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- Dr Zhetai Hu is:
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- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
Works
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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 (B) 122732, 122732. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2024.122732
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
2024
Journal Article
Characteristics of acidic hydrothermal treatment for disintegration of spiramycin fermentation residue and degradation of residual antibiotics
Wang, Gang, Shu, Quancheng, Sun, Jinzhi, Liu, Yucan, Yang, Xiaoyong, Lin, Hao, Ding, Jing, Zhang, Yanxiang, Lan, Lijuan and Sun, Hongwei (2024). Characteristics of acidic hydrothermal treatment for disintegration of spiramycin fermentation residue and degradation of residual antibiotics. Bioresource Technology, 409 131234. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2024.131234
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
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
2024
Journal Article
Adsorption performance and mechanism of diuron from water by calcium-modified water hyacinth-based biochar 钙改性水葫芦基生物炭吸附水中敌草隆的效能与机理
Liu, Yucan, Gao, Zhonglu, Xu, Xinyi, Ji, Xianguo, Zhang, Yan, Sun, Hongwei and Wang, Gang (2024). Adsorption performance and mechanism of diuron from water by calcium-modified water hyacinth-based biochar 钙改性水葫芦基生物炭吸附水中敌草隆的效能与机理. Huagong Jinzhan/Chemical Industry and Engineering Progress, 43 (8), 4630-4641. doi: 10.16085/j.issn.1000-6613.2023-1036
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
2024
Journal Article
High-Performance Macroporous Free-Standing Microbial Fuel Cell Anode Derived from Grape for Efficient Power Generation and Brewery Wastewater Treatment
Sun, Jin-Zhi, Shu, Quan-Cheng, Sun, Hong-Wei, Liu, Yu-Can, Yang, Xiao-Yong, Zhang, Yan-Xiang and Wang, Gang (2024). High-Performance Macroporous Free-Standing Microbial Fuel Cell Anode Derived from Grape for Efficient Power Generation and Brewery Wastewater Treatment. Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 29 (12), 2936-12. doi: 10.3390/molecules29122936
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
2024
Journal Article
Effects of tetracycline on nitrification: nitrogen removal performance and the microbial community
Sun, Hongwei, Sun, Xuening, Yang, Xiaoyong, Wu, Daishun, Wang, Gang, Zhang, Yanxiang and Liu, Yucan (2024). Effects of tetracycline on nitrification: nitrogen removal performance and the microbial community. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 235 (6) 434. doi: 10.1007/s11270-024-07169-3
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
2024
Journal Article
RETRACTED: Study on the Removal Efficiency and Mechanism of Tetracycline in Water Using Biochar and Magnetic Biochar (Coatings, (2021), 11, 11, (1354), 10.3390/coatings11111354)
Sun, Hongwei, Yang, Jingjie, Wang, Yue, Liu, Yucan, Cai, Chenjian and Davarpanah, Afshin (2024). RETRACTED: Study on the Removal Efficiency and Mechanism of Tetracycline in Water Using Biochar and Magnetic Biochar (Coatings, (2021), 11, 11, (1354), 10.3390/coatings11111354). Coatings, 14 (6) 660, 660. doi: 10.3390/coatings14060660
2024
Journal Article
Strong suppression of silver nanoparticles on antibiotic resistome in anammox process
Sun, Hongwei, Chang, Huanhuan, Zhu, Yuliang, Li, Xiaoli, Yang, Xiaoyong, Zhou, Xin, Wu, Daishun, Ding, Jing and Liu, Yucan (2024). Strong suppression of silver nanoparticles on antibiotic resistome in anammox process. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 470 134128. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.134128
2024
Journal Article
Removal behavior, inhibition kinetics, microbial community and metabolic pathways in simultaneous anammox and denitrification under indole exposure
Niu, Bingxin, Xie, Yuhan, Sun, Hongwei and Zhou, Xin (2024). Removal behavior, inhibition kinetics, microbial community and metabolic pathways in simultaneous anammox and denitrification under indole exposure. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 12 (2) 112296, 112296. doi: 10.1016/j.jece.2024.112296
2024
Journal Article
Deciphering the microbial community characteristics in sediment derived from a rainwater harvesting cellar in Northwestern China
Yang, Xiaoni, Yang, Hao, Qi, Peng and Sun, Hongwei (2024). Deciphering the microbial community characteristics in sediment derived from a rainwater harvesting cellar in Northwestern China. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 12 (2) 112115, 112115. doi: 10.1016/j.jece.2024.112115
2024
Journal Article
Efficiency and mechanism of adsorption for imidacloprid removal from water by Fe-Mg co-modified water hyacinth-based biochar: batch adsorption, fixed-bed adsorption, and DFT calculation
Ji, Xianguo, Liu, Yucan, Gao, Zhonglu, Lin, Hao, Xu, Xinyi, Zhang, Yan, Zhu, Kai, Zhang, Yanxiang, Sun, Hongwei and Duan, Jinming (2024). Efficiency and mechanism of adsorption for imidacloprid removal from water by Fe-Mg co-modified water hyacinth-based biochar: batch adsorption, fixed-bed adsorption, and DFT calculation. Separation and Purification Technology, 330 (C) 125235. doi: 10.1016/j.seppur.2023.125235
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
2023
Journal Article
Fabrication of ultrathin two-dimensional MOF nanosheets with cage-like cavities showing excellent adsorption for lead(ii)
Sun, Hongwei, Wang, Ke-Zhong, Yao, Meng-Ru, Yu, Cai-Xia, Song, Yue-Hai, Ding, Jing, Zhou, Yan-Li, Liu, Dong and Liu, Lei-Lei (2023). Fabrication of ultrathin two-dimensional MOF nanosheets with cage-like cavities showing excellent adsorption for lead(ii). Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, 10 (22), 6566-6577. doi: 10.1039/d3qi01619f
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
2023
Journal Article
Differences in Fungal Communities in Different Material Cellar Sediments and Their Correlation with Environmental Factors 不同材质水窖沉积物中真菌群落差异及其与环境因子的相关性
Yang, Hao, Bao, Wen-Xiong, Yang, Xiao-Ni, Sun, Hong-Wei, Wang, Bao-Shan and Zhou, Tian-Hong (2023). Differences in Fungal Communities in Different Material Cellar Sediments and Their Correlation with Environmental Factors 不同材质水窖沉积物中真菌群落差异及其与环境因子的相关性. Huanjing Kexue/Environmental Science, 44 (10), 5567-5577. doi: 10.13227/j.hjkx.202210040
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Revolutionizing wastewater treatment through the iron cycle
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Shihu Hu
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Doctor Philosophy
Recycling scrap iron for integrated urban wastewater management
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Shihu Hu
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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
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Doctor Philosophy
Application of iron salts for urban water system management
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Shihu Hu
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Master Philosophy
Enhancing domestic wastewater management through iron-salts dosing
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Shihu Hu
Completed supervision
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2025
Doctor Philosophy
Understanding of Ventilation-Based Drying for Sewer Corrosion Control
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Honorary Professor Zhiguo Yuan
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2025
Doctor Philosophy
Integrated use of chemicals in urban wastewater systems
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Honorary Professor Zhiguo Yuan
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