NameMazuelos Rojas, Alfonso
DepartmentIngeniería Química
Knowledge areaIngeniería Química
Professional categoryProfesor Titular de Universidad
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Experimental dataset of a high productivity bioprocess for obtaining metallic copper from printed circuit boards [Dataset]

Iglesias González, María Nieves; Dorado, Antonio D.; Ramírez del Amo, Pablo; Mazuelos Rojas, Alfonso (2024)
Here, experimental data for the different stages of a bioprocess for obtaining copper from printed circuit boards are ...
PhD Thesis
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Biolixiviación de residuos piríticos de la flotación de sulfuros polimetálicos

Romero García, Aurora; Iglesias González, María Nieves; Mazuelos Rojas, Alfonso (2024)
Los bioprocesos en el campo de la minería presentan innumerables ventajas respecto a los métodos metalúrgicos convencionales. ...
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Adaptation of an iron oxidising culture to extremely high Fe concentration by a programmed fed-batch bioreactor

Perdigones, Blanca; Ramírez del Amo, Pablo; Mazuelos Rojas, Alfonso (Elsevier, 2024)
Ferric iron plays a key role as a leaching agent. In ferric leaching, the generated ferrous iron can be biologically ...
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A High Productivity Bioprocess for Obtaining Metallic Copper from Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs)

Iglesias González, María Nieves; Dorado, Antonio D.; Ramírez del Amo, Pablo; Mazuelos Rojas, Alfonso (Elsevier, 2024)
PCBs constitute a residue rich in metals, among which copper stands out due to its majority content, much higher than that ...
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Ferrous iron biooxidation in a flooded packed-bed bioreactor at extreme conditions of iron concentration and acidity

Mazuelos Rojas, Alfonso; Moreno-Pérez, Martín; Perdigones, Blanca; Ramírez del Amo, Pablo; Iglesias González, María Nieves (Elsevier, 2023)
The utility of ferrous iron biooxidation is to regenerate Fe(III) at required rates and conditions in specific hydrometallurgical ...
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Aplicaciones biotecnológicas en la producción de oro.

Luque Fernández, Jesús; Mazuelos Rojas, Alfonso (2023)
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The reprocessing of hydrometallurgical sulphidic tailings by bioleaching: the extraction of metals and the use of biogenic liquors

Lorenzo Tallafigo, Juan; Iglesias González, María Nieves; Romero García, Aurora; Mazuelos Rojas, Alfonso; Ramírez del Amo, Pablo; Romero Aleta, Rafael; Carranza Mora, Francisco (Elsevier, 2022)
Mineralurgical and metallurgical processes generate a large amount of harmful residues. These wastes usually contain a ...
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Copper recovery from unground printed circuit board by biogenic ferric at high solid/liquid ratio

Iglesias González, María Nieves; Ramírez del Amo, Pablo; Lorenzo Tallafigo, Juan; Romero García, Aurora; Mazuelos Rojas, Alfonso; Romero Aleta, Rafael; Carranza Mora, Francisco (Elsevier, 2022)
In this work, the recovery of Cu from large waste printed circuit board (PCB) pieces by biogenic ferric sulphate at high ...
Final Degree Project
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Valorización biotecnológica de residuos electrónicos: regeneración del agente lixiviante.

González Delgado, Alberto; Mazuelos Rojas, Alfonso (2022)
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Polyurethane foam as biomass support for removal of thiosalts from flotation process water

Mazuelos Rojas, Alfonso; Iglesias González, María Nieves; Montes Rosua, Cristina; Romero García, Aurora; Romero Aleta, Rafael; Carranza Mora, Francisco (Elsevier, 2021)
Water recycling is a common practice in sulphide ore processing plants by flotation. Inherent thiosalts accumulation in ...
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A novel hydrometallurgical treatment for the recovery of copper, zinc, lead and silver from bulk concentrates

Lorenzo Tallafigo, Juan; Romero Aleta, Rafael; Iglesias González, María Nieves; Mazuelos Rojas, Alfonso; Romero Aleta, Rafael; Carranza Mora, Francisco (Elsevier, 2021)
Nowadays sulphide ores exploitation is undergoing some troubles, which are hindering the treatment through traditional ...
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The BRISA process as a path for efficient copper recovery from waste PCBs

Iglesias González, María Nieves; Carranza Mora, Francisco; Mazuelos Rojas, Alfonso; Romero, Rafael; Lorenzo Tallafigo, Juan; Romero García, Aurora; Ramírez del Amo, Pablo (Elsevier, 2021)
In the present work, a two-stage biohydrometallurgical process for copper extraction from waste PCBs is developed. The ...
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Procedimiento de biooxidación de tiosales

