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Dr. Xinmin Zhan Ph.d

Contact Details

Title Lecturer>Bar/College Lecturer
Address Dept. of Civil Engineering
Civil Engineering Building
Nui Galway
Telephone: Ext. 5239
Email:
ei.yawlagiun@nahz.nimnix

 

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Book Chapters

Qian, Y., Wen, X. H., Li, X., Zhang, Z. X. & Xinmin Zhan, X. (2002) 'Prevention and control of industrial wastewater pollution in China' In: Qian, Y.; Liu, C (eds). Strategies to Prevent Water Pollution and Disaster in China. Beijing: China Press of Water Resources and Hydropower. [Details]
 

Peer Reviewed Journals

Zhan, X., Shi, S., Jiang, Z. and Qian, Y. (1997) 'Determining anaerobic biodegradability of organic substance with the Dophul method'. Chongqing Environmental Science, 20 :34-37. [Details]
Zhan, X., Wang, J. L. and Qian, Y. (1998) 'Relationship between hue of p-aminoazobenzene chloride salt and its absorption spectra'. Environmental Chemistry, 17 :595-600. [Details]
Zhan, X., Wang, J. L., Wu, L. B. and Qian, Y. (1998) 'Treatment of p- aminoazobenzene chloride salt wastewater by sedimentation - resin adsorption'. Environmental Engineering, 16 :7-10. [Details]
Zhan, X., Wang, J. L. and Wu, L. B. (1998) 'Calculation method on compensatory expenses of natural resources'. Shanghai Environmental Science, 17 :1-3. [Details]
Wang, H., Wang, J. L., Zhan, X. and Qian, Y. (1999) 'Treatment of saline dyestuff wastewater by using the electrochemical method'. Journal of Chinese Environmental Science, 19 :441-444. [Details]
Zhan, X., Wang, J. L., Wen, X. H. and Qian, Y. (1999) 'Adsorption of aniline on NKA-II adsorption resin'. Environmental Chemistry, 19 :356-362. [Details]
Zhan, X., Wang, J. L., Wen, X. H. and Qian, Y. (1999) 'Review of the biological treatment of salinity wastewater'. Chinese Journal of Environmental Science, 20 :104-106. [Details]
Zhan, X., Wang, J. L. and Qian, Y. (2000) 'Removal of Cr(VI) from aqueous solution by macroporous resin adsorption'. Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A, 35 :1211-1230. [Details]
Feng, Y. C., Zhan, X., Wen, X. H., Wang, J. L., Kong, H. and Qian, Y. (2000) 'Shock loading caused by highly-concentrated salt on activated sludge system'. Chinese Journal of Environmental Science, 21 :106-108. [Details]
Zhan, X., Wang, J. L., Wen, X. H., Feng, Y. C. and Qian, Y. (2000) 'Influence of inorganic salt on biodegradability of dyestuffs'. Journal of Environmental Sciences-China, 12 :416-421. [Details]
Zhan, X., Wang, J. L., Wen, X. H. and Qian, Y. (2001) 'Indirect electrochemical treatment of saline dyestuff wastewater'. Environmental Technology, 22 :1105-1112. [Details]
Zhan, X., Miyazaki, A. and Nakano, Y. (2001) 'Adsorption mechanism of a novel adsorbent synthesized from natural condensed tannin for lead removal from aqueous solutions'. Journal of Chemical Engineering of Japan, 34 :1204-1210. [Details]
Wang, J. L., Zhan, X., Ding, D. and Zhou, D. (2001) 'Biosorption of lead(II) from aqueous solution by fungal biomass of Aspergillus niger'. Journal of Biotechnology, 87 :273-277. [Details]
Zhan, X. and Zhao, X. (2003) 'Mechanism of lead adsorption from aqueous solutions using an adsorbent synthesized from natural condensed tannin'. Water Research, 37 :3887-3894. [Details]
Rodgers, M., Zhan, X-M. and Gallagher, B. (2003) 'A pilot plant study using a vertically moving biofilm process to treat municipal wastewater'. Bioresource Technology, 89 (2):139-143. [DOI] [Details]
Zhan, X., Zhao, X., Miyazaki, A. and Nakano, Y. (2003) 'Lead removal from aqueous solutions by surface precipitation using a novel gel adsorbent synthesized from natural condensed tannin'. Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, 11 :1-10. [Details]
Zhan, X., Zhao, X., Miyazaki, A. and Nakano, Y. (2003) 'Removal of lead from aqueous solutions by condensed tannin gel adsorbent'. Journal of Environmental Sciences-China, 15 :102-106. [Details]
