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Wenhai Luo is affiliated with China Agricultural University in China and has contributed extensively to research in environmental science, agricultural and biological sciences, and engineering. Their work predominantly focuses on understanding microbial dynamics and environmental impacts in waste management processes.

The scientist's research topics address several key areas:

  • Composting and Vermicomposting Techniques
  • Membrane Separation Technologies
  • Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production
  • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
  • Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment
  • Municipal Solid Waste Management
  • Waste Management and Recycling

Among the main and subfields of study Luo has contributed to are:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Engineering
  • Soil Science
  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
  • Water Science and Technology
  • Pollution
  • Biomedical Engineering

Wenhai Luo has collaborated frequently with a number of coauthors, including:

  • Guoxue Li
  • Zhicheng Xu
  • Long D. Nghiem
  • Chuanren Qi
  • Xingzu Gao

The scientist's publications have appeared predominantly in several journals specializing in environmental technology and biotechnology, including:

  • Bioresource Technology
  • Environmental Technology & Innovation
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Journal of Membrane Science
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Representative recent papers authored or coauthored by Luo illustrate a focus on microbial and gaseous dynamics during composting processes:

  • Relating bacterial dynamics and functions to gaseous emissions during composting of kitchen and garden wastes, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Bacterial dynamics and functions for gaseous emissions and humification in response to aeration intensities during kitchen waste composting, 2021, Bioresource Technology
  • Bacterial dynamics for gaseous emission and humification in bio-augmented composting of kitchen waste, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Bacterial dynamics and functions driven by bulking agents to mitigate gaseous emissions in kitchen waste composting, 2021, Bioresource Technology
  • Regulating bacterial dynamics by lime addition to enhance kitchen waste composting, 2021, Bioresource Technology

Best Publications

  • Effect of bulking agents on maturity and gaseous emissions during kitchen waste composting

    Fan Yang;Guo Xue Li;Qing Yuan Yang;Wen Hai Luo

  • Effects of aeration rate on maturity and gaseous emissions during sewage sludge composting.

    Jing Yuan;David Chadwick;Difang Zhang;Guoxue Li

  • Performance of mature compost to control gaseous emissions in kitchen waste composting.

    Fan Yang;Yun Li;Yuhua Han;Wentao Qian

  • Osmotic versus conventional membrane bioreactors integrated with reverse osmosis for water reuse: Biological stability, membrane fouling, and contaminant removal

    Wenhai Luo;Hop V. Phan;Ming Xie;Faisal I. Hai

  • Relating bacterial dynamics and functions to gaseous emissions during composting of kitchen and garden wastes.

    Zhicheng Xu;Yu Ma;Lanxia Zhang;Yiyu Han

  • Resource recovery from wastewater by anaerobic membrane bioreactors: Opportunities and challenges

    Xiaoye Song;Wenhai Luo;Faisal I. Hai;William E. Price

  • Effects of mixing and covering with mature compost on gaseous emissions during composting

    Wen Hai Luo;Jing Yuan;Yi Ming Luo;Guo Xue Li

  • Performance of co-composting sewage sludge and organic fraction of municipal solid waste at different proportions

    Difang Zhang;Wenhai Luo;Yun Li;Guoying Wang

  • Performance of phosphogypsum and calcium magnesium phosphate fertilizer for nitrogen conservation in pig manure composting.

    Yun Li;Wenhai Luo;Guoxue Li;Kun Wang

  • Phosphorus and water recovery by a novel osmotic membrane bioreactor-reverse osmosis system.

    Wenhai Luo;Faisal I. Hai;William E. Price;Wenshan Guo

  • Effect of phosphogypsum and dicyandiamide as additives on NH3, N2O and CH4 emissions during composting

    Yiming Luo;Guoxue Li;Wenhai Luo;Frank Schuchardt

  • An anaerobic membrane bioreactor - membrane distillation hybrid system for energy recovery and water reuse: Removal performance of organic carbon, nutrients, and trace organic contaminants

    Xiaoye Song;Wenhai Luo;James McDonald;Stuart J. Khan

  • Removal of antibiotics by sequencing-batch membrane bioreactor for swine wastewater treatment

    Zhicheng Xu;Xiaoye Song;Yun Li;Guoxue Li

  • Effects of moisture and carbon/nitrogen ratio on gaseous emissions and maturity during direct composting of cornstalks used for filtration of anaerobically digested manure centrate.

    Zhicheng Xu;Guoxue Li;Nazmul Huda;Bangxi Zhang

  • High retention membrane bioreactors: Challenges and opportunities

    Wenhai Luo;Faisal I. Hai;William E. Price;Wenshan Guo

  • Use of additive and pretreatment to control odors in municipal kitchen waste during aerobic composting.

    Jing Yuan;Qingyuan Yang;Zhiye Zhang;Guoxue Li

  • Bacterial dynamics and functions for gaseous emissions and humification in response to aeration intensities during kitchen waste composting.

    Zhicheng Xu;Chuanren Qi;Lanxia Zhang;Yu Ma

  • Effects of salinity build-up on the performance and bacterial community structure of a membrane bioreactor.

    Wenhai Luo;Hop V. Phan;Faisal I. Hai;William E. Price

  • Surface pattern by nanoimprint for membrane fouling mitigation: Design, performance and mechanisms

    Ming Xie;Wenhai Luo;Stephen R. Gray

  • Biomimetic aquaporin membranes for osmotic membrane bioreactors: Membrane performance and contaminant removal

    Wenhai Luo;Wenhai Luo;Ming Xie;Xiaoye Song;Wenshan Guo

  • Trace organic contaminant rejection by aquaporin forward osmosis membrane: Transport mechanisms and membrane stability

    Ming Xie;Wenhai Luo;Hao Guo;Long D. Nghiem

Frequent Co-Authors

Guoxue Li
Guoxue Li China Agricultural University
Long D. Nghiem
Long D. Nghiem University of Technology Sydney
William E. Price
William E. Price University of Wollongong
Faisal I. Hai
Faisal I. Hai University of Wollongong
Wenshan Guo
Wenshan Guo University of Technology Sydney
Stephen K. Gray
Stephen K. Gray Victoria University
Menachem Elimelech
Menachem Elimelech Rice University
Kazuo Yamamoto
Kazuo Yamamoto University of Tokyo
Stuart J. Khan
Stuart J. Khan University of Sydney
David R. Chadwick
David R. Chadwick Bangor University

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