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Waste Manag ; 31(9-10): 2085-91, 2011.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21482095

ABSTRACT

In the sector of residual municipal solid waste management an increasing attention is put towards the role of biological treatments like bio-drying and bio-stabilization in order to decrease the need of landfilling volumes. The literature shows a lack of information concerning the emission factor of pollutants released from these processes. The available data are generally spot characterizations of concentration and air flow-rate that are used together in order to assess the emission factors. This approach caused significant differences among the available data as the release of pollutants is not steady. This paper belongs to a group of six papers concerning a research on material and energy recovery in integrated waste management systems, developed by a network of five universities. The contribution of the University of Trento, focuses on the bio-drying process with the following targets: (a) developing an innovative low cost method of sampling/measurement able to take into account the dynamics of release of pollutants; (b) checking the efficiency of a bio-filter; (c) verifying the variability of generation of some pollutants; (d) generating emission factors. The research was developed using a bio-drying pilot plant. As a treatment of the process air, the bio-reactor was coupled with a bio-filter. The emissions were characterized using an original approach based on the adoption of two measurement chambers suitable for hosting passive samplers. The passive samplers allowed the characterization of VOCs, N(2)O, NH(3) and H(2)S. A bio-chemical model, useful for energy and mass balances, supported the interpretation of the presented bio-drying run.


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Air Pollutants/chemistry , Gases/chemistry , Renewable Energy , Waste Management , Cell Respiration , Desiccation , Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
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Water Sci Technol ; 60(4): 1065-70, 2009.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-19700846

ABSTRACT

The winery industry produces every year in the world about 270 millions of hectolitres of wine. A consequent amount of grape marc is then generated that has to be somehow treated and processed. For this reason a technique to treat grape marc (bio-drying) was studied and applied at the University of Trento. Grape marc, as is, is not suitable for direct combustion because of its high water content. By bio-drying the lower heating value has been increased up to the limit for a good combustion. This result allows a decentralized management of a grape marc drying differently from the conventional solutions.


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Biomass , Industrial Waste/analysis , Refuse Disposal/methods , Vitis/chemistry , Air , Biodegradation, Environmental , Cities , Hot Temperature , Pilot Projects , Volatilization
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AIDS Care ; 17(7): 908-10, 2005 Oct.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-16120507

ABSTRACT

During the past few years, efavirenz has been increasingly used in the treatment of HIV1 infection. Its main side effect is a syndrome of central nervous system stimulation occurring in 40-50% of adults in the first few weeks of therapy which might be observed at increased frequency in subjects concurrently using recreational substances. We therefore conducted a single center, retrospective study in 134 patients treated with efavirenz and found no significant differences in CNS side effects or discontinuation rates between recreational substance (cocaine, ecstasy, cannabis) users and non-users. Although our study is limited, the results support the idea that efavirenz can be safely prescribed to patients using recreational substances.


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Anti-HIV Agents/adverse effects , Central Nervous System Diseases/chemically induced , HIV Infections/drug therapy , HIV-1 , Oxazines/adverse effects , Substance-Related Disorders/complications , Adult , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Alkynes , Benzoxazines , Cyclopropanes , Drug Interactions , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Retrospective Studies
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