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Ciro Bustillo-Lecompte

Toronto Metropolitan University

Dr. Ciro Bustillo LeCompte is a versatile professional with a diverse background spanning civil, environmental, and chemical engineering. He obtained his Bachelor of Engineering degree from the University of Cartagena, Colombia, in 2008. He furthered his studies at Toronto Metropolitan University (Formerly Ryerson University), in Canada to achieve a Master of Applied Science degree in 2012 and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 2016. Dr. LeCompte’s expertise is recognized through several certifications. He is a certified Professional Engineer (PEng) and Environmental Professional (EP). Additionally, he is a Fraternal Member of the Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors (CIPHI) and was honored as a Queen Elizabeth Scholar (QES) for the 2017-2018 period. Currently, Dr. LeCompte contributes his expertise as an Adjunct Professor in the School of Occupational and Public Health at Toronto Metropolitan University. He serves as an Associate Member in the Environmental Applied Science and Management Graduate Programs, where he continues to inspire and mentor future generations of environmental professionals. Additionally, he is an Associate Editor for Environmental Health and Exposome, Frontiers in Public Health, and Associate Editor for Water, Waste and Wastewater Engineering, Frontiers in Environmental Engineering.

1books edited

2chapters authored

Latest work with IntechOpen by Ciro Bustillo-Lecompte

Advanced Oxidation Processes – Applications, Trends, and Prospects constitutes a comprehensive resource for civil, chemical, and environmental engineers researching in the field of water and wastewater treatment. The book covers the fundamentals, applications, and future work in Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs) as an attractive alternative and a complementary treatment option to conventional methods. This book also presents state-of-the-art research on AOPs and heterogeneous catalysis while covering recent progress and trends, including the application of AOPs at the laboratory, pilot, or industrial scale, the combination of AOPs with other technologies, hybrid processes, process intensification, reactor design, scale-up, and optimization. The book is divided into four sections: Introduction to Advanced Oxidation Processes, General Concepts of Heterogeneous Catalysis, Fenton and Ferrate in Wastewater Treatment, and Industrial Applications, Trends, and Prospects.

Advanced Oxidation Processes

Advanced Oxidation Processes

Edited by Ciro Bustillo-Lecompte

Chapters authored

Slaughterhouse Wastewater: Treatment, Management and Resource Recovery

By Ciro Bustillo-Lecompte and Mehrab Mehrvar

The meat processing industry is one of the largest consumers of total freshwater used in the agricultural and livestock industry worldwide. Meat processing plants (MPPs) produce large amounts of slaughterhouse wastewater (SWW) because of the slaughtering process and cleaning of facilities. SWWs need significant treatment for a sustainable and safe discharge to the environment due to the high content of organics and nutrients. Therefore, the treatment and final disposal of SWW are a public health necessity. In this chapter, the regulatory frameworks relevant to the SWW management, environmental impacts, health effects, and treatment methods are discussed. Although physical, chemical, and biological treatment can be used for SWW degradation, each treatment process has different advantages and drawbacks depending on the SWW characteristics, best available technology, jurisdictions, and regulations. SWWs are typically assessed using bulk parameters because of the various pollutant loads derived from the type and the number of animals slaughtered that fluctuate amid the meat industry. Thus, an on-site treatment using combined processes would be the best option to treat and disinfect the slaughterhouse effluents to be safely discharged into receiving waters.

Part of the book: Physico-Chemical Wastewater Treatment and Resource Recovery

Scale-Up and Optimization for Slurry Photoreactors

By Gianluca Li Puma, Fiderman Machuca-Martínez, Miguel Mueses, José Colina-Márquez and Ciro Bustillo-Lecompte

Several aspects of scale-up and optimization of heterogeneous photocatalytic reactors are detailed in the following chapter. The relevance of the dimensionless numbers, the critical factors of the photoreactor design, and the optimization methods are explored from an engineering point of view. The apparent optical thickness is the most crucial dimensionless parameter for photoreactor design and optimization; therefore, the study will be more focused on this topic. Moreover, a real case for a commercial application of the solar photocatalysis will be presented in this chapter. This full-scale plant is currently operating as an industrial wastewater treatment plant in a flexographic company located in Cali, Colombia.

Part of the book: Advanced Oxidation Processes

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