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Journal articles

Chen X; Guo J; Xie GJ; Liu Y; Yuan Z; Ni BJ, 2015, 'A new approach to simultaneous ammonium and dissolved methane removal from anaerobic digestion liquor: A model-based investigation of feasibility', Water Research, 85, pp. 295 - 303, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2015.08.046

Peng L; Chen X; Xu Y; Liu Y; Gao SH; Ni BJ, 2015, 'Biodegradation of pharmaceuticals in membrane aerated biofilm reactor for autotrophic nitrogen removal: A model-based evaluation', Journal of Membrane Science, 494, pp. 39 - 47, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2015.07.043

Peng L; Liu Y; Gao SH; Dai X; Ni BJ, 2015, 'Assessing chromate reduction by dissimilatory iron reducing bacteria using mathematical modeling', Chemosphere, 139, pp. 334 - 339, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.06.090

Liu Y; Peng L; Guo J; Chen X; Yuan Z; Ni BJ, 2015, 'Evaluating the Role of Microbial Internal Storage Turnover on Nitrous Oxide Accumulation during Denitrification', Scientific Reports, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep15138

Liu Y; Ni BJ; Sharma KR; Yuan Z, 2015, 'Methane emission from sewers', Science of the Total Environment, 524-525, pp. 40 - 51, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.029

Ni BJ; Pan Y; Van Den Akker B; Ye L; Yuan Z, 2015, 'Full-Scale Modeling Explaining Large Spatial Variations of Nitrous Oxide Fluxes in a Step-Feed Plug-Flow Wastewater Treatment Reactor', Environmental Science and Technology, 49, pp. 9176 - 9184, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5b02038

Ni BJ; Batstone D; Zhao BH; Yu HQ, 2015, 'Microbial Internal Storage Alters the Carbon Transformation in Dynamic Anaerobic Fermentation', Environmental Science and Technology, 49, pp. 9159 - 9167, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5b01855

Peng L; Liu Y; Gao SH; Chen X; Xin P; Dai X; Ni BJ, 2015, 'Evaluation on the Nanoscale Zero Valent Iron Based Microbial Denitrification for Nitrate Removal from Groundwater', Scientific Reports, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep12331

Liu Y; Peng L; Chen X; Ni BJ, 2015, 'Mathematical Modeling of Nitrous Oxide Production during Denitrifying Phosphorus Removal Process', Environmental Science and Technology, 49, pp. 8595 - 8601, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5b01650

Liu Y; Zhang Y; Ni BJ, 2015, 'Zero valent iron simultaneously enhances methane production and sulfate reduction in anaerobic granular sludge reactors', Water Research, 75, pp. 292 - 300, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2015.02.056

Liu Y; Sharma KR; Ni BJ; Fan L; Murthy S; Tyson GQ; Yuan Z, 2015, 'Effects of nitrate dosing on sulfidogenic and methanogenic activities in sewer sediment', Water Research, 74, pp. 155 - 165, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2015.02.017

Peng L; Ni BJ; Ye L; Yuan Z, 2015, 'N2O production by ammonia oxidizing bacteria in an enriched nitrifying sludge linearly depends on inorganic carbon concentration', Water Research, 74, pp. 58 - 66, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2015.02.003

Peng L; Ni BJ; Ye L; Yuan Z, 2015, 'The combined effect of dissolved oxygen and nitrite on N2O production by ammonia oxidizing bacteria in an enriched nitrifying sludge', Water Research, 73, pp. 29 - 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2015.01.021

Ni BJ; Yu HQ; Zeng RJ, 2015, 'Understanding the microbial internal storage turnover in wastewater treatment: Retrospect, prospect, and challenge', Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 45, pp. 591 - 612, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10643389.2013.876525

Guo J; Peng Y; Ni BJ; Han X; Fan L; Yuan Z, 2015, 'Dissecting microbial community structure and methane-producing pathways of a full-scale anaerobic reactor digesting activated sludge from wastewater treatment by metagenomic sequencing', Microbial Cell Factories, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12934-015-0218-4

Pan Y; Ni BJ; Lu H; Chandran K; Richardson D; Yuan Z, 2015, 'Evaluating two concepts for the modelling of intermediates accumulation during biological denitrification in wastewater treatment', Water Research, 71, pp. 21 - 31, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2014.12.029

