Nabin Aryal

Nabin Aryal

Førsteamanuensis
Institutt for prosess-, energi- og miljøteknologi
Fakultet for teknologi, naturvitenskap og maritime fag
Campus Porsgrunn
31 00 93 86
Førsteamanuensis Nabin Aryal har spesialisert seg på banebrytende forskning innen feltene anaerob teknologi, gassfermentering, organisk avfallsvalorisering, mikrobe-materiale-interaksjoner og elektrokjemi. Med omfattende praktisk erfaring bidrar han betydelig til fremskritt innen Power-to-X-teknologier, utvikling av anaerobe kulturer og utnyttelse av karbondioksid for produksjon av biodrivstoff og biokjemikalier. Arbeidet hans kombinerer innovative tilnærminger til bærekraftig energi og bioprosessering, og posisjonerer ham som en sentral bidragsyter innen fornybar teknologi, kjemi- og miljøteknikk.

Ansvarsområder

  • Teaching: Lectures at PhD, MSc and Bachelor level in renewable energy systems, life cycle analyzes and biomass conversion processes
  • Research and development: Basic studies, reactor development, process optimization and development of laboratory-scale reactors
  • Guidance and mentoring: Supervisor/co-supervisor for PhD candidates, master's theses, bachelor's students and lab engineers
  • Scientific communication: Editor and publisher of scientific articles and reports
  • Examiner: External and internal examiner for interdisciplinary scientific fields

CV

Publikasjoner

More than 50 scientific articles, including peer review, conferences, abstracts, and 3 books, have been published that received H index 20 from google scholar (https://scholar.google.dk/citations?user=J-o6FOQAAAAJ&hl=en)

Selected Publications

1. Chen, X., Wang, M., & Aryal, N. (2024). Advances in Nano-Electrochemical Materials and Devices. ISBN978-3-7258-1828-0

2.      Aryal, N., Feng, L., Wang, S., & Chen, X. (2023). Surface-modified activated carbon for anaerobic digestion to optimize the microbe-material interaction.  Science of The Total Environment ,  886 , 163985.

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

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

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

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

7.       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.

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

9.        Aryal, N., & Kvist, T. (2018). Alternative of biogas injection into the Danish gas grid system—A study from a demand perspective.  ChemEngineering ,  2 (3), 43.

10.   Aryal, N., Tremblay, PL, Lizak, DM, & Zhang, T. (2017). Performance of different Sporomusa species for the microbial electrosynthesis of acetate from carbon dioxide.  Bioresource Technology , 233, 184-190

11.   Aryal, N., Halder, A., Tremblay, PL, Chi, Q., & Zhang, T. (2016). Enhanced microbial electrosynthesis with three-dimensional graphene functionalized cathodes fabricated via solvothermal synthesis.  Electrochimica Acta ,  217 , 117-122.

12. 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