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Prof. Zhiguo Yuan Curriculum Vitae

Prof. Zhiguo Yuan

Deputy Director，IWA Fellow Advanced Water Management Centre (AWMC) The University of Queensland St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia Tel: +61 7 3365 4374 Fax: +61 7 3365 4726 Email: [email protected]

Main qualifications

• Bachelor in Control Engineering majoring in instrumentation, 1985, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China

• PhD in Control Engineering, 1992, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China

Career path • 2007 – present, Professor, AWMC, The University of Queensland, Australia • 2001 – present, Deputy Director, AWMC, The University of Queensland,

Australia • 1998 – 2006, Postdoc, Research Fellow, Senior Lecturer and Associate

Professor, AWMC, The University of Queensland, Australia • 1994 – 1998, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Applied Mathematics,

Biometrics and Process Control (BIOMATH), University of Ghent, Belgium Research areas • Integrated urban water management

• Corrosion and odour management in sewers

• Resource recovery from wastewater

• Greenhouse gas emission from urban water systems

• Modelling and control

Publications • One paper in Science in 2014 (corresponding author)

• One paper in Nature in 2013 (joint corresponding author)

• Over 70 papers in Water Research (IF = 5.323) in the past 10 years

• 220 SCI papers to date

• Total citation ~5,700 (Scopus, Aug 2014), among the most highly cited environmental engineers

• H-index = 42 (Scopus, Aug 2014)

Industry impact

• His research in sewer management is fundamentally changing the practice of many Australian water utilities in corrosion and odour management in sewers. The documented savings to date for the water industry amounts to approximately $400 millions, based on the testimonial letters provided by industry partners.

• Very strong partnership with the Australian water industry, with funding support from all large water utilities in Australia.

• Founders of three spin-off companies SeweX, Cloevis and Lodomat.

Awards & honours

• One of the 34 Inaugural Fellow of the International Water Association (IWA)

• Global Winner of the 2014 International Water Association (IWA) Project Innovation Award (Applied Category) – as Project Leader

• 2014 International Water Association (IWA) Project Innovation Award (Applied


Category, East Asia and Pacific) – as Project Leader

• 2008 International Water Association (IWA) Project Innovation Award (Applied Category, East Asia and Pacific) – as Project Leader

• Engineering Excellence Award 2008 in Research, Development and Innovation, Queensland, by Engineers Australia for corrosion and odour management in sewers – as Project Leader

• Editor, Water Science and Technology, IWA Publishing (since 2005)

• Editor, Frontiers of Environmental Science and Engineering in China (since 2006)

• The University of Queensland Graduate School Supervision Award in 2010

• Numerous plenary and invited speeches at major international conferences Leadership roles

• Deputy Director, Advanced Water Management Centre at The University of Queensland; a key leader in transforming AWMC into one of the top few water research institutes in the world.

• An Executive of the $117 million Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cites in Australia, with 76 partners; Program Leader of Future Technologies

• ~$30m competitive research funding since 2001 including 18 Australian Research Council’s Discovery and Linkage Projects totalling $18m, mostly as the first Chief Investigator.

• Established the sewer research group at AWMC in 2004. Currently with 15 research staff and students, this group is one of the top sewer research groups worldwide.

• Established the greenhouse gas research group at AWMC in 2009. Currently with 10 research staff and students, this group is widely regarded as one of the leading research hubs in the world in this emerging area.

• Chair, the 9th IWA Symposium on Modelling and Integrated Assessment, Gold Coast, Australia, June 14-17, 2015.

• Chair, the 6th International Conference on Sewer Processes and Networks, Gold Coast, Australia, Nov 7-10, 2010

• Chair, the 10th IWA Conference on Instrumentation, Control and Automation, June 14-17, Cairns, Australia

• Ex-Chair, SS&PWG (Sewer Systems and Processes Working Group of the IWA/IAHR Joint Committee on Urban Drainage) (Nov 2011 – Sept 2013)

• Ex-Chair, IWA Specialist Group on Instrumentation, Control and Automation (since June 2005 – June 2009)

• Management Committee member, IWA Specialist Group on Modelling and Integrated Assessment (SAIA, since June 2000);,

• Management Committee member, IWA Specialist Group on Nutrients Removal and Recovery (NRR, since 2009)

PhD supervision

• 29 completed PhD graduates since 2001

• 14 on-going PhD students

• PhD student, Qilin Wang, won the prestigious Huber Technology Prize in 2014

• PhD student, Paritam Dutta, won the prestigious Huber Technology Prize in 2010

• PhD student, Stefano Freguia, won the prestigious Huber Technology Prize in


2008

• PhD student, Adrian Oehmen, won the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP)’s Best PhD thesis (first time that a non-US university won this prestigious award) in 1995


DR ZHIGUO YUAN’S PUBLICATION LIST TILL 08/2014

Books 1. Foley, J., Yuan, Z., Keller, J., Senante, E., Chandran, K., Willis, J., Shah, A., van Loosdrecht, M. and

van Voorthuizen (2011) N2O and CH4 emission from wastewater collection and treatment systems: technical report. Global Water Research Coalition, London, April, 2011. ISBN 978-90-77622-24-7.

2. Foley, J., Yuan, Z., Keller, J., Senante, E., Chandran, K., Willis, J., Shah, A., van Loosdrecht, M. and van Voorthuizen (2011) N2O and CH4 emission from wastewater collection and treatment systems: state of the science report. Global Water Research Coalition, London, April, 2011. ISBN 987-90-77622-23-0.

3. Olsson, G., Nielsen, M., Yuan, Z., Jensen, A. L. and Steyer, J-P. (2005) Instrumentation, Control and Automation in Wastewater Systems. IWA Publishing, ISBN 1900222833, 246p.

4. Yuan, Z. (1992) Studies on Knowledge-Based Techniques for Fault Diagnosis in Dynamic Systems, Ph.D thesis, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Book chapters 5. Guo, J., Peng, Y., Wang, S. Yang, X. and Yuan, Z. (2014) Filamentous and non-filamentous bulking of

activated sludge encountered under nutrients limitation or deficiency conditions. Chemical Engineering Journal 01/2014 255:453–461.

6. Olsson, G., Yuan, Z. and Kim C. (2014) Automation and control. In: Jenkins D. and Wanner, J. (ed.) Activated Sludge – 100 Years and Counting. IWA Publishing. In Press.

7. Virdis, B., Freguia, S, Rozendal, R. A., Rabaey, K., Yuan, Z., and Keller, J. (2011) Microbial Fuel Cells. In: Wilderer P (ed.). Treatise in Water Science, vol. 1, pp. 641-665 Oxford: Academic Press.

8. Dutta, P. K., Keller, J., Yuan, Z., Rozendal, R. A. and Rabaey, K. (2009) Conversion of sulfur species in bio-electrochemical systems. Bio-electrochemical Systems: From Extracellular Electron Transfer to Biotechnological Application. Editor(s): Korneel Rabaey, Lars Angenent, Uwe Schroder and Jurg Keller. Publication Date: 15 Jul 2009 ISBN: 9781843392330. pp. 243-262. IWA Publishing.

9. Olsson, G. Ingildsen, P., Jeppsson, U., Kim, C., Lynggaard-Jensen, A., Nielsen, M., Rosen, C., Spanjers, H., Vanrolleghem, P. and Yuan, Z. (2005) Instrumentation, Control and Automation – Hidden Technologies in Water and Wastewater Treatment. Water Environment Management Series.

10. Oehmen A, Yuan Z, Zeng RJ, Keller J. (2004). Performance of enhanced biological phosphorus removal systems enriched with different volatile acids. Water and Environment Management Series - Young Researchers 2004, Vol. 1, IWA Publishing. Waginingen, Netherlands, pp 69-78. 23-24 April 2004. ISBN: 9781843395058.

11. Blackburne, R., Yuan, Z., Carvalho, G. and Keller, J. (2004) Selective production of nitrite using hydroxylamine as inhibitor of nitrite oxidation. Water Environment Management Seires,189-196. ISBN 1 84339 503 7.

12. Yuan, Z., J. Keller and P. Lant (2003) Optimization and Control of Biological Nitrogen Removal Activated Sludge Processes: A Review of Recent Developments. Biotechnology for the Environment: Wastewater Treatment and Modeling, WasteGas Handling, Focus on Biotechnology Series, Vol.3C (Eds. Agathos, S.N. and Reineke, W.), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dorecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 1-4020-1131-8, 187-227.

13. Yuan, Z., C. Wen, G. C. Vansteenkiste (1992) Towards Formalism of Deep Model Descriptions of Dynamic Systems, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol.585, 307-322.

Refereed journal papers

(Journal papers published/in press/accepted with peer review) 14. Peng, L., Ni B. J., Erler, D., Ye, L., Yuan, Z. (2014) The effect of dissolved oxygen on N2O production

by ammonia-oxidizing bacteria in an enriched nitrifying sludge. Water Research, accepted on Aug 11, 2014.

15. Musenze, R. S., Werner, U., Grinham, A., Udy, J. and Yuan, Z. (2014) Methane and nitrous oxide


emissions from a subtropical coastal embayment (Moreton Bay, Australia). Journal of Environmental Sciences, Accepted on August 1.

16. Law, Y., Ye, L., Wang, Q., Hu, S., Pijuan, M. and Yuan, Z. (2014) Producing Free Nitrous Acid- A Green and Renewable Biocidal Agent- from Anaerobic Digester Liquor. Chemical Engineering Journal. Accepted on July 31.

17. Chen, X., Guo, J., Shi, Y., Hu, S., Yuan, Z., Ni, B.J. (2014) Modeling of Simultaneous Anaerobic Methane and Ammonium Oxidation in a Membrane Biofilm Reactor. Environmental Science & Technology, accepted on July 23, 2014.

18. Pikaar, I#., Sharma, K#., Hu, S., Gernjak, W., Keller, J. and Yuan, Z. (2014) Reducing sewer corrosion through integrated urban water management. Science, accepted on June 27, 2014. #Equal first author.

19. Wang, Q., Jiang, G., Ye, L. and Yuan, Z. (2014) Enhancing methane production from waste activated sludge using combined free nitrous acid and heat pre-treatment. Water Research, 63: 71-80.

20. Wei, Y., Wang, S., Ma, B., Li,X., Yuan, Z., He, Y. and Peng, Y. (2014) The effect of poly-β-hydroxyalkanoates degradation rate on nitrous oxide production in a denitrifying phosphorus removal system. Bioresource Technology, accepted on June 5.

21. Wang, Q., Jiang, G., Ye, L., Pijuan, M. and Yuan, Z. (2014) Heterotrophic denitrification plays an important role in N2O production from nitritation reactors treating anaerobic sludge digestion liquor. Water Research, 62: 202-210.

22. Chen, J., Ganigué, R., Liu, Y. Yuan, Z. (2014) Real-time Multi-step Prediction of Sewer Flow for Online Chemical Dosing Control. ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering. Accepted on May 7th, 2014.

23. Ganigué R. and Yuan, Z. (2014) Impact of oxygen injection on CH4 and N2O emissions from rising main sewers. Journal of Environmental Management, 144: 279–285.

24. Ni, B. J., Peng, L., Law, Y, Guo, J. and Yuan, Z. (2014) Modeling of Nitrous Oxide Production by Autotrophic Ammonia-Oxidizing Bacteria with Multiple Production Pathways. Environmental Science and Technology, 48: 3916-3924.

25. Thai, P. K., O'Brien, J., Jiang, G., Gernjak, W., Yuan, Z., Eaglesham, G. and Jochen Mueller (2014) Degradability of creatinine under sewer conditions affects its potential to be used as biomarker in sewage epidemiology. Water Research, accepted on Feb 17.

26. Wang, Q., Ye, L., Jiang, G., Hu, S. and Yuan, Z. (2014) Side-stream sludge treatment using free nitrous acid selectively eliminates nitrite oxidizing bacteria and achieves the nitrite pathway. Water Research, 55: 244-255.

27. Olsson, G., Carlsson, B., Comas, J., Copp, J., Gernaey, K.V. Ingildsen, P., Jeppsson, U., Kim, C., Rieger, L. Rodríguez-Roda, I., Steyer, J.-P., Takács, I., Vanrolleghem, P.A., Vargas Casillas, A., Yuan, Z. and Åmand, L. (2014) Instrumentation, Control and Automation in wastewater– from London 1973 to Narbonne 2013. Water Science and Technology. Accepted on Jan 21, 2014.

28. Musenze R. S., Werner, U., Grinham, A., Udy, J. and Yuan, Z. (2014) Methane and nitrous oxide emissions from a subtropical estuary (the Brisbane River estuary, Australia). Science of the Total Environment. 472: 719-729.

29. Sharma, K., Derlon, N., Hu, S. and Yuan, Z. (2014) Modeling the pH effect on sulfidogenesis in anaerobic sewer biofilm. Water Research, 49: 175-185.

30. Jiang, G., Wightman, E., Donose, B. C., Yuan, Z., Bond, P. L. and Keller, J. (2014) The role of iron in sulfide induced corrosion of sewer concrete. Water Research, 49: 166-174.

31. Sun, J., Hu, S., Sharma, K. R., Keller-Lehmann, B. and Yuan, Z. (2014) An efficient method for measuring dissolved VOSCs in wastewater using GC-SCD with static headspace technique. Water Research, accepted on Oct 28.

32. Gutierrez, O., Sudarjanto, G., Ren, G., Ganigué, R., Jiang, G. and Yuan, Z. (2014) Assessment of pH shock as a method for controlling sulfide and methane formation in pressure main sewer systems. Water Research, 48: 569-578.


33. Thai P. K., Jiang, G., Gernjak, W., Yuan, Z., Lai, F. Y., Mueller, J. F. (2014) Effects of sewer conditions on the degradation of selected illicit drug residues in wastewater. Water Research, 48: 538-547.

34. Ye, L., Ni, B. J., Law, Y, Byers, C. and Yuan Z. (2014) A novel methodology to quantify nitrous oxide emissions from full-scale wastewater treatment systems with surface aerators. Water Research, 48: 257-268.

35. Yang, J., Zhang, H., Yu, M., Emmanuelawati, I., Zou, J., Yuan, Z. and Yu C. (2014) High-content, Well-dispersed Υ-Fe2O3 Nanoparticles Encapsulated in Macroporous Silica with Superior Arsenic Removal Performance. Advanced Functional Materials. 24(10): 1354-1363.

36. Wang, Q., Ye, L., Jiang, G., Jensen, P., Batstone, D., Yuan, Z. (2013) Free Nitrous Acid (FNA)-Based Pre-treatment Enhances Methane Production from Waste Activated Sludge. Environmental Science and Technology, 47(20): 11897-11904.

37. Shi, Y., Hu, S., Lou, J., Lu, P., Keller, J. and Yuan, Z. (2013) Nitrogen removal from wastewater by coupling anammox and methane-dependent denitrification in a membrane biofilm reactor. Environmental Science and Technology, 47(20): 11577-11583.

