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Duan H; Watt S; Erler D; Li H; Wang Z; Zheng M; Hu S; Ye L; Yuan Z, 2024, 'Coarse bubble mixing in anoxic zone greatly stimulates nitrous oxide emissions from biological nitrogen removal process', Water Research X, 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wroa.2024.100263

Li R; Lu MY; Guo RB; Duan H; Ni BJ; Fu SF, 2024, 'Life cycle assessment of hydrogenotrophic denitrification in membrane aerated biofilm reactors for sustainable wastewater treatment', Water Research, 267, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2024.122529

Liu T; Duan H; Lücker S; Zheng M; Daims H; Yuan Z; Guo J, 2024, 'Sustainable wastewater management through nitrogen-cycling microorganisms', Nature Water, 2, pp. 936 - 952, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s44221-024-00307-5

Chen CX; Koskue V; Duan H; Gao L; Shon HK; Martin GJO; Chen GQ; Freguia S, 2024, 'Impact of nutrient deficiency on biological sewage treatment – Perspectives towards urine source segregation', Science of the Total Environment, 946, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.174174

Wu L; Ngo HH; Wang C; Hou Y; Chen X; Guo W; Duan H; Ni BJ; Wei W, 2024, 'Lactobacillus inoculation mediated carboxylates and alcohols production from waste activated sludge fermentation system: Insight into process outcomes and metabolic network', Bioresource Technology, 409, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2024.131191

Duan H; Li J; Yuan Z, 2024, 'Making waves: Knowledge and data fusion in urban water modelling', Water Research X, 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wroa.2024.100234

Vo PHN; Ky Le G; Huy LN; Zheng L; Chaiwong C; Nguyen NN; Nguyen HTM; Ralph PJ; Kuzhiumparambil U; Soroosh D; Toft S; Madsen C; Kim M; Fenstermacher J; Hai HTN; Duan H; Tscharke B, 2024, 'Occurrence, spatiotemporal trends, fate, and treatment technologies for microplastics and organic contaminants in biosolids: A review', Journal of Hazardous Materials, 466, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.133471

Wang C; Wei W; Wu L; Liu X; Duan H; Chen Z; Hou YN; Chen X; Ni BJ, 2024, 'Electron Donor-Driven Microalgae Upgrading into High-Value Fatty Acids via a Microbial Platform', ACS ES and T Engineering, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsestengg.4c00414

Zheng M; Hu Z; Liu T; Sperandio M; Volcke EIP; Wang Z; Hao X; Duan H; Vlaeminck SE; Xu K; Zuo Z; Guo J; Huang X; Daigger GT; Verstraete W; van Loosdrecht MCM; Yuan Z, 2024, 'Pathways to advanced resource recovery from sewage', Nature Sustainability, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41893-024-01423-6

Lu Y; Liu T; Niu C; Duan H; Zheng M; Hu S; Yuan Z; Wang H; Guo J, 2023, 'Challenges of suppressing nitrite-oxidizing bacteria in membrane aerated biofilm reactors by low dissolved oxygen control', Water Research, 247, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2023.120754

Cen X; Duan H; Hu Z; Huang X; Li J; Yuan Z; Zheng M, 2023, 'Multifaceted benefits of magnesium hydroxide dosing in sewer systems: Impacts on downstream wastewater treatment processes', Water Research, 247, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2023.120788

Zhao Y; Duan H; Erler D; Yuan Z; Ye L, 2023, 'Decoupling the simultaneous effects of NO2, pH and free nitrous acid on N2O and NO production from enriched nitrifying activated sludge', Water Research, 245, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2023.120609

Lu X; Oehmen A; Zhao J; Duan H; Yuan Z; Ye L, 2023, 'Insights on biological phosphorus removal with partial nitrification in single sludge system via sidestream free ammonia and free nitrous acid dosing', Science of the Total Environment, 895, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165174

Cao S; Koch K; Duan H; Wells GF; Ye L; Zhao Y; Du R, 2023, 'In a quest for high-efficiency mainstream partial nitritation-anammox (PN/A) implementation: One-stage or two-stage?', Science of the Total Environment, 883, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163540

Zheng M; Li H; Duan H; Liu T; Wang Z; Zhao J; Hu Z; Watts S; Meng J; Liu P; Rattier M; Larsen E; Guo J; Dwyer J; Akker BVD; Lloyd J; Hu S; Yuan Z, 2023, 'One-year stable pilot-scale operation demonstrates high flexibility of mainstream anammox application', Water Research X, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wroa.2023.100166

Zuo Z; Xing Y; Duan H; Ren D; Zheng M; Liu Y; Huang X, 2023, 'Reducing sulfide and methane production in gravity sewer sediments through urine separation, collection and intermittent dosing', Water Research, 234, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2023.119820

