Dr Zhiyao Wang
Affiliate of School of Chemical Engineering
School of Chemical Engineering
Research Fellow
Australian Centre for Water and Environmental Biotechnology
Book Chapter
Wang, Qilin, Wei, Jing, Liu, Huan, Wang, Dongbo, Nghiem, Long D. and Wang, Zhiyao (2021). Improving bioenergy recovery from anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge. Sustainable resource management: technologies for recovery and reuse of energy and waste materials. (pp. 275-304) edited by Wenshan Guo, Huu Hao Ngo, Rao Y. Surampalli and Tian C. Zhang. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH. doi: 10.1002/9783527825394.ch11
Journal Articles
Duan, Haoran, Watt, Shane, Erler, Dirk, Li, Huijuan, Wang, Zhiyao, Zheng, Min, Hu, Shihu, Ye, Liu and Yuan, Zhiguo (2024). Coarse bubble mixing in anoxic zone greatly stimulates nitrous oxide emissions from biological nitrogen removal process. Water Research X, 25 100263, 100263. doi: 10.1016/j.wroa.2024.100263
Xu, Dongdong, Pan, Chao, Chen, Wenda, Zheng, Ping, Zhang, Meng and Wang, Zhiyao (2024). Surface-adhered microbubbles enhance the resistance of ANAMMOX granular sludge to sulfamethoxazole stress. Environmental Science and Technology, 58 (43), 19353-19361. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.4c09429
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
Kong, Zheng, Wang, Zhiyao, Lu, Xi, Song, Yunqian, Yuan, Zhiguo and Hu, Shihu (2024). Significant in situ sludge yield reduction in an acidic activated sludge system. Water Research, 261 122042, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2024.122042
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, 100240. doi: 10.1016/j.wroa.2024.100240
Zhang, Xueqin, Zhao, Jing, Erler, Dirk V., Rabiee, Hesamoddin, Kong, Zheng, Wang, Suicao, Wang, Zhiyao, Virdis, Bernardino, Yuan, Zhiguo and Hu, Shihu (2024). Characterization of the redox-active extracellular polymeric substances in an anaerobic methanotrophic consortium. Journal of Environmental Management, 365 121523, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.121523
Wang, Zhiyao, Lu, Xi, Zhang, Xueqin, Yuan, Zhiguo, Zheng, Min and Hu, Shihu (2024). Ammonium-based bioleaching of toxic metals from sewage sludge in a continuous bioreactor. Water Research, 256 121651, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2024.121651
Liu, Min, Wang, Zhiyao and Shang, Huifang (2024). Multiple system atrophy: an update and emerging directions of biomarkers and clinical trials. Journal of Neurology, 271 (5), 2324-2344. doi: 10.1007/s00415-024-12269-5
Chen, Yating, Liu, Yiwei, Zhu, Ping, Liu, Shuge, Wang, Miaomiao, Liu, Yage, Wang, Zhiyao, Chen, Wei, Qu, Zhan, Du, Liping and Wu, Chunsheng (2024). A 2D carbon nitride-based electrochemical aptasensor with reverse amplification for highly sensitive detection of okadaic acid in shellfish. Analytical Methods, 16 (10), 1538-1545. doi: 10.1039/d3ay02002a
Zhang, Xueqin, Xie, Mengying, Cai, Chen, Rabiee, Hesamoddin, Wang, Zhiyao, Virdis, Bernardino, Tyson, Gene W., McIlroy, Simon J., Yuan, Zhiguo and Hu, Shihu (2023). Pyrogenic carbon promotes anaerobic oxidation of methane coupled with iron reduction via the redox-cycling mechanism. Environmental Science and Technology, 57 (48), 19793-19804. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.3c05907
Bai, Mei, Wang, Zhiyao, Lloyd, James, Seneviratne, Dilini, Flesch, Thomas, Yuan, Zhiguo and Chen, Deli (2023). Long-term onsite monitoring of a sewage sludge drying pan finds methane emissions consistent with IPCC default emission factor. Water Research: X, 19 100184, 100184. doi: 10.1016/j.wroa.2023.100184
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
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
Lu, Xi, Wang, Zhiyao, Duan, Haoran, Wu, Ziping, Hu, Shihu, Ye, Liu, Yuan, Zhiguo and Zheng, Min (2023). Significant production of nitric oxide by aerobic nitrite reduction at acidic pH. Water Research, 230 119542, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2022.119542
Duan, Haoran, Zheng, Min, Li, Jiyun, Liu, Tao, Wang, Zhiyao, Shrestha, Sohan, Wang, Bingzheng, Ye, Liu, Hu, Shihu and Yuan, Zhiguo (2023). High hydraulic loading rates favored mainstream partial nitritation: experimental demonstration and model-based analysis. ACS ES and T Water, 3 (2), 556-564. doi: 10.1021/acsestwater.2c00569
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