Zhan, X., Wang, J., Wen, X. and Qian, Y. (2003) 'Removal of aniline from aqueous solution by macroporous adsorptive resin'. Water Intelligence Online, . [Details]
Rodgers, M., Zhan, X.-M. and Casey, A. (2003) 'Ammonium removal using a vertically moving biofilm system'. Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A, 38 (11):2483-2494. [DOI] [Details]
Rodgers, M. and Zhan, X. (2004) 'Moving-medium biofilm reactors'. Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio/Technology, 3 :213-224. [Details]
Rodgers. M., Zhan, X. and Casey, A. (2004) 'Oxygen transfer and industrial wastewater treatment efficiency of a vertically moving biofilm system'. Journal of Water, Air and Soil Pollution, 151 :165-178. [Details]
Rodgers, M., Zhan, X.-M. and Dolan, B. (2004) 'Mixing characteristics and whey wastewater treatment of a novel moving anaerobic biofilm reactor'. Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A, 39 (8):2183-2193. [Details]
Rodgers, M. and Zhan, X.-M. (2004) 'Biological nitrogen removal using a vertically moving biofilm system'. Bioresource Technology, 93 (3):313-319. [DOI] [Details]
Rodgers, M., Zhan, X.-M. and Burke, M.D. (2004) 'Nutrient removal in a sequencing batch biofilm reactor (SBBR) using a vertically moving biofilm system'. Environmental Technology, 25 (2):211-218. [Details]
Wang, J. L., Zhan, X., Feng, Y. and Qian, Y. (2005) 'Effect of salinity variations on the performance of activated sludge system'. Biomedical and Environmental Sciences, 18 (1):5-8. [Details]
Rodgers, M., Zhan, X. and Prendergast, J. (2005) 'Wastewater treatment using a vertically moving biofilm system followed by a sand filter'. Process Biochemistry, 40 :3132-3136. [Details]
Zhan, X., Rodgers, M. and O'Reilly, E. (2006) 'Small-scale domestic wastewater treatment using an alternating pumped sequencing batch biofilm reactor system'. Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering, 28 :323-330. [DOI] [Details]
Zhan, X., Rodgers, M. and O'Reilly, E. (2006) 'Biofilm growth and characteristics in an alternating pumped sequencing batch biofilm reactor'. Water Research, 40 :817-825. [Details]
Rodgers, M., Wu, G. and Zhan, X. (2008) 'Nitrogen and phosphorus removal from domestic strength synthetic wastewater using an alternating pumped flow sequencing batch biofilm reactor'. Journal of Environmental Quality, 37 :977-982. [Details]
Wu, G., Guan, Y. and Zhan, X. (2008) 'Effect of salinity on the activity, settling and microbial community of activated sludge in sequencing batch reactors treating synthetic saline wastewater'. Water Science and Technology, 58 (2):351-358. [DOI] [Details]
Wu, G., Rodgers, M. and Zhan, X. (2008) 'Nitrification in sequencing batch reactors with and without glucose addition at 11o C'. Biochemical Engineering Journal, 40 :373-378. [DOI] [Details]
O'Reilly, E., Rodgers, M., Zhan, X-M. (2008) 'Pumped flow biofilm reactors (PFBR) for treating municipal wastewater'. Water Science and Technology, 57 :1857-1865. [Details]
Li, J., Healy, M., Zhan, X. and Rodgers, M. (2008) 'Effect of aeration rate on nutrient removal from slaughterhouse wastewater in an intermittently aerated sequencing batch reactor'. Journal of Water, Air and Soil Pollution, 192 :251-261. [Details]
Li, J. P., Healy, M. G., Zhan, X., & Rodgers, M. (2008) 'Nutrient removal from slaughterhouse wastewater in an intermittently aerated sequencing batch reactor'. Bioresource Technology, 99 (16):7644-7650. [DOI] [Details]
Wu, G., Guan, Y. and Zhan, X. (2008) 'Analysis of the microbial community in sequencing batch reactors treating saline wastewater using molecular fingerprinting techniques'. Journal of Biotechnology, 136 (1). [Details]
Wu G, Hu Z, Healy MG and Zhan X (2009) 'Thermochemical pretreatment of meat and bone meal and its effects on methane production'. Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering in China, 3 :300-306. [Details]
Wu G, Healy MG and Zhan X (2009) 'Effect of solid content on anaerobic batch digestion of meat and bone meal'. Bioresource Technology, 100 :4326-4331. [Details]