Hu Z; Hu S; Ye L; Duan H; Wu Z; Hong PY; Yuan Z; Zheng M, 2023, 'Novel Use of a Ferric Salt to Enhance Mainstream Nitrogen Removal from Anaerobically Pretreated Wastewater', Environmental Science and Technology, 57, pp. 6712 - 6722, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c08325

Hu Z; Li W; Duan H; Huang X; Meng J; Yang L; Zheng M, 2023, 'An integrated approach to vivianite recovery from waste activated sludge', Bioresource Technology, 371, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2023.128608

Lu X; Wang Z; Duan H; Wu Z; Hu S; Ye L; Yuan Z; Zheng M, 2023, 'Significant production of nitric oxide by aerobic nitrite reduction at acidic pH', Water Research, 230, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2022.119542

Duan H; Zheng M; Li J; Liu T; Wang Z; Shrestha S; Wang B; Ye L; Hu S; Yuan Z, 2023, 'High Hydraulic Loading Rates Favored Mainstream Partial Nitritation: Experimental Demonstration and Model-Based Analysis', ACS ES and T Water, 3, pp. 556 - 564, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsestwater.2c00569

Dai Z; Liu L; Duan H; Li B; Tang X; Wu X; Liu G; Zhang L, 2023, 'Improving sludge dewaterability by free nitrous acid and lysozyme pretreatment: Performances and mechanisms', Science of the Total Environment, 855, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.158648

Wu Z; Duan H; Li K; Ye L, 2022, 'A comprehensive carbon footprint analysis of different wastewater treatment plant configurations', Environmental Research, 214, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2022.113818

Duan H; Watts S; Zheng M; Wang Z; Zhao J; Li H; Liu P; Dwyer J; McPhee P; Rattier M; Larsen E; Yuan Z; Hu S, 2022, 'Achieving robust mainstream nitrite shunt at pilot-scale with integrated sidestream sludge treatment and step-feed', Water Research, 223, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2022.119034

Yu W; Duan H; Wang Z; Yang J; Yuan Z; Zheng M, 2022, 'Transforming anaerobically digested sludge into high-quality biosolids with an integrated physiochemical approach', Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 184, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2022.106416

Wang Z; Zheng M; Duan H; Yuan Z; Hu S, 2022, 'A 20-Year Journey of Partial Nitritation and Anammox (PN/A): From Sidestream toward Mainstream', Environmental Science and Technology, 56, pp. 7522 - 7531, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c06107

Zhao Y; Ab Hamid NH; Reddy N; Zheng M; Yuan Z; Duan H; Ye L, 2022, 'Wastewater Primary Treatment Using Forward Osmosis Introduces Inhibition to Achieve Stable Mainstream Partial Nitrification', Environmental Science and Technology, 56, pp. 8663 - 8672, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c05672

Meng J; Duan H; Yuan Z; Zheng M, 2022, 'Gravity settling and centrifugation increase the acid buffer capacity of activated sludge', Science of the Total Environment, 820, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.153231

Kirim G; McCullough K; Bressani-Ribeiro T; Domingo-Félez C; Duan H; Al-Omari A; De Clippeleir H; Jimenez J; Klaus S; Ladipo-Obasa M; Mehrani MJ; Regmi P; Torfs E; Volcke EIP; Vanrolleghem PA, 2022, 'Mainstream short-cut N removal modelling: current status and perspectives', Water Science and Technology, 85, pp. 2539 - 2564, http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.2022.131

, 2022, 'Quantification and Modelling of Fugitive Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Urban Water Systems', , http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/9781789060461

Li K; Duan H; Liu L; Qiu R; van den Akker B; Ni BJ; Chen T; Yin H; Yuan Z; Ye L, 2022, 'An Integrated First Principal and Deep Learning Approach for Modeling Nitrous Oxide Emissions from Wastewater Treatment Plants', Environmental Science and Technology, 56, pp. 2816 - 2826, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c05020

Wang Z; Zheng M; Duan H; Hu S; Yuan Z, 2022, 'Re-configuring mainstream anammox', Chemical Engineering Journal, 445, pp. 136817 - 136817, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2022.136817

Calderon AG; Duan H; Seo KY; Macintosh C; Astals S; Li K; Wan J; Li H; Maulani N; Lim ZK; Yuan Z; Hu S, 2021, 'The origin of waste activated sludge affects the enhancement of anaerobic digestion by free nitrous acid pre-treatment', Science of the Total Environment, 795, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148831

Calderon AG; Duan H; Chen X; Wu Z; Yu W; Silva CE; Li Y; Shrestha S; Wang Z; Keller J; Chen Z; Yuan Z; Hu S, 2021, 'Enhancing anaerobic digestion using free nitrous acid: Identifying the optimal pre-treatment condition in continuous operation', Water Research, 205, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2021.117694

Wang Z; Liu T; Duan H; Song Y; Lu X; Hu S; Yuan Z; Batstone D; Zheng M, 2021, 'Post-treatment options for anaerobically digested sludge: Current status and future prospect', Water Research, 205, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2021.117665

