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Yiu Fai Tsang is affiliated with the Education University of Hong Kong in China and works primarily in the fields of Engineering and Environmental Science. Their research output spans multiple subfields, including Biomedical Engineering, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Pollution, Water Science and Technology, and Materials Chemistry.

Tsang has contributed extensively to topics such as Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes, Recycling and Waste Management Techniques, Biodiesel Production and Applications, Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques, Municipal Solid Waste Management, and Advanced Oxidation Water Treatment.

Among notable recent publications, Tsang has co-authored:

  • Isotherm models for adsorption of heavy metals from water - A review, 2022, Chemosphere
  • Remediation of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contaminated soils - To mobilize or to immobilize or to degrade?, 2020, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Polyamide 6 microplastics facilitate methane production during anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge, 2020, Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Occurrence and removal of microplastics in wastewater treatment plants and drinking water purification facilities: A review, 2021, Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Manganese oxide-modified biochar: production, characterization and applications for the removal of pollutants from aqueous environments - a review, 2021, Bioresource Technology

Tsang frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Bioresource Technology
  • Energy

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Eilhann E. Kwon
  • Sungyup Jung
  • Kun-Yi Andrew Lin
  • Wei-Hsin Chen
  • Taewoo Lee

Best Publications

  • Heavy metals in food crops: Health risks, fate, mechanisms, and management

    Prabhat Kumar Rai;Sang Soo Lee;Ming Zhang;Yiu Fai Tsang

  • Occurrences and removal of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in drinking water and water/sewage treatment plants: A review

    Yi Yang;Yong Sik Ok;Ki Hyun Kim;Eilhann E. Kwon

  • Isotherm models for adsorption of heavy metals from water - A review.

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  • Production of bioplastic through food waste valorization.

    Yiu Fai Tsang;Vanish Kumar;Pallabi Samadar;Yi Yang

  • Performance study of ceramic microfiltration membrane for oily wastewater treatment

    F.L. Hua;Yiu Fai Tsang;Y. J. Wang;S.Y. Chan

  • Engineered/designer biochar for the removal of phosphate in water and wastewater.

    Kumar Vikrant;Ki Hyun Kim;Yong Sik Ok;Daniel C.W. Tsang

  • Assessing optimal fermentation type for bio-hydrogen production in continuous-flow acidogenic reactors.

    N.Q. Ren;H. Chua;S.Y. Chan;Yiu Fai Tsang

  • Remediation of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contaminated soils - To mobilize or to immobilize or to degrade?

    Nanthi Bolan;Binoy Sarkar;Yubo Yan;Qiao Li

  • Designer carbon nanotubes for contaminant removal in water and wastewater: A critical review

    Binoy Sarkar;Sanchita Mandal;Yiu Fai Tsang;Pawan Kumar

  • Regeneration, degradation, and toxicity effect of MOFs: Opportunities and challenges.

    Pawan Kumar;Pawan Kumar;Bhaskar Anand;Yiu Fai Tsang;Ki-Hyun Kim

  • Occurrence of contaminants in drinking water sources and the potential of biochar for water quality improvement:A review

    Kumuduni Niroshika Palansooriya;Yi Yang;Yiu Fai Tsang;Binoy Sarkar

  • Plant litter composition selects different soil microbial structures and in turn drives different litter decomposition pattern and soil carbon sequestration capability

    Jianfang Yan;Lei Wang;Yu Hu;Yiu Fai Tsang

  • Progress on nanostructured electrochemical sensors and their recognition elements for detection of mycotoxins: A review.

    K. Yugender Goud;Suresh Kumar Kailasa;Vanish Kumar;Yiu Fai Tsang

  • A critical review of ferrate(VI)-based remediation of soil and groundwater

    Prabhat Kumar Rai;Jechan Lee;Suresh Kumar Kailasa;Eilhann E. Kwon

  • Polyamide 6 microplastics facilitate methane production during anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge

    Hongbo Chen;Mengge Tang;Xiao Yang;Yiu Fai Tsang

  • Occurrence and removal of microplastics in wastewater treatment plants and drinking water purification facilities: A review

    Yan Laam Cheng;Jong-Gook Kim;Hye-Bin Kim;Jeong Hwan Choi

  • Dissolved organic matter characterization of biochars produced from different feedstock materials.

    Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha;Yong Sik Ok;Ali El-Naggar;Hyojeon Kim

  • In-situ and ex-situ catalytic pyrolysis/co-pyrolysis of empty fruit bunches using mesostructured aluminosilicate catalysts

    Hoda Shafaghat;Hyung Won Lee;Yiu Fai Tsang;Daejun Oh

  • Occurrence and fate of antibiotics in a wastewater treatment plant and their biological effects on receiving waters in Guizhou

    Jing Hu;Juan Zhou;Shaoqi Zhou;Pan Wu

  • Transformation of dissolved organic matter in concentrated leachate from nanofiltration during ozone-based oxidation processes (O3, O3/H2O2 and O3/UV).

    Hua-wei Wang;Xiao-yue Li;Zhi-peng Hao;Ying-jie Sun

  • Recently developed methods to enhance stability of heterogeneous catalysts for conversion of biomass-derived feedstocks

    Soosan Kim;Yiu Fai Tsang;Eilhann E. Kwon;Kun-Yi Andrew Lin

  • Optimization of biological treatment of paper mill effluent in a sequencing batch reactor

    Yiu Fai Tsang;F.L. Hua;H. Chua;S.N. Sin

Frequent Co-Authors

Eilhann E. Kwon
Eilhann E. Kwon Hanyang University
Young-Kwon Park
Young-Kwon Park University of Seoul
Ki-Hyun Kim
Ki-Hyun Kim Hanyang University
Jechan Lee
Jechan Lee Sungkyunkwan University
Yong Sik Ok
Yong Sik Ok Korea University
Su Shiung Lam
Su Shiung Lam Universiti Malaysia Terengganu
Lei Wang
Lei Wang University of Wollongong
Kun-Yi Andrew Lin
Kun-Yi Andrew Lin National Chung Hsing University
Jörg Rinklebe
Jörg Rinklebe University of Wuppertal
Wei-Hsin Chen
Wei-Hsin Chen National Cheng Kung University

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