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Overview

Henri Spanjers is affiliated with Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. Their research focuses broadly on environmental science and engineering, with specific attention to water science, pollution control, and sustainable technologies.

The primary fields of study include Environmental Science and Engineering.

Within these fields, notable subfields of study explored by Spanjers are:

  • Water Science and Technology
  • Pollution
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Building and Construction
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

The scientist's work spans several main research topics, such as:

  • Membrane Separation Technologies
  • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
  • Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production
  • Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques
  • Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation

Henri Spanjers has contributed to research published in a range of academic venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Water Research
  • Journal of Membrane Science
  • Journal of Cleaner Production

Recent publications illustrate the scope and focus of Spanjers's research:

  • Bipolar membrane electrodialysis for energetically competitive ammonium removal and dissolved ammonia production, 2020, Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Enhancing Volatile Fatty Acid Production during Anaerobic Fermentation of Waste Activated Sludge with Persulfates: Peroxymonosulfate versus Peroxydisulfate, 2021, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
  • Recovery and applications of ammoniacal nitrogen from nitrogen-loaded residual streams: A review, 2021, Journal of Environmental Management
  • Experimental and theoretical characterization of commercial nanofiltration membranes for the treatment of ion exchange spent regenerant, 2020, Journal of Membrane Science
  • Degradation of p-cresol, resorcinol, and phenol in anaerobic membrane bioreactors under saline conditions, 2021, Chemical Engineering Journal

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Henri Spanjers are:

  • Jules B. van Lier
  • J.B. van Lier
  • Julian D. Muñoz Sierra
  • Agha Zeeshan Ali
  • Jan Peter van der Hoek

Best Publications

  • Respirometry in control of the activated sludge process

    Henri Spanjers;Peter Vanrolleghem;Gustaf Olsson;Peter Dold

  • A review of anaerobic membrane bioreactors for municipal wastewater treatment: Integration options, limitations and expectations

    Hale Ozgun;Hale Ozgun;Recep Kaan Dereli;Recep Kaan Dereli;Mustafa Evren Ersahin;Mustafa Evren Ersahin;Cumali Kinaci

  • Respirometry as a tool for rapid characterization of wastewater and activated sludge

    Henri Spanjers;Peter Vanrolleghem

  • Estimating (combinations of) Activated Sludge Model No. 1 parameters and components by respirometry

    Peter A. Vanrolleghem;Henri Spanjers;Britta Petersen;Philippe Ginestet

  • Literature review on textile wastewater characterisation

    I. Bisschops;H. Spanjers

  • Solid Oxide Fuel Cells fuelled with biogas: Potential and constraints

    S. Ali Saadabadi;Aditya Thallam Thattai;Liyuan Fan;Ralph E.F. Lindeboom

  • Multi criteria sustainability assessment of biogas production in Kenya

    Charles Kyuti Nzila;Jo Dewulf;Henri Spanjers;David Tuigong

  • Benchmark for evaluating control strategies in wastewater treatment plants

    J. Alex;J. F. Beteau;J. B. Copp;C. Hellinga

  • Modelling the production and degradation of soluble microbial products (SMP) in membrane bioreactors (MBR)

    Tao Jiang;Silvie Myngheer;Dirk J W De Pauw;Henri Spanjers

  • Instrumentation and control of anaerobic digestion processes: a review and some research challenges

    Julie Jimenez;Eric Latrille;Jérôme Harmand;Angel Robles

  • Respirometry in Control of the Activated Sludge Process: Principles

    H. Spanjers;P. Vanrolleghem;Gustaf Olsson;P. Dold

  • RESPIROMETRY AS TOOL FOR RAPID CHARACTERIZATION OF WASTEWATER AND ACTIVATED SLUDGE

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  • A comparative assessment of anaerobic digestion power plants as alternative to lagoons for vinasse treatment: life cycle assessment and exergy analysis

    Ernesto L. Barrera;Elena Rosa;Henri Spanjers;Osvaldo Romero

  • Modeling the anaerobic digestion of cane-molasses vinasse: extension of the Anaerobic Digestion Model No. 1 (ADM1) with sulfate reduction for a very high strength and sulfate rich wastewater.

    Ernesto L. Barrera;Henri Spanjers;Kimberly Solon;Youri Amerlinck

  • Impact of anaerobic dynamic membrane bioreactor configuration on treatment and filterability performance

    Mustafa Evren Ersahin;Mustafa Evren Ersahin;Yu Tao;Yu Tao;Hale Ozgun;Hale Ozgun;Juan B. Gimenez;Juan B. Gimenez

  • Respirometry in control of the activated sludge process : benchmarking control strategies

    J. B. Copp;H. Spanjers;P. A. Vanrolleghem

  • Towards a simulation-benchmark for evaluating respirometry-based control strategies

    Henri Spanjers;Peter Vanrolleghem;Khanh Nguyen;Henk Vanhooren

  • Status and future trends of ICA in wastewater treatment - a European perspective.

    U Jeppsson;J Alex;Mn Pons;Henri Spanjers

  • Impact of long-term salinity exposure in anaerobic membrane bioreactors treating phenolic wastewater: Performance robustness and endured microbial community.

    Julian D. Muñoz Sierra;Margreet J. Oosterkamp;Wei Wang;Henri Spanjers

  • Bipolar membrane electrodialysis for energetically competitive ammonium removal and dissolved ammonia production

    Niels van Linden;Giacomo L. Bandinu;David A. Vermaas;Henri Spanjers

  • Biowaste energy potential in Kenya

    Charles Kyuti Nzila;Jo Dewulf;Henri Spanjers;Henry Kiriamiti

  • Respirometry in Control of the Activated Sludge Process: Principles

    J. B. Copp;H. Spanjers;P. A. Vanrolleghem

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter A. Vanrolleghem
Peter A. Vanrolleghem Université Laval
J.B. van Lier
J.B. van Lier Delft University of Technology
Jo Dewulf
Jo Dewulf Ghent University
Gustaf Olsson
Gustaf Olsson Lund University
Ingmar Nopens
Ingmar Nopens Ghent University
Ulf Jeppsson
Ulf Jeppsson Lund University
Gürkan Sin
Gürkan Sin Technical University of Denmark
Hardy Temmink
Hardy Temmink Wageningen University & Research
Zhiguo Yuan
Zhiguo Yuan City University of Hong Kong
Herman Van Langenhove
Herman Van Langenhove Ghent University

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