friendly process. In this context and based in the fructophilic behavior of the desulfurizing bacterium, Gordonia alkanivorans strain 1B, several recalcitrant sulfur sources were tested in BDS assays using fructose as carbon source. So, strain 1B was used in desulfurization assays testing 4-mDBT, 4,6-dmDBT and 4,6-deDBT, as sulfur source, in comparison with DBT. Growth and desulfurization kinetics using the different sulfur sources were evaluated and the desulfurization rates were determined by GC analysis of x-DBT consumed. The results showed that the strain 1B using fructose as carbon source was able to fully desulfurize all the sulfur compounds tested in less than 121 hours. For 4-mDBT, 4,6-dmDBT and 4,6-deDBT the maximal bacterial growth rates obtained were 0.072 h-1, 0.069 h-1 and 0.095 h-1 with maximum desulfurization rates of 1.58, 4.84 and 4.30 umol g(DCW)-1 h-1, respectively. In comparison with previous results obtained for max of strain 1B in glucose as carbon source and DBT as sulfur source (0.025 h-1), all the m_ max obtained in this study highlight once more the importance of use fructose as carbon source, independently of sulfur source. In addition, contrary to what has been described for other strains, the desulfurization rates obtained for the compounds with two alkyl groups were higher than for DBT (2.12 umol g(DCW)-1 h-1). In fructose, the desulfurization of 4,6-dmDBT and 4,6-deDBT by strain 1B were more than 2-fold in comparison with that for DBT. These promising results indicate the high potential of use this bacterium towards fossil fuels BDS.
- Ability of Gordonia alkanivorans strain 1B for high added value carotenoids productionPublication . Silva, Tiago; Paixão, Susana M.; Alves, LuísCurrently, carotenoids are valuable bioactive molecules for several industries, such as chemical, pharmaceutical, food and cosmetics, due to their multiple benefits as natural colorants, antioxidants and vitamin precursors. Hence, the increasing interest on these high added-value products has led to the search of alternatives, more cost-effective and with better yields, towards their industrial production. Indeed, microbial metabolism offers a promising option for carotenoids production. Herein it is shown the potential of the dibenzothiophene desulfurizing bacterium Gordonia alkanivorans strain 1B as a high carotenoid-producer microorganism. The novel carotenoids, produced under different culture conditions, were extracted with DMSO and then further analyzed both through spectrophotometry and HPLC. When grown in glucose-sulfate-light, strain 1B was able of achieving 2015 g carotenoids per g DCW in shake-flask assays, with about 60% corresponding to lutein, canthaxanthin and astaxanthin. Further optimization studies open a new focus of research aiming to get a hyper pigment-producer strain that may be applied towards different industrial sectors.
- Abordagem ao ciclo de vida : reintegração de materiais em fim de vidaPublication . Duarte, Ana Paula; Frazão, Rui
- Abordagem ao ciclo de vida: aplicação a produtos de betãoPublication . Frazão, Rui; Duarte, Ana Paula
- Uma abordagem espectral à geração de séries correlacionadas de ventoPublication . Aguiar, Ricardo; Estanqueiro, Ana; Saraiva, J. A. Gil
- Accelerated aging tests for solar absorber coatingsPublication . Cunha Diamantino, Teresa; Gonçalves, Rita; Páscoa, Soraia; Alves, Isabel Nascimento; Chambino, Teresa; Ferreira, Cristina; Carvalho, Maria JoãoABSTRACT: The need of a higher role of solar energy within the energy mix in the coming decades obliges the systems to increase their performance and reliability. It is demanded that the solar absorbers, as the key component of solar thermal systems, should be low cost with high efficiency for extended lifetimes under different kinds of environments. Commercially, there are two different types of solutions as selective solar absorbers coatings: coatings obtained by physical vapor deposition (PVD) and by paint coatings (PC). These coatings present different physical and chemical characteristics. Therefore, it is important to know how these coatings degrade over time in different environments. Results obtained with two different PVD coatings and three PC, under different accelerated aging tests, are presented. The aging tests performed included different environmental stress corrosion conditions: temperature, humidity, chlorides, sulphur dioxide and nitrogen oxides. Cyclic variation of corrosion promoting gases (sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide), higher humidity, salt spraying and drying seem to be an aging test that reflects the different environments where the solar thermal collectors are exposed. In addition to the contaminants, drying / wetting cycles also play an important role in degradation mechanisms of absorber coatings.