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Eveline Volcke

Eveline Volcke

D-Index & Metrics

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
46
Citations
7246
World Ranking
5226
National Ranking
65

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
47
Citations
7354
World Ranking
5860
National Ranking
83

Overview

Eveline Volcke is affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium and specializes in environmental science with a focus on wastewater treatment and related technologies. Their research spans multiple subfields including pollution, water science and technology, industrial and manufacturing engineering, building and construction, and mechanical engineering.

Volcke's work frequently addresses topics such as wastewater treatment and nitrogen removal, membrane separation technologies, constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment, anaerobic digestion and biogas production, water treatment and disinfection, industrial gas emission control, and odor and emission control technologies.

Recent publications include the following papers: "Pathways to advanced resource recovery from sewage" (2024, Nature Sustainability), "Elucidating the Competition between Heterotrophic Denitrification and DNRA Using the Resource-Ratio Theory" (2020, Environmental Science & Technology), "Impact of primary treatment methods on sludge characteristics and digestibility, and wastewater treatment plant-wide economics" (2023, Water Research), "Life Cycle Environmental Impacts of Wastewater-Derived Phosphorus Products: An Agricultural End-User Perspective" (2022, Environmental Science & Technology), and "Continuous aerobic granular sludge plants: Better settling versus diffusion limitation" (2021, Chemical Engineering Journal).

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Volcke include Mark C.M. van Loosdrecht, Haoran Duan, Laurence Strubbe, Janis E. Baeten, and Damien J. Batstone.

The scientist has published extensively in several prominent journals, notably The Science of The Total Environment, Environmental Science Water Research & Technology, Water Research, Chemical Engineering Journal, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

In addition to journal publications, Volcke has contributed to books published by UWA Publishing. Titles include Quantification and Modelling of Fugitive Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Urban Water Systems (2022), Generalised Physicochemical Model (PCM) for Wastewater Processes (2022), and Celebrating passion for Water, Science and Technology (2022).

Best Publications

  • Methane emission during municipal wastewater treatment.

    Matthijs R.J. Daelman;Ellen M. van Voorthuizen;Udo G.J.M. van Dongen;Eveline I.P. Volcke

  • Methane and nitrous oxide emissions from municipal wastewater treatment - results from a long-term study

    M. R. J. Daelman;M. R. J. Daelman;E. M. van Voorthuizen;L. G. J. M. van Dongen;E. I. P. Volcke

  • Influence of temperature and pH on the kinetics of the Sharon nitritation process

    Stijn W. H. Van Hulle;Stijn W. H. Van Hulle;Eveline I. P. Volcke;Josefa Lopez Teruel;Brecht Donckels

  • Improved nitrogen removal by application of new nitrogen-cycle bacteria

    Mike S.M. Jetten;Markus Schmid;Ingo Schmidt;Mariska Wubben

  • Microaeration for hydrogen sulfide removal during anaerobic treatment: a review

    Lucie Krayzelova;Lucie Krayzelova;Jan Bartacek;Israel Díaz;David Jeison

  • Mitigating emissions from pig and poultry housing facilities through air scrubbers and biofilters: State-of-the-art and perspectives

    Caroline Van der Heyden;Peter Demeyer;Eveline I.P. Volcke

  • Seasonal and diurnal variability of N2O emissions from a full-scale municipal wastewater treatment plant.

    Matthijs R.J. Daelman;Matthijs R.J. Daelman;Ellen M. van Voorthuizen;Udo G.J.M. van Dongen;Eveline I.P. Volcke

  • Effect of granule size on autotrophic nitrogen removal in a granular sludge reactor

    E.I.P. Volcke;C. Picioreanu;B. De Baets;M.C.M. van Loosdrecht

  • Effect of aeration regime on N2O emission from partial nitritation-anammox in a full-scale granular sludge reactor

    C.M. Castro-Barros;M.R.J. Daelman;M.R.J. Daelman;K.E. Mampaey;M.C.M. van Loosdrecht

  • An ASM/ADM model interface for dynamic plant-wide simulation

    Ingmar Nopens;Damien J. Batstone;John B. Copp;Ulf Jeppsson

  • Evaluating the potential for dissimilatory nitrate reduction by anammox bacteria for municipal wastewater treatment

    Celia M. Castro-Barros;Mingsheng Jia;Mark C.M. van Loosdrecht;Eveline I.P. Volcke

  • Modeling and simulation of oxygen-limited partial nitritation in a membrane-assisted bioreactor (MBR).

    Stijn Wyffels;Stijn W. H. Van Hulle;Pascal Boeckx;Eveline I. P. Volcke

  • Plant-wide modelling of phosphorus transformations in wastewater treatment systems: Impacts of control and operational strategies

    K Solon;X Flores-Alsina;C Kazadi Mbamba;D Ikumi

  • Inoculum selection influences the biochemical methane potential of agro‐industrial substrates

    Jo De Vrieze;Linde Raport;Bernard Willems;Silke Verbrugge

  • Modelling nitrous and nitric oxide emissions by autotrophic ammonia-oxidizing bacteria

    K. E. Mampaey;B. Beuckels;M. J. Kampschreur;R. Kleerebezem

  • The granule size distribution in an anammox-based granular sludge reactor affects the conversion--implications for modeling.

    E.I.P. Volcke;C. Picioreanu;B. De Baets;M.C.M. van Loosdrecht

  • Pathways to advanced resource recovery from sewage

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  • Modelling anaerobic, aerobic and partial nitritation-anammox granular sludge reactors : a review

    Janis E. Baeten;Damien J. Batstone;Oliver J. Schraa;Mark C.M. van Loosdrecht

  • Effect of heterotrophic growth on autotrophic nitrogen removal in a granular sludge reactor

    Md. Salatul Islam Mozumder;Cristian Picioreanu;Mark C.M. van Loosdrecht;Eveline I.P. Volcke

  • Modeling microbial diversity in anaerobic digestion through an extended ADM1 model.

    Ivan Ramirez;Eveline I.P. Volcke;Eveline I.P. Volcke;Rajagopal Rajinikanth;Rajagopal Rajinikanth;Jean-Philippe Steyer

  • A robust fed-batch feeding strategy independent of the carbon source for optimal polyhydroxybutyrate production

    Md. Salatul Islam Mozumder;Md. Salatul Islam Mozumder;Heleen De Wever;Eveline I.P. Volcke;Linsey Garcia-Gonzalez

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter A. Vanrolleghem
Peter A. Vanrolleghem Université Laval
M.C.M. van Loosdrecht
M.C.M. van Loosdrecht Delft University of Technology
Erik Meers
Erik Meers Ghent University
Damien J. Batstone
Damien J. Batstone University of Queensland
Stijn Van Hulle
Stijn Van Hulle Ghent University
Jean-Philippe Steyer
Jean-Philippe Steyer INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Ingmar Nopens
Ingmar Nopens Ghent University
Ulf Jeppsson
Ulf Jeppsson Lund University
Krist V. Gernaey
Krist V. Gernaey Technical University of Denmark
Maite Pijuan
Maite Pijuan Catalan Institute for Water Research

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