Carranza Mora, Francisco; Romero Aleta, Rafael; Iglesias González, María Nieves; Mazuelos Rojas, Alfonso (Oficina Española de Patentes y Marcas , 2020)
Procedimiento de biooxidación de tiosales.La presente invención se refiere a un procedimiento para la eliminación de ...
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A new thiosalt depuration bioprocess for water- recycling in metallic sulphide mineral processing

Mazuelos Rojas, Alfonso; Iglesias González, María Nieves; Montes Rosúa, Cristina; Lorenzo Tallafigo, Juan; Romero Aleta, Rafael; Carranza Mora, Francisco (Elsevier, 2019)
Economic and environmental imperatives force the metallic sulphide processing industry to re-use liquors that normally ...
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Valorisation of a flotation tailing by bioleaching and brine leaching, fostering environmental protection and sustainable development

Romero García, Aurora; Iglesias González, María Nieves; Romero Aleta, Rafael; Lorenzo Tallafigo, Juan; Mazuelos Rojas, Alfonso; Carranza Mora, Francisco (Elsevier, 2019)
Flotation tailing is a problematic mining waste, because contains sulphides that exposed to oxidising conditions generate ...
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An alternative approach to recover lead, silver and gold from black gossan (polymetallic ore). Study of biological oxidation and lead recovery stages

Lorenzo Tallafigo, Juan; Iglesias González, María Nieves; Mazuelos Rojas, Alfonso; Romero Aleta, Rafael; Carranza Mora, Francisco (Elsevier, 2019)
A novel procedure to recover lead, silver and gold from polymetallic sulphide ores, cleaner than the traditional ...
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Causes of inhibition of bioleaching by Cu are also thermodynamic

Mazuelos Rojas, Alfonso; García Tinajero, Carlos J.; Romero Aleta, Rafael; Iglesias González, María Nieves; Carranza Mora, Francisco (Wiley-Blackwell, 2019)
BACKGROUND: Cu is an indispensable natural resource for society, as its use is widespread and essential for many technologies. ...
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Ferric leaching of the sphalerite contained in a bulk concentrate: Kinetic study

Lorenzo Tallafigo, Juan; Iglesias González, María Nieves; Romero Aleta, Rafael; Mazuelos Rojas, Alfonso; Carranza Mora, Francisco (Elsevier, 2018)
A novel process for the integral treatment of polymetallic sulphide ores is proposed. The process consists of a global ...
PhD Thesis
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Biooxidación de tiosales con microorganismos extremófilos.

Montes Rosua, Cristina; Carranza Mora, Francisco; Mazuelos Rojas, Alfonso (2018)
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Oxygen solubility in copper bioleaching solutions

Mazuelos Rojas, Alfonso; García Tinajero, Carlos Jesús; Romero Aleta, Rafael; Iglesias González, María Nieves; Carranza Mora, Francisco (Elsevier, 2017)
Oxygen is usually the limiting reagent in bio-leaching processes. For this reason, aeration is a key point to take into ...
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Monitoring polythionate bio-oxidation by conductivity measurement

Montes Rosua, Cristina; Iglesias González, María Nieves; Romero Aleta, Rafael; Mazuelos Rojas, Alfonso; Carranza Mora, Francisco (Elsevier, 2016)
Polythionates are formed by the incomplete oxidation of sulphide minerals in the grinding and flotation circuits, and ...
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Microbial Populations in Ferrous Iron Oxidation Bioreactors

Villalobo Polo, Eduardo; Mazuelos Rojas, Alfonso (Universidad Pablo de Olavide de Sevilla, 2016)
Motivación: ferrous iron oxidation can take place in partly controlled biological reactors inoculated with ...
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Recovery of Zn from acid mine water and electric arc furnace dust in an integrated process

Carranza Mora, Francisco; Romero Aleta, Rafael; Mazuelos Rojas, Alfonso; Iglesias González, María Nieves (Elsevier, 2016)
In this paper, the purification of acid mine water and the treatment of electric arc furnace dust (EAFD) are integrated ...
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Biotic factor does not limit operational pH in packed-bed bioreactor for ferrous iron biooxidation

Mazuelos Rojas, Alfonso; Moreno, José María; Carranza Mora, Francisco; Palomino, Carmen; Torres Rueda, Antonio Ildefonso; Villalobo Polo, Eduardo (Oxford University Press, 2012)
Ferrous ion biooxidation is a process with many promising industrial applications: mainly regeneration of ferric ion as ...
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Operational pH in packed-bed reactors for ferrous ion bio-oxidation

Mazuelos Rojas, Alfonso; Carranza Mora, Francisco; Romero Aleta, Rafael; Iglesias González, María Nieves; Villalobo Polo, Eduardo (Elsevier, 2010)
The flooded packed-bed bioreactor plays a major role in the field of applications of ferrous ion bio-oxidation. The pH is ...
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Influence of zinc on ferrous iron bio-oxidation: Biological or physical nature?