Wang, Zhiyao, Zheng, Min, Duan, Haoran, Hu, Shihu and Yuan, Zhiguo (2022). Re-configuring mainstream anammox. Chemical Engineering Journal, 445 136817, 1-6. doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2022.136817
Yu, Wenbo, Duan, Haoran, Wang, Zhiyao, Yang, Jiakuan, Yuan, Zhiguo and Zheng, Min (2022). Transforming anaerobically digested sludge into high-quality biosolids with an integrated physiochemical approach. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 184 106416, 106416. doi: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2022.106416
Duan, Haoran, Watts, Shane, Zheng, Min, Wang, Zhiyao, Zhao, Jing, Li, Huijuan, Liu, Peng, Dwyer, Jason, McPhee, Paul, Rattier, Maxime, Larsen, Eloise, Yuan, Zhiguo and Hu, Shihu (2022). Achieving robust mainstream nitrite shunt at pilot-scale with integrated sidestream sludge treatment and step-feed. Water Research, 223 119034, 119034. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2022.119034
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
Wang, Zhiyao, Zheng, Min, Duan, Haoran, Yuan, Zhiguo and Hu, Shihu (2022). A 20-year journey of partial nitritation and anammox (PN/A): from sidestream toward mainstream. Environmental Science and Technology, 56 (12), 7522-7531. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.1c06107
Li, Yijing, Thompson, Jack, Wang, Zhiyao, Bräunig, Jennifer, Zheng, Qiuda, Thai, Phong K., Mueller, Jochen F. and Yuan, Zhiguo (2022). Transformation and fate of pharmaceuticals, personal care products, and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances during aerobic digestion of anaerobically digested sludge. Water Research, 219 118568, 118568. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2022.118568
Zhang, Zehao, Liu, Huan, Wen, Haiting, Gao, Li, Gong, Yanyan, Guo, Wenshan, Wang, Zhiyao, Li, Xuan and Wang, Qilin (2021). Microplastics deteriorate the removal efficiency of antibiotic resistance genes during aerobic sludge digestion. Science of the Total Environment, 798 149344, 149344. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149344
Calderon, Angelica Guerrero, Duan, Haoran, Chen, Xiaoguang, Wu, Ziping, Yu, Wenbo, Silva, Carlos E., Li, Yijing, Shrestha, Sohan, Wang, Zhiyao, Keller, Jurg, Chen, Zhongwei, Yuan, Zhiguo and Hu, Shihu (2021). Enhancing anaerobic digestion using Free Nitrous Acid: identifying the optimal pre-treatment condition in continuous operation. Water Research, 205 117694, 117694. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2021.117694
Wang, Zhiyao, Liu, Tao, Duan, Haoran, Song, Yarong, Lu, Xi, Hu, Shihu, Yuan, Zhiguo, Batstone, Damien and Zheng, Min (2021). Post-treatment options for anaerobically digested sludge: current status and future prospect. Water Research, 205 117665, 117665. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2021.117665
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
Wang, Zhiyao, Ni, Gaofeng, Xia, Jun, Song, Yarong, Hu, Shihu, Yuan, Zhiguo and Zheng, Min (2021). Bioleaching of toxic metals from anaerobically digested sludge without external chemical addition. Water Research, 200 117211, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2021.117211
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
Ni, Gaofeng, Lu, Ji, Maulani, Nova, Tian, Wei, Yang, Lin, Harliwong, Ivon, Wang, Zhiyao, Mueller, Jochen, Yang, Bicheng, Yuan, Zhiguo, Hu, Shihu and Guo, Jianhua (2021). Novel multiplexed amplicon-based sequencing to quantify SARS-CoV-2 RNA from wastewater. Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 8 (8) acs.estlett.1c00408, 683-690. doi: 10.1021/acs.estlett.1c00408
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
Liu, Huan, Wang, Zhiyao, Nghiem, Long D., Gao, Li, Zamyadi, Arash, Zhang, Zehao, Sun, Jing and Wang, Qilin (2021). Solid-embedded microplastics from sewage sludge to agricultural soils: detection, occurrence, and impacts. ACS ES&T Water, 1 (6), 1322-1333. doi: 10.1021/acsestwater.0c00218
Wang, Zhiyao, Zheng, Min, Duan, Haoran, Ni, Gaofeng, Yu, Wenbo, Liu, Yanchen, Yuan, Zhiguo and Hu, Shihu (2021). Acidic aerobic digestion of anaerobically-digested sludge enabled by a novel ammonia-oxidizing bacterium. Water Research, 194 116962, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2021.116962