38. Sturm, K., Yuan, Z., Gibbes, B. and Grinham, A. (2013) Methane and nitrous oxide sources and emissions in a subtropical freshwater reservoir, south east Queensland, Australia. Biogeosciences Discussions, 10 12: 19485-19508.

39. Pan, Y., Ni, B. J. and Yuan, Z. (2013) Modelling electron competition among nitrogen oxides reduction and N2O accumulation in denitrification. Environmental Science and Technology 47: 11083−11091.

40. Liu Y., Ganigue, R. and Yuan, Z. (2013) Controlling chemical dosing for sulfide mitigation in sewer networks using a hybrid automata control strategy. Water Science and Technology. 68(12): 2584-2590.

41. Pikaar, I., Rozendal, R. A., Keller, J., Rabaey, K and Yuan, Z. (2013) In-situ caustic generation from sewage: the impact of caustic strength and sewage composition. Water Research. 47(15) 5828 – 5835.

42. Sharma, K. R., Ganigue, R., Yuan, Z. (2013) pH Dynamics in Sewers and its Modeling. Water Research, 47(16): 6086-6096.

43. Pan, et al., Ye, L. and Yuan, Z. (2013) Effect of H2S on N2O reduction and accumulation during denitrification by methanol utilizing denitrifiers. Environmental Science and Technology. 47 8408 – 8415.

44. Ni, B.J., Smets, B. F., Yuan, Z. and Pellicer-Nàcher, C. (2013) Model-based evaluation of the role of Anammox on nitric oxide and nitrous oxide productions in membrane aerated biofilm reactor. Journal of Membrane Science, 446: 332-340.

45. Ni, B. J., Ye, L., Law, Y., Byers, C. and Yuan, Z. (2013) Mathematical Modeling of Nitrous Oxide (N2O) Emissions from Full-Scale Wastewater Treatment Plants. Environmental Science and Technology. 47 7795 – 7803.

46. Haroon, M. F.*, Hu, S.*, Shi, Y., Imelfort, M., Keller, J., Hugenholtz, P., Yuan, Z.#, and Tyson, G. W.# (2013) Anaerobic oxidation of methane coupled to nitrate reduction in a novel archaeal lineage. Nature, 500: 567-570. * equal first author; # joint corresponding author.

47. Law, Y., Lant, P. and Yuan, Z. The Confounding Effect of Nitrite on N2O Production by an Enriched Ammonia-Oxidising Culture. Environmental Science and Technology, 47 7186-7194.

48. Verawaty, M., Tait, S., Pijuan, M., Yuan, Z. and Bond, P. (2013) Breakage and growth toward a stable aerobic granule size during the treatment of wastewater. Water Research, 47(14): 5228-5349.

49. Law, Y., Jacobsen, G. E., Smith A. M., Yuan, Z. and Lant, P. (2013) Fossil Organic Carbon in Wastewater and Its Fate in Treatment Plants. Water Research 47(14): 5270-5281.

50. Jiang, G. and Yuan, Z. (2013) Inactivation kinetics of anaerobic wastewater biofilms by free nitrous acid. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, accepted on May 30th.

51. Jiang, G., Keating, A., Corrie, S. O'halloran, K., Nguyen, L. and Yuan, Z. (2013) Dosing free nitrous acid for sulfide control in sewers: Results of field trials in Australia. Water Research, 47(13): 4331-4339.


52. Wang, Q., Ye, L., Jiang, G. and Yuan Z. (2013) A free nitrous acid (FNA)-based technology for reducing sludge production. Water Research 47(11): 3663-3672.

53. Su, G., Huo, M, Yuan, Z. and Peng, Y. (2013) Hydrolysis, acidification and dewaterability of waste activated sludge under alkaline conditions: Combined effects of NaOH and Ca(OH)2 ,Bioresource Technology, 136: 237-243.

54. Pan, Y., B. J. Ni, P. L. Bond, L. Ye and Yuan, Z. (2013) Electron competition among nitrogen oxides reduction during methanol-utilizing denitrification in wastewater treatment. Water Research. 47(10): 3273-3281.

55. Yang, J., Zhou, L., Zhang, J., Zou, J., Yuan, Z. and Yu, C. (2013) Confinement of Chemisorbed Phosphates in Controlled Nano-space with Three-dimensional Mesostructures. Chemistry – A European Journal. 19(18): 5578-5585.

56. Jiang, G. and Yuan, Z. (2013) Synergistic inactivation of anaerobic wastewater biofilm by free nitrous acid and hydrogen peroxide. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 250-251: 91-98.

57. Jiang, G., Sharma, K. R. and Yuan, Z. (2013) Effects of nitrate dosing on methanogenic activity in a sulfide-producing sewer biofilm reactor. Water Research, 47(5): 1783–1792.

58. Ge, H., Zhang, L., Batstone, D., Keller, J. and Yuan, Z. (2013) Impact of Iron Salt Dosage to Sewers on Downstream Anaerobic Sludge Digesters: Sulfide Control and Methane Production. Journal of Environmental Engineering. 139 (4): 594-601.

59. Ye, L., Pijuan, M. and Yuan Z. (2013) The effect of free nitrous acid on key anaerobic processes in enhanced biological phosphorus removal systems. Bioresource Technology. 130: 382-389.

60. Ni, B. J. and Yuan, Z. (2013) A Model-Based Assessment of Nitric Oxide and Nitrous Oxide Production in Membrane-Aerated Autotrophic Nitrogen Removal Biofilm Systems. Journal of Membrane Science. 428: 163-171.

61. Vargas, M., Yuan, Z. and Pijuan, M. (2013) Effect of long-term starvation conditions on polyphosphate- and glycogen-accumulating organisms. Bioresource Technology, 127: 126-131.

62. Sudarjanto, G., Gutierrez, O., Ren, G. and Yuan, Z. (2013) Laboratory assessment of bioproducts for sulfide and methane control in sewer systems. Science of the Total Environment. 443: 429-437.

63. Ni, B.J., Yuan, Z., Chandran, K., Vanrolleghem, P. A. and Murthy, S. (2013) Evaluating Four Mathematical Models for N2O Production by Autotrophic Ammonia-Oxidising Bacteria. Biotechnology and Bioengineering 110 (1): 153-163.

64. Guo, J., Peng, Y., Wang Z., Yuan, Z., Yang X. and Wang S. (2012) Control filamentous bulking caused by chlorine-resistant Type 021N bacteria through adding a biocide CTAB. Water Research, 46(19): 6531-6542.

65. Yuan, Z., Pratt, S. and Batstone, D. J. (2012) Phosphorus recovery from wastewater through microbial processes" Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 23:878–883.

66. Guo, L., Porro, J., Sharma, K. R., Amerlinck, Y., Benedetti, L., Nopens, I., Shaw, A., Van Hulle, S.W.H. and Yuan, Z. and P.A. Vanrolleghem, P.A. (2012) Towards a benchmarking tool for minimizing wastewater utility greenhouse gas footprints. Water Science and Technology, 66(11): 6683-6695.

67. Seviour, T., Yuan, Z., van Loosdrecht, M.C.M., Lin, Y. (2012) Aerobic Sludge Granulation: A Tale of Two Polysaccharides? Water Research, 46(15): 4803-4813.

68. Pan, Y., Ye, L., Ni, B. and Yuan, Z. (2012) Effect of pH on N2O reduction and accumulation during denitrification by methanol utilizing denitrifiers. Water Research, 46(15): 4832-4840.

69. Seviour, T., Malde, A., Kjelleberg, S., Yuan, Z. and Mark, A. (2012) Molecular dynamics unlocks atomic level self-assembly of the exopolysaccharide matrix of water treatment granular biofilms" Biomacrmolecules. 13(6): 1965-1972.

70. Zhou, Y., Ganda, L., Lim, M., Yuan, Z., Ng, W.J. (2012) Response of poly-phosphate accumulating organisms to free nitrous acid inhibition under anoxic and aerobic conditions. Bioresource Technology. 116: 340-347.

71. Pijuan M., Wang, Q., Ye, L. and Yuan, Z. (2012) Improving secondary sludge biodegradability using free nitrous acid treatment. Bioresource Technology, 116: 92-98.

72. Ye, L., Hu, S., Poussade, Y., Keller, J. and Yuan, Z. (2012) Nitrifier decay and recovery in a Moving


Bed Biofilm Reactor (MBBR) treating reverse osmosis concentrate. Water Science and Technology, 66(4): 837-842.

73. Law, Y., Ni, B. J., Lant, P. and Yuan, Z. (2012) N2O Production rate of an enriched ammonia oxidising bacteria culture exponentially correlates to its ammonia oxidation rate. Water Research. 46(10): 3409-3419.

74. Yang, J., Yuan, P., Chen, P., Zou, J., Yuan, Z. and Chengzhong Yu (2012) Rationally designed functional macroporous materials as new adsorbents for efficient phosphorus removal. Journal of Materials Chemistry. 22(19): 9983-9990.

75. Pikaar, I., Li, E., Rozendal, R., Yuan, Z, Keller, J., Rabaey, K. (2012) Long-term field test of an electrochemical method for sulfide removal from sewage. Water Research, 46(9): 3085-3093.

76. Sharma, K. R., Corrie, S. and Yuan, Z. (2012) Integrated modelling of sewer system and wastewater treatment plant for investigating the impacts of chemical dosing in sewers. Water Science and Technology, 65(8): 1399-1405.

77. Coma, M., Verawati, M., Pijuan, M., Yuan, Z. and Bond P. (2012) Enhancing aerobic granulation for biological nutrient removal from domestic wastewater. Bioresource Technology, 103(1): 101-108.

78. Zhang, L., Derlon, N., Keller, J and Yuan, Z. (2012) The dynamic response of sulfate-reducing and methanogenic activities of anaerobic sewer biofilms to ferric dosing. ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering, 138(4): 510-517.

79. Verawaty, M, Pijuan, M., Yuan, Z. and Bond, P. L. (2012) Determining the mechanisms for aerobic granulation from mixed seed of floccular and crushed granules in activated sludge wastewater treatment. Water Research. 46(3): 761-771.

80. Law, Y., Ye, L., Pan, Y. and Yuan Z. (2012) Nitrous oxide emissions from wastewater treatment processes. Philosophical Transaction of Royal Society, B (Biology). 367: 1265-1277.

81. Ganigue, R., Gutierrez, O., Rootsey, R. and Yuan, Z. (2011) State of the art of chemical dosing for sulfide control in Australia. Water Research. 45(19): 6564-6574.

82. Jiang, G., Gutierrez, O., Sharma, K. R., Keller, J. and Yuan, Z. (2011). Optimization of intermittent, simultaneous dosage of nitrite and hydrochloric acid to control sulfide and methane production in sewers. Water Research. 45(18): 6163-6172.

83. Pikaar, I., Rozendal, R. A., Yuan, Z., and Rabaey, K. (2011) Electrochemical caustic generation from sewage. Electrochemistry Communications. 13(11): 1202-1204.

84. Law, Y., Lant, P. and Yuan, Z. (2011) The Effect of pH on N2O Production under Aerobic Conditions in a Partial Nitritation System. Water Research. 45(18): 5934-5944.

85. Gutierrez, O., Sudarjanto, G, Sharma, K. R., Keller, J and Yuan, Z. (2011) SCORe-CT: a new method for testing effectiveness of sulfide-control chemicals used in sewer systems. Water Science and Technology, 64(12): 2381-2388.

86. Pikaar, I., Rozendal, R. A., Yuan, Z., Keller, J. and Rabaey, K. (2011) Electrochemical sulfide oxidation from domestic wastewater using mixed metal coated titanium electrodes. Water Research. 45: 5381-5388.

87. Pijuan,M., Werner, U. and Yuan, Z. (2011) Reducing the startup time of aerobic granular sludge reactors through seeding floccular sludge with crushed aerobic granules. Water Research, 45: 5075-5083.

88. Sudarjanto, G., Sharma, K. R., Gutierrez O. and Yuan, Z. (2011) A laboratory assessment of the impact of brewery wastewater discharge on sulfide and methane production in a sewer. Water Science and Technology. 64(8): 1614-1619.

89. Seviour, T., Lambert, L, Pijuan, M. and Yuan, Z. (2011) Selectively inducing the synthesis of a key structural exopolysaccharide in aerobic granules by enriching for Candidatus 'Competibacter phosphatis'. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 92(6): 1297-1305.

90. Jiang, G., Gutierrez, O. and Yuan, Z. (2011) The strong biocidal effect of free nitrous acid on anaerobic sewer biofilms. Water Research, 45(12): 3735-3743.


91. Mohanakrishnan, J., Vedel, M., Kofoed, M.V.W., Barr, J., Yuan, Z., Schramm, A. and Meyer, R. L. (2011) Dynamic microbial response of sulfidogenic wastewater biofilm to nitrate. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 91(6): 1647-1657.

92. Rootsey R. and Yuan, Z. (2011) The Sewer Corrosion and Odour Research Project (SCORe): Delivering Outcomes to the Water Industry. Water (Journal of AWA), March 2011, 57-61.

93. Sharma, K., Gutierrez, O., Corrie, S., O’Halloran, K., Capati, B., Keller, J. and Yuan, Z. (2011). Impact of chemical dosing of sewers on WWTP performance, Water (Journal of AWA), March 2011, pp76-79

94. Pikaar, I., Rozendal, R. A., Yuan, Z., Keller, J. and Rabaey, K. (2011) Electrochemical sulfide removal from synthetic and real domestic wastewater at high current densities. Water Research. 45: 2281-2289.

95. Hu,S., Zeng, R. J., Keller, J., Lant, P. A., Yuan, Z. (2011) Effect of nitrate and nitrite on the selection of microorganisms in the denitrifying anaerobic methane oxidation process. Environmental Microbiology Reports. 3(3): 315-319.

96. Pijuan, M. Ye, L and Yuan, Z. (2011) Could nitrite/free nitrous acid favour GAOs over PAOs in enhanced biological phosphorus removal systems? Water Science and Technology 63(2): 645-651.

97. Virdis, B., Read, S. T., Rabaey, K., Rozendal, R. A., Yuan, Z. and Keller, J. (2011) Distribution of Nitrifying and Denitrifying Organisms during Simultaneous Nitrification and Denitrification (SND) at a Biocathode. Bioresource Technology, 102(1): 334-341.

98. Seviour, T., Lambert, L., Pijuan, M., Yuan, Z. (2010). Structural determination of a key exopolysaccharide in mixed culture aerobic sludge granules using NMR spectroscopy. Environmental Science and Technology, 44: 8964-8970.

99. Pijuan, M., Ye, L. Yuan, Z. (2010) Free nitrous acid inhibition on the aerobic metabolism of Poly-phosphate Accumulating Organisms. Water Research. 44(20): 6063-6072.

100. Zhou, Y., Ganda, L., Lim, M., Yuan, Z., Kjelleberg, S., Ng W. J. (2010) Free nitrous acid (FNA) inhibition on denitrifying poly-phosphate accumulating organisms (DPAOs). Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 88(1): 359-369.

