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2025

Journal Article

Characterization of acid-tolerant ammonia-oxidizing Nitrosospira bacteria suggests wide implementation of the acidic nitritation process

Hu, Zhetai, Cen, Xiaotong, Wang, Zhiyao and Zheng, Min (2025). Characterization of acid-tolerant ammonia-oxidizing Nitrosospira bacteria suggests wide implementation of the acidic nitritation process. Water Research X, 28 100317, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.wroa.2025.100317

Characterization of acid-tolerant ammonia-oxidizing Nitrosospira bacteria suggests wide implementation of the acidic nitritation process

2025

Journal Article

Upgrading waste activated sludge into valuable biosolids via an integrated biochemical approach

Lu, Xi, Wang, Zhiyao, Kong, Zheng, Duan, Haoran, Zuo, Zhiqiang, Hu, Zhetai, Zheng, Min and Hu, Shihu (2025). Upgrading waste activated sludge into valuable biosolids via an integrated biochemical approach. Water Research X, 28 100325, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.wroa.2025.100325

Upgrading waste activated sludge into valuable biosolids via an integrated biochemical approach

2025

Journal Article

Insights into the start-up of acidic nitritation using conventional activated sludge: Process dynamics, nitrifiers succession, and pilot-scale demonstration

Kong, Zheng, Wang, Zhiyao, Hu, Zhetai, Song, Yunqian, Xu, Dongdong, Li, Guanbin, Dwyer, Jason and Hu, Shihu (2025). Insights into the start-up of acidic nitritation using conventional activated sludge: Process dynamics, nitrifiers succession, and pilot-scale demonstration. Water Research, 275 123208, 123208-275. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2025.123208

Insights into the start-up of acidic nitritation using conventional activated sludge: Process dynamics, nitrifiers succession, and pilot-scale demonstration

2025

Journal Article

Integrated application of nanoscale zero-valent iron for sulfide and methane control in sewers and improved wastewater treatment

Cen, Xiaotong, Hu, Zhetai, Yu, Zhigang, Huang, Xin, Zuo, Zhiqiang, Guo, Jianhua, Yuan, Zhiguo and Zheng, Min (2025). Integrated application of nanoscale zero-valent iron for sulfide and methane control in sewers and improved wastewater treatment. Water Research, 276 123248, 123248. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2025.123248

Integrated application of nanoscale zero-valent iron for sulfide and methane control in sewers and improved wastewater treatment

2025

Journal Article

Integrated urban wastewater management through on-site generation and application of ferrous carbonate

Cen, Xiaotong, Hu, Zhetai, Huang, Xin, Yuan, Zhiguo and Zheng, Min (2025). Integrated urban wastewater management through on-site generation and application of ferrous carbonate. Water Research, 268 122732, 122732. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2024.122732

Integrated urban wastewater management through on-site generation and application of ferrous carbonate

2024

Journal Article

An overlooked nanofluids effect from Fe3O4 nanoparticles enhances mass transfer in anammox granular sludge

Xu, Dongdong, Ding, Aqiang, Yu, Yang, Zheng, Ping, Zhang, Meng and Hu, Zhetai (2024). An overlooked nanofluids effect from Fe3O4 nanoparticles enhances mass transfer in anammox granular sludge. Water Research X, 25 100260, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.wroa.2024.100260

An overlooked nanofluids effect from Fe3O4 nanoparticles enhances mass transfer in anammox granular sludge

2024

Journal Article

Pathways to advanced resource recovery from sewage

Zheng, Min, Hu, Zhetai, Liu, Tao, Sperandio, Mathieu, Volcke, Eveline I. P., Wang, Zhiyao, Hao, Xiaodi, Duan, Haoran, Vlaeminck, Siegfried E., Xu, Kangning, Zuo, Zhiqiang, Guo, Jianhua, Huang, Xia, Daigger, Glen T., Verstraete, Willy, van Loosdrecht, Mark C. M. and Yuan, Zhiguo (2024). Pathways to advanced resource recovery from sewage. Nature Sustainability, 7 (11), 1395-1404. doi: 10.1038/s41893-024-01423-6

Pathways to advanced resource recovery from sewage

2024

Journal Article

Quadrupling the capacity of post aerobic digestion treating anaerobically digested sludge using a moving-bed biofilm (MBBR) configuration

Wang, Zhiyao, Lu, Xi, Zheng, Min, Hu, Zhetai, Batstone, Damien, Yuan, Zhiguo and Hu, Shihu (2024). Quadrupling the capacity of post aerobic digestion treating anaerobically digested sludge using a moving-bed biofilm (MBBR) configuration. Water Research: X, 24 100240, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.wroa.2024.100240

Quadrupling the capacity of post aerobic digestion treating anaerobically digested sludge using a moving-bed biofilm (MBBR) configuration

2024

Journal Article

Full-scale demonstration of nitrogen removal from mature landfill leachate using a two-stage partial nitritation and anammox process

Du, Rui, Lu, Dandan, Zuo, Zhiqiang, Zhang, Renfu, Lu, Xi, Zhu, Chunshen and Hu, Zhetai (2024). Full-scale demonstration of nitrogen removal from mature landfill leachate using a two-stage partial nitritation and anammox process. Processes, 12 (7) 1307, 1-12. doi: 10.3390/pr12071307

Full-scale demonstration of nitrogen removal from mature landfill leachate using a two-stage partial nitritation and anammox process

2024

Book Chapter

Novel anammox-based biological nitrogen removal process for high-strength industry wastewater treatment