Wang, Zhiyao, Ni, Gaofeng, Maulani, Nova, Xia, Jun, De Clippeleir, Haydée, Hu, Shihu, Yuan, Zhiguo and Zheng, Min (2021). Stoichiometric and kinetic characterization of an acid-tolerant ammonia oxidizer ‘Candidatus Nitrosoglobus’. Water Research, 196 117026, 117026. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2021.117026
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
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
Wang, Zhiyao (2021). Using a new acid-tolerant bacteria to improve sludge management. Water e-Journal, 6 (3), 1-6. doi: 10.21139/wej.2021.018
Liu, Tao, Lim, Zhuan Khai, Chen, Hui, Wang, Zhiyao, Hu, Shihu, Yuan, Zhiguo and Guo, Jianhua (2020). Biogas-driven complete nitrogen removal from wastewater generated in side-stream partial nitritation. Science of the Total Environment, 745 141153, 141153. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141153
Song, Yarong, Wightman, Elaine, Kulandaivelu, Jagadeeshkumar, Bu, Hao, Wang, Zhiyao, Yuan, Zhiguo and Jiang, Guangming (2020). Rebar corrosion and its interaction with concrete degradation in reinforced concrete sewers. Water Research, 182 115961, 115961. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2020.115961
Wang, Zhiyao, Zheng, Min, Xue, Yu, Xia, Jun, Zhong, Huiyun, Ni, Gaofeng, Liu, Yanchen, Yuan, Zhiguo and Hu, Shihu (2020). Free ammonia shock treatment eliminates nitrite-oxidizing bacterial activity for mainstream biofilm nitritation process. Chemical Engineering Journal, 393 124682, 124682. doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2020.124682
Duan, Haoran, Ye, Liu, Wang, Qilin, Zheng, Min, Lu, Xuanyu, Wang, Zhiyao and Yuan, Zhiguo (2019). Nitrite oxidizing bacteria (NOB) contained in influent deteriorate mainstream NOB suppression by sidestream inactivation. Water Research, 162, 331-338. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2019.07.002
Chen, Xiaoguang, Wang, Yu, Wang, Zhiyao and Liu, Shuai (2019). Efficient treatment of traditional Chinese pharmaceutical wastewater using a pilot-scale spiral symmetry stream anaerobic bioreactor compared with internal circulation reactor. Chemosphere, 228, 437-443. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.04.173
Zheng, Min, Wu, Shuang, Zuo, Zhiqiang, Wang, Zhiyao, Qiu, Yong, Liu, Yan-Chen, Huang, Xia and Yuan, Zhiguo (2018). Predictions of the influent and operational conditions for partial nitritation with a model incorporating pH dynamics. Environmental Science and Technology, 52 (11), 6457-6465. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.8b00202
Wang, Zhiyao and Zheng, Ping (2017). Predicting settling performance of ANAMMOX granular sludge based on fractal dimensions. Water Research, 120, 222-228. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2017.03.056
Li, Yiyu, Zheng, Ping, Zhang, Meng, Zeng, Zhuo, Wang, Zhiyao, Ding, Aqiang and Ding, Keke (2016). Hydrophilicity/hydrophobicity of anaerobic granular sludge surface and their causes: an in situ research. Bioresource Technology, 220, 117-123. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2016.08.012
Wang, Zhiyao, Shan, Xiaoyu, Li, Wei, Chen, Hui, Zhang, Meng and Zheng, Ping (2016). Robustness of ANAMMOX granule sludge bed reactor: effect and mechanism of organic matter interference. Ecological Engineering, 91, 131-138. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2016.02.015
Li, Wei, Shan, Xiao-Yu, Wang, Zhi-Yao, Lin, Xiao-Yu, Li, Chen-Xu, Cai, Chao-Yang, Abbas, Ghulam, Zhang, Meng, Shen, Li-Dong, Hu, Zhi-Qiang, Zhao, He-Ping and Zheng, Ping (2016). Effect of self-alkalization on nitrite accumulation in a high-rate denitrification system: performance, microflora and enzymatic activities. Water Research, 88, 758-765. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2015.11.003
Wang, Z., Wang, Q., Li, R. H. and Zhang, Z. Q. (2015). Nitrate-contaminated water remediation supported by solid organic carbon and ZVI-combined system. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 226 (3) 40. doi: 10.1007/s11270-015-2325-6
Li, Wei, Zheng, Ping, Zhang, Jiqiang, Shan, Xiaoyu, Wang, Zhiyao and Zhang, Meng (2014). The effect of substrate concentration fluctuation on the performance of high-rate denitrifying reactor. Bioresource Technology, 167, 53-60. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.05.048
Thesis
Wang, Zhiyao (2021). Innovative nitrogen conversion to enhance wastewater and sludge management. PhD Thesis, School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/42f494d