Lu X; Duan H; Oehmen A; Carvalho G; Yuan Z; Ye L, 2021, 'Achieving combined biological short-cut nitrogen and phosphorus removal in a one sludge system with side-stream sludge treatment', Water Research, 203, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2021.117563

Hu Z; Duan H; Wang Z; Zhao J; Ye L; Yuan Z; Zheng M; Hu S, 2021, 'Centralized iron-dosing into returned sludge brings multifaceted benefits to wastewater management', Water Research, 203, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2021.117536

Wang H; Li M; Garg S; Wu Y; Nazmi Idros M; Hocking R; Duan H; Gao S; Yago AJ; Zhuang L; Rufford TE, 2021, 'Cobalt Electrochemical Recovery from Lithium Cobalt Oxides in Deep Eutectic Choline Chloride+Urea Solvents', ChemSusChem, 14, pp. 2972 - 2983, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/cssc.202100954

Wang Z; Zheng M; Hu Z; Duan H; De Clippeleir H; Al-Omari A; Hu S; Yuan Z, 2021, 'Unravelling adaptation of nitrite-oxidizing bacteria in mainstream PN/A process: Mechanisms and counter-strategies', Water Research, 200, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2021.117239

Li J; Gao J; Zheng Q; Thai PK; Duan H; Mueller JF; Yuan Z; Jiang G, 2021, 'Effects of pH, Temperature, Suspended Solids, and Biological Activity on Transformation of Illicit Drug and Pharmaceutical Biomarkers in Sewers', Environmental Science and Technology, 55, pp. 8771 - 8782, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c01516

Duan H; Zhao Y; Koch K; Wells GF; Zheng M; Yuan Z; Ye L, 2021, 'Insights into Nitrous Oxide Mitigation Strategies in Wastewater Treatment and Challenges for Wider Implementation', Environmental Science and Technology, 55, pp. 7208 - 7224, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c00840

Calderon AG; Duan H; Meng J; Zhao J; Song Y; Yu W; Hu Z; Xu K; Cheng X; Hu S; Yuan Z; Zheng M, 2021, 'An integrated strategy to enhance performance of anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge', Water Research, 195, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2021.116977

Wang Z; Zheng M; Duan H; Ni G; Yu W; Liu Y; Yuan Z; Hu S, 2021, 'Acidic aerobic digestion of anaerobically-digested sludge enabled by a novel ammonia-oxidizing bacterium', Water Research, 194, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2021.116962

Duan H; Zhao Y; Koch K; Wells GF; Weißbach M; Yuan Z; Ye L, 2021, 'Recovery of Nitrous Oxide from Wastewater Treatment: Current Status and Perspectives', ACS ES and T Water, 1, pp. 240 - 250, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ACSESTWATER.0C00140

Liu Y; Li S; Ni G; Duan H; Huang X; Yuan Z; Zheng M, 2021, 'Temperature Variations Shape Niche Occupation of Nitrotoga-like Bacteria in Activated Sludge', ACS Environmental Science and Technology Water, 1, pp. 167 - 174, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsestwater.0c00060

Lin L; Pratt S; Crick O; Xia J; Duan H; Ye L, 2021, 'Salinity effect on freshwater Anammox bacteria: Ionic stress and ion composition', Water Research, 188, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2020.116432

Duan H; van den Akker B; Thwaites BJ; Peng L; Herman C; Pan Y; Ni BJ; Watt S; Yuan Z; Ye L, 2020, 'Mitigating nitrous oxide emissions at a full-scale wastewater treatment plant', Water Research, 185, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2020.116196

Li S; Duan H; Zhang Y; Huang X; Yuan Z; Liu Y; Zheng M, 2020, 'Adaptation of nitrifying community in activated sludge to free ammonia inhibition and inactivation', Science of the Total Environment, 728, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138713

Meng J; Duan H; Li H; Watts S; Liu P; Shrestha S; Zheng M; Yu W; Chen Z; Song Y; Dwyer J; Hu S; Yuan Z, 2020, 'Free nitrous acid pre-treatment enhances anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge and rheological properties of digested sludge: A pilot-scale study', Water Research, 172, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2020.115515

Duan H; Gao S; Li X; Ab Hamid NH; Jiang G; Zheng M; Bai X; Bond PL; Lu X; Chislett MM; Hu S; Ye L; Yuan Z, 2020, 'Improving wastewater management using free nitrous acid (FNA)', Water Research, 171, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2019.115382

Zheng M; Duan H; Dong Q; Ni BJ; Hu S; Liu Y; Huang X; Yuan Z, 2019, 'Effects of ultrasonic treatment on the ammonia-oxidizing bacterial (AOB) growth kinetics', Science of the Total Environment, 690, pp. 629 - 635, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.06.435


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