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Overview

Yuansong Wei is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and has an extensive research portfolio in the field of Environmental Science.

Their research primarily focuses on topics related to wastewater treatment and nitrogen removal, membrane separation technologies, water treatment and disinfection, pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts, microbial community ecology and physiology, anaerobic digestion and biogas production, and membrane-based ion separation techniques.

Frequent collaborators in their work include Junya Zhang, Qianwen Sui, Jibao Liu, Libing Zheng, and Dawei Yu.

Yuansong Wei has published in a range of scientific venues, including:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Bioresource Technology
  • PubMed
  • Water Research
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials

Selected recent publications by Yuansong Wei include:

  • Fouling of ion exchange membranes used in the electrodialysis reversal advanced water treatment: A review, 2020, Chemosphere
  • Comprehensive understanding of DOM reactivity in anaerobic fermentation of persulfate-pretreated sewage sludge via FT-ICR mass spectrometry and reactomics analysis, 2022, Water Research
  • Effect of zero-valent iron combined with carbon-based materials on the mitigation of ammonia inhibition during anaerobic digestion, 2020, Bioresource Technology
  • Insight into the magnetic lime coagulation-membrane distillation process for desulfurization wastewater treatment: From pollutant removal feature to membrane fouling, 2020, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Influence of nanofiltration concentrate recirculation on performance and economic feasibility of a pilot-scale membrane bioreactor-nanofiltration hybrid process for textile wastewater treatment with high water recovery, 2020, Journal of Cleaner Production

Yuansong Wei's work spans multiple subfields within Environmental Science, notably pollution, water science and technology, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, biomedical engineering, and ecology.

Best Publications

  • Minimization of excess sludge production for biological wastewater treatment.

    Yuansong Wei;Renze T. Van Houten;Arjan R. Borger;Dick H. Eikelboom

  • Enhanced Biohydrogen Production from Sewage Sludge with Alkaline Pretreatment

    Mulin Cai;Junxin Liu;Yuansong Wei

  • Impacts of addition of natural zeolite or a nitrification inhibitor on antibiotic resistance genes during sludge composting.

    Junya Zhang;Meixue Chen;Qianwen Sui;Juan Tong

  • Optimization and microbial community analysis of anaerobic co-digestion of food waste and sewage sludge based on microwave pretreatment

    Junya Zhang;Chen Lv;Juan Tong;Jianwei Liu

  • The behavior of tetracyclines and their degradation products during swine manure composting.

    Xiaofeng Wu;Yuansong Wei;Jiaxi Zheng;Xin Zhao

  • Microwave-acid pretreatment: A potential process for enhancing sludge dewaterability.

    Jibao Liu;Yuansong Wei;Kun Li;Juan Tong

  • Distribution of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) in anaerobic digestion and land application of swine wastewater.

    Qianwen Sui;Junya Zhang;Meixue Chen;Juan Tong

  • Composting and compost application in China

    Yuan-Song Wei;Yao-Bo Fan;Min-Jian Wang;Ju-Si Wang

  • Fouling of ion exchange membranes used in the electrodialysis reversal advanced water treatment: A review.

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  • Microbial community evolution and fate of antibiotic resistance genes along six different full-scale municipal wastewater treatment processes.

    Juan Tong;Anping Tang;Hongyan Wang;Xingxin Liu

  • Soil types influence the fate of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes following the land application of sludge composts.

    Junya Zhang;Qianwen Sui;Juan Tong;Hui Zhong

  • Effect of red mud addition on tetracycline and copper resistance genes and microbial community during the full scale swine manure composting.

    Rui Wang;Junya Zhang;Qianwen Sui;Hefeng Wan

  • Rheological properties of sewage sludge during enhanced anaerobic digestion with microwave-H2O2 pretreatment.

    Jibao Liu;Dawei Yu;Jian Zhang;Min Yang

  • Fate of antibiotic resistance genes and its drivers during anaerobic co-digestion of food waste and sewage sludge based on microwave pretreatment.

    Junya Zhang;Meixue Chen;Qianwen Sui;Rui Wang

  • Characteristics and formation mechanism of membrane fouling in a full-scale RO wastewater reclamation process: Membrane autopsy and fouling characterization

    Libing Zheng;Dawei Yu;Gang Wang;Zenggang Yue

  • Response and mechanisms of the performance and fate of antibiotic resistance genes to nano-magnetite during anaerobic digestion of swine manure.

    Junya Zhang;Ziyue Wang;Tiedong Lu;Jibao Liu

  • Effect of H2O2 dosing strategy on sludge pretreatment by microwave-H2O2 advanced oxidation process.

    Yawei Wang;Yuansong Wei;Junxin Liu

  • Comparison Performances of Membrane Bioreactor and Conventional Activated Sludge Processes on Sludge Reduction Induced by Oligochaete

    Yuansong Wei;Renze T. Van Houten;Arjan R. Borger;Dick H. Eikelboom

  • Effects of chlortetracycline and copper on tetracyclines and copper resistance genes and microbial community during swine manure anaerobic digestion.

    Rui Wang;Meixue Chen;Feng Feng;Junya Zhang

  • Fates of intracellular and extracellular antibiotic resistance genes and microbial community structures in typical swine wastewater treatment processes.

    Qianwen Sui;Yanlin Chen;Dawei Yu;Tuo Wang

  • Determination and comparison of sludge reduction rates caused by microfaunas' predation.

    Peng Liang;Xia Huang;Yi Qian;Yuansong Wei

Frequent Co-Authors

Rong Wang
Rong Wang Nanyang Technological University
Min Yang
Min Yang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Junxin Liu
Junxin Liu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yawei Wang
Yawei Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jun Wang
Jun Wang Zhejiang University
Lu Qi
Lu Qi Harvard University
Roger Ruan
Roger Ruan University of Minnesota
Paul Chen
Paul Chen University of Minnesota
Yifeng Zhang
Yifeng Zhang Technical University of Denmark
Martin Krauss
Martin Krauss Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research

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