Wu, G., Nielsen, M., Sorensen, K., Zhan, X., Rodgers, M. (2009) 'Distributions and activities of ammonia oxidizing bacteria and polyphosphate accumulating organisms in a pumped-flow biofilm reactor'. Water Research, 43 :4599-4609. [DOI] [Details]
Rodgers M, Hu Z and Zhan X (2009) 'Enhancing Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Maize Stover by Bayer Process Sand Pretreatment'. Energy and Fuels, 24 :2284-2289. [Details]
Rodgers M, O'Reilly E and Zhan X (2009) 'Diary wastewater treatment using aIternating pumped flow sequencing batch biofilm reactors'. International Journal of Environment and Pollution, 38 :371-384. [Details]
Zhan X, Healy MG and Li J (2009) 'Nitrogen removal from slaughterhouse wastewater in a sequencing batch reactor under controlled low DO conditions'. Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering, 32 :607-614. [Details]
Wu, G., Sorensen, K., Rodgers, M. and Zhan, X. (2009) 'Microbial community associated with glucose-induced enhanced biological phosphorus removal'. Water Science and Technology, . [Details]
Mingchuan Zhang, Peadar Lawlor, Guangxue Wu, Brendan Lynch, Xinmin Zhan (2011) 'Partial nitrification and nutrient removal in intermittently-aerated sequencing batch reactors treating separated digestate liquid after anaerobic digestion of pig manure'. Bioprocess and Biosystem Engineering, 1        . [DOI] [Details]
Rongchang Wang, Xinmin Zhan, Yalei Zhang, Jianfu Zhao (2011) 'Nitrifying population dynamics in a redox stratified membrane biofilm reactor for treating ammonium-rich wastewater'. Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering in China, 5 :48-56. [DOI] [Details]
Jianping Li, david Elliott, Michael Nielsen, Mark G. Healy, Xinmin Zhan (2011) 'Long-Term Partial Nitrification in an Intermittently Aerated Sequencing Batch Reactor Treating Ammonium-Rich Wastewater under Controlled Oxygen-Limited Conditions'. Biochemical Engineering Journal, 55 :215-222. [Details]
Hu, Z, Liu Y, Gui, X, Chen, T, Zhan, X, Jin, J (2011) 'Characterization of organic matter degradation during composting of manure-straw mixtures spiked with tetracyclines'. Bioresource Technology, 102 :7329-7334. [DOI] [Details]
Guangxue Wu, Yuntao Guan, Xinmin Zhan (2011) 'Characteristics of nutrient removal in sequencing batch reactors treating synthetic wastewater with different organic substrates'. Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, 10 :649-654. [Details]
S. Xie, P. G. Lawlor, J. P. Frost, Z. Hu, and X. Zhan (2011) 'Effect of pig manure to grass silage ratio on methane production in batch anaerobic co-digestion of pig manure and grass silage'. Bioresource Technology, 102 :5728-5733. [DOI] [Details]
Xie, S., Frost, J.P., Lawlor, P.G., Wu, G., Zhan, X. (2011) 'Effects of thermo-chemical pre-treatment of grass silage on methane production by anaerobic digestion'. Bioresource Technology, 102 (19):8748-8755. Available Online [Details]
Mingchuan Zhang, Peadar G. Lawlor, Jianping Li, Xinmin Zhan (2011) 'Characteristics of nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from intermittently-aerated sequencing batch reactors treating the separated liquid fraction of anaerobically digested pig manure'. Water Air And Soil Pollution, . [DOI] [Details]
Tereza Nolana, Stephen Gilkson, Peter Frost, Shane M. Troya, Caolan Harrington, Sihuang Xie, Xinmin Zhan, Mark G. Healy, and Peadar G (2012) 'Economic analyses of pig manure treatment options available in Ireland'. Bioresource Technology, 105 :15-23. [Details]
S. Xie, G. Wu, P.G. Lawlor, J.P. Frost, and X. Zhan (2012) 'Methane Production from Anaerobic Co-Digestion of the Separated Solid Fraction of Pig Manure with Dried Grass Silage'. Bioresource Technology, 104 :289-297. [Details]
S. Xie, P.G. Lawlor, J.P. Frost, G. Wu, X. Zhan (2012) 'Study on hydrolysis and acidification of grass silage in leaching bed reactors'. Bioresource Technology, . [Details]
           

