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Publications by Water Technology

Are you looking for publications by Section of Water Technology? On this page you can find all the publications made by the Section of Water Technology Department of Biological & Chemical Engineering, Aarhus University.

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Wágner, D. S., Valverde Pérez, B., Sæbø, M., Bregua de la Sotilla, M., van Wagenen, J. M., Smets, B. F. & Plósz, B. G. (2016). Towards a consensus-based biokinetic model for green microalgae – The ASM-A. Water Research, 103, 485-499. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2016.07.026

MacKay, A. A., Gan, P., Yu, R. & Smets, B. F. (2014). Seasonal Arsenic Accumulation in Stream Sediments at a Groundwater Discharge Zone. Environmental Science & Technology, 48(2), 920-929. https://doi.org/10.1021/es402552u

Moro, M. A., Andersen, M. M., Smets, B. F. & McKnight, U. S. (2019). National innovative capacity in the water sector: A comparison between China and Europe. Journal of Cleaner Production, 210, 325-342. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.10.329

Chandran, K. & Smets, B. F. (2005). Optimizing experimental design to estimate ammonia and nitrite oxidation biokinetic parameters from batch respirograms. Water Research, 39, 4969-4978. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2005.10.001

Ni, B.-J., Ruscalleda, M. & Smets, B. F. (2012). Evaluation on the microbial interactions of anaerobic ammonium oxidizers and heterotrophs in Anammox biofilm. Water Research, 46(15), 4645-4652. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2012.06.016

Wang, R., Terada, A., Lackner, S., Smets, B. F., Henze, M., Xia, S. Q. & Zhao, J. F. (2009). Nitritation performance and biofilm development of co- and counter-diffusion biofilm reactors: Modeling and experimental comparison. Water Research, 43(10), 2699-2709. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2009.03.017

Lackner, S., Terada, A. & Smets, B. F. (2008). Heterotrophic activity compromises autotrophic nitrogen removal in membrane-aerated biofilms: Results of a modeling study. Water Research, 42(4-5), 1102-1112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2007.08.025

Xu, M., Savio, F., Kjærgaard, C., Jensen, M. M., Kovalovszki, A., Smets, B. F., Valverde-Pérez, B. & Zhang, Y. (2025). Inorganic bioelectric system for nitrate removal with low N₂O production at cold temperatures of 4 and 10 °C. Water Research, 274, Article 123061. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2024.123061

Hu, Z., Ferraina, R. A., Ericson, J. F. & Smets, B. F. (2005). Effect of long-term exposure, biogenic substrate presence, and electron acceptor conditions on the biodegradation of multiple substituted benzoates and phenolates. Water Research, 39, 3501-3510. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2005.06.009

Lackner, S., Holmberg, M., Terada, A., Kingshott, P. & Smets, B. F. (2009). Enhancing the formation and shear resistance of nitrifying biofilms on membranes by surface modification. Water Research, 43(14), 3469-3478. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2009.05.011

Qiu, Y., Ekström, S., Valverde-Pérez, B., Smets, B. F., Climent, J., Domingo-Félez, C., Cuenca, R. M. & Plósz, B. G. (2024). Numerical modelling of surface aeration and N₂O emission in biological water resource recovery. Water Research, 255, Article 121398. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2024.121398

Domingo-Felez, C., Calderó-Pascual, M., Sin, G., Plósz, B. G. & Smets, B. F. (2017). Calibration of the comprehensive NDHA-N₂O dynamics model for nitrifier-enriched biomass using targeted respirometric assays. Water Research, 126, 29-39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2017.09.013

Qiu, Y., Hug, T., Wágner, D. S., Smets, B. F., Valverde-Pérez, B. & Plósz, B. G. (2023). Dynamic calibration of a new secondary settler model using Cand. Microthrix as predictor of settling velocity. Water Research, 246, Article 120664. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2023.120664

Hu, Z. Q., Ferraina, R. A., Ericson, J. F., MacKay, A. A. & Smets, B. F. (2005). Biomass characteristics in three sequencing batch reactors treating a wastewater containing synthetic organic chemicals. Water Research, 39(4), 710-720. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2004.11.018

Tatari, K., Smets, B. F. & Albrechtsen, H.-J. (2016). Depth investigation of rapid sand filters for drinking water production reveals strong stratification in nitrification biokinetic behavior. Water Research, 101, 402-410. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2016.04.073

