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Dr Zhetai Hu
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Zhetai Hu

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Dr Zhetai Hu is:
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Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland

Works

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22 works between 2016 and 2025

1 - 20 of 22 works

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

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

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

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

2023

Journal Article

Ammonium concentration determines oxygen penetration depth to impact the suppression of nitrite-oxidizing bacteria inside partial nitritation and anammox biofilms

Zhao, Jing, Liu, Tao, Meng, Jia, Hu, Zhetai, Lu, Xuanyu, Hu, Shihu, Yuan, Zhiguo and Zheng, Min (2023). Ammonium concentration determines oxygen penetration depth to impact the suppression of nitrite-oxidizing bacteria inside partial nitritation and anammox biofilms. Chemical Engineering Journal, 455 140738, 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2022.140738

Ammonium concentration determines oxygen penetration depth to impact the suppression of nitrite-oxidizing bacteria inside partial nitritation and anammox biofilms

2022

Journal Article

Characterizing and comparing microbial community and biofilm structure in three nitrifying moving bed biofilm reactors

Zhao, Jing, Ni, Gaofeng, Piculell, Maria, Li, Jie, Hu, Zhetai, Wang, Zhiyao, Guo, Jianhua, Yuan, Zhiguo, Zheng, Min and Hu, Shihu (2022). Characterizing and comparing microbial community and biofilm structure in three nitrifying moving bed biofilm reactors. Journal of Environmental Management, 320 115883, 115883. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115883

Characterizing and comparing microbial community and biofilm structure in three nitrifying moving bed biofilm reactors

2022

Journal Article

Electrochemical iron production to enhance anaerobic membrane treatment of wastewater

Hu, Zhetai, Zheng, Min, Hu, Shihu, Hong, Pei-Ying, Zhang, Xueqing, Prodanovic, Veljko, Zhang, Kefeng, Pikaar, Ilje, Ye, Liu, Deletic, Ana and Yuan, Zhiguo (2022). Electrochemical iron production to enhance anaerobic membrane treatment of wastewater. Water Research, 225 119202, 119202. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2022.119202

Electrochemical iron production to enhance anaerobic membrane treatment of wastewater

2022

Journal Article

Determining factors for nitrite accumulation in an acidic nitrifying system: influent ammonium concentration, operational pH, and ammonia-oxidizing community

Meng, Jia, Hu, Zhetai, Wang, Zhiyao, Hu, Shihu, Liu, Yanchen, Guo, Hongguang, Li, Jianzheng, Yuan, Zhiguo and Zheng, Min (2022). Determining factors for nitrite accumulation in an acidic nitrifying system: influent ammonium concentration, operational pH, and ammonia-oxidizing community. Environmental Science & Technology, 56 (16), 11578-11588. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.1c07522

Determining factors for nitrite accumulation in an acidic nitrifying system: influent ammonium concentration, operational pH, and ammonia-oxidizing community

2021

Journal Article

Centralized iron-dosing into returned sludge brings multifaceted benefits to wastewater management

Hu, Zhetai, Duan, Haoran, Wang, Zhiyao, Zhao, Jing, Ye, Liu, Yuan, Zhiguo, Zheng, Min and Hu, Shihu (2021). Centralized iron-dosing into returned sludge brings multifaceted benefits to wastewater management. Water Research, 203 117536, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2021.117536

Centralized iron-dosing into returned sludge brings multifaceted benefits to wastewater management

2021

Journal Article

Unravelling adaptation of nitrite-oxidizing bacteria in mainstream PN/A process: mechanisms and counter-strategies

Wang, Zhiyao, Zheng, Min, Hu, Zhetai, Duan, Haoran, De Clippeleir, Haydée, Al-Omari, Ahmed, Hu, Shihu and Yuan, Zhiguo (2021). Unravelling adaptation of nitrite-oxidizing bacteria in mainstream PN/A process: mechanisms and counter-strategies. Water Research, 200 117239, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2021.117239

Unravelling adaptation of nitrite-oxidizing bacteria in mainstream PN/A process: mechanisms and counter-strategies

2021

Journal Article

Feasibility of methane bioconversion to methanol by acid-tolerant ammonia-oxidizing bacteria

Zhang, Junji, Hu, Zhetai, Liu, Tao, Wang, Zhiyao, Guo, Jianhua, Yuan, Zhiguo and Zheng, Min (2021). Feasibility of methane bioconversion to methanol by acid-tolerant ammonia-oxidizing bacteria. Water Research, 197 117077, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2021.117077

Feasibility of methane bioconversion to methanol by acid-tolerant ammonia-oxidizing bacteria

2021

Journal Article

An integrated strategy to enhance performance of anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge

Calderon, Angelica Guerrero, Duan, Haoran, Meng, Jia, Zhao, Jing, Song, Yarong, Yu, Wenbo, Hu, Zhetai, Xu, Kangning, Cheng, Xiang, Hu, Shihu, Yuan, Zhiguo and Zheng, Min (2021). An integrated strategy to enhance performance of anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge. Water Research, 195 116977, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2021.116977

An integrated strategy to enhance performance of anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge

2021

Journal Article

Inactivation kinetics of nitrite-oxidizing bacteria by free nitrous acid

Zheng, Min, Wang, Zhiyao, Meng, Jia, Hu, Zhetai, Liu, Yanchen, Yuan, Zhiguo and Hu, Shihu (2021). Inactivation kinetics of nitrite-oxidizing bacteria by free nitrous acid. Science of the Total Environment, 752 141876, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141876

Inactivation kinetics of nitrite-oxidizing bacteria by free nitrous acid

2021

Journal Article

Robust nitritation sustained by acid-tolerant ammonia-oxidizing bacteria

Wang, Zhiyao, Zheng, Min, Meng, Jia, Hu, Zhetai, Ni, Gaofeng, Guerrero Calderon, Angelica, Li, Huijuan, De Clippeleir, Haydee, Al-Omari, Ahmed, Hu, Shihu and Yuan, Zhiguo (2021). Robust nitritation sustained by acid-tolerant ammonia-oxidizing bacteria. Environmental Science and Technology, 55 (3) acs.est.0c05181, 2048-2056. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.0c05181

Robust nitritation sustained by acid-tolerant ammonia-oxidizing bacteria

Funding

Current funding

  • 2025 - 2026
    Transforming the costly sludge into a safe product
    Advance Queensland Industry Research Fellowships
    Open grant

Supervision

Availability

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Quest for Polymer-electrolytes to Enable Interfacial Stability in Room-temperature Sodium-Sulfur Battery

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Yusuke Yamauchi

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Quest for Polymer-electrolytes to Enable Interfacial Stability in Room-temperature Sodium-Sulfur Battery

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Yusuke Yamauchi

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Integrated use of magnesium and iron chemicals in urban wastewater systems

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Honorary Professor Zhiguo Yuan

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Recycling scrap iron for integrated urban wastewater management

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Shihu Hu

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Understanding of Ventilation-Based Drying for Sewer Corrosion Control

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Jiuling Li, Honorary Professor Zhiguo Yuan

  • Master Philosophy

    Upgrading biogas to biomethane electrochemically while producing iron salts for wastewater management

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Shihu Hu

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Fundamental understanding of a new microbial process of anaerobic ammonium oxidation coupled to Fe(III) reduction

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Damien Batstone

Completed supervision

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