101. Jiang, G., Gutierrez, O., Sharma, K. R. and Yuan, Z. (2010) Effects of nitrite concentration and exposure time on sulfide and methane production in sewer systems. Water Research, 44(14): 4241-4251.

102. Seviour, T., Donose, B., Pijuan, M., Yuan, Z. (2010) Purification and conformational analysis of a key exopolysaccharide component of mixed culture aerobic sludge granules. Environmental Science and Technology. 44(12): 4729-4734.

103. Zhang, L., Keller, J., Yuan, Z. (2010) Ferrous salt demand for sulfide control in rising main sewers: tests on a laboratory scale sewer system. Journal of Environmental Engineering - ASCE. 136(10): 1180-1187.

104. Ye, L., Pijuan, M., and Yuan, Z. (2010) The effect of free nitrous acid on the anabolic and catabolic processes of glycogen accumulating organisms. Water Research. 44: 2901-2909.

105. Gutierrez, O., Park, D., Sharma, K. R. and Yuan, Z. (2010) Iron salts dosage for sulfide control in sewers induces chemical phosphorus removal during wastewater treatment. Water Research. 44(11): 3467-3475.

106. Virdis, B., Rabaey, K., Rozendal, R. A., Yuan, Z. and Keller, J. (2010) Simultaneous Nitrification, Denitrification and Carbon Removal in Microbial Fuel Cells. Water Research. 44: 2970-2980.

107. Dutta, P. K., Rabaey, K., Yuan, Z., Rozendal, R. A., and Keller, J. (2010) Electrochemical sulfide removal and recovery from paper mill anaerobic treatment effluent. Water Research. 44(8): 2563-2571.

108. Guisasola, A. Marcelino, M., Lemaire, R. Baeza, J. A. and Yuan, Z. (2010) Modelling and simulation revealing mechanisms likely responsible for achieving the nitrite pathway through aeration control. Water Science and Technology. 61(6): 1459-1465.

109. Gutierrez, O., Sutherland-Stacey, L., Yuan, Z. (2010) Simultaneous online measurement of sulfide and nitrate in sewers for nitrate dosage optimisation. Water Science and Technology. 61(3): 651-658.

110. Foley, J., de Haas, D., Yuan, Z. and Lant, P. (2010) Nitrous oxide generation in full-scale biological nutrient removal wastewater treatment plants. Water Research. 44: 831-844.


111. Pijuan, M. and Yuan, Z. (2010) Development and optimization of a sequencing batch reactor for nitrogen and phosphorus removal from abattoir wastewater to meet irrigation standards. Water Science and Technology: 61(8): 2105-2112.

112. Zhou, Y., Pijuan, M., Oehmen, A. and Yuan, Z. (2010) The source of reducing power in the anaerobic metabolism of polyphosphate accumulating organisms (PAOs)-A mini-review. Water Science and Technology 61(7): 1653-16662

113. Foley, J., de Haas, D., Hartley, K., Yuan, Z., Lovell, A. and Lant, P. (2009) Field measurements and simple model development for estimating greenhouse gas emissions. Water Science Technology, 60(11): 2963-2971.

114. Jiang, G., Sharma, K. R., Guisasola, A., Keller, J. and Yuan, Z. (2009) Sulfur transformation in rising main sewers receiving nitrate dosage. Water Research 43(17): 4430-4440.

115. Seviour, T., Pijuan, M., Nicholson, T., Keller, J. and Yuan, Z. (2009) Gel-forming Exopolysaccharides explain basic differences between structures of aerobic sludge granules and floccular sludges. Water Research 43(18): 4469-4478.

116. Hu, S., Zeng, R. J., Burow, L. C., Lant, P., Keller, J. and Yuan, Z. (2009) Enrichment of denitrifying anaerobic methane oxidation (Denamox) microorganisms. Environmental Microbiology Reports 1(5): 377-384.

117. Mohanakrishnan, J., Gutierrez, O., Sharma, K. R., Guisasola, A., Meyer, R., Keller, J. and Yuan, Z. (2009) Impact of nitrate addition on biofilm properties and activities in rising main sewers. Water Research 43(17): 4225-4237.

118. Zhang L., Keller, J. and Yuan, Z. (2009) Inhibition of Sulfate-Reducing and Methanogenic Activities of Anaerobic Sewer Biofilms by Ferric Iron Dosing. Water Research 43(17): 4123-4132.

119. Dutta, P. K., Rozendal, R. A., Yuan, Z., Rabaey, K. and Keller, J. (2009) Electrochemical regeneration of sulfur loaded electrodes. Electrochemistry Communications. 11(7): 1437-1440.

120. Mu, Y., Rabaey, K., Rozendal, R., Yuan, Z. and Keller, J. (2009) Decolourization of azo dyes in bio-electrochemical systems. Environmental Science and Technology. 43 (13), 5137–5143.

121. Pijuan, M., Werner, U. and Yuan, Z. (2009) Effect of long term starvation on aerobic granules. Water Research. 43(14): 3622-3632.

122. Virdis, B., Rabaey, K., Yuan, Z., Rozendal, R. and Keller, J. (2009) Electron fluxes in a Microbial Fuel Cell performing carbon and nitrogen removal. Environmental Science & Technology, 43 (13): 5144–5149.

123. Dutta, P. K., Keller, J., Yuan, Z., Rozendal, R. A. and Rabaey, K. (2009) The role of sulfur during acetate oxidation in biological anodes. Environmental Science and Technology. 43(10): 3838-3845.

124. Mohanakrishnan, J., Sharma, K. R., Meyer, R. L., Hamilton, G., Keller, J and Yuan, Z. (2009)

Variation in biofilm structure and activity along the length of a rising main sewer. Water Environment Research. 81(8): 800-808.

125. van Loosdrecht, M. C. M., Oehmen, A., Hooijmans, C. M., Brdjanovic, D., Gijzen, H. J. Yuan, Z. and Lopez-Vazquez, C. M. (2009) Response to the Comment on "Modelling the PAO-GAO competition: Effects of carbon source, pH and temperature" by Dwight Houweling et al. Water Research. 43(11) 2950-2951.

126. Guisasola, A., Sharma, K. R., de Haas, D., Keller, J., and Yuan, Z. (2009). Development of a model for assessing methane formation in rising main sewers. Water Research. 43(11): 2874-2884.

127. Hou, H., Wang, S., Peng, Y., Yuan, Z., Yin, F. and Gan, W. (2009) Anoxic phosphorus removal in a pilot scale anaerobic-anoxic oxidation ditch process. Frontiers of Environmental Science and Engineering in China 3 (1): 106-111.

128. Lemaire, R., Yuan, Z., Bernet, N., Marcelino M., Yilmaz, G. and Keller, J. (2009) A Sequencing Batch Reactor System for Biological Nitrogen and Phosphorus Removal from Abattoir Wastewater. Biodegradation. 20(3): 339-350.

129. Gutierrez, O., Park, D., Sharma, K. R. and Yuan, Z. (2009). Effects of long-term pH elevation on the sulfate-reducing and methanogenic activities of anaerobic sewer biofilms. Water Research: 43(9): 2549-2557.


130. Lavallée B., Frigon D, Lessard P., Vanrolleghem P.A., Yuan Z. and van Loosdrecht M. C. M. (2009) Modelling using rRNA-structured biomass models. Water Science and Technology. 59(4): 661-671.

131. Zhou, Y., Pijuan, M., Zeng, R. J. and Yuan, Z. (2009) Involvement of the TCA cycle in the anaerobic metabolism of poly-phosphate accumulating organisms (PAOs). Water Research. 43: 1330-1340.

132. Ma, Y., Peng, Y., Wang, Y., Yuan, Z. and Wang, X. (2009) Achieving nitrogen removal via nitrite in a pilot-scale continuous pre-denitrification plant. Water Research. 43(3): 563-572.

133. Lopez-Vazquez, C. M., Oehmen, A., Hooijmans, C. M., Brdjanovic, D., Gijzen, H. J. Yuan, Z. and van Loosdrecht, M. C. M. (2009) Modeling the PAO-GAO competition: effects of carbon source, pH and temperature. Water Research. 43(2): 450-462.

134. Ginige, M. P., Foley, L., Keller, J. and Yuan, Z. (2009) A comprehensive study on the use of methanol as an external source of carbon for denitrification. Biodegradation. 20(2): 221-234.

135. Seviour, T., Pijuan, M., Nicholson, T., Keller, J. and Yuan, Z. (2009) Understanding the Properties of Aerobic Sludge Granules as Hydrogels. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 102(5): 1483-1493.

136. Zhou, Y., Pijuan, M., Zeng, R., Yuan, Z. (2008) Free nitrous acid (FNA) inhibition on nitrous oxide (N2O) reduction by a denitrifying EBPR sludge. Environmental Science and Technology. 42(22): 8260-8265.

137. Dutta, P. K., Rabaey, K., Yuan, Z. and Keller, J. (2008) Aqueous Sulfide Removal by Electrochemical Oxidation in a Fuel Cell. Water Research. 42(20): 4965-4975.

138. Freguia, S., Rabaey, K., Yuan, Z. and Keller, J. (2008) Syntrophic processes drive the conversion of glucose in microbial fuel cell anodes. Environmental Science and Technology. 42(21): 7937-7943.

139. Yuan, Z., Oehmen, A., Peng, Y., Ma, Y and Keller, J. (2008) Sludge population optimisation in biological wastewater treatment systems through on-line process control: a re/view. Re/View in Environmental Science and Bio/Technology. 7(3): 243-254.

140. Gutierrez, O., Mohanakrishnan, J., Sharma, K. R., Meyer, R. L., Keller, J. and Yuan, Z. (2008) Evaluation of Oxygen Injection as a means of Controlling Sulfide Production in a Sewer System. Water Research, 42(17): 4549-4561.

141. Zhou, Y., Pijuan, J. Yuan, Z. (2008) Development of a 2-Sludge, 3-Stage System for Nitrogen and Phosphorous Removal from Nutrient-rich Wastewater Using Granular Sludge and Biofilms. Water Research. 42(12): 3207-3217.

142. Mohanakrishnan, J., Gutierrez, O., Meyer, R. L. and Yuan, Z. (2008) Nitrite effectively inhibits sulfide and methane generation in a laboratory scale sewer reactor. Water Research, 42(14): 3961– 3971.

143. Dai, Y., Lambert, L., Yuan, Z and Keller, J (2008) Composition and Microstructure of Copolymers of Polyhydroxyalkanoates Produced by Glycogen Accumulating Organisms with Acetate as the Sole Carbon Source. Process Biochemistry, 43(9):968-977.

144. Virdis, B., Rabaey, K., Yuan, Z. and Keller, J. (2008) Microbial Fuel Cells for Simultaneous Carbon and Nitrogen Removal. Water Research, 42(12): 3013-3024.

145. Sharma, K. R., Yuan, Z., de Haas, D., Hamilton, G., Corrie, S. and Keller, J. (2008) Dynamics and Dynamic Modelling of H2S Production in Sewer Systems. Water Research. 42(10-11): 2527-2538.

146. Yilmaz, G., Lemaire, R., Keller, J and Yuan, Z. (2008) Simultaneous Nitrification, Denitrification and Phosphorus Removal from Nutrient-Rich Industrial Wastewater using Granular Sludge, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 100(3): 529-541.

147. Dai, Y., Lambert, L., Yuan, Z. and Keller, J. (2008) Production and Characterisation of Polyhydroxyalkanoate Copolymers with Controllable Composition. Journal of Biotechnology. 134(1-2): p. 137-145.

148. Wang, X., Zeng, R. J., Dai, Y., Peng, Y. and Yuan, Z (2008). The denitrification capability of cluster 1 defluviicoccus vanus-related glycogen accumulating organisms. Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 99(6): p. 1329-36.

149. Blackburne, R., Yuan, Z. and Keller, J. (2008) Demonstration of nitrogen removal via nitrite in a sequencing batch reactor treating domestic wastewater. Water Research. 42(8-9): 2166-2176.


150. Freguia, S., Rabaey, K., Yuan, Z. and Keller, J. (2008) Sequential anode–cathode configuration improves cathodic oxygen reduction and effluent quality of microbial fuel cells. Water Research. 42(6-7): p. 1387-1396.

151. Guisasola, A., de Haas, D., Keller, J., and Yuan, Z. (2008) Methane Formation in Sewer Systems. Water Research. 42(6-7): 1421-1430.

152. Sharma, K., de Haas, D. W., Keller, J., Corrie, S. And Yuan, Z. (2008) Predicting hydrogen sulfide formation in sewers: a new model. Water. March, 2008: 132-137.

153. de Haas, D. W., Sharma, K., Corrie, S., O’Halloran, K, Keller, J. and Z Yuan (2008) Odour control by chemical dosing – a case study. Water, March 2008: 138-143.

154. Lemaire, R., Webb, R. I. and Yuan, Z. (2008) Micro-scale observations of the structure of aerobic microbial granules used for the treatment of nutrient-rich industrial wastewater. The ISME Journal. 2(5): 528-541.

155. Lemaire, R., Marcelino, M, and Yuan (2008) Achieving the Nitrite Pathway Using Aeration Phase Length Control and Step-feed in an SBR Removing Nutrients from Abattoir Wastewater. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 100(6): 1228-1236.

156. Zhou, Y., Pijuan, M., Zeng, R. J., Lu, H. and Yuan, Z. (2008) Could polyphosphate-accumulating organisms (PAOs) be glycogen-accumulating organisms (GAOs)? Water Research. 42: 2361-2368.

157. Lemaire, R., Yuan, Z., Blackall, L. L. and Crocetti, G. R. (2008) Microscale Microbial Distribution in Aerobic Granules from Biological Nutrient Removal Systems. Environmental Microbiology, 10(2): 354-363.

158. Blackburne, R., Yuan, Z. and Keller, J. (2008) Partial Nitrification to Nitrite using Low Dissolved Oxygen Concentration as the Main Selection Factor. Biodegradation. 19(2):303-312

159. Sutherland-Stacey, L., Corrie, S., Neethling, Al., Johnson, I., Gutierrez, O., Dexter, R., Yuan, Z., Keller, J. and Hamilton, G. (2008) In-situ Continuous Monitoring of Sulfide in Sewer Systems. Water Science and Technology,57(3): 375-381.

160. Pijuan, M., Oehmen, A., Baeza, J. A., Casas, C. and Yuan Z. (2008) Characterising the Biochemical Activity of Full-Scale Enhanced Biological Phosphorus Removal Systems: A Comparison with Metabolic Models, Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 99(1): 170-179.

161. Peng, Y. Z., Hou, H. X., Wang S. Y., Cui, Y. W. and Yuan, Z. (2008) Nitrogen and phosphorus removal in pilot-scale anaerobic-anoxic oxidation ditch system. Journal of Environmental Science. 20(4): 398-403.

162. Oehmen, A., Zeng, R. J., Keller, J. and Yuan, Z. (2007) Model for the Aerobic Metabolisms of Polyphosphate Accumulating Organisms with a Propionate Caron Source. Water Environment Research, 79(13): p. 2477-86.