Hu, Zhetai and Hu, Shihu (2024). Novel anammox-based biological nitrogen removal process for high-strength industry wastewater treatment. Trends in biological processes in industrial wastewater treatment. (pp. 14.1-14.17) edited by Maulin P. Shah. Bristol, United Kingdom: IOP Publishing. doi: 10.1088/978-0-7503-5678-7ch14

Novel anammox-based biological nitrogen removal process for high-strength industry wastewater treatment

2024

Journal Article

Production of ammonium nitrate for nitrogen recovery in a single bioreactor operating at pH 3

Hu, Zhetai, Cen, Xiaotong, Zhang, Renfu and Zheng, Min (2024). Production of ammonium nitrate for nitrogen recovery in a single bioreactor operating at pH 3. Chemical Engineering Journal, 493 152748, 152748. doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2024.152748

Production of ammonium nitrate for nitrogen recovery in a single bioreactor operating at pH 3

2023

Journal Article

Multifaceted benefits of magnesium hydroxide dosing in sewer systems: impacts on downstream wastewater treatment processes

Cen, Xiaotong, Duan, Haoran, Hu, Zhetai, Huang, Xin, Li, Jiaying, Yuan, Zhiguo and Zheng, Min (2023). Multifaceted benefits of magnesium hydroxide dosing in sewer systems: impacts on downstream wastewater treatment processes. Water Research, 247 120788, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2023.120788

Multifaceted benefits of magnesium hydroxide dosing in sewer systems: impacts on downstream wastewater treatment processes

2023

Journal Article

Integrated urban water management by coupling iron salt production and application with biogas upgrading

Hu, Zhetai, Li, Lanqing, Cen, Xiaotong, Zheng, Min, Hu, Shihu, Wang, Xiuheng, Song, Yarong, Xu, Kangning and Yuan, Zhiguo (2023). Integrated urban water management by coupling iron salt production and application with biogas upgrading. Nature Communications, 14 (1) 6405, 1-12. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-42158-w

Integrated urban water management by coupling iron salt production and application with biogas upgrading

2023

Journal Article

Adaptation of anammox process for nitrogen removal from acidic nitritation effluent in a low pH moving bed biofilm reactor

Hu, Zhetai, Liu, Tao, Su, Zicheng, Zhao, Jing, Guo, Jianhua, Hu, Shihu, Yuan, Zhiguo and Zheng, Min (2023). Adaptation of anammox process for nitrogen removal from acidic nitritation effluent in a low pH moving bed biofilm reactor. Water Research, 243 120370, 120370. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2023.120370

Adaptation of anammox process for nitrogen removal from acidic nitritation effluent in a low pH moving bed biofilm reactor

2023

Journal Article

Impact of electrochemically generated iron on the performance of an anaerobic wastewater treatment process

Hu, Zhetai, Hu, Shihu, Hong, Pei-Ying, Zhang, Xueqin, Prodanovic, Veljko, Zhang, Kefeng, Ye, Liu, Deletic, Ana, Yuan, Zhiguo and Zheng, Min (2023). Impact of electrochemically generated iron on the performance of an anaerobic wastewater treatment process. Science of the Total Environment, 875 162628, 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162628

Impact of electrochemically generated iron on the performance of an anaerobic wastewater treatment process

2023

Journal Article

One-year stable pilot-scale operation demonstrates high flexibility of mainstream anammox application

Zheng, Min, Li, Huijuan, Duan, Haoran, Liu, Tao, Wang, Zhiyao, Zhao, Jing, Hu, Zhetai, Watts, Shane, Meng, Jia, Liu, Peng, Rattier, Maxime, Larsen, Eloise, Guo, Jianhua, Dwyer, Jason, Akker, Ben Van Den, Lloyd, James, Hu, Shihu and Yuan, Zhiguo (2023). One-year stable pilot-scale operation demonstrates high flexibility of mainstream anammox application. Water Research X, 19 100166, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.wroa.2023.100166

One-year stable pilot-scale operation demonstrates high flexibility of mainstream anammox application

2023

Journal Article

Novel use of a ferric salt to enhance mainstream nitrogen removal from anaerobically pretreated wastewater

Hu, Zhetai, Hu, Shihu, Ye, Liu, Duan, Haoran, Wu, Ziping, Hong, Pei-Ying, Yuan, Zhiguo and Zheng, Min (2023). Novel use of a ferric salt to enhance mainstream nitrogen removal from anaerobically pretreated wastewater. Environmental Science and Technology, 57 (16), 6712-6722. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.2c08325

Novel use of a ferric salt to enhance mainstream nitrogen removal from anaerobically pretreated wastewater

2023

Journal Article

Toward energy neutrality: novel wastewater treatment incorporating acidophilic ammonia oxidation

Hu, Zhetai, Liu, Tao, Wang, Zhiyao, Meng, Jia and Zheng, Min (2023). Toward energy neutrality: novel wastewater treatment incorporating acidophilic ammonia oxidation. Environmental Science and Technology, 57 (11), 4522-4532. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.2c06444

Toward energy neutrality: novel wastewater treatment incorporating acidophilic ammonia oxidation

2023

Other Outputs

Versatile uses of iron in the urban wastewater system

Hu, Zhetai (2023). Versatile uses of iron in the urban wastewater system. PhD Thesis, Australian Centre for Water and Environmental Biotechnology, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/7fb515f

Versatile uses of iron in the urban wastewater system

2023

Journal Article

An integrated approach to vivianite recovery from waste activated sludge

Hu, Zhetai, Li, Weiwei, Duan, Haoran, Huang, Xin, Meng, Jia, Yang, Liangzhen and Zheng, Min (2023). An integrated approach to vivianite recovery from waste activated sludge. Bioresource Technology, 371 128608, 128608. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2023.128608

An integrated approach to vivianite recovery from waste activated sludge