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Chettiyappan Visvanathan

Chettiyappan Visvanathan

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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
57
Citations
11823
World Ranking
2658
National Ranking
6

Overview

Chettiyappan Visvanathan is affiliated with the Asian Institute of Technology in Thailand and specializes in Environmental Science, with a significant focus on Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Pollution, Water Science and Technology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Environmental Engineering.

Their research primarily addresses topics related to Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal, Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Recycling and Waste Management Techniques, Municipal Solid Waste Management, Membrane Separation Technologies, Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment, and Healthcare and Environmental Waste Management.

Visvanathan has contributed to various journals, frequently publishing in:

  • Bioresource Technology
  • Chemosphere
  • Case Studies in Chemical and Environmental Engineering
  • Environmental Quality Management
  • Environmental Technology & Innovation

Notable recent papers include:

  • Enhancement of food waste thermophilic anaerobic digestion through synergistic effect with chicken manure (2020, Biomass and Bioenergy)
  • Electroconductive moving bed membrane bioreactor (EcMB-MBR) for single-step decentralized wastewater treatment: Performance, mechanisms, and cost (2020, Water Research)
  • Evaluation of circular economy potential of plastic waste in Sri Lanka (2021, Environmental Quality Management)
  • Bacterial community composition in a two-stage anaerobic membrane bioreactor for co-digestion of food waste and food court wastewater (2023, Bioresource Technology)
  • Microplastics in wastewater and sludge from centralized and decentralized wastewater treatment plants: Effects of treatment systems and microplastic characteristics (2024, Chemosphere)

The scientist frequently collaborates with peers such as Xuan-Thanh Bui, Suwanna Kitpati Boontanon, Eldon R. Rene, Narin Boontanon, and Mai-Duy-Thong Pham, with multiple joint publications.

Best Publications

  • Resources, Conservation and Recycling

    Jidapa Nithikul;P. Karthikeyan;C. Visvanathan

  • MEMBRANE SEPARATION BIOREACTORS FOR WASTEWATER TREATMENT

    C. Visvanathan;R. Ben Aim;K. Parameshwaran

  • Bio-energy recovery from high-solid organic substrates by dry anaerobic bio-conversion processes: a review.

    Obuli P. Karthikeyan;C. Visvanathan

  • Effect of organic loading rate on VFA production, organic matter removal and microbial activity of a two-stage thermophilic anaerobic membrane bioreactor.

    Kaushalya C. Wijekoon;Chettiyappan Visvanathan;Amila Abeynayaka

  • Management strategies for anaerobic digestate of organic fraction of municipal solid waste: Current status and future prospects:

    Mohanakrishnan Logan;Chettiyappan Visvanathan

  • Healthcare waste management in Asia.

    A. Prem Ananth;V. Prashanthini;C. Visvanathan

  • Effect of C/N ratio and ammonia-N accumulation in a pilot-scale thermophilic dry anaerobic digester.

    Zeshan;Obuli. P. Karthikeyan;Chettiyappan Visvanathan

  • Anaerobic digestion of municipal solid waste as a treatment prior to landfill.

    P.H.L. Nguyen;P. Kuruparan;C. Visvanathan

  • Effect of thermal pretreatment on chemical composition, physical structure and biogas production kinetics of wheat straw.

    Asad Ayub Rajput;Zeshan;Chettiyappan Visvanathan

  • Effect of mixing ratio of food waste and rice husk co-digestion and substrate to inoculum ratio on biogas production

    Muhammad Rizwan Haider;Zeshan;Sohail Yousaf;Riffat Naseem Malik

  • Microplastics contamination in different trophic state lakes along the middle and lower reaches of Yangtze River Basin.

    Lu Li;Shixiong Geng;Chenxi Wu;Kang Song

  • Municipal solid waste management in Thailand and disposal emission inventory.

    C. Chiemchaisri;J. P. Juanga;C. Visvanathan

  • Quality assessment of mined MSW from an open dumpsite for recycling potential.

    Tawach Prechthai;Maddala Padmasri;Chettiyappan Visvanathan

  • Influence of tropical seasonal variations on landfill leachate characteristics—Results from lysimeter studies

    J. Tränkler;C. Visvanathan;P. Kuruparan;O. Tubtimthai

  • Performance of suspended and attached growth MBR systems in treating high strength synthetic wastewater

    S. Jamal Khan;Shazia Ilyas;Sadaf Javid;C. Visvanathan

  • Recovery of plastic wastes from dumpsite as refuse-derived fuel and its utilization in small gasification system.

    Chart Chiemchaisri;Boonya Charnnok;Chettiyappan Visvanathan

  • Using social network and stakeholder analysis to help evaluate infectious waste management: a step towards a holistic assessment.

    Marco Caniato;Mentore Vaccari;Chettiyappan Visvanathan;Christian Zurbrügg;Christian Zurbrügg

  • Assessment of heavy metal contamination and its mobilization from municipal solid waste open dumping site.

    Tawach Prechthai;Preeda Parkpian;Chettiyappan Visvanathan

  • Sustainable management practices of food waste in Asia: Technological and policy drivers.

    Prabhat Joshi;Chettiyappan Visvanathan

  • Greening of a campus through waste management initiatives: Experience from a higher education institution in Thailand

    Siwaporn Tangwanichagapong;Vilas Nitivattananon;Brahmanand Mohanty;Chettiyappan Visvanathan

  • Landfill leachate treatment using thermophilic membrane bioreactor

    C. Visvanathan;M.K. Choudhary;M.T. Montalbo;V. Jegatheesan

  • Methanotrophic activities in tropical landfill cover soils: effects of temperature, moisture content and methane concentration

    C. Visvanathan;Dinesh Pokhrel;Wilai Cheimchaisri;J.P.A. Hettiaratchi

Frequent Co-Authors

Veeriah Jegatheesan
Veeriah Jegatheesan RMIT University
Chart Chiemchaisri
Chart Chiemchaisri Kasetsart University
Saravanamuthu Vigneswaran
Saravanamuthu Vigneswaran University of Technology Sydney
Samir Kumar Khanal
Samir Kumar Khanal University of Hawaii at Manoa
Eldon R. Rene
Eldon R. Rene IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
Hiroaki Furumai
Hiroaki Furumai University of Tokyo
Jaya Kandasamy
Jaya Kandasamy University of Technology Sydney
Rajeshwar Dayal Tyagi
Rajeshwar Dayal Tyagi Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique
Chenxi Wu
Chenxi Wu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Huu Hao Ngo
Huu Hao Ngo University of Technology Sydney

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