ATP production Articles

The exergetic efficiency of ATP production in the brain is assessed using two competing models: 1) the classical model, where both neuron and the astrocyte metabolise glucose; 2) the astrocyte–neuron lactate shuttle hypothesis (ANLSH), where astrocytes metabolise glucose to lactate, then shuttle it to the neuron for aerobic respiration. Exergy analyses showed that ATP production in neuronal ...

Aug. 8, 2013

By Inderscience Publishers

Rhodospirillum rubrum has the potential for biomass resource recycling combined with sewage purification. However, low biomass production and yield restricts the potential for sewage purification. This research investigated the improvement of biomass production, yield and organics reduction by Mg2+ in R. rubrum wastewater treatment. Results showed that with ...

Jul. 23, 2015

By IWA Publishing

Rubrivivax gelatinosus has the potential of biomass resource recycling combined with sewage purification. However, low biomass production and yield restricts the potential for sewage purification. Thus, this research investigated the improvement of biomass production and yield and organics reduction by Fe3+ in R. gelatinosus wastewater treatment. Results ...

Dec. 18, 2014

By IWA Publishing

Addition of chemical metabolic uncouplers The process of uncoupled metabolism has been studied since the ’90s for the reduction of sludge production. It can be obtained by using chemical metabolic uncouplers such as chlorinated and nitrated phenols, or 3,3’,4’,5-tetrachlorosalicylanilide (TCS). ...

Mar. 18, 2012

By IWA Publishing

Literature data on the effect of calcium on biofilm structures induced a preliminary study. The effect of calcium removal by water softening (<1.0 mg Ca2+.L−1) under real-world drinking water conditions on biofilm formation was studied in a pilot plant with reverse osmosis (RO) membranes and in a laboratory-scale biofilm production unit (BPU) with plasticized polyvinyl chloride ...

Feb. 21, 2016

By IWA Publishing

Specific sludge production in wastewater treatment varies widely from 35 to 85 g dry solids per population equivalent per day (gTS PE-1 d-1). The production of primary sludge is related to the amount of settleable solids in raw wastewater whose solids content is typically of 50-60 gTSS PE-1 d-1 or 110-170 ...

Jun. 5, 2011

By IWA Publishing

Every developed and adapted biological system extracts useful energy from outside, converts, stores it, and uses for muscular contraction, substrate transport, protein synthesis, and other energy utilising processes. This energy management in a living cell is called the bioenergetics, and the useful energy is the exergy, which is destroyed in every irreversible process because of the entropy ...

Nov. 14, 2004

By Inderscience Publishers

On September 19, 2016, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued a report, EPA Needs a Risk-Based Strategy to Assure Continued Effectiveness of Hospital-Level Disinfectants, the result of OIG’s review of ...

Sep. 20, 2016

By Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

In October, we featured Part I of a three-part series on "Getting a Handle on Living Biomass in Wastewater Treatment." Here, we present Part II of the series which focuses on a revolutionary breakthrough technology that uses Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP) for the measurement of total microbiological content in a given sample. Through years of successful research, development, and field application, ...

Dec. 2, 2012

By LuminUltra Technologies Ltd.

Biological Nutrient Removal (BNR) is critical for tie preservation of our lakes and streams. Large amounts of waste products are passed through our sewage treatment systems on a continuous basis. Nutrient loads discharged from these systems must be reduced to avoid eutrophication of the receiving waters. Microbes are aarticularly useful in biodegrading most of the com sounds treated by wastewater ...

Mar. 2, 2016

By In-Pipe Technology Company, Inc.

Aerobic metabolism yields the energy-transferring molecule TPA at a much higher rate than anaerobic metabolism. The higher energy yield produces a greater viable population. The oxygenase enzymes involved in the cometabolism of chlorinated solvents are not induced by the presence of contaminants, so a high microbial population has a proportionately high yield of oxygenase enzymes. Aerobic ...

Oct. 12, 2009

By CL Solutions, LLC