Kinh, C. T., Suenaga, T., Hori, T., Riya, S., Hosomi, M., Smets, B. F. & Terada, A. (2017). Counter-diffusion biofilms have lower N₂O emissions than co-diffusion biofilms during simultaneous nitrification and denitrification: Insights from depth-profile analysis. Water Research, 124, 363-371. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2017.07.058

Tatari, K., Smets, B. F. & Albrechtsen, H.-J. (2013). A novel bench-scale column assay to investigate site-specific nitrification biokinetics in biological rapid sand filters. Water Research, 47(16), 6380-6387. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2013.08.005

Quintela-Baluja, M., Abouelnaga, M., Romalde, J., Su, J. Q., Yu, Y., Gomez-Lopez, M., Smets, B. F., Zhu, Y. G. & Graham, D. W. (2019). Spatial ecology of a wastewater network defines the antibiotic resistance genes in downstream receiving waters. Water Research, 162, 347-357. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2019.06.075

Su, Q., Ma, C., Domingo-Felez, C., Kiil, A. S., Thamdrup, B., Jensen, M. M. & Smets, B. F. (2017). Low nitrous oxide production through nitrifier-denitrification in intermittent-feed high-rate nitritation reactors. Water Research, 123, 429-438. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2017.06.067

Pellicer i Nàcher, C., Domingo Felez, C., Mutlu, A. G. & Smets, B. F. (2013). Critical assessment of extracellular polymeric substances extraction methods from mixed culture biomass. Water Research, 47(15), 5564-5574. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2013.06.026

Valverde Pérez, B., Wágner, D. S., Lóránt, B., Gülay, A., Smets, B. F. & Plósz, B. G. (2016). Short-sludge age EBPR process – Microbial and biochemical process characterisation during reactor start-up and operation. Water Research, 104, 320-329. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2016.08.026

Torresi, E., Gülay, A., Polesel, F., Jensen, M. M., Christensson, M., Smets, B. F. & Plósz, B. G. (2018). Reactor staging influences microbial community composition and diversity of denitrifying MBBRs- Implications on pharmaceutical removal. Water Research, 138, 333-345. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2018.03.014

Mauricio Iglesias, M., Vangsgaard, A. K., Gernaey, K., Smets, B. F. & Sin, G. (2015). A novel control strategy for single-stage autotrophic nitrogen removal in SBR. Chemical Engineering Journal, 260, 64-73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2014.08.069

Chrysochoidis, V., Andersen, M. H., Remigi, E. U., Faragó, M., Smets, B. F., Domingo-Félez, C. & Valverde-Pérez, B. (2024). Critical evaluation of different mass transfer equations to model N₂O emissions from Water Resource Recovery Facilities with diffuse aeration. Environmental Technology (United Kingdom), 45(17), 3339-3353. https://doi.org/10.1080/09593330.2023.2215454

Liu, L., Helbling, D. E., Kohler, H.-P. E. & Smets, B. F. (2014). A model framework to describe growth-linked biodegradation of trace-level pesticides in the presence of coincidental carbon substrates and microbes. Environmental Science & Technology, 48(22), 13358-13366. https://doi.org/10.1021/es503491w

Gan, P., Yu, R., Mackay, A. A. & Smets, B. F. (2005). Attenuation of As transport by iron oxides at the groundwater surface water interface and possible microbial contribution. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 7, 02143. http://www.cosis.net/abstracts/EGU05/02143/EGU05-J-02143.pdf?PHPSESSID=45a80abeecdd5ed384d8c3575c9b261c

Sun, S.-P., Pellicer i Nàcher, C., Merkey, B., Zhou, Q., Xia, S.-Q., Yang, D.-H., Sun, J.-H. & Smets, B. F. (2010). Effective Biological Nitrogen Removal Treatment Processes for Domestic Wastewaters with Low C/N Ratios: A Review. Environmental Engineering Science, 27(2), 111-126. https://doi.org/10.1089/ees.2009.0100

Yang, H.-H., Morrow, J. B., Grasso, D., Vinopal, R. T. & Smets, B. F. (2006). Intestinal versus external growth conditions change the surficial properties in a collection of environmental Escherichia coli isolates. Environmental Science & Technology, 40, 6976-6982.

