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Tove A. Larsen is affiliated with the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology in Switzerland. Their research spans key areas within environmental science and engineering, focusing on water systems and sustainable resource management. Larsen's work intersects multiple subfields including industrial and manufacturing engineering, water science and technology, environmental engineering, building and construction, and ocean engineering.

The scientist's publications primarily appear in venues dedicated to water and environmental research. Frequent publication venues include Energy and Buildings, Water Research, Journal of Environmental Management, Water Research X, and Environmental Science & Technology.

Research topics explored by Larsen cover a broad spectrum within environmental and water research, including:

  • Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
  • Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
  • Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment
  • Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
  • Urban Stormwater Management Solutions
  • Water resources management and optimization
  • Smart Grid Energy Management

Recent significant papers authored or coauthored by Larsen include:

  • State of the art of urine treatment technologies: A critical review, 2021, Water Research X
  • The potential contribution of urine source separation to the SDG agenda - a review of the progress so far and future development options, 2021, Environmental Science Water Research & Technology

Larsen frequently collaborates with a group of coauthors who have appeared multiple times in joint research efforts. These include Eberhard Morgenroth, Bruno Hadengue, Kai M. Udert, Christian Binz, and Judit Lienert.

Best Publications

  • Emerging solutions to the water challenges of an urbanizing world

    Tove A. Larsen;Sabine Hoffmann;Christoph Lüthi;Bernhard Truffer;Bernhard Truffer

  • Treatment processes for source-separated urine.

    M. Maurer;W. Pronk;T.A. Larsen

  • Urea hydrolysis and precipitation dynamics in a urine-collecting system.

    Kai M. Udert;Tove A. Larsen;Martin Biebow;Willi Gujer

  • Nutrients in urine: energetic aspects of removal and recovery

    M. Maurer;P. Schwegler;T.A. Larsen

  • Separate management of anthropogenic nutrient solutions (human urine)

    Tove A. Larsen;Willi Gujer

  • Source Separation and Decentralization for Wastewater Management

    Tove A. Larsen;Kai M. Udert;Judit Lienert

  • Fate of major compounds in source-separated urine

    K.M. Udert;T.A. Larsen;W. Gujer

  • Source separation: will we see a paradigm shift in wastewater handling?

    Tove A Larsen;Alfredo C Alder;Rik I L Eggen;Max Maurer

  • How to avoid pharmaceuticals in the aquatic environment.

    Tove A. Larsen;Judit Lienert;Adriano Joss;Hansruedi Siegrist

  • Estimating the precipitation potential in urine-collecting systems.

    Kai M. Udert;Tove A. Larsen;Willi Gujer

  • The concept of sustainable Urban Water Management

    Tove A. Larsen;Willi Gujer

  • High acceptance of urine source separation in seven European countries: a review.

    Judit Lienert;Tove A. Larsen

  • Recycling nutrients contained in human excreta to agriculture: Pathways, processes, and products

    Robin Harder;Rosanne Wielemaker;Tove A. Larsen;Grietje Zeeman

  • Nitrification and autotrophic denitrification of source-separated urine

    K.M. Udert;C. Fux;M. Münster;T.A. Larsen

  • Peer Reviewed: Re-engineering the toilet for sustainable wastewater management

    Tove A. Larsen;Irene Peters;Alfredo Alder;Rik Eggen

  • A novel approach for stabilizing fresh urine by calcium hydroxide addition.

    Dyllon G. Randall;Manuel Krähenbühl;Isabell Köpping;Tove A. Larsen

  • Biologically induced precipitation in urine-collecting systems

    K.M. Udert;T.A. Larsen;W. Gujer

  • State of the art of urine treatment technologies: A critical review.

    Tove A. Larsen;Michel E. Riechmann;Kai M. Udert;Kai M. Udert

  • Decentralised wastewater treatment technologies from a national perspective: at what cost are they competitive?

    M. Maurer;D. Rothenberger;T.A. Larsen

  • A Research Agenda for the Future of Urban Water Management: Exploring the Potential of Nongrid, Small-Grid, and Hybrid Solutions.

    Sabine Hoffmann;Ulrike Feldmann;Peter M. Bach;Peter M. Bach;Peter M. Bach;Christian Binz

  • Combining urine separation with waste design: an analysis using a stochastic model for urine production.

    Wolfgang Rauch;Doris Brockmann;Doris Brockmann;Irene Peters;Tove A Larsen

Frequent Co-Authors

Willi Gujer
Willi Gujer Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Max Maurer
Max Maurer Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Eberhard Morgenroth
Eberhard Morgenroth Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Bernhard Truffer
Bernhard Truffer Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Claudia Pahl-Wostl
Claudia Pahl-Wostl Osnabrück University
Rik I.L. Eggen
Rik I.L. Eggen ETH Zurich
Paul Lant
Paul Lant University of Queensland
Alfredo C. Alder
Alfredo C. Alder Nankai University
Heiko Gebauer
Heiko Gebauer Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology
Adriano Joss
Adriano Joss Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology

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