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Engineering and Technology

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66
Citations
12950
World Ranking
1460
National Ranking
6

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
66
Citations
13255
World Ranking
2129
National Ranking
2

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Turkey Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Turkey Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Turkey Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Turkey Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Turkey Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Turkey Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Turkey Leader Award
  • The Science Academy Society of Turkey - Bilim Akademisi Enviromental Engineering
  • The Science Academy Society of Turkey - Bilim Akademisi Enviromental Engineering
  • The Science Academy Society of Turkey - Bilim Akademisi Enviromental Engineering
  • The Science Academy Society of Turkey - Bilim Akademisi Enviromental Engineering
  • The Science Academy Society of Turkey - Bilim Akademisi Enviromental Engineering

Overview

Derin Orhon is affiliated with Istanbul Technical University in Turkey. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a particular emphasis on pollution, water science and technology, and industrial and manufacturing engineering. Additional areas of study include environmental engineering as well as health, toxicology, and mutagenesis.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including wastewater treatment and nitrogen removal, membrane separation technologies, wastewater treatment and reuse, advanced oxidation water treatment, pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts, constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment, and water treatment and disinfection.

Frequent co-authors in their research include Seval Sözen, Emine Ubay Çokgör, Hüseyin Gökçekuş, Serdar Doǧruel, and Seyda Duba.

Orhon has published extensively in scientific journals, with notable frequent publication venues comprising the Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology, Desalination and Water Treatment, Environmental Earth Sciences, Waste Management, and Marine Pollution Bulletin.

Some of their recent papers include:

  • Optimization of alkaline hydrothermal pretreatment of biological sludge for enhanced methane generation under anaerobic conditions, 2020, Waste Management
  • Impact of ultrasonic pretreatment on Fenton-based oxidation of olive mill wastewater - towards a sustainable treatment scheme, 2021, Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Detrimental environmental impact of large scale land use through deforestation and deterioration of carbon balance in Istanbul Northern Forest Area, 2020, Environmental Earth Sciences
  • Pollutant dynamics between The Black Sea and The Marmara Sea: Basis for wastewater management strategy, 2021, Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • A Study on the Hydrolysis of Urea Contained in Wastewater and Continuous Recovery of Ammonia by an Enzymatic Membrane Reactor, 2021, Processes

Derin Orhon has received recognition from The Science Academy Society of Turkey - Bilim Akademisi for contributions related to environmental engineering.

Best Publications

  • Chemical and biological treatment technologies for leather tannery chemicals and wastewaters: a review.

    Giusy Lofrano;Sureyya Meriç;Gülsüm Emel Zengin;Derin Orhon

  • Color removal from textile wastewaters

    Olcay Tünay;Isik Kabdasli;Gülen Eremektar;Derin Orhon

  • Modelling of activated sludge systems

    Derin Orhon;Nazik Artan

  • Size distribution of wastewater COD fractions as an index for biodegradability.

    Ebru Dulekgurgen;Serdar Doğruel;Özlem Karahan;Derin Orhon

  • Chronic impact of tetracycline on the biodegradation of an organic substrate mixture under anaerobic conditions.

    Z. Cetecioglu;B. Ince;Meritxell Gros;S. Rodriguez-Mozaz

  • Assessment of the Initial Inert Soluble COD in Industrial Wastewaters

    F. Germirli;D. Orhon;N. Artan

  • Characterization and COD fractionation of domestic wastewaters.

    Derin Orhon;Esra Ateş;Seval Sözen;Emine Ubay Çokgör

  • Ammonia removal by magnesium ammonium phosphate precipitation in industrial wastewaters

    Olcay Tünay;Isik Kabdasli;Derin Orhon;Saadettin Kolçak

  • COD Fractionation in Wastewater Characterization—The State of the Art

    Derin Orhon;Emine Ubay Çokgör

  • Respirometric analysis of activated sludge behaviour—I. Assessment of the readily biodegradable substrate

    E.Ubay Çokgör;S. Sözen;D. Orhon;M. Henze

  • Effect of low dissolved oxygen on simultaneous nitrification and denitrification in a membrane bioreactor treating black water.

    S. Murat Hocaoglu;G. Insel;E. Ubay Cokgor;D. Orhon;D. Orhon

  • COD fractionation of tannery wastewaters--particle size distribution, biodegradability and modeling.

    Ö. Karahan;S. Dogruel;E. Dulekgurgen;D. Orhon

  • Industrial Wastewater Treatment by Activated Sludge

    Derin Orhon;Fatos Germirli Babuna;Ozlem Karahan

  • Biological treatability of dairy wastewaters

    D. Orhon;E. Görgün;F. Germirli;N. Artan

  • Evolution of the activated sludge process: the first 50 years

    Derin Orhon

  • The effect of residual microbial products on the experimental assessment of the particulate inert COD in wastewaters

    D Orhon;Ö Karahan;S Sözen

  • Respirometric analysis of activated sludge behaviour—II. Heterotrophic growth under aerobic and anoxic conditions

    S. Sözen;E. U. Cokgör;D. Orhon;Mogens Henze

  • Mechanism and Design of Sequencing Batch Reactors for Nutrient Removal

    Nazik Artan;Derin Orhon

  • The Concept of Soluble Residual Product Formation in the Modelling of Activated Sludge

    D. Orhon;N. Artan;Y. Cimşit

  • Metabolic model for acetate uptake by a mixed culture of phosphate- and glycogen-accumulating organisms under anaerobic conditions.

    Nevin Yagci;Nazik Artan;Emine Ubay Çokgör;Clifford W. Randall

  • Identification and modelling of aerobic hydrolysis – application of optimal experimental design

    Güçlü Insel;Derin Orhon;Peter A Vanrolleghem

  • COD Fractionation in Wastewater CharacterizationóThe State of the Art

    Derin Orhon;Emine Ubay

Frequent Co-Authors

Mauro Majone
Mauro Majone Sapienza University of Rome
Süreyya Meriç
Süreyya Meriç Namık Kemal University
Mogens Henze
Mogens Henze Technical University of Denmark
Candan Tamerler
Candan Tamerler University of Kansas
M.C.M. van Loosdrecht
M.C.M. van Loosdrecht Delft University of Technology
Peter A. Vanrolleghem
Peter A. Vanrolleghem Université Laval
Damià Barceló
Damià Barceló University of Almería
John T. Novak
John T. Novak Virginia Tech
Meritxell Gros
Meritxell Gros Catalan Institute for Water Research
Sara Rodríguez-Mozaz
Sara Rodríguez-Mozaz Catalan Institute for Water Research

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