Liu Y; Ni BJ; Ganigué R; Werner U; Sharma KR; Yuan Z, 2015, 'Sulfide and methane production in sewer sediments', Water Research, 70, pp. 350 - 359, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2014.12.019

Liu Y; Zhang Y; Ni BJ, 2015, 'Evaluating enhanced sulfate reduction and optimized volatile fatty acids (VFA) composition in anaerobic reactor by Fe (III) addition', Environmental Science and Technology, 49, pp. 2123 - 2131, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es504200j

Liu Y; Wang Q; Zhang Y; Ni BJ, 2015, 'Zero valent iron significantly enhances methane production from waste activated sludge by improving biochemical methane potential rather than hydrolysis rate', Scientific Reports, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep08263

Liu Y; Ni BJ, 2015, 'Appropriate Fe (II) addition significantly enhances anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) activity through improving the bacterial growth rate', Scientific Reports, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep08204

Sun J; Hu S; Sharma KR; Ni BJ; Yuan Z, 2015, 'Degradation of methanethiol in anaerobic sewers and its correlation with methanogenic activities', Water Research, 69, pp. 80 - 89, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2014.11.004

Zhu A; Guo J; Ni BJ; Wang S; Yang Q; Peng Y, 2015, 'A novel protocol for model calibration in biological wastewater treatment', Scientific Reports, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep08493

Liu Y; Peng L; Gao SH; Dai X; Ni BJ, 2015, 'Mathematical modeling of microbial extracellular electron transfer by electrically active microorganisms', Environmental Science Water Research and Technology, 1, pp. 747 - 752, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5ew00155b

Ni BJ; Joss A; Yuan Z, 2014, 'Modeling nitrogen removal with partial nitritation and anammox in one floc-based sequencing batch reactor', Water Research, 67, pp. 321 - 329, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2014.09.028

Peng L; Ni BJ; 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, 66, pp. 12 - 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2014.08.009

Chen X; Guo J; Shi Y; Hu S; Yuan Z; Ni BJ, 2014, 'Modeling of simultaneous anaerobic methane and ammonium oxidation in a membrane biofilm reactor', Environmental Science and Technology, 48, pp. 9540 - 9547, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es502608s

Ni BJ; Peng L; Law Y; Guo J; Yuan Z, 2014, 'Modeling of nitrous oxide production by autotrophic ammonia-oxidizing bacteria with multiple production pathways', Environmental Science and Technology, 48, pp. 3916 - 3924, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es405592h

Ye L; Ni BJ; Law Y; Byers C; Yuan Z, 2014, 'A novel methodology to quantify nitrous oxide emissions from full-scale wastewater treatment systems with surface aerators', Water Research, 48, pp. 257 - 268, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2013.09.037

Ruscalleda M; Seredynska-Sobecka B; Ni BJ; Arvin E; Balaguer MD; Colprim J; Smets BF, 2014, 'Spectrometric characterization of the effluent dissolved organic matter from an anammox reactor shows correlation between the EEM signature and anammox growth', Chemosphere, 117, pp. 271 - 277, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.07.036

Sun J; Hu S; Sharma KR; Ni BJ; Yuan Z, 2014, 'Stratified microbial structure and activity in sulfide- and methane- producing anaerobic sewer biofilms', Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 80, pp. 7042 - 7052, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.02146-14

Ni BJ; Smets BF; Yuan Z; 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, pp. 332 - 340, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2013.06.047

Ni BJ; Ruscalleda M; Pellicer-Nàcher C; Smets BF, 2013, 'Reply to comment on "modeling nitrous oxide production during biological nitrogen removal via nitrification and denitrification: Extensions to the general asm models"', Environmental Science and Technology, 47, pp. 11910 - 11911, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es404125v

Pan Y; Ni BJ; Yuan Z, 2013, 'Modeling electron competition among nitrogen oxides reduction and N 2O accumulation in denitrification', Environmental Science and Technology, 47, pp. 11083 - 11091, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es402348n

Ni BJ; Ye L; Law Y; Byers C; Yuan Z, 2013, 'Mathematical modeling of nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from full-scale wastewater treatment plants', Environmental Science and Technology, 47, pp. 7795 - 7803, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es4005398