163. Freguia S, Rabaey K, Yuan Z and Keller, J (2007) Non-catalyzed cathodic oxygen reduction at graphite granules in microbial fuel cells, ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA 53 (2): 598-603.

164. Freguia, S., Rabaey, K., Yuan, Z. and Keller, J. (2007) Electron and carbon balances in microbial fuel cells reveal temporary bacterial storage behaviour during electricity generation. Environmental Science and Technology, 41 (8): 2915-2921.

165. Blackburne, R., Vadivelu, V., M., Yuan, Z. and Keller, J. (2007) Determination of growth rate and yield of nitrifying bacteria by measuring carbon dioxide uptake rate. Water Environment Research. 79(12): 2437-2445.

166. Blackburne, R. Vadivelu V. M., Yuan, Z. and Keller, J. (2007) Kinetic characterisation of an enriched Nitrospira culture with comparison to Nitrobacter. Water Research. 41 (14): 3033-3042.

167. Dai, Y., Yuan, Z., Jack K and Keller, J. (2007) Production of Targeted Poly(3-hydroxyalkanoates) Copolymers by Glycogen Accumulating Organisms Using Acetate as Sole Carbon Source, Journal of Biotechnology, 129 (3): 489-497.

168. Dai, Y., Yuan, Z., Wang, X. and Keller, J (2007) Anaerobic Metabolism of Defluviicoccus vanus Related Glycogen Accumulating Organisms (GAOs) with Acetate and Propionate as Carbon Sources, Water Research, 41(9): 1885-1896.

169. Lemos, P. C., Dai, Y., Yuan, Z., Santos, H., Keller, J., Reis, M. A. M. (2007) Elucidation of Metabolic Pathways of Glycogen Accumulating Organisms with in vivo 13C Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, Environmental Microbiology, 9(11): 2694-2706.


170. Lu, H., Keller, J. and Yuan, Z. (2007) Endogenous metabolism of Candidatus Accumulibacter phosphatis under various starvation conditions. Water Research. 41(20): 4646-4656.

171. Oehmen, A., Lemos, P. C., Carvalho, G., Yuan, Z., Keller, J., Blackall, L. L, Reis, M. A. M. (2007) Advances in enhanced biological phosphorus removal: from micro to macro scale. Water Research, 41: 2271-2300.

172. Pratt, S. and Yuan, Z. (2007) Quantification of the effect of CO2 transfer on titrimetric techniques used for the study of biological wastewater treatment processes. Water SA. 33(1): 117-121.

173. Vadivelu, V., M., Keller, J. and Yuan, Z. (2007) Free Ammonia and Free Nitrous Acid Inhibition on the Anabolic and Catabolic Processes of Nitrosomonas and Nitrobacter. Water Science and Technology. 56(7):89-97.

174. Vadivelu, V. M., Keller, J. and Yuan, Z. (2007) Effect of free ammonia on the respiration and growth processes of an enriched Nitrobacter culture. Water Research 41(4): 826-834.

175. Yilmaz, G., Lemaire, R., Keller, J. and Yuan, Z. (2007) Effectiveness of an Alternating Aerobic, Anoxic/Anaerobic Strategy for Maintaining Biomass Activity of BNR Sludge during Long-term Starvation. Water Research, 41(12): 2590-2598.

176. Zhou, Y., Pijuan, M. and Yuan, Z. (2007) Free Nitrous Acid Inhibition on Anoxic Phosphorus Uptake and Denitrification by Poly-phosphate Accumulating organisms. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 98(4): 903-912.

177. Lu, H., Oehmen A., Virdis, B., Keller, J. and Yuan, Z. (2006) Obtaining Highly Enriched Cultures of Candidatus Accumulibacter Phosphatis through Alternating Carbon Sources. Water Research 40(20): 3838-3848.

178. Vadivelu, M. V., Yuan, Z., Fux, C. and Keller, J. (2006). Stoichiometric and kinetic characterization of Nitrobacter in mixed culture by decoupling the growth and energy generation processes. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 94(6):1176-1188.

179. Vadivelu, V. M., Keller, J. and Yuan, Z. (2006) Stoichiometric and kinetic characterisation of Nitrosomonas sp. in mixed culture by decoupling the growth and energy generation processes. Journal of Biotechnology. 126: 342-356.

180. Vadivelu, V. M., Keller, J. and Yuan, Z. (2006) Effect of free ammonia and free nitrous acid concentration on the anabolic and catabolic processes of an enriched Nitrosomonas culture. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 95(5): 830-839.

181. Vadivelu, M. V., Yuan, Z., Fux, C. and Keller, J. (2006) The inhibitory effects of free nitrous acid on the energy generation and growth processes of an enriched Nitrobacter culture. Environmental Science and Technology. 40(14); 4442-4448.

182. Yuan, Z., Pratt, S., Zeng, R. and Keller, J. (2006) Modelling anaerobic biological processes through integrating titrimetric and off-gas measurements. Water Science and Technology 53(1): 179-189.

183. Oehmen, A., Yuan, Z., Zeng R. J. and Jürg Keller, J. (2006) The competition between polyphosphate- and glycogen-accumulating organisms in enhanced biological phosphorus Removal Systems with acetate and propionate as carbon sources. Journal of Biotechnology. 123(1): 22-32.

184. Lemaire, R., Meyer, R., Taske, A., Crocetti, G. R., Keller, J. and Yuan Z. (2006) Identifying causes for N2O accumulation in a lab-scale Sequencing Batch Reactor performing Simultaneous Nitrification, Denitrification and Phosphorus Removal. Journal of Biotechnology. 122(1): 62-72.

185. Ma, Y., Peng, Y., Yuan, Z., Wang, S. And Wu, X. (2006) Feasibility of controlling nitrification in predenitrification plants using DO, pH and ORP sensors. Water Science and Technolog, 53 (4-5): 235-243.

186. Zeng, R. J., Yuan, Z. and Keller, J. (2006) Effects of Solids Concentration, pH and Carbon Addition on the Production Rate and Composition of Volatile Fatty Acids (VFAs) in Prefermenters. Water Science and Technology, 53 (8): 263-269.

187. Oehmen, A., Zeng, R. J., Saunders, A., Blackall, L. L., Keller, J. and Yuan, Z. (2006) Anaerobic and Aerobic Metabolism of Glycogen Accumulating Organisms Selected with Propionate as the Sole Carbon Source. Microbiology-SGM. 152: 2767-2778.

188. Carvalho, G., Meyer, R. L., Yuan, Z. and Prof; Keller, J. (2006) Differential distribution of ammonia- and nitrite-oxidising bacteria in flocs and granules from a nitrifying/denitrifying sequencing batch reactor. Enzyme and Microbial Technology. 39(7)1392-1398.


189. Oehmen, A., Yuan, Z., Blackall, L. L. and Keller, J. (2005b) Comparison of acetate and propionate uptake by polyphosphate accumulating organisms and glycogen accumulating organisms. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 91(2): 162-168.

190. Oehmen, A., Keller-Lehmann, B., Zeng, R. J., Yuan, Z. & Keller, J. (2005c). Optimisation of poly-beta-hydroxyalkanoate analysis using gas chromatography for enhanced biological phosphorus removal systems. J Chromatogr A 1070, 131-136.

191. Oehmen, A., Zeng, R.J., Yuan, Z. and Keller, J (2005d). Anaerobic metabolism of propionate by polyphosphate-accumulating organisms in enhanced biological phosphorus removal systems . Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 91(1): 43-53.

192. Oehmen, A., Vives, M. T., Yuan, Z and Keller J. (2005e) The effect of pH on the competition between polyphosphate-accumulating organisms and glycogen-accumulating organisms Water Research: 39 (15): 3727-3737.

193. Pratt, S., Yuan, Z. and Keller, J. (2004a) Modelling aerobic carbon oxidation and storage by integrating respirometric, titrimetric and off-gas CO2 measurements. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 88(2):135-147.

194. Oehmen, A., Yuan, Z., Blackall, L. and Keller, J. (2004b) Short-term effects of carbon source on the competition of polyphosphate accumulating organisms and glycogen accumulating organisms. Wat. Sci. Tech. 50(10): 139-144.

195. Zeng, R. J., Lemaire, R. Yuan, Z. and Keller, J. (2004c) A Novel Wastewater Treatment Process; Simultaneous Nitrification, Denitrification and Phosphorus Removal. Wat. Sci. Tech. 50(10): 163-170.

196. McMurray, S., Meyer, R., Zeng, R., Yuan, Z. and Keller, J. (2004d) Integration of titrimetric measurement, off-gas analysis and NOx- biosensors to investigate the complexity of denitrification processes. Wat. Sci. Tech. 50 (11): 135-141.

197. Pratt, S., Zeng, R., Yuan, Z. and Keller, J. (2004e) Comparison of methods for the determination of KLaO2 for respirometric measurements. Wat. Sci. Tech.50 (11): 153-161.

198. Pratt, S., Gapes, D., Yuan, Z. and Keller, J. (2004f) The rate of nitrate production during a batch reaction. Wat. Sci. Tech. 50 (10): 81-87.

199. Kim D. J., Kim, T. K., Choi, E. J., Park, W. C., Kim, T. H., Ahn, D. H., Yuan, Z., Blackall, L. and Keller, J. (2004g) Fluorescence in situ hybridization analysis of nitrifiers in piggery wastewater treatment reactors. Wat. Sci. Tech. 49(5-6): 333 - 340.

200. Zeng, R. J., Yuan, Z. and Keller, J. (2004i). Improved understanding of the interactions and complexities of biological nitrogen and phosphorus removal processes. Reviews in Environmental Science and BioTechnology 3: 265-272.

201. Zeng, R., Lemaire, R., Yuan, Z. and Keller, J. (2003b) Simultaneous Nitrification, Denitrification and Phosphorus Removal in a Lab-Scale Sequencing Batch Reactor. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 84:170-178.

202. Zeng, R., van Loosdrecht, M.C.M., Yuan, Z. and Keller, J. (2003c) A Metabolic Model for Glycogen Accumulating Organisms in Activated Sludge Systems, Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 81(1):92-105.

203. Pratt, S., Yuan, Z., Gapes, D., Dorigo, M., Zeng, R. and Keller, J. (2003d) Development of a Novel Titration and Off-Gas Analysis (TOGA) Sensor for the Study of Biological Processes in Wastewater Treatment Systems. Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 81(4):482-495.

204. Yuan, Z., Graham, M. and Lennox, J. (2003e) Coding Error Isolation in Computer Simulation Models (Part I): Methodology. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering. 57(5):685-706.

205. Lennox, J. and Yuan, Z. (2003f) Coding Error Isolation in Computer Simulation Models (Part II): Residual Analysis and A Case Study. International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering. 57(5):707-722.

206. Zeng, R., Yuan, Z. and Keller, J. (2003g) Enrichment Of Denitrifying Glycogen-Accumulating Organisms In Anaerobic/Anoxic Activated Sludge System, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 81(4): 399-404.

207. Gapes, D., Pratt, S., Yuan, Z. and Keller, J. (2003h) Online Titrimetric and Off-Gas Analysis for Examining Nitrification Processes in Wastewater Treatment, Water Research, 37(11): 2678-2690.


208. Zeng., R. Saunders, A., Yuan, Z. Blackall, L. L. and Keller, J. (2003i) Identification and Comparison of Aerobic and Denitrifying Polyphosphate-Accumulating Organisms. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 83(2) 140-148.

209. Zeng, R., Yuan, Z. and Keller, J. (2003j) Model Based Analysis of the Anaerobic Acetate Uptake by a Mixed Culture of Polyphosphate-Accumulating and Glycogen-Accumulating Organisms. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 83(3), 293-302.

210. Yuan Z. and Keller, J. (2003k) Integrated Control of Nitrate Recirculation and External Carbon Addition in a Predenitrification System, Wat. Sci. Tech. 48(11-12):345-354.

211. Pratt, S., Yuan, Z. and Keller, J. (2003l) Improving Titrimetric Techniques by Modelling pH Change in Activated Sludge Systems, Wat. Sci. Tech. 47(11): 259-265.

212. Saunders, A., Oehmen, A., Blackall, L., Yuan, Z. and Keller, J. (2003m) The effect of GAOs (Glycogen Accumulating Organisms) on anaerobic carbon requirements in full-scale Australian EBPR (Enhanced Biological Phosphorus Removal) plants. Wat. Sci. Tech. 47(11): 37-43.

213. Yuan, Z. and Blackall L. (2002a) Sludge Population Optimisation, A New Dimension for the Control of Biological Wastewater Treatment Systems. Water Research. 36(2): 482-490.

214. Keller, J., Yuan, Z. and Blackall, L. (2002b) Integrating Process Engineering and Microbiology Tools to Advance Wastewater Treatment Research and Development, Re/view in Environmental Science and Technology, 1(1): 83-97.

215. Zeng, R. Yuan, Z., van Loosdrecht, M. C. M. and Keller, J. (2002c) Proposed Modifications to Metabolic Model for Glycogen Accumulating Organisms under Anaerobic Conditions. Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 80(3): 277-279.

216. Yuan, Z., Oehmen, A. and Ingilsen, P. (2002d) On the Control of Nitrate Recirculation Flow in Predenitrification Systems. Wat. Sci. Tech. 45(4-5): 29-36.

217. Rosen, C., Larsson, M., Jeppsson, U. Yuan, Z. (2002e) A Framework for Extreme-Event Control in Wastewater Treatment Operation. Wat. Sci. Tech. 45 (4-5): 299-308.

218. Ingilsen, P., Olsson, G. and Yuan, Z. (2002f) Balancing Effluent Quality, Economy and Ability to Reject Disturbances in the Control of Wastewater Plants. Wat. Sci. Tech. 45(4-5): 317-324.

219. Keller, J. and Yuan, Z. (2002g) Combined Hydraulic and Biological Modelling and Full-scale Validation of SBR Processes. Wat. Sci. Tech., 45(6):219-228.

220. Vanhooren H., Yuan Z. and Vanrolleghem P.A. (2002h) Benchmarking nitrogen removal suspended-carrier biofilm systems using dynamic simulation. Wat. Sci. Tech. 46(1-2): 327-332.

221. Yuan, Z., H. Bogaert and W. Verstraete (2001a) A Titrimetric Respirometer Measuring the Total Nitrifiable Nitrogen in Wastewater Using In-Sensor-Experiment. Water Research 35(1): 268-276.

222. Lennox, J., Z. Yuan and J. Harmand (2001b) A Systematic Approach to Error Identification in Computerized Wastewater Simulation Models. Wat. Sci. Tech. 43(7): 367-376.

223. Rosen, C. and Z. Yuan (2001c) Supervisory Control of Wastewater Treatment Plants by Combining Multivariate Statistical Monitoring and Process Control. Wat. Sci. Tech. 43(7): 147-156.

224. Yuan, Z., H. Bogaert and W. Verstraete (2000a) Reducing the Size of a Nitrifying Activated Sludge Wastewater Treatment Plant by Shortening the Retention Time of Inert Solids. Water Research. 34(2), 539-549.

