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Overview

Zhongfang Lei is a researcher affiliated with the University of Tsukuba in Japan. Their work primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Engineering, with a significant emphasis on pollution control, wastewater treatment, and sustainable environmental technologies.

The main research topics undertaken include:

  • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
  • Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production
  • Algal Biology and Biofuel Production
  • Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment
  • Membrane Separation Technologies
  • Phosphorus and Nutrient Management
  • Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation

Their work covers various subfields such as Pollution, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Water Science and Technology, Building and Construction, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability, and the Environment.

Zhongfang Lei has published extensively in journals including:

  • Bioresource Technology
  • Bioresource Technology Reports
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Notable recent publications include:

  • Well-to-wheel analysis of energy consumption, greenhouse gas and air pollutants emissions of hydrogen fuel cell vehicle in China, 2020, Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Roles and applications of enzymes for resistant pollutants removal in wastewater treatment, 2021, Bioresource Technology
  • Pathways to a net-zero-carbon water sector through energy-extracting wastewater technologies, 2022, npj Clean Water
  • Microalgae simultaneously promote antibiotic removal and antibiotic resistance genes/bacteria attenuation in algal-bacterial granular sludge system, 2022, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Supplementation of O2-containing gas nanobubble water to enhance methane production from anaerobic digestion of cellulose, 2020, Chemical Engineering Journal

Throughout their career, Zhongfang Lei has collaborated frequently with other researchers, notably:

  • Zhenya Zhang
  • Kazuya Shimizu
  • Tian Yuan
  • Duu-Jong Lee
  • Jixiang Wang

This profile reflects Zhongfang Lei's extensive involvement in topics central to environmental sustainability and engineering solutions aimed at pollution reduction and resource recovery in wastewater treatment processes.

Best Publications

  • Adsorption mechanisms of high-levels of ammonium onto natural and NaCl-modified zeolites

    Lin Lin;Zhongfang Lei;Li Wang;Xiang Liu

  • Adsorption of cesium from aqueous solution using agricultural residue – Walnut shell: Equilibrium, kinetic and thermodynamic modeling studies

    Dahu Ding;Yingxin Zhao;Shengjiong Yang;Wansheng Shi

  • Effect of algae growth on aerobic granulation and nutrients removal from synthetic wastewater by using sequencing batch reactors.

    Wenli Huang;Bing Li;Chao Zhang;Zhenya Zhang

  • Co-composting of livestock manure with rice straw: Characterization and establishment of maturity evaluation system

    Xiaoyong Qian;Genxiang Shen;Zhenqi Wang;Chunxia Guo

  • Methane production from rice straw with acclimated anaerobic sludge: effect of phosphate supplementation.

    Zhongfang Lei;Jiayi Chen;Zhenya Zhang;Norio Sugiura

  • Effects of light intensity on oxygen distribution, lipid production and biological community of algal-bacterial granules in photo-sequencing batch reactors.

    Fansheng Meng;Limeng Xi;Dongfang Liu;Weiwei Huang

  • Immobilization of heavy metals in sewage sludge by using subcritical water technology.

    Wansheng Shi;Chunguang Liu;Dahu Ding;Zhongfang Lei

  • Citric acid-crosslinked β-cyclodextrin for simultaneous removal of bisphenol A, methylene blue and copper: The roles of cavity and surface functional groups

    Weiwei Huang;Yonghua Hu;Yaoyue Li;Yanbo Zhou

  • Soybean Curd Residue: Composition, Utilization, and Related Limiting Factors

    Shuhong Li;Dan Zhu;Kejuan Li;Yingnan Yang

  • Application of aerobic granules-continuous flow reactor for saline wastewater treatment: Granular stability, lipid production and symbiotic relationship between bacteria and algae.

    Fansheng Meng;Weiwei Huang;Dongfang Liu;Yingxin Zhao

  • Comparative study of antioxidant activity and antiproliferative effect of hot water and ethanol extracts from the mushroom Inonotus obliquus.

    Honghai Hu;Zhenya Zhang;Zhongfang Lei;Yingnan Yang

  • Identification of inorganic and organic species of phosphorus and its bio-availability in nitrifying aerobic granular sludge

    Wenli Huang;Wei Cai;He Huang;Zhongfang Lei

  • Effective adsorption of Cr (VI) from aqueous solution using natural Akadama clay

    Yingxin Zhao;Shengjiong Yang;Dahu Ding;Jie Chen

  • Pathways to a net-zero-carbon water sector through energy-extracting wastewater technologies

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  • Singlet oxygen dominated peroxymonosulfate activation by CuO-CeO2 for organic pollutants degradation: Performance and mechanism.

    Zhendong Li;Dongfang Liu;Yingxin Zhao;Songrong Li

  • Well-to-wheel analysis of energy consumption, greenhouse gas and air pollutants emissions of hydrogen fuel cell vehicle in China

    Qun Wang;Qun Wang;Mianqiang Xue;Bin-Le Lin;Zhongfang Lei

  • Methane production from rice straw pretreated by a mixture of acetic-propionic acid.

    Rui Zhao;Zhenya Zhang;Ruiqin Zhang;Miao Li;Miao Li

  • Roles and applications of enzymes for resistant pollutants removal in wastewater treatment.

    Siran Feng;Huu Hao Ngo;Huu Hao Ngo;Wenshan Guo;Soon Woong Chang

  • Synergistic effect of rice husk addition on hydrothermal treatment of sewage sludge: fate and environmental risk of heavy metals.

    Wansheng Shi;Chunguang Liu;Youju Shu;Chuanping Feng

  • Stability of algal-bacterial granules in continuous-flow reactors to treat varying strength domestic wastewater.

    Johan Syafri Mahathir Ahmad;Johan Syafri Mahathir Ahmad;Wei Cai;Ziwen Zhao;Zhenya Zhang

  • Purification, antitumor and immunomodulatory activity of polysaccharides from soybean residue fermented with Morchella esculenta.

    Shuhong Li;Ang Gao;Shuang Dong;Ye Chen

  • Enhanced anaerobic digestion of ammonia-rich swine manure by zero-valent iron: With special focus on the enhancement effect on hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis activity.

    Yuan Yang;Fei Yang;Weiwei Huang;Weiwei Huang;Wenli Huang

  • Comparative study on hydrothermal treatment as pre- and post-treatment of anaerobic digestion of primary sludge: Focus on energy balance, resources transformation and sludge dewaterability

    Tian Yuan;Yanfei Cheng;Zhenya Zhang;Zhongfang Lei

Frequent Co-Authors

Duu-Jong Lee
Duu-Jong Lee National Taiwan University
Yingnan Yang
Yingnan Yang University of Tsukuba
Chuanping Feng
Chuanping Feng China University of Geosciences
Joo-Hwa Tay
Joo-Hwa Tay University of Calgary
Baogang Zhang
Baogang Zhang China University of Geosciences
Yi Zhang
Yi Zhang Nanyang Technological University
Miao Li
Miao Li Tsinghua University
Huu Hao Ngo
Huu Hao Ngo University of Technology Sydney
Wenshan Guo
Wenshan Guo University of Technology Sydney
Shicheng Zhang
Shicheng Zhang Fudan University

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