Zhiguo Yuan
University of Queensland
698 Papers
1.8K Citations
Zhiguo Yuan is an academic researcher from University of Queensland. The author has contributed to research in topics: Chemistry & Wastewater. The author has an hindex of 93, co-authored 633 publications. Previous affiliations of Zhiguo Yuan include Tsinghua University & University of Cagliari.
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Papers
Effects of sewer conditions on the degradation of selected illicit drug residues in wastewater
TL;DR: In this paper, the stability of five illicit drug markers in wastewater was tested under different sewer conditions using laboratory-scale sewer reactors, and the results showed that while methamphetamine, MDMA and benzoyl ecgonine were stable in the wastewater reactors, cocaine and 6-acetyl morphine degraded quickly.
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Development of a model for assessing methane formation in rising main sewers
TL;DR: The model was used to investigate the effect of several key sewer design and operational parameters on methane formation and showed that methane production was highly correlated with the hydraulic residence time (HRT) and pipe area to volume (A/V) ratio showing higher methane concentrations at a long HRT or a larger A/V ratio.
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Understanding the properties of aerobic sludge granules as hydrogels
TL;DR: The paradigm established in this study can potentially be applied to better understand the formation of aerobic sludge granules and thus overcome a hurdle in the acceptance of aerobicSludge granulation as an alternative to more traditional wastewater treatment processes.
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Anaerobic and aerobic metabolism of glycogen-accumulating organisms selected with propionate as the sole carbon source
TL;DR: A metabolic model was proposed for the metabolism of propionate by GAOs that adequately described the anaerobic stoichiometry observed through chemical analysis, and can be a valuable tool for further investigation of the competition between PAOs and GAOs, and for the optimization of the EBPR process.
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Fossil organic carbon in wastewater and its fate in treatment plants
TL;DR: The results suggest that current greenhouse gas accounting guidelines, which assume that all CO2 emission from wastewater is biogenic may lead to underestimation of emissions.
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