225. Yuan, Z., H. Bogaert, M. Devisscher and W. Verstraete (1999a) On-line Estimation of the Maximum Specific Growth Rate of Nitrifiers in an Activated Sludge System. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 65, 265-273.

226. Kops S.G.T., H. Vangheluwe, F. Claeys, P. Vanrolleghem, Z. Yuan and G.C. Vansteenkiste (1999b) The process of model building and simulation of ill-defined systems: Application to wastewater treatment. Mathematical and Computer Modelling of Dynamical Systems, 5, 298-312.

227. Yuan, Z., H. Bogaert, G. Vansteenkiste and W.Verstraete (1998a) Sludge Storage for Counting Ammonia Shock Loads and Incidents of Toxicity. Wat. Sci. Tech. 37(12), 173-180.

228. Yuan, Z., H. Vangheluwe and G. C. Vansteenkiste (1998b) An Observer-based Approach to Modelling Error Identification, SCS Transactions on Simulation, Society for Computer Simulation International, 15(1) 20-33.


229. Yuan, Z., H. Bogaert, P. Vanrolleghem, C. Theoye, G. Vansteenkiste and W.Verstraete (1997a) Control of External Carbon Addition to Predenitrifying Systems, Journal of Environmental Engineering, 123(11), 1080-1086.

230. Bogaert, H., A. Vanderhasselt, K.Gernaey, Z. Yuan, C. Thoeye and W. Verstraete (1997b) A New Sensor Based on the pH-effect of the Denitrification Process, Journal of Environmental Engineering, 123(9), 884-891.

231. Yuan, Z., P. Vanrolleghem and G. Vansteenkiste (1997c) Modelling Error Identification of Activated Sludge Models, Wat. Sci. Tech., 36(5), 81-88.

232. Yuan, Z., G. Vansteenkiste and C. Wen (1997d) Improving the Observer-based FDI Design for Efficient Fault Isolation, International Journal of Control, 68(1), 197-218.

233. Yuan, Z. and G. Vansteenkiste (1996) An Approach to Validation of Stochastic Dynamic Models with Initial State Uncertainty, Transactions on Simulation, Society for Computer Simulation International, 13(1), 3-18.

(journal papers in Chinese with peer-review) 234. Xu, L., Guo, C., Peng, Y. and Yuan, Z. (2011) Review on the microbiological and biochemical

characteristics of enhanced biological phosphorus removal system. Chinese Journal of Applied and Environmental Biology. 17(3): 427-434.

235. Peng, Y. Z., Guo, C. Y., Xu, L. J., Li, X. Y. and Yuan, Z. G. (2011) Effect of nitrite on anaerobic metabolism of candidatus accumulibacter phosphates. Beijing Gongye Daxue Xuebao/Journal of Beijing University of Technology 37(9): 1424-1429.

236. Wu, C. Y., Peng, Y. Z., Wan, C. L., Li, X.L., and Yuan, Z. (2009) Influence of carbon source on EBPR metabolism and microorganism communities. Environmental Science 30 (7): 1990-1994.

237. You, Y., Yuan, Z., Li, X., Peng, Y. (2009) Enrichment and culture of major organism groups in enhanced biological phosphorus removal systems. Chinese High Technology Letters 19 (2): 200-206.

238. Tang, X. G., Wang, S.Y., Yuan, Z., Zhao, C. H. (2009) Study of UniFed SBR process for biological phosphorus removal in domestic wastewater. Journal of Beijing University of Technology 35 (1): 119-124.

239. Yang, Q. J., Wang, S.-Y., Liu, Y., Yuan, Z.., Ge, C. (2008) First sequencing then connecting cultivation of the organisms and fast start-up of A2N two-sludge system. Environmental Science 29 (8): 2249-2253.

240. You, Y., Peng, Y., Yuan, Z., Li, X. Y., Peng, Y. Z. (2008) Cultivation and characteristic of aerobic granular sludge enriched by phosphorus accumulating organisms. Environmental Science 29 (8): 2242-2248

241. Yuan, Z., C. Wen (1991) State Estimation of Faulty Systems, Journal of Information and Control, No.2.

242. Yuan, Z., C. Wen (1991), Simultaneous Fault Isolation via Fault Detection Filter, Journal of Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, No.3

243. Yuan, Z., C. Wen (1990) A Heuristic Parameter Estimation Approach to Fault Diagnosis, Journal of Information and Control, No.6

244. Yuan, Z., Z. Dong, J. Lu, M. Zhang (1991) An Expert Simulation System for Target Practising of Air-to-Air Missiles, Acta Aeronautica et Astronautica, Vol.12.

245. Yuan, Z., C. Wen (1990) A Dynamic Graph Inference Algorithm for Rule-based Expert Systems, Journal of Information and Control, No.4

246. Yuan, Z., X. Liu, Z. Dong (1990) Study on Implementation of Fuzzy Controllers with DYL Circuits, Journal of Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, No.3.

Patent proposals 247. Pijuan, M., Yuan, Z., Johns, M. (2010) Reactor setup, 2010900901, submitted on March 3, 2010. 248. Yuan, Z., Jiang, G. and Gutierrez, O. (2010) Control of bacterial activity, such as in sewers and

wastewater treatment systems. 2010901790, submitted on April 28, 2010.


249. Yuan, Z.; Jiang, G.; Gutierrez, G. O. Controlling the activity of sulfate reducing bacteria or methanogenic archaea (or both) in environments containing such organisms comprises treating the environment with free nitrous acid. WO2011134010-A1; AU2011245067-A1; CA2797659-A1; EP2563147-A1; CN102939013-A; US2013168329-A1, WO2011134010-A1 03 Nov 2011 A01N-059/00 201174 Pages: 37 English AU2011245067-A1 22 Nov 2012 A01N-059/00 201282 English CA2797659-A1 03 Nov 2011 A01N-059/00 201303 English EP2563147-A1 06 Mar 2013 A01N-059/00 201317 English CN102939013-A 20 Feb 2013 A01N-059/00 201337 Chinese US2013168329-A1 04 Jul 2013 C02F-001/72 201344 English.

250. Yuan Z. Pre-treatment of sludge. WO2013000010-A1, 3 Jan 2013. 251. Yuan Z. (2010) Production of nitrite, 2010901787, submitted on April 28, 2010. 252. Yuan Z. (2010) Treatment of membrane used in water treatment, 2010901792. 253. Yuan Z., Keller, J. and Lemaire, R. (2006) “Biological process for at least partial removal of

nitrogen, phosphorus and BOD from wastewaters which have very high levels of nitrogen as well as significant phosphorus levels, such as abattoir wastewaters.” Provisional patent Ref. 763859, IP Australia.

254. Aquafin N.V. (Belgium) and Severn Trent Water (UK) (1998c) An Automatic Controller for the Surplus Sludge Waste Flow in Nitrifying Activated Sludge Wastewater Treatment Plants. BE0980377.

Papers presented at national and international conferences (Some of these presentations have subsequently been accepted as journal publications)

255. Sharma, K., Pikaar, I., Sun, J., Keller, J. and Yuan, Z. (2014) Modelling of the use of iron salts in

urban water systems: an integrated approach. Accepted for Oral Presentation, IWA Specialist Conference on “Global Challenges: Sustainable Wastewater Treatment and Resource Recovery”, 26-30 October, 2014, Kathmandu.

256. Ni, B.J., Peng, L., Law, Y., Guo, J., Yuan, Z. (2014) An integrated model for nitrous oxide production by autotrophic ammonia-oxidizing bacteria. In: IWA Specialist Conference 2014, Global Challenges: Sustainable Wastewater Treatment and Resource Recovery. 26-30 October, 2014, Kathmandu, Nepal.

257. Wang, Q., Ye, L., Jiang, G., Hu, S. and Yuan, Z. (2014) A novel method for achieving the nitrite pathway in biological wastewater treatment. In: IWA Specialist Conference: Global Challenges: Sustainable Wastewater Treatment and Resource Recovery, 26-30 October, 2014, Kathmandu, Nepal.

258. Peng, L., Ni, B.J., Erler, D., Ye, L., Yuan, Z. (2014) The effect of dissolved oxygen on N2O production by ammonia-oxidizing bacteria in an enriched nitrifying sludge. In: IWA Specialist Conference 2014, Global Challenges: Sustainable Wastewater Treatment and Resource Recovery. 26-30 October, 2014, Kathmandu, Nepal.

259. Spérandio, M., Pocquet, M., Guo, L., Vanrolleghem, P., Ni, B.J., Yuan, Z. (2014) Calibration of nitrous oxide production models with continuous long-term process data. In: The 4th IWA/WEF Wastewater Treatment Modelling Seminar (WWTmod2014), 27 March - 2 April, 2014, Spa, Belgium.

260. Pan, Y., Ni, B.J., Lu, H., Chandran, K., Yuan, Z. (2014) Evaluating two concepts for the modelling of biological denitrification. In: The 4th IWA/WEF Wastewater Treatment Modelling Seminar (WWTmod2014), 27 March - 2 April, 2014, Spa, Belgium.

261. Wang, Q., Ye, L., Jiang, G. and Yuan, Z. (2014) Treatment of secondary sludge using free nitrous acid to enhance performance and economics of a wastewater treatment plant. In: Ozwater’14 – Australia’s International Water Conference and Exhibition, 29 April - 1 May 2014, Brisbane, Australia.

262. Jiang, G., Wightman, E., Donose, B.C., Yuan, Z., Bond, P.L. and Keller, J. (2014) Understanding corrosion of concrete sewer using advanced mineral analysis. In: Ozwater'14, 29 April - 1 May 2014, Brisbane, Australia.

263. Wang, Q., Ye, L., Jiang, G. and Yuan, Z. (2014) Sludge treatment using free nitrous acid to enhance performance of a wastewater treatment plant. In: IWA World Water Congress and Exhibition, 21-26 September, 2014, Lisbon, Portugal.


264. Hu, S., Keller, J. and Yuan, Z. (2014) Nitrogen Removal from Wastewater by Coupling Anammox and Methane-dependent Denitrification Processes. In: IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition, 21-26 September, 2014, Lisbon, Portugal.

265. Jiang, G., Keating, A., Corrie, S., O’halloran, K., Nguyen, L. and Yuan, Z. (2013) Australia field trials of H2S odour control in a rising main sewer by dosing free nitrous acid. In: 5th IWA Specialized Conference on Odors and Air Emissions Jointly Held With 10th Conference on Biofiltration for Air Pollution Control, 4-7 March, 2013, San Francisco, California, USA.

266. Jiang, G., Keating, A., Corrie, S., O’halloran, K., Nguyen, L. and Yuan, Z. (2013) Sulfide control in sewers by intermittent dosing of free nitrous acid based chemicals: From scientific discovery to application. In: 7th International Conference on Sewer Processes & Networks, 28-30 August, 2013, The Edge Conference Centre, Sheffield, UK.

267. Jiang, G., Thai, P.K., Gernjak, W., Yuan, Z. and Mueller, J.F. (2013) Effects of sewer conditions on the dissipation of illicit drug residues and metabolites in wastewater. In: 7th International Conference on Sewer Processes & Networks, 28-30 August, 2013, The Edge Conference Centre, Sheffield, UK.

268. Jiang, G., Keating, A., Corrie, S., O’halloran, K., Nguyen, L. and Yuan, Z. (2013) Development and field trials of a novel technology for sulfide and methane control in sewers. In: Ozwater'13, 7-9 May 2013, Perth Australia.

269. Thai, P.K., Lai, F.Y., Jiang, G., Gernjak, W., Yuan, Z. and Mueller, J.F. (2012) Degradation of illicit drugs and their metabolites in laboratory-scale sewer reactors. In: The 2nd SETAC Australasia Conference, 4-6 July 2012, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

270. Sun, J., Hu, S., Sharma, K. R., Bustamante, H. and Yuan, Z. (2013) Impact of reduced water consumption on sulfide and methane production in rising main sewers. The 7th International Conference on Sewer Processes and Networks (SPN7). Aug 28-30, Sheffield, UK.

271. Ganigué, R., Chen, J., Liu, Y. and Yuan, Z. (2013) Real-time Multi-step Prediction of Sewer Flow for Online Chemical Dosing Control. 11th IWA conference on instrumentation control and automation (ICA). 18-20 September 2013, Narbonne, France.

272. Pikaar, I., Keller, J., Rabaey, K and Yuan, Z. (2013) Electrochemical sulfide abatement in sewer networks: towards practical implementation. The 7th International Conference on Sewer Processes and Networks (SPN7). Aug 28-30, Sheffield, UK.

273. Sharma, K. R., Derlon, N. and Yuan, Z. (2013) Effect of flow velocity on sulfide production by sewer biofilm The 7th International Conference on Sewer Processes and Networks (SPN7). Aug 28-30, Sheffield, UK.

274. Liu, Y., Ganigué, R. and Yuan, Z. (2013) Controlling chemical dosing for sulfide mitigation in sewer networks using a hybrid automata control strategy. 11th IWA conference on instrumentation control and automation (ICA). 18-20 September 2013, Narbonne, France.

275. Wang, Q., Ye, L., Jiang, G., Jensen, P., Batstone, P. and Yuan, Z. (2013). A novel free nitrous acid (FNA)-based technology for enhancing methane production from waste activated sludge. 10th Leading-edge technology, Bordeaux, France, June 3-6, 2013 (Oral presentation).

276. Ye, L., Ni, B. J., Law, Y., Byers, C. and Yuan, Z. (2013) A novel methodology to quantify nitrous oxide emission from wastewater treatment systems with surface aerators. 10th Leading-edge technology, Bordeaux, France, June 3-6, 2013 (Oral presentation).

277. Pijuan, M., Chandran, K., van Loosdrecht, M. C. M. and Yuan, Z. (2013) Key factors determining N2O production by ammonia oxidising bacteria - the known and unknown. 10th Leading-edge technology, Bordeaux, France, June 3-6, 2013 (Keynote presentation).

278. Wang, Q., Ye, L., Jiang, G. and Yuan, Z. (2013). A Cost-Effective Free Nitrous Acid (FNA)-Based Technology for Achieving Sludge Reduction in Wastewater Systems. 2nd Water Research Conference, Singapore, Jan 20-23 (Poster presentation).

279. Yuan, Z. (2012) Nitrous oxide emissions from wastewater treatment systems. IWA Nutrient Removal and Recovery 2012: Trends in NRR. September 23-25, Harbin, China. (Invited keynote speech)

280. Ni, B.J., Yuan, Z., Chandran, K., Vanrolleghem, P.A., Murthy, S. (2012) Evaluating four mathematical models for nitrous oxide production by autotrophic ammonia-oxidizing bacteria.. The WEFTEC 2012 Invited Session, New Orleans, LA USA. Oral presentation.