Conference Paper

Feng, Y. C., Zhan, X., Wang, J. L. & Qian, Y. (2000) Effect of NaCl shock loadings on activated sludge treatment system. Conference Paper [Details]
Zhan, X. and Nakano, Y. (2000) Separation of lead from aqueous solutions by condensed tannin gels. Conference Paper [Details]
Zhan, X. and Nakano, Y. (2000) Removal of lead from aqueous solutions by condensed tannin adsorbent. Conference Paper [Details]
Zhan, X., Wang, J. L. & Qian, Y. (2000) Study on the adsorption of aniline onto China-made macroporous resin. Conference Paper [Details]
Zhan, X. (2002) Biological treatment of saline wastewater. Conference Paper [Details]
Li, J., Norton, D., Healy, M., Zhan, X. & Rodgers, M. (2007) Nutrient removal from slaughterhouse wastewater in an intermittently aerated sequencing batch biofilm reactor. Conference Paper [Details]
Li, J., Sorenson, K., Healy, M., Zhan, X. & Rodgers, M. (2008) Nutrient removal from slaughterhouse wastewater in an intermittently aerated sequencing batch biofilm reactor. Conference Paper [Details]
Zhan, X. (2008) Nutrient removal from slaughterhouse wastewater in intermittently aerated sequencing batch reactors (SBRs). Conference Paper [Details]
Wu, G., Guan, Y. & Zhan, X. (2008) Effect of salinity on the activity, settling and microbial community of activated sludge in sequencing batch reactors treating synthetic saline wastewater. Conference Paper [Details]
Wu, G., Guan, Y. & Zhan, X. (2008) Analysis of the microbial community in sequencing batch reactors treating saline wastewater using molecular fingerprinting techniques. Conference Paper [Details]
Wang RC, Zhan XM, Yang DH, Zhang YL and Zhao JF (2009) Shortcut nitrogen removal and nitrifying population dynamics in a Redox Stratified Membrane Biofilm Reactor for treating ammonium-rich wastewater. International Symposium on Science, Technology and Policy for Water Pollution Control at Watershed Scale. Hangzhou, China: Conference Paper [Details]
Wang RC, Zhan XM, Zhang YL and Zhao JF (2009) Redox stratified membrane biofilm reactor (RSMBR) for nitrogen removal from wastewater: effect of oxygen mass transfer characteristics. Proceedings of IWA Membrane Technology Conference. Conference Paper [Details]
D. Norton, M.G. Healy, J. Li and X. Zhan (2009) Nitrogen removal from slaughterhouse wastewater using a pilot-scale sequencing batch reactor. 2nd IWA Specialized Conference. Conference Paper [Details]
Wang RC, Tong H., Xia SQ, Zhan XM, Zhao JF (2009) Effect of coagulation conditions on the performance of the in-line coagulation/ultrafiltration process: A pilot study. Proceedings of IWA Membrane Technology Conference. Beijing, China: Conference Paper [Details]
Wang RC, Zhan XM and Zhao JF (2010) Effect of shear forces on biofilm characteristics and nitrogen removal performance in redox stratified membrane biofilm reactor . Proceedings of the 1st Sino-Danish Jointly Conference on Sustainable Environmental Engineering. Shanghai, China: Conference Paper [Details]
Wang RC, Zhan XM, Yang DH, and Zhao JF (2010) Process optimization of membrane bioreactor for enhancing nitrogen and phosphorus removal. Proceedings of the 1st Sino-Danish Jointly Conference on Sustainable Environmental Engineering. Shanghai, China: Conference Paper [Details]
                             

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