Adriana Ferreira Maluf Braga
Technologist - Climate CentreResearch Interests
Adriana is Environmental Engineer and obtained MSc. degree and DSc. degree working on anaerobic systems. After obtaining the DSc. degree, Adriana carried out research projects at Universidade de São Paulo (Brazil) for 5 years, at Instituto de la Grasa (Spain) for 1 year and at University of Galway (Ireland) for 2 years assessing anaerobic digestion for bioenergy production (biohydrogen and methane) from domestic sewage, agro-industrial wastewater and waste and macroalgae. Adriana joined Teagasc Animal & Grassland Research Centre at Grange Co. Meath in July 2023 as agricultural emissions research technologist.
Current Projects
Adriana is working within the AGRIC research program in grass-based anaerobic digestion (AD), the management of the Teagasc Grange AD plant, and the rumen methane mitigation programme.
Education
2003 - 2008: BSc in Environmental Engineering
2008 - 2010: MSc. Environmental Technologies
2010 – 2014: DSc. Hydraulic and Sanitation
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3464-2469
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Adriana-Braga-3/publications
Braga, A. F. M., & Lens, P. N. L. (2023). Natural fermentation as an inoculation strategy for dark fermentation of Ulva spp. hydrolysate. Biomass and Bioenergy, 176. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2023.106902
Braga, A. F. M., & Lens, P. N. L. (2023). Pretreatment optimisation of Ulva spp. for production of bioH2 and lactic acid as added-value product. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, in press. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2023.05.078
Cubero-Cardoso, J., Braga, A. F. M., Trujillo-Reyes, Á., Alonso-Segovia, G., Serrano, A., Borja, R., & Fermoso, F. G. (2023). Effect of metals on mesophilic anaerobic digestion of strawberry extrudate in batch mode. Journal of Environmental Management, 326(July 2022). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.116783
Fuess, L.T., Braga, A.F.M., Eng, F., Gregoracci, G.B., Saia, F.T., Zaiat, M., Lens, P.N.L. (2023). Solving the bottlenecks of sugarcane vinasse biodigestion: Impacts of temperature and substrate exchange on sulfate removal during dark fermentation. Chemical Engineering Journal, 455 (part 2). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2022.140965
Braga, A. F. M., & Zaiat, M. (2022). Fundamentals of Biofuel Production Using Anaerobic Digestion: Metabolic Pathways and Factors Affecting the Process. In A. Sinharoy & P. N. L. Lens (Eds.), Renewable Energy Technologies for Energy Efficient Sustainable Development (pp. 3–21). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87633-3_1
Silva, J. A. da, Braga, A. F.M., Fermoso, F. G., Zaiat, M., & Silva, G. H. R. (2021). Evaluation of the influence of trace metals on methane production from domestic sewage, using the Plackett-Burman experimental design. Journal of Environmental Management, 294(May), 113002. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113002
Caroca, E., Serrano, A., Borja, R., Jiménez, A., Carvajal, A., Braga, A. F. M., Rodriguez-Gutierrez, G., & Fermoso, F. G. (2021). Influence of phenols and furans released during thermal pretreatment of olive mill solid waste on its anaerobic digestion. Waste Management, 120(December), 202–208. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2020.11.027
Costa, R. B., Godoi, L. A. G., Braga, A. F. M., Delforno, T. P., & Bevilaqua, D. (2021). Sulfate removal rate and metal recovery as settling precipitates in bioreactors: Influence of electron donors. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 403(November), 123622. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.123622
Júnior, A. D. N. F., Etchelet, M. I., Braga, A. F. M., Clavijo, L., Loaces, I., Noya, F., & Etchebehere, C. (2020). Alkaline pretreatment of yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis) waste for unlocking low-cost cellulosic biofuel. Fuel, 266(January), 117068. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2020.117068
Carrillo-Reyes, J., Buitrón, G., Moreno-Andrade, I., Tapia-Rodríguez, A. C., Palomo-Briones, R., Razo-Flores, E., Aguilar-Juárez, O., Arreola-Vargas, J., Bernet, N., Braga, A. F. M., Braga, L., Castelló, E., Chatellard, L., Etchebehere, C., Fuentes, L., León-Becerril, E., Méndez-Acosta, H. O., Ruiz-Filippi, G., Tapia-Venegas, E., … Zaiat, M. (2020). Standardized protocol for determination of biohydrogen potential. MethodsX, 7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2019.11.027
Carrillo-Reyes, J., Tapia-Rodríguez, A., Buitrón, G., Moreno-Andrade, I., Palomo-Briones, R., Razo-Flores, E., Aguilar Juárez, O., Arreola-Vargas, J., Bernet, N., Braga, A. F. M., Braga, L., Castelló, E., Chatellard, L., Etchebehere, C., Fuentes, L., León-Becerril, E., Méndez-Acosta, H. O., Ruiz-Filippi, G., Tapia-Venegas, E., … Zaiat, M. (2019). A standardized biohydrogen potential protocol: An international round robin test approach. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 44(48), 26237–26247. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2019.08.124
Roussel, J., Carliell-marquet, C., Braga, A. F. M., Garuti, M., Serrano, A., & Fermoso, F. G. (2019). Engineering of trace-element supplementation. In F. G. Fermoso, V. Hullebusch, G. Collins, J. Roussel, A. P. Mucha, & G. Esposito (Eds.), Trace Elements in Anaerobic Biotechnologies (pp. 73–100). IWA Publishing. https://doi.org/10.2166/9781789060225_0073
Braga, A. F. M., Pereira, M. B. O. C., Zaiat, M., da Silva, G. H. R., & Fermoso, F. G. (2018). Screening of trace metal supplementation for black water anaerobic digestion. Environmental Technology, 39(14), 1776–1785. https://doi.org/10.1080/09593330.2017.1340343
Braga, A. F. M., Zaiat, M., Silva, G. H. R., & Fermoso, F. G. (2017). Metal fractionation in sludge from sewage UASB treatment. Journal of Environmental Management, 193, 98–107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.01.070
Serrano, A., Pinto-Ibieta, F., Braga, A. F. M., Jeison, D., Borja, R., & Fermoso, F. G. (2017). Risks of using EDTA as an agent for trace metals dosing in anaerobic digestion of olive mill solid waste. Environmental Technology, 38(24), 3137–3144. https://doi.org/10.1080/09593330.2017.1290149
Braga, A. F. M., Ferraz Júnior, A. D. N., & Zaiat, M. (2016). Thermophilic biohydrogen production using a UASB reactor: Performance during long-term operation. Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, 91(4), 967–976. https://doi.org/10.1002/jctb.4665