281. Shi. Y., Hu, S., Lou, J., Lu, P., Keller, J., Yuan, Z. (2012) Demonstration of nitrogen removal from wastewater by coupling anammox and methane-dependent denitrification in a membrane biofilm reactor. IWA Nutrient Removal and Recovery 2012: Trends in NRR. September 23-25, Harbin, China. (Oral presentation)

282. Pan, Y., Ye, L., Yuan, Z. (2012) The effect of Electron competition among different steps of denitrification on N2O accumulation. IWA Nutrient Removal and Recovery 2012: Trends in NRR. September 23-25, Harbin, China. (Oral presentation)

283. Pijuan, M., Wang, Q., Ye, L., Yuan, Z. (2012) Improving sludge biodegradability with free nitrous acid: a novel sludge reduction process. IWA World Water Congress. September16-21, Busan, Korea. (Oral presentation)

284. Rootsey R. and Yuan Z. (2012) Advances in sewer odour and corrosion research in Australia. IWA World Water Congress. September16-21, Busan, Korea. (Oral presentation)

285. Pan, Y., Ye, L., Yuan, Z. (2012) Understanding the role of pH on N2O production during denitrification. IWA World Water Congress. September16-21, Busan, Korea. (Oral presentation)

286. Yuan, Z. (2012) Methane and nitrous oxide emissions from urban water cycles. 9th IWA Leading - Edge Conference on water and wastewater technology. June 3-7, Brisbane, Australia. Invited speech.

287. Pan, Y., Ye, L., Yuan, Z. (2012) The Effect of H2S on N2O Accumulation during denitrification. 9th IWA Leading - Edge Conference on water and wastewater technology. June 3-7, Brisbane, Australia. Poster presentation.

288. Law, Y., Ni, B.J., Ye, L., Byers, C., De Jong, K., Lant, P., Yuan, Z. (2012) Monitoring and modelling nitrous oxide emissions from a full-scale wastewater treatment plant. 9th IWA Leading - Edge Conference on water and wastewater technology. June 3-7, Brisbane, Australia. Poster presentation.

289. Wang, Q., Pijuan, M., Ye, L., Yuan, Z. (2012) A novel free nitrous acid (FNA)-based technology for improving sludge biodegradability. 9th IWA Leading - Edge Conference on water and wastewater technology. June 3-7, Brisbane, Australia.

290. Law, Y, Ni, B.J., Ye, L., Byers, C., de Jong, K., Lant, P. and Yuan, Z. (2012) Monitoring and modelling nitrous oxide emissions from a full-scale wastewater treatment plant. Australia’s National Water Conference and Exhibition (OzWater 2012), Sydney, May 8-10. Oral presentation. [One of the 10 best papers presented at the conference].

291. Ni, B.J., Yuan, Z., Chandran, K., Vanrolleghem, P. A. and Murthy, S. (2012) Evaluating Mathematical Models for N2O Production by Ammonia-Oxidising Bacteria: Towards a Unified Model. 3rd IWA/WEF Wastewater Treatment Modelling, Mont-Sainte-Anne, Quebec, Canada, Feb 26-28. pp 63-80.

292. Ganigué, R., Chen J., Vuong, L., and Yuan, Z. (2012) On-line control of magnesium hydroxide dosing for sulfide mitigation in sewers. Australia’s National Water Conference and Exhibition (OzWater 2012), Sydney, May 8-10.

293. Rootsey, R., Melchers, R., Stuetz, R., Keller, J. and Yuan, Z. (2012) Taking control of odours and corrosion in sewers. Australia’s National Water Conference and Exhibition (OzWater 2012), Sydney, May 8-10.

294. Yuan Z. (2011) Nitrous oxide emissions from wastewater treatment processes. Invited lecture, The Royal Society Workshop on “Nitrous oxide, N2O, the forgotten greenhouse gas”, the Kavli Royal Society International Centre, 23-24 May, 2011.

295. Yuan Z. (2011) Fugitive Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Wastewater Systems. Invited Lecture, The WSAA Tech Transfer Conference titled ‘Managing Assets, Water Quality and Energy in a Carbon Constrained Future’, Sydney on 24-26 October 2011.

296. Willis, J., Fillmore, L., Shah, A., Yuan, Z., and Sharma K. R. (2011). Quantifying Methane Evolution from Sewers: Results from WERF/DeKalb Phase 2- Continuous Monitoring. Accepted for oral presentation: 84th Annual Water Environment Federation Technical Exhibition and Conference (WEFTEC 2011), Los Angeles, California, USA, 15-19 October 2011.

297. Ye, L., Hu, S., Poussade, Y., Keller, J. and Yuan, Z. (2011) Nitrifier decay and recovery in a Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor (MBBR) treating reverse osmosis concentrate. IWA Biofilm Conference 2011: Processes in Biofilms. Oct 27-30, 2011, Shanghai, China.

298. Sharma K. R., Corrie, S., and Yuan, Z. (2011). Integrated modelling of sewer system


and wastewater treatment plant for investigating the impacts of chemical dosing in sewers. In proceedings: 8th IWA Symposium on Systems Analysis and Integrated Assessment (Watermatex 2011), San Sebastian, Spain, 20-22 June 2011. p527-534.

299. Porro, J., Guo, L., Sharma K. R., Benedetti, L., Vanrolleghem, P. A., Amerlinck, Y. , Yuan, Z., Shaw, A., and Nopens, I. (2011). Developing a benchmarking tool for minimizing wastewater utility greenhouse gas footprints. In proceedings: 8th IWA Symposium on Systems Analysis and Integrated Assessment (Watermatex 2011), San Sebastian, Spain, 20-22 June 2011. p507-517.

300. Law, Y., Jacobsen, G., Smith, A., Yuan, Z., Lant, P. (2011) Isotopic Fractionation and Assimilation of Fossil Carbon in Wastewater Treatment Plant, UQ Engineering Postgraduate Conference, Brisbane, Australia, June 6th, 2011.

301. Ye, L., Pijuan, M. and Yuan, Z. (2011) Understanding the inhibitory effects of Free Nitrous Acid on anaerobic metabolism of PAOs and GAOs. WEF - IWA Nutrient Recovery and Management 2011, Inside and Outside the Fence January 9 – 12, 2011, Miami, Florida, USA.

302. Law, Y. Y., Lant, P. and Yuan, Z. (2011) The Effect of pH on N2O Production from an Ammonium Oxidising Enriched Culture in a Partial Nitritation System, 1st International Symposium on Microbial Resources of Management in Biotechnology : Concepts & Applications, June 30th - July 1st, Ghent, Belgium.

303. Jiang G., Gutierrez, O. and Yuan, Z. (2011) Acidified nitrite is biocidal to anaerobic wastewater biofilm. 8th IWA Leading-Edge Conference on Water and Wastewater Technologies, Poster Presentation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 6-10, 2011.

304. Jiang, G., Gutierrez, O. and Yuan, Z. (2011) Control of anaerobic sewer biofilms using the biocidal effect of free nitrous acid. In: IWA Biofilm Conference 2011: Processes in Biofilms, 27-30 October, 2011, Tonji University, Shanghai, China.

305. Pikkar, I., Rozendal, R., Keller, J., Yuan, Z. and Rabaey, K. (2011) Electrochemical sulfide abatement in sewer systems. 8th IWA Leading-Edge Conference on Water and Wastewater Technologies, Oral Presentation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 6-10, 2011.

306. Jiang, G., Gutierrez, O., Sharma, K. R., Keller, J. and Yuan, Z. (2010) Free nitrous acid controls sulfide and methane production in rising main sewers. The 6th International Conference on Sewer Processes and Networks (SPN6). Nov 7-10, Gold Coast, Australia.

307. Gutierrez, O., Sudarjanto, G., Sharma, K. R., Keller, J. and Yuan, Z. (2010) SCORe-Lab: a new method for testing effectiveness of sulfide-control chemicals used in sewer systems. The 6th International Conference on Sewer Processes and Networks (SPN6). Nov 7-10, Gold Coast, Australia.

308. Sudarjanto, G., Sharma, K. R., Gutierrez, O. and Yuan, Z. (2010) A laboratory assessment of the impact of brewery wastewater discharge on sulfide and methane production in a sewer, The 6th International Conference on Sewer Processes and Networks (SPN6). Nov 7-10, Gold Coast, Australia.

309. Sharma K. R. and Yuan, Z. (2010) Kinetics of chemical sulfide oxidation under high dissolved oxygen levels. The 6th International Conference on Sewer Processes and Networks (SPN6). Nov 7-10, Gold Coast, Australia.

310. Sharma, K. R., Gutierrez, O., Corrie, S. and Yuan, Z. (2010) Integrated modelling of biotransformation processes in sewer systems and wastewater treatment plants for optimising chemical dosing to sewer networks. The 6th International Conference on Sewer Processes and Networks (SPN6). Nov 7-10, Gold Coast, Australia.

311. Rootsey, R. and Yuan, Z. (2010) New insights into sewer odour and corrosion. The 6th International Conference on Sewer Processes and Networks (SPN6). Nov 7-10, Gold Coast, Australia.

312. Yuan, Z. Corrosion and odour management in sewers – recent advances and key knowledge gaps. Keynote speech, The 6th International Conference on Sewer Processes and Networks (SPN6). Nov 7-10, Gold Coast, Australia.

313. Shaw, A., Coleman, p., Nolasco, d., Rosso, d., Yuan, Z, van Loosdrecht, MCM, Shiskowski, D., Chandran, K., Houweling, D., Willis, J., Beecher, N., Corominas, Ll., Siegrist, H., Porro, J., Nopens, I. (2010) Workshop Summary: The Role of Modeling in Assessing Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions. Oral presentation at WEFTEC 2010, October 2-6, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A.


314. Pijuan, M, Liu, Y. and Yuan, Z. (2010) Could nitrite/free nitrous acid favour GAOs over PAOs in enhanced biological phosphorus removal systems? Proceedings of the IWA World Water Congress and Exhibition. 19–24 September 2010 Montréal, Canada.

315. Keller, J. and Yuan Z. (2010) Wastewater treatment and greenhouse gas emissions. The 7th IWA Leading-Edge Conference on Water and Wastewater Technologies. June 2-5, Phoenix, USA. Invited keynote.

316. Hill, B., Pijuan, M., Werner, U. and Yuan, Z. (2010) Effect of free nitrous acid on nitrous oxide production by a full-scale denitrifying sludge. The 7th IWA Leading-Edge Conference on Water and Wastewater Technologies. June 2-5, Phoenix, USA. Accepted for poster presentation.

317. Verawaty, M., Coma, C., Yuan, Z., Pijuan, M. and Bond, P. (2010) Application of the aerobic granular technology to treat domestic wastewater for biological nutrient removal. In: Australian Water Association Scientific Committee, Ozwater 2010, Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, Brisbane, QLD, 8-10 March 2010.

318. Seviour, T. W., Pijuan, M., Nicholson, T. M., Keller, J. and Yuan, Z. (2009) Could EPS Characteristics Explain Differences Between Aerobic Sludge Granules And Sludge Flocs? Biofilm Processes: Fundamentals to Applications. September 14 – 16, 2009, University of California, Davis.

319. Gutierrez, O., Sutherland-Stacey, L. and Yuan, Z. (2009) Simultaneous online measurement of sulfide and nitrate in sewers for nitrate dosage optimisation. Oral presentation at the 10th IWA conference on instrumentation, control and automation ICA, June 14-17. Cairns, Australia.

320. Corrie, S., Johnson, I., Neethling, A., Dexter, R., O’Halloran, K. and Yuan, Z. (2009) Assessment of Gold Coast Water sulfide control strategies using continuous online monitoring. Oral presentation at the 10th IWA Conference on Instrumentation, Control and Automation, June 14-17, Cairns, Australia.

321. Ma, Y., Peng, Y., Wang, S. and Yuan, Z. (2009) Achieving nitrogen removal via nitrite in a continuous pre-denitrification plant using DO control. Oral presentation at the 10th IWA Conference on Instrumentation, Control and Automation, June 14-17, Cairns, Australia.

322. Sharma, K. and Yuan, Z. (2009) A model based investigation of chemical dosing control for sulfide management in sewers. Oral presentation at the 10th IWA Conference on Instrumentation, Control and Automation, June 14-17, Cairns, Australia.

323. Zhou, Y., Pijuan, M., Zeng, R., Yuan, Z. (2009) Free nitrous acid (FNA) inhibition on nitrous oxide (N2O) reduction by a denitrifying EBPR sludge. Oral presentation at the 6th IWA Conference on Leading-Edge Water and Wastewater Technologies, June 22-26, Singapore.

324. Zeng, R. J., Hu, S., Keller, J., Lant, P. A. and Yuan, Z. (2009) Potential interactions between Anammox and Anaerobic Methane Utilizing Denitrification (AnMUD) processes in nitrogen and carbon cycles. Oral presentation at the 6th IWA Conference on Leading-Edge Water and Wastewater Technologies, June 22-26, Singapore.

325. Pijuan, M., Werner, U. and Yuan, Z. (2009) Effect of long term starvation on aerobic granules. Submitted to Water Research. Oral presentation at IWA Specialised Conference on Microbial Population Dynamics in Biological Wastewater Treatment, May 24-27, Aalborg, Denmark

326. Marcelino M., Lemaire, R., Guisasola A., Baeza J. A and Yuan Z. (2009) Modelling and simulation revealing mechanisms likely responsible for achieving the nitrite pathway through aeration control. Oral presentation at IWA Specialised Conference on Microbial Population Dynamics in Biological Wastewater Treatment, May 24-27, Aalborg, Denmark

327. Pijuan, M. and Yuan, Z. (2009) Development and optimization of a sequencing batch reactor for nitrogen and phosphorus removal from abattoir wastewater to meet irrigation standards. Oral presentation at IWA 2nd Nutrient Management Conference, Sept 6-9, 2009, Krakow, Poland.

328. Zhou, Y., Pijuan, M., Oehmen, A. and Yuan, Z. (2009) The source of reducing power in the anaerobic metabolism of polyphosphate accumulating organisms (PAOs)-A mini-review. Oral presentation at IWA 2nd Nutrient Management Conference, Sept 6-9, 2009, Krakow, Poland.

329. Gutierrez, O., Park, D., Sharma, K. R. and Yuan, Z. (2009) Iron salts dosage for sulfide control in sewers enhances phosphorus removal in treatment plants Oral presentation at IWA 2nd Nutrient Management Conference, Sept 6-9, 2009, Krakow, Poland.


330. *Yuan, Z. and Pijuan, M. (2009) Inhibitory effects of free nitrous acid on nitrification, denitrification and enhanced biological phosphorus removal. Invited oral presentation at IWA 2nd Nutrient Management Conference, Sept 6-9, 2009, Krakow, Poland. Invited speech.

331. Yuan, Z., Sharma, K. R., Keller, J., Bond, P., Melchers, R., Stuetz, R., Valix, M., Witherspoon, J. and Bustamante, H. (2009) Corrosion and odour management in sewers: the state of the art and key challenges. Oral presentation, Ozwater '09, 16-18 March 2009, Sydney, Australia.

