General

Quan-Bao Zhao

Ph.D., Associate Professor, Master Tutor

Email: qbzhao@iue.ac.cn

Address:1799 Jimei Road, Xiamen City, 361021, China

Phone:+86 592 6190550


Research Areas

Anaerobic Digestion, Nutrients Recovery, Process Monitoring, Pollutant Detection

Education

2003-09--2008-05   University of Science and Technology of China   Analytical Chemistry Ph.D.
1999-09--2003-06   University of Science and Technology of China   Applied Chemistry  B.S.


Publications

(1) pH shaped kinetic characteristics and microbial community of food waste hydrolysis and acidification, Biochemical Engineering Journal, 2019.
(2) Charcoal from anaerobically digested dairy fiber for removal of hydrogen sulfide within biogas, Waste Management, 2018.
(3) Modeling of acetate-type fermentation of sugar-containing wastewater under acidic pH conditions, Bioresource Technology, 2018.
(4) Recycling separated liquid-effluent to dilute feedstock in anaerobic digestion of dairy manure, Energy, 2017
(5) Mechanism, kinetics and microbiology of inhibition caused by long-chain fatty acids in anaerobic digestion of algal biomass, Biotechnology for Biofuels, 2015.
(6) The selective removal of H2S over CO2 from biogas in a bubble column using pretreated digester effluent, Separation and Purification Technology, 2015.
(7) Ammonia recovery from anaerobic digester effluent through direct aeration, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2015.
(8) Evaluation of an integrated ammonia stripping, recovery, and biogas scrubbing system for use with anaerobically digested dairy manure, Biosystems Engineering, 2014.
(9) Response of a biohydrogen-producing reactor to the substrate shift from sucrose to lactose, Bioresource Technology, 2008.
(10) Fermentative H2 production in an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor at various pH values, Bioresource Technology, 2008.

Patents

1)        Methods and apparatus for removal of hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide from biogas, 2016, US9339760

2)        Nutrient Recovery Systems and Methods, 2013, US8613894

3)        Integration of anaerobic digestion in an algae-based biofuel system, 2012, US8287732 

4)        On-line monitoring system for anaerobic reactor, 2013, CN102680164

5)        Online monitoring and diagnosing method and online monitoring and diagnosing system for anaerobic reactor, 2014, CN102778574.

6)        Particle sludge intensity measuring instrument and method, 2010, CN101344469

7)        Method for measuring sludge dehydrogenase activity, 2009, CN100489496


Research Interests

Pollutant Transformation, Resource Recovery, Inteligent Control, Online Dectection Methods