Mazuelos Rojas, Alfonso; Iglesias González, María Nieves; Romero Aleta, Rafael; Mejías, Miguel Ángel; Carranza Mora, Francisco (Elsevier, 2010)
Ferrous iron bio-oxidation is negatively affected by the presence of heavy metals. Although the available information ...
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Biorecovery of copper from converter slags: Slags characterization and exploratory ferric leaching tests

Carranza Mora, Francisco; Mazuelos Rojas, Alfonso; Iglesias González, María Nieves; Romero Aleta, Rafael; Forcat, O. (HYDRD, 2009)
This paper studies the ferric sulphate leaching of converter slag (9% Cu) in order to recover Cu through a process in which ...
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Recuperación de cobre en escorias mediante biolixiviación indirecta

Mazuelos Rojas, Alfonso; Iglesias González, María Nieves; Romero, R.; Forcat, O.; Carranza Mora, Francisco (CSIC, 2009)
En los procesos pirometalúrgicos, parte del cobre se pierde en la escoria que se genera como residuo del proceso, pudiendo ...
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Copper recovery from chalcopyrite concentrates by the BRISA process

Romero Aleta, Rafael; Mazuelos Rojas, Alfonso; Palencia, I.; Carranza Mora, Francisco (Elsevier, 2003)
The technical viability of the BRISA process (Biolixiviación Rápida Indirecta con Separación de Acciones: Fast Indirect ...
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Aplicación del proceso brisa al tratamiento de menas de cobre conteniendo atacamita

Mazuelos Rojas, Alfonso; Romero Aleta, Rafael; Carranza Mora, Francisco (2003)
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Treatment of secondary copper sulphides (chalcocite and covellite) by the BRISA process

Palencia, I.; Romero Aleta, Rafael; Mazuelos Rojas, Alfonso; Carranza Mora, Francisco (Elsevier, 2002)
The technical viability of the BRISA process (Biolixiviación Rápida Indirecta con Separación de Acciones: Fast Indirect ...
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Oxygen transfer in ferric iron biological production in a packed-bed reactor

Mazuelos Rojas, Alfonso; Romero Aleta, Rafael; Palencia, I.; Carranza Mora, Francisco; Borjas, F. J. (Elsevier, 2002)
In this paper, oxygen transfer in the ferrous iron biooxidation process in a packed-bed reactor is studied. The reactor ...
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Ferric iron production in packed bed bioreactors: Influence of pH, temperature, particle size, bacterial support material and type of air distributor

Mazuelos Rojas, Alfonso; Palencia, I.; Romero Aleta, Rafael; Rodriguez, G.; Carranza Mora, Francisco (Elsevier, 2001)
The biooxidatíon of ferrous iron in solution has industrial applications in the regeneration of ferric iron as a leachíng ...
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Programa experimental para la formación de profesores noveles en Ingeniería Química

Palencia Pérez, Inmaculada; Carta Escobar, Felisa de los Ángeles; Durán-Barrantes, María de la Montaña; Mazuelos Rojas, Alfonso (Universidad de Sevilla. Instituto de Ciencias de la Educación, 2001)
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I Jornada de Formación de Profesores Noveles Universitarios

Rodríguez López, José María; González-Piñero Doblas, Lorena; Arquero Montaño, José Luis; Abreu Sánchez, Ana; Spinola-Elias, Yolanda; Periáñez Cristóbal, Rafael; Calama Rodríguez, José María; Herrero Vázquez, Eduardo; Mazuelos Rojas, Alfonso; Durán-Barrantes, María de la Montaña; Donoso Anés, José Antonio; Río Rodríguez, Rita del; Borrás Álvarez, María del Carmen; Mancera-Martínez, Manuel-Fernando; Arenas Márquez, Francisco José; Chávez Miranda, María Esther; Molleda Jimena, Guillermo; Ruiz del Castillo, José Carlos; Pérez López, Aurora Virginia; López Gavira, María Rosario; Pérez López, José Ángel; Correa Manfredi, Juliana (Universidad de Sevilla. Instituto de Ciencias de la Educación, 2001)
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Inhibition of bioleaching processes by organics from solvent extraction

Mazuelos Rojas, Alfonso; Iglesias González, María Nieves; Carranza Mora, Francisco (Elsevier, 1999)
The influence of the presence of an organic phase composed of 15% LIX 64 as extractant and kerosene as solvent on ferrous ...
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La producción biológica de ion férrico en reactores de lecho fijo

Mazuelos Rojas, Alfonso; Carranza Mora, Francisco (1999)
El objetivo fundamental de este trabajo de investigación es la aportación de mejoras en el diseño de reactores de biooxidación ...