332. Sharma, K. R., Gutierrez, O., Corrie, S., and Yuan, Z. (2009). Integrated modeling of sewer systems and wastewater treatment plants for the investigation of the effects of chemical dosing in sewers. Oral presentation: 2009 Asia Pacific Water and Sewer Systems Modelling Seminar, 27-28 April, 2009, Gold Coast, Australia.

333. Mu, Yang, Rabaey, Korneel, Rozendal, Rene A., Yuan, Zhiguo and Keller, Jurg (2009). Decolourization of Azo Dyes in Bio-electrochemical Systems. In: GIST - Scientific Committee, MFC Application. The 2nd Microbial Fuel Cell Conference, Gwangju, South Korea, (231-234). 10 - 12 June 2009.

334. Yuan, Z. (2008) Fugitive Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Wastewater Systems. Invited keynote speech at International Conference on Environment 2008 (ICENV2008). Dec 15-17, Penang, Malaysia.

335. Pijuan, M., Zhou, Y. and Yuan, Z. (2008) Inhibition of Free Nitrous Acid on the P-uptake by Poly-phosphate Accumulating Organisms. Oral presentation at the IWA World Water Congress, Vienna, Austria, Sept 7-12, 2008.

336. Yuan, Z., Sharma, K. R., Keller, J., Bond, P., Melchers, R., Stuetz, R., Valix, M., Witherspoon, J. and Bustamante, H. (2008) Corrosion and odour management in sewers: the state of the art and key challenges. Oral presentation at the IWA World Water Congress, Vienna, Austria, Sept 7-12, 2008.

337. Guisasola, A., de Haas, D., Shamar, K. J., Keller, J., and Yuan, Z. Preliminary Assessment of Methane Emission from Sewers as a Greenhouse Gas. Poster presentation at the IWA World Water Congress, Vienna, Austria, Sept 7-12, 2008.

338. Lemaire, R., Yilmaz, G., Keller, J. and Yuan, Z. (2008) Simultaneous Nitrification, Denitrification and Phosphorus Removal from Nutrient-Rich Industrial Wastewater using Granular Sludge. Poster presentation at the IWA World Water Congress, Vienna, Austria, Sept 7-12, 2008.

339. Capati, B. and Yuan, Z. (2008) A step ahead to minimise odour and pipe corrosion. Australasian Water and Sewer Systems Modelling Seminar, April 28-29, Gold Coast, Australia, Keynote speech.

340. Zhou, Y., Pijuan, M. and Yuan, Z. (2008) Biological nutrient removal from abattoir wastewater using combined aerobic granular sludge and biofilm SBRs: improvement to the 2-sludge 3-stage concept", Platform Presentation at the 4th IWA Sequencing Batch Reactor Technology Conference (SBR4), Rome, Italy, April 7-10, 2008.

341. Lavallée B., Frigon D, Lessard P., Vanrolleghem P.A., Yuan Z. and van Loosdrecht M. C. M. (2008). Modelling using structured biomass models. First IWA/WEF Wastewater Treatment Modelling Seminar. Mont-Sainte-Anne, Quebec, Canada, June 1-3.

342. Yuan, Z. (2008) The inhibitory effects of free nitrous acid on nitrification, denitrification and enhanced biological phosphorus removal. Invited lecture at the Croucher Foundation Advanced Studies Institute Workshop on Leading-Edge Strategies and Technologies for Sustainable Urban Water Management, June 23 – 27, 2008, Hong Kong.

343. Rodríguez J., Batstone, D. J., Yuan, Z. and Rabaey, K. (2008) A mechanistic model for bioelectrochemical systems. First IWA/WEF Wastewater Treatment Modelling Seminar. Mont-Sainte-Anne, Quebec, Canada, June 1-3.

344. Dutta, P. K., Rabaey, K., Yuan, Z. and Keller, J. (2007) Removal and Fate of Sulfide in an Electrochemical Fuel Cell. The 11th IWA Conference on Anaerobic Digestion, Brisbane, Australia, Sept 23-27.

345. Rodríguez, J., Batstone, D. J., Yuan, Z. and Rabaey, K. (2007) A comprehensive model to investigate microbial fuel cells. The 11th IWA Conference on Anaerobic Digestion, Brisbane, Australia, Sept 23-27.

346. Yilmaz, G., Lemaire, R., Keller, J. and Yuan, Z. (2007) Biological Nitrogen and Phosphorus Removal using Granular Sludge from Anaerobically Pre-treated Abattoir Wastewater. AWA OzWater 2007 Convention and Exhibition, March 4-8, 2007, Sydney, Australia.


347. Pijuan, M. and Yuan, Z. (2007) Inhibition of Free Nitrous Acid on Aerobic P-uptake by Poly-phosphate Accumulating Organisms. Submitted to the 2nd IWA asia-pacific regional group conference & exhibition, 2nd IWA asia-pacific regional group conference & exhibition, 28 October - 1 November 2007, Perth, Australia.

348. Oehmen, A., Zeng, R. J., Keller, J. and Yuan, Z. (2007) Model for the Aerobic Metabolisms of Polyphosphate Accumulating Organisms with a Propionate Cabon Source. Nutrient Removal 2007: The State of the Art, March 4 - 7, 2007, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

349. Zhou, Y., Pijuan, M. and Yuan, Z. (2007) Development of a 2-Sludge, 3-Stage System for Nitrogen and Phosphorous Removal from High-strength Wastewater Using Granular Sludge and Biofilms. Nutrient Removal 2007: The State of the Art, March 4 - 7, 2007, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

350. Lemos, P. C., Dai, Y., Yuan, Z., Santos, H., Keller, J., Reis, M. A. M. (2007) Elucidation of Metabolic Pathways of Glycogen Accumulating Organisms with in vivo 13C Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, 4th IWA leading-edge conference & exhibition on water and wastewater technologies, 3-6 June 2007, Singapore.

351. Vadivelu, V., M., Keller, J. and Yuan, Z. (2007) Free Ammonia and Free Nitrous Acid Inhibition on the Anabolic and Catabolic Processes of Nitrosomonas and Nitrobacter. 4th IWA leading-edge conference & exhibition on water and wastewater technologies, 3-6 June 2007, Singapore.

352. Sutherland-Stacey, L., Corrie, S., Neethling, Al., Johnson, I., Gutierrez, O., Dexter, R., Yuan, Z., Keller, J. and Hamilton, G. (2007) In Situ Continuous Monitoring of Dissolved Sulphide in Sewer Systems. AWA OzWater 2007 Convention and Exhibition, March 4-8, 2007, Sydney, Australia.

353. De Hass, D., Keshab, S. and Yuan, Z. (2007) Application of a new model for predicting hydrogen sulfide formation in sewer systems. AWA OzWater 2007 Convention and Exhibition, March 4-8, 2007, Sydney, Australia.

354. Sutherland-Stacey, L., Corrie, S., Neethling, Al., Johnson, I., Gutierrez, O., Dexter, R., Yuan, Z., Keller, J. and Hamilton, G. (2007) In-situ Continuous Monitoring of Sulfide in Sewer Systems. 2nd International IWA Conference on Automation in Water Quality Monitoring (AutMoNet), 5 -7 September 2007. Gent, Belgium 2007, oral presentation.

355. Mohanakrishnan, J., Sharma, K., R., Meyer, R. L., Keller, J. and Yuan, Z. (2007) Variation in biofilm structure and activity along a rising sewer main. IWA Conference on Sewer Processes and Networks, 28-31 August 2007, Delft, The Netherlands, oral presentation.

356. De Haas, D., Sharma, K. and Yuan, Z. (2007) Application of a new model for predicting hydrogen sulfide formation in sewer systems. OzWater, March 4-8 Sydney, Australia.

357. Yilmaz, G., Lemaire, R., Di Iaconi, C., Keller, J. and Yuan, Z. (2006) Biological nitrogen and phosphorus removal using granular sludge from anaerobically pre-treated abattoir wastewater. CD-ROM Proceedings of the IWA 2nd Workshop on Aerobic Granular Sludge, The Netherlands, 21-22 September 2006.

358. Yuan, Z. (2006) Australian Experiences in Removing Ammonia Through Nitrite Using Process Control and Optimization. Invited lecture at the WEFTEC Workshop on Energy Savings Through Better Design, Control, & Optimization–A Compilation of US and International Experiences, Oct 22, 2006, Dallas, USA.

359. Yuan, Z. (2006) Understanding and dynamic modelling of in-sewer biotransformation processes for optimal H2S management. Invited lecture at the Croucher Foundation Advanced Studies Institute Workshop on Leading-Edge Strategies and Technologies for Sustainable Urban Water Management, Sept 16 – 20, 2006, Hong Kong.

360. Yuan, Z. (2006) Microbial population optimisation in biotechnological systems through on-line process control – experiences with wastewater treatment systems. Invited lecture at the IWA Workshop on Frontiers in Biotechnology and Nanotechnology, IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition, Beijing, China, 10-14 September 2006.

361. Mohanakrishnan, J., Sharma, K. R., Gutierrez, O., Meyer, R. L., Hamilton, G., Keller, K. and Yuan,

Z. (2006) Spatial variation in anaerobic biofilm structure and activity along a rising main in sewer systems. Poster presentation at IWA Conference on Biofilm Systems VI, The Netherlands, 24-27 September 2006.


362. Yuan, Z., Sharma, K. R., Hamilton, G., Hutchinson, B. and Keller, J (2006) Dynamics and Dynamic Modelling of H2S Production in Sewer Systems. 2nd International IWA Conference on Sewer Operation and Maintenance, Vienna, Austria, Oct 26-28, 2006.

363. Gutierrez, O., Mohanakrishnan, J., Sharma, K. R., Yuan Z. and Keller, J. (2006) Effectiveness of Oxygen Injection in Controlling Sulfide Production in a Laboratory Scale Sewer System. 2nd International IWA Conference on Sewer Operation and Maintenance, Vienna, Austria, Oct 26-28, 2006.

364. Keller-Lehmann, K., Corrie, S., Ravn, R., Yuan, Z., Keller, J. (2006) Preservation and Simultaneous Analysis of Relevant Soluble Sulfur Species in Sewage Samples. 2nd International IWA Conference on Sewer Operation and Maintenance, Vienna, Austria, Oct 26-28, 2006.

365. Vadivelu, V. M., Keller, J. and Yuan, Z. (2006) Free Ammonia and Free Nitrous Acid Inhibition on the Anabolic and Catabolic Processes of Ammonia- and Nitrite-Oxidising Bacteria. Oral presentation at 3rd Biennial International Young Researchers Conference. May 24-26 2006, Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, Singapore.

366. Lemos, P. C., Dai, Y, Yuan, Z., Santos, H., Keller, J, Reis, M. A. M. (2006) Elucidation of glycogen-accumulating organism carbon metabolism by in vivo Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. International Symposium of Microbial Ecology (ISME), Vienna-Austria, Aug 25-26.

367. Crocetti, G., Lemaire, R., Blackall, L. and Yuan, Z. (2006) Microscale structure of the microbial community within simultaneous nitrification denitrification and phosphorus removal granules. International Symposium of Microbial Ecology (ISME), Vienna-Austria, Aug 25-26.

368. Lu, H., Oehmen A., Virdis, B., Keller, J. and Yuan, Z. (2006) Obtaining Highly Enriched Cultures of Candidatus Accumulibacter Phosphatis through Alternating Carbon Sources. IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition, Beijing, China, 10-14 September 2006.

369. Ma, Y., Peng, Y., Yuan, Z., Wang, S. And Wu, X. (2005) Feasibility of controlling nitrification in predenitrification plants using DO, pH and ORP sensors. Proceedings of the 2nd IWA Conference on Instrumentation, Control and Automation, 33-41, May 29 – June 2, Busan, Korea.

370. Yuan, Z., Peng, Y., Oehmen, A., Lu, H., Fux, C. and Keller, J. (2005) Sludge population optimisation in biological wastewater treatment systems: what can we achieve? Proceedings of the 2nd IWA Conference on Instrumentation, Control and Automation, 565-580, May 29 – June 2, Busan, Korea. Invited keynote speech.

371. Vadivelu, M. V., Yuan, Z., Fux, C. and Keller, J. (2005) The inhibitory effects of nitrite on the energy generation and growth processes of an enriched Nitrobacter culture. Proceedings of the 4th IWA Conference on Sludge Population Dynamics, 287-294. Gold Coast, July 17-20 2005.

372. Yuan, Z., Sharma, K. and Keller, J. (2005) A novel approach to support optimal H2S management in sewer systems. OzWater 2005, May 8-12, Brisbane. Oral presentation.

373. Lemaire, R., Meyer, R. L., Crocetti, G. R., Zeng, R. J., Yuan, Z., Blackall L. L. and Keller, J. (2005). The microbial community dynamics in a simultaneous nitrification, denitrification and phosphorus removal bioreactor using different carbon sources. Proceedings of the 4th IWA Conference on Sludge Population Dynamics. 303-310. Gold Coast, July 17-20 2005.

374. Zeng, R. J., Yuan, Z. and Keller, J. (2005) Effects of Solids Concentration, pH and Carbon Addition on the Production Rate and Composition of Volatile Fatty Acids (VFAs) in Prefermenters. Proceedings of 4th IWA Symposium on Anaerobic Digestion of Solid Waste, 211-217, Copenhagen, Aug. 31 – Sept. 2.

375. Yuan, Z. (2005) Assessing six external carbon dosage control strategies for improving denitrification using a simulation benchmark model. Proceedings of the 2nd IWA Conference on Instrumentation, Control and Automation, 1129-1137, May 29 – June 2, Busan, Korea.

376. McMurray, S., Yuan, Z. and Keller, J. (2005) Avoiding partial denitrification through external carbon source addition. Ozwater Convention, May 8-12, Brisbane. Oral presentation.

377. Yuan, Z. and Keller, J. (2004j) Achieving optimal operating conditions for nitrogen removal using on-line sensors and control. Invited lecture for the 2nd Leading Edge Conference on Water and Wastewater Technologies, June 1-4, Prague.

378. Yuan, Z., Pratt, S., Zeng, R. and Keller, J. (2004k) Modelling anaerobic biological processes through integrating titrimetric and off-gas measurements. Proceedings of the 6th International


Symposium on Systems Analysis and Integrated Assessment in Water Management, Beijing, China, Nov. 3-5. 185-193.

379. Pratt, S., Gapes, D., Yuan, Z. and Keller, J. (2004l) The rate of nitrate production during a batch reaction. CD Proceedings of the 3rd IWA Specialised Conference on Sequencing Batch Reactors, Noosa, Australia, Feb. 22-26.

380. Oehmen, A., Yuan, Z., Zeng, R. J. and Keller, J. (2004m) A comparison of the performance of enhanced biological phosphorus removal systems enriched with different volatile fatty acids. IWA Young Researchers Conference, April 23-24, Wageningen, The Netherlands.

381. Oehmen, A., Yuan, Z., Blackall, L. and Keller, J. (2004n) Short-term effects of carbon source on the competition of polyphosphate accumulating organisms and glycogen accumulating organisms. Proceedings of the 3rd IWA Specialised Conference on Sequencing Batch Reactors (SBR3), Feb. 22-26, Noosa, Australia.

