Nabin Aryal

Nabin Aryal

Associate Professor
Faculty of Technology, Natural Sciences and Maritime Sciences
Department of Process, Energy and Environmental Technology
Campus Porsgrunn (E-208)
I am an enthusiastic chemical and biological process engineering researcher working for environmental technology development. Resources are limited and wasted; therefore, I am interested in new challenges and opportunities associated with bio-based value creation by resources recovery.

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Publications

1.      Roy M, Aryal, N., Zhang Y., Patil SA., & Pant, D. (2022). Technological progress and readiness level of microbial electrosynthesis and electrofermentation for carbon dioxide and organic wastes valorization, Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry, 100605

2.      Aryal, N., Zhang. Y., Bajaracharya, S., Pant, D., & Chen X. (2022) Microbial electrochemical approaches of carbon dioxide utilization for biogas upgrading, Chemosphere, 132-843

3.      Aryal, N., Odde, M., Pedersen, CB, Ottosen, LDM, & Kofoed, MVW (2021). Methane production from syngas using a trickle-bed reactor setup. Bioresource Technology , 125183.

4.      Adhikari, P., Aryal, N. Ghimire, A., & Khanal, P. (2021). Sustainable biowaste recycling using insects. In Clean Energy and Resources Recovery (pp. 399-420). Elsevier.

5.      Aryal N, LDM Ottosen, A Bentien, D Pant, MVW Kofoed. (2021), Bioelectrochemical systems for biogas upgrading and biomethane production, Elsevier, 363-382

6.      Aryal, N. Ottosen LM, Michel W. & Pant D. (2021), Emerging Technologies and Biological Systems for Biogas Upgrading, 1st Edition, Elsevier, ISBN: 9780128228081

7.      Gadkari, S., Beigi, BHM, Aryal, N., & Sadhukhan, J. (2021). Microbial electrosynthesis: is it sustainable for bioproduction of acetic acid? RSC Advances,  11 (17), 9921-9932.

8.      Gahlot, P., Ahmed, B., Tiwari, SB, Aryal, N., Khursheed, A., Kazmi, AA, & Tyagi, UK (2020). Conductive material engineered direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) in anaerobic digestion: mechanism and application. Environmental Technology & Innovation, 101056.

9.      Niels RBK, Aryal, N, (2020) Syngas production from straw gasification in different temperature profile, Fuel, 263, 116706

10.  Aryal N., Ghimire N, & Bajracharya S., (2020) Microbial electrochemical systems coupling with anaerobic digestion for waste valorization, Advances in bioenergy. Elsevier, 101-127

11.  Chettri R., Aryal N., Kharel S, Paudel RP & Pant, D., (2020). Agro-based industrial wastes as potent sources of alternative energy and organic fertilizers. Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 121-136

12.  Bajaracharya, S., Aryal N., Sonawane MJ, Kharel S., Sharma SR., & Pant, D., (2020). Prime techniques for post-treatment of anaerobic effluents and solids Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology, 255-289

13.  Aryal, N., Wan, L., Overgaard, MH, Chen, Y., Tremblay, PL, & Zhang, T. (2019). Increased carbon dioxide reduction to acetate in a microbial electrosynthesis reactor with a reduced graphene oxide-coated copper foam composite cathode.  Bioelectrochemistry  128 (2019): 83-93.

14.  Bajracharya S., Aryal N., De Wever H., Pant D. Bioelectrochemical Syntheses, (2019) An Economy Based on Carbon Dioxide and Water. Springer, 327-358

15.  Kvist, T, Aryal, N., (2019), Methane loss from commercially operating biogas upgrading plants. Waste management, 87, 295-300 

16.  Aryal, N., & Kvist, T. (2018). An alternative of Biogas Injection into the Danish Gas Grid System — A Study from Demand Perspective. ChemEngineering, 2 (3), 43.

17. Aryal, N., Kvist, T., Ammam, F., Pant, D., & Ottosen, L. D. (2018). An overview of microbial biogas enrichment. Bioresource technology264, 359-369.

18.  Aryal, N., Tremblay, PL, Xu, M., Daugaard, AE, & Zhang, T. (2018). Highly conductive poly (3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) polystyrene sulfonate polymer-coated cathode for the microbial electrosynthesis of acetate from carbon dioxide. Frontiers in Energy Research, 6, 72.

19.  Aryal, N., Ammam F., Patil S., Pant D., (2017) Overview of electrode materials used in Carbon dioxide in microbial electrosynthesis Green Chemistry, 2017, 19, 5748-5760

20.  Aryal, N. (2017). Microbial electrosynthesis for acetate production from carbon dioxide: innovative biocatalysts leading to enhanced performance, Doctoral dissertation, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark

21.  Aryal, N., Halder, A., Zhang, M., Whelan, PR, Tremblay, PL, Chi, Q., & Zhang, T. (2017). Freestanding and flexible graphene papers as bioelectrochemical cathode for selective and efficient CO2 conversion.  Scientific Reports, 7

22.  Aryal, N., Tremblay, P. L., Lizak, D. M., & Zhang, T. (2017). Performance of different Sporomusa species for the microbial electrosynthesis of acetate from carbon dioxide. Bioresource Technology, 233, 184-190

23.  Aryal, N., Halder, A., Tremblay, P. L., Chi, Q., & Zhang, T. (2016). Enhanced microbial electrosynthesis with three-dimensional graphene functionalized cathodes fabricated via solvothermal synthesis. Electrochimica Acta217, 117-122.

24.  Lepage,G., Perrier, G., Merlin, G., Aryal, N., & Dominguez-Benetton, X. (2014). Multifactorial evaluation of the electrochemical response of a microbial fuel cell. RSC Advances,4(45), 23815-23825. 

25.  Sharma, M, Aryal N., Priyangshu S., Vanbroekhoven K., Lal B., Dominguez-Benetton X., Pant D. (2013). Bioelectrocatalyzed reduction of acetic and butyric acids via direct electron transfer using a mixed culture of sulfate-reducers drives electrosynthesis of alcohols and acetone. Chemical Communications. DOI: 10.1039/c3cc42570

26.  Gupta, DK, Huang, HG, Nicoloso, FT, Schetinger, MR, Farias, JG, Li, TQ, Razafindrabe, BHN, Aryal, N. and Inouhe, M., (2013). Effect of Hg, As, and Pb on biomass production, photosynthetic rate, nutrients uptake and phytochelatin induction in Pfaffia glomerataEcotoxicology, 22 (9), pp.1403-1412

27.  Aryal, N .. (2013). Electrocatalytic Production of Hydrogen Peroxide using oxygen reducing gas diffusion electrodes. Master's dissertation, Ghent University, Belgium

28.  Aryal, N .. (2008). Biodiversity Assessment of Wetland: - A case study from Mardhar wetland Rautahat, Nepal, Master dissertation. Tribhuvan University, Nepal