Pan Y; Ni BJ; Bond PL; Ye L; Yuan Z, 2013, 'Electron competition among nitrogen oxides reduction during methanol-utilizing denitrification in wastewater treatment', Water Research, 47, pp. 3273 - 3281, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2013.02.054

Wang YK; Sheng GP; Ni BJ; Li WW; Zeng RJ; Wang YQ; Shi BJ; Yu HQ, 2013, 'Simultaneous carbon and nitrogen removals in membrane bioreactor with mesh filter: An experimental and modeling approach', Chemical Engineering Science, 95, pp. 78 - 84, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2013.03.025

Su KZ; Ni BJ; Yu HQ, 2013, 'Modeling and optimization of granulation process of activated sludge in sequencing batch reactors', Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 110, pp. 1312 - 1322, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bit.24812

Xie WM; Ni BJ; Seviour T; Yu HQ, 2013, 'Evaluating the impact of operational parameters on the formation of soluble microbial products (SMP) by activated sludge', Water Research, 47, pp. 1073 - 1079, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2012.11.022

Ni BJ; 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, pp. 163 - 171, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2012.10.049

Ni BJ; Yuan Z; Chandran K; Vanrolleghem PA; Murthy S, 2013, 'Evaluating four mathematical models for nitrous oxide production by autotrophic ammonia-oxidizing bacteria', Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 110, pp. 153 - 163, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bit.24620

Xie WM; Ni BJ; Seviour T; Sheng GP; Yu HQ, 2012, 'Characterization of autotrophic and heterotrophic soluble microbial product (SMP) fractions from activated sludge', Water Research, 46, pp. 6210 - 6217, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2012.02.046

Pan Y; Ye L; Ni BJ; Yuan Z, 2012, 'Effect of pH on N2O reduction and accumulation during denitrification by methanol utilizing denitrifiers', Water Research, 46, pp. 4832 - 4840, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2012.06.003

Ni BJ; Ruscalleda M; Smets BF, 2012, 'Evaluation on the microbial interactions of anaerobic ammonium oxidizers and heterotrophs in Anammox biofilm', Water Research, 46, pp. 4645 - 4652, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2012.06.016

Law Y; Ni BJ; Lant P; Yuan Z, 2012, 'N2O production rate of an enriched ammonia-oxidising bacteria culture exponentially correlates to its ammonia oxidation rate', Water Research, 46, pp. 3409 - 3419, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2012.03.043

Xie WM; Ni BJ; Li WW; Sheng GP; Yu HQ; Song J, 2012, 'Formation and quantification of soluble microbial products and N 2O production by ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB)-enriched activated sludge', Chemical Engineering Science, 71, pp. 67 - 74, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2011.12.032

Ni BJ; Fang F; Xie WM; Xu J; Yu HQ, 2012, 'Formation of distinct soluble microbial products by activated sludge: Kinetic analysis and quantitative determination', Environmental Science and Technology, 46, pp. 1667 - 1674, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es202756d

Zhou Z; Meng F; Liang S; Ni BJ; Jia X; Li S; Song Y; Huang G, 2012, 'Role of microorganism growth phase in the accumulation and characteristics of biomacromolecules (BMM) in a membrane bioreactor', Rsc Advances, 2, pp. 453 - 460, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c1ra00420d

Ni BJ; Yu HQ, 2012, 'Microbial products of activated sludge in biological wastewater treatment systems: A critical review', Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 42, pp. 187 - 223, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10643389.2010.507696

Ni BJ; Xie WM; Chen YP; Fang F; Liu SY; Ren TT; Sheng GP; Yu HQ; Liu G; Tian YC, 2011, 'Heterotrophs grown on the soluble microbial products (SMP) released by autotrophs are responsible for the nitrogen loss in nitrifying granular sludge', Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 108, pp. 2844 - 2852, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bit.23247

Fang F; Ni B; Li W; Sheng G; Yu H, 2011, 'A simulation-based integrated approach to optimize the biological nutrient removal process in a full-scale wastewater treatment plant', Chemical Engineering Journal, 174, pp. 635 - 643, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2011.09.079


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