382. Zeng, R. J., Lemaire, R. Yuan, Z. and Keller, J. (2004o) A Novel Wastewater Treatment Process; Simultaneous Nitrification, Denitrification and Phosphorus Removal. Proceedings of the 3rd IWA Specialised Conference on Sequencing Batch Reactors (SBR3), Feb. 22-26, Noosa, Australia.

383. McMurray, S., Meyer, R., Zeng, R., Yuan, Z. and Keller, J. (2004p) Integration of titrimetric measurement, off-gas analysis and NOx- biosensors to investigate the complexity of denitrification processes. Proceedings of the 2nd International IWA Conference on Automation in Water Quality Monitoring (AutMoNet), April 19-20, Vienna, Austria. 53-59.

384. Pratt, S., Zeng, R., Yuan, Z. and Keller, J. (2004q) Comparison of methods for the determination of KLaO2 for respirometric measurements. Proceedings of the 2nd International IWA Conference on Automation in Water Quality Monitoring (AutMoNet), April 19-20, Vienna, Austria. 69-76.

385. Olsson, G., Ingildsen, P., Jeppsson, U., Kim, C., Lynggaard-Jensen, A., Nielsen, M., Rosen, C., Spanjers, H., Vanrolleghem, P. A. and Yuan, Z. (2004r) Instrumentation, Control and Automation – Hidden Technologies in Water and Wastewater Treatment. Keynote paper for the 2nd Leading Edge Conference on Water and Wastewater Technologies, June 1-4, Prague.

386. Dai, Y., Yuan, Z., Zeng, R.J. Keller, L. (2004s) Targeted polyhydroxyalkanoates production using glycogen accumulating organisms (GAOs) International Symposium on Biological Polyesters (ISBP), Tsinghua NanoCenter, August 22-27, 2004, p. 131-132.

387. Blackburne, R., Yuan, Z., Carvalho, G. and Keller, J. (2003p) Selective production of nitrite using hydroxylamine as inhibitor of nitrite oxidation. CD Proceedings of the IWA Conference on Environmental Biotechnology: Advancement on Water & Wastewater Applications in the Tropics, 9-10 December, 2003, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

388. Pratt, S. and Yuan Z. (2003q) Determination of the rates of ammonia oxidation and nitrate production using the titrimetric and off-gas analysis (TOGA) data. CD Proceedings of NZWWA Annual Conference, Auckland.

389. Kim D. J., Kim, T. K., Choi, E. J., Park, W. C., Kim, T. H., Ahn, D. H., Yuan, Z., Blackall, L. and Keller, J. (2003r) Fluorescence in situ hybridization analysis of nitrifiers in piggery wastewater treatment reactors. Proceedings of the 6th IWA Specialty Symposium on Strong Nitrogenous and Agro-Wastewater, 11-13 June 2003 - Seoul, Korea.

390. Keller, J., Zeng, R. J., Oehmen, A., Blackall, L. and Yuan, Z. (2003s) Biological P removal unravelling: After PAOs now GAOs. IWA “Leading Edge Technology Conference”, 26-28 May, The Netherlands.

391. Carter S., Graham, M., Strooper, P. and Yuan, Z. (2003t) Mutation Analysis to Support Error Isolation in Simulation Models, Proceedings of the Twenty-Sixth Australasian Computer Science Conference (ACSC2003), IEEE Computer Society, Adelaide, South Australia, 4th - 7th February, 2003. 29-34.

392. Blackburne, R., Vadivelu, V., Kim, D. J., Yuan, Z., Blackall, L. L. and Keller, J. (2003u) Mass transfer effects on the oxygen affinity constant estimation of a nitrobacter enrichment CD Proceedings of the Environmental Engineering Research Event (EERE) 2003, Melbourne, Dec. 1-5.

393. Vadivelu, V. M., Yuan, Z. and Keller, J. (2003v) Determination of the Maintenance Energy Requirement of Nitrite-Oxidising Bacteria in Activated Sludge Systems. CD Proceedings of the Environmental Engineering Research Event (EERE) 2003, Melbourne, Dec. 1-5.


394. Dai, Y., Yuan, Z. and Keller, J. (2003w) Bacterial Biopolymer Production from Carbonaceous Wastewater. CD Proceedings of the Environmental Engineering Research Event (EERE) 2003, Melbourne, Dec. 1-5.

395. Pratt, S., Yuan, Z. and Keller, J. (2003x) Characterising Biological Processes Using a Titration and Off-Gas Analysis Sensor. CD Proceedings of the IWA Conference on Environmental Biotechnology: Advancement on Water & Wastewater Applications in the Tropics, 9-10 December, 2003, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

396. Graham, M. L. and Yuan, Z. (2002i) Automatic Error Isolation in Computerised Wastewater Simulation Models: A Real Life Application to the IWA ASM2d Model across Two Simulation Platforms, Proceedings of the IWA World Water Congress 2002 (CD-ROM), April 7-12, Melbourne, Australia.

397. Gernaey K., Mussati M., Yuan Z., Nielsen M.K. and Jørgensen S.B. (2002j) Control strategy evaluation for combined N and P removal using a benchmark wastewater treatment plant. In: (Editors: E.F. Camacho, L. Basañez and J.A. de la Puente) Proceedings (CD) 15th Triennial World Congress of the International Federation of Automatic Control. Barcelona, Spain, July 21 – 26, 2002.

398. Pratt, S., Yuan, Z. and Keller, J. (2002k) Improving Titrimetric Techniques by Modelling pH Change in Activated Sludge Systems, Proceedings of the IWA World Water Congress 2002 (CD-ROM), April 7-12, Melbourne, Australia.

399. Saunders, A., Oehmen, A., Blackall, L., Yuan, Z. and Keller, J. (2002l) The effect of GAOs (Glycogen Accumulating Organisms) on anaerobic carbon requirements in full-scale Australian EBPR (Enhanced Biological Phosphorus Removal) plants. Proceedings of the IWA World Water Congress 2002 (CD-ROM), April 7-12, Melbourne, Australia.

400. Yuan Z. and Keller, J. (2002m) Integrated Control of Nitrate Recirculation and External Carbon Addition in a Predenitrification System, Proceedings of the 5th IWA Small Water and Wastewater Treatment Systems, September 24-26, 2002, Istanbul, Turkey, 1309-1315.

401. Yuan, Z (2001d) Control of Biological Wastewater Treatment Systems. The 1st IWA Conference on Instrumentation, Control and Automation, Malmö, Sweden, June 3-7, 2001, Invited keynote speech.

402. Yuan, Z. Oehmen, A. and Ingilsen, P. (2001e) On the Control of Nitrate Recirculation Flow in Predenitrification Systems. Proceedings of the 1st IWA Conference on Instrumentation, Control and Automation, Malmö, Sweden, June 3-7, pp27-34.

403. Yuan, Z., Bogaert, H., Rosen, C. and Verstraete, W. (2001f) Sludge Blanket Height Control in Secondary Clarifiers. Proceedings of the 1st IWA Conference on Instrumentation, Control and Automation, Malmö, Sweden, June 3-7, pp81-88.

404. Rosen, C., Larsson, M., Jeppsson, U. and Yuan, Z. (2001g) A Framework for Extreme-Event Control in Wastewater Treatment Operation. Proceedings of the 1st IWA Conference on Instrumentation, Control and Automation, Malmö, Sweden, June 3-7, pp421-428.

405. Gernaey, K., Yuan, Z. and Vanrolleghem, P.A. (2001h) Titrimetric Biosensing of Biological Wastewater Treatment Plants. Proceedings of the 1st IWA Conference on Instrumentation, Control and Automation, Malmö, Sweden, June 3-7, pp107-114.

406. Ingilsen, P., Olsson, G. and Yuan, Z. (2001i) Balancing Effluent Quality, Economy and Ability to Reject Disturbances in the Control of Wastewater Plants. Proceedings of the 1st IWA Conference on Instrumentation, Control and Automation, Malmö, Sweden, June 3-7, pp449-456

407. Vanhooren, H., Yuan, Z. and Vanrolleghem, P.A. (2001j) Performance Evaluation of Nitrogen Removal Suspended-Carrier Biofilm Systems Using Dynamic Simulation. The 3rd IWA International Specialised Conference on Microorganisms in Activated Sludge and Biofilm Processes, Rome, Italy, 13-15 June 2001.

408. Pratt, S., Yuan, Z. and Keller, J. (2001k) Model-based Data Interpretation for the Analysis of Activated Sludge Systems: A Case Study with a Titrimetric Respirometer. Proceedings of Environmental Engineering Research Event (EERE) 2001 (CD), Noosa, Australia, November 20-23.

409. Saunders, A. M., Oehmen, A., Blackall, L. L., Yuan, Z. and Keller, J. (2001l). Investigation of the Enhanced Biological Phosphorus Removal of a Full-scale Wastewater Treatment Plant. Proceedings of Environmental Engineering Research Event (EERE) 2001 (CD), Noosa, Australia, November 20-23.


410. Keller, J. and Yuan Z. (2001m) Combined Hydraulic and Biological Modelling and Full-scale Validation of SBR Processes. Proceedings of Activated Sludge Modelling Fifth Kollekolle Seminar: Modelling of Activated Sludge Processes in Theory and Practise, Kollekolle, Denmark, September 10-12, pp169-178.

411. Pratt, S., Yuan, Z. and Keller, J. (2000c) Development of H-DOC Biosensor for Characterisation of Sludge Kinetics and Wastewater Composition. Environmental Engineering Research Event, Victor Harbor, South Australia, 21-24 November 2000.

412. Lennox, J., Z. Yuan and J. Harmand (2000d) A Systematic Approach to Error Identification in Computerized Wastewater Simulation Models. Proceedings IAWQ 5th International Symposium on System Analysis and Computing in Water Quality Management (WATERMATEX 2000), Gent, Belgium, September, 18-20, p8.9-8.16.

413. Rosen, C. and Z. Yuan (2000e) Supervisory Control of Wastewater Treatment Plants by Combining Multivariate Statistical Monitoring and Process Control. Proceedings IAWQ 5th International Symposium on System Analysis and Computing in Water Quality Management (WATERMATEX 2000), Gent, Belgium, September, 18-20, p3.25-3.32.

414. Bogaert, H., Yuan, Z., Grijspeerdt, K. and Verstraete W. (2000f) A New Control Strategy for the Sludge Recycle Flow of Activated Sludge Treatment Plants. Poster presentation at the 1st IWA World Congress, Paris, France, July 3-7, 2000.

415. Yuan, Z., Bogaert and W. Verstraete (1999c) A Titrimetric Respirometer Measuring the Total Nitrifiable Nitrogen. Proceedings of the 13th Forum for Applied Biotechnology, 64/5a, 73-80, Fac. Landbouww. Univ. Gent, Belgium, Sept. 23-24.

416. Yuan, Z., J. Keller and P. Lant (1999d) Optimization and Control of Biological Nitrogen Removal Activated Sludge Processes: A Review of Recent Development, invited lecture at the 9th European Congress on Biotechnology, Brussels, Belgium, July 11-15.

417. Yuan, Z., P. Vanrolleghem, G. Vansteenkiste (1997e) Modeling Error Identification of Activated Sludge Models, Proceedings of 4th IAWQ International Symposium on System Analysis and Computing in Water Quality Management (WATERMAX 97), 67-74, Quebec, Canada, 1997.

418. Yuan Z., Bogaert H., Vanrolleghem P.A., Thoeye C., Vansteenkiste G.C. and Verstraete W. (1997f) Control of external carbon addition to predenitrifying systems. In: Proceedings European Control Conference. Brussels, Belgium, July 1-4 1997.

419. Yuan, Z., H. Bogaert, P. Vanrolleghem, G. Vansteenkiste and W. Verstraete (1997g) Control System Design for Activated Sludge Wastewater Treatment Plants : Some Practical Experiences, Proceedings of the 16th Benelux Meeting on Systems and Control, Houffalize, Belgium, March 5-7.

420. Yuan, Z., H. Bogaert, G. Vansteenkiste, W. Verstraete (1997h) Sludge Storage for Counting Ammonia Shock Loads and Toxicity Incidents, Preprint of the 7th IAWQ Workshop on Instrumentation, Control & Automation of Water and Wastewater Treatment & Transport Systems, 238-245, Brighton, UK, July 6-9.

421. Yuan,Z., H.Bogaert, P.Vanrolleghem, C.Theoye, G.Vansteenkiste, W.Verstraete (1996) Carbon Dosage Control for Predenitrification Processes, Proceedings of the 10th Forum for Applied Biotechnology, pp 1733-1743, Brugge, Belgium, Sept. 26-27.

422. Bogaert,H., K.Gernaey, Z.Yuan, C.Thoeye, W.Verstraete (1996) Meten van stikstof met behulp van een pH-regelaar in aktief slib waterzuiveringssytemen, Studiedag Nutrienten verwijdering over de grens: laatste ontwikkelingen, NVA & KVIV, Antwerpen, Belgium, March 19 (In Dutch)

423. Yuan,Z., G.C.Vansteenkiste (1993) On Weak Invertibility of Linear Time-Invariant Systems, Proceedings of the 32nd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, San Antonio, Texas, Dec. 15-17.

424. Yuan,Z., G.C.Vansteenkiste (1991) Fault Diagnosis via Heuristic Parameter Estimation, IFAC/IMACS Symposium on Fault Detection, Supervision and Safety for Technical Processes, SAFEPROCESS'91, Pre-prints, R. Isermann(ed.), pp 205-209, Baden-Baden, Germany.

425. Yuan,Z., C.Wen (1990) Structural Analysis Method for Failure Diagnosis in Dynamic Systems, Proceedings of the SCS Summer Computer Simulation Conference, pp 319-324, Calgary.

426. Yuan,Z., C.Wen, M.Zhang, (1989) Using Expert Systems in Failure Diagnosis of Dynamic Systems, Proceedings of the 1989 Beijing International Conference on System Simulation and Sci. Comput., Beijing, pp 751-756.


427. Cai,K., Z.Yuan (1993) Counter Examples to Zadeh's Possibility Theory, Proceedings of The Fifth International Fuzzy System Association World Congress, Seoul, Korea, July 4-9.

428. Vansteenkiste,G.C., Z.Yuan, D.Van Welden, L.Vermeerch, J.-P.Ottoy (1992) Incorporating Heuristic Information in Building Statistical Models, Proceedings of the IFAC Workshop on Expert Systems in Agriculture, Huangshan, China.

429. Yuan,Z., C.Wen, Z.Dong (1990) PRESS-A Skeletal Expert System Based on a Novel Inference Strategy, Proceedings of the Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence'90, Nagoya, Japan.

(conference papers in Chinese) 430. Yuan,Z., C.Wen, M.Zhang (1988) Characteristic Analysis of Domain Rules in Expert Systems, the

2nd National Conference on Knowledge Engineering, Xiamen, China.

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