Terada, A., Lackner, S., Kristensen, K. & Smets, B. F. (2010). Inoculum effects on community composition and nitritation performance of autotrophic nitrifying biofilm reactors with counter-diffusion geometry. Environmental Microbiology, 12(10), 2858-2872. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02267.x

Leungsakul, T., Keenan, B. G., Yin, H., Smets, B. F. & Wood, T. K. (2005). Saturation mutagenesis of 2,4-DNT dioxygenase of Burkholderia sp. strain DNT for enhanced dinotrotoluene degradation. Biotechnology and Bioengineering (Print), 92(4), 416-426. https://doi.org/10.1002/bit.20602

Lardon, L., Merkey, B., Martins, S., Dötsch, A., Picioreanu, C., Kreft, JU. & Smets, B. F. (2011). iDynoMiCS: next‐generation individual‐based modelling of biofilms. Environmental Microbiology, 13(9), 2416-2434. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02414.x

Domingo-Felez, C. & Smets, B. F. (2020). Modelling denitrification as an electric circuit accurately captures electron competition between individual reductive steps: the ASM-Electron Competition model. Environmental Science and Technology, 54(12), 7330–7338. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c01095

Elad, T., Hally, M. P., Domingo-Félez, C., Knoop, O., Drewes, J. E., Valverde-Pérez, B. & Smets, B. F. (2023). Exploring the effects of intermittent aeration on the performance of nitrifying membrane-aerated biofilm reactors. Science of the Total Environment, 891, Article 164329. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164329

Blum, J.-M., Su, Q., Ma, Y., Valverde Pérez, B., Domingo-Felez, C., Jensen, M. M. & Smets, B. F. (2018). The pH dependency of N-converting enzymatic processes, pathways and microbes: effect on net N₂O production. Environmental Microbiology, 20(5), 1623-1640. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.14063

Wágner, D. S., Radovici, M., Smets, B. F., Angelidaki, I., Valverde Pérez, B. & Plósz, B. G. (2016). Harvesting microalgae using activated sludge can decrease polymer dosing and enhance methane production via co-digestion in a bacterial-microalgal process. Algal Research, 20, 197-204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2016.10.010

Khoshnevisan, B., Dodds, M., Tsapekos, P., Torresi, E., Smets, B. F., Angelidaki, I., Zhang, Y. & Valverde-Pérez, B. (2020). Coupling electrochemical ammonia extraction and cultivation of methane oxidizing bacteria for production of microbial protein. Journal of Environmental Management, 265, Article 110560. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.110560

Schittich, A.-R., Fenner, K., Stedmon, C. A., Xu, J., McKnight, U. S. & Smets, B. F. (2024). Coupling pathway prediction and fluorescence spectroscopy to assess the impact of auxiliary substrates on micropollutant biodegradation. Environmental Microbiology, 26(2), Article e16560. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.16560

Ely, C. S. & Smets, B. F. (2017). Bacteria from Wheat and Cucurbit Plant Roots Metabolize PAHs and Aromatic Root Exudates: Implications for Rhizodegradation. International Journal of Phytoremediation, 19(10), 877-883. https://doi.org/10.1080/15226514.2017.1303805

Ely, C. S. & Smets, B. F. (2019). Guild Composition of Root-Associated Bacteria Changes with Increased Soil Contamination. Microbial Ecology, 78(5), 416-427. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-019-01326-6

D'Alvise, P., Sjoholm, O. R., Yankelevich, T., Jin, Y. J., Wuertz, S. & Smets, B. F. (2010). TOL plasmid carriage enhances biofilm formation and increases extracellular DNA content in Pseudomonas putida KT2440. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 312(1), 84-92. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6968.2010.02105.x

Hassoun-Kheir, N., Stabholz, Y., Kreft, J. U., de la Cruz, R., Romalde, J. L., Nesme, J., Sørensen, S. J., Smets, B. F., Graham, D. & Paul, M. (2020). Comparison of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes abundance in hospital and community wastewater: A systematic review. Science of the Total Environment, 743, Article 140804. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140804

De Clippeleir, H., Courtens, E., Mosquera, M., Vlaeminck, S. E., Smets, B. F., Boon, N. & Verstraete, W. (2012). Efficient Total Nitrogen Removal in an Ammonia Gas Biofilter through High-Rate OLAND. Environmental Science & Technology, 46(16), 8826-8833. https://doi.org/10.1021/es301717b

Morrow, J. B., Stratton, R., Yang, H.-H., Smets, B. F. & Grasso, D. (2005). Macro- and nanoscale observations of adhesive behavior for several E. coli strains (O157:H7 and environmental isolates) on mineral surfaces. Environmental Science and Technology Library, 39, 6395-6404. https://doi.org/10.1021/es0500815

Gülay, A., Musovic, S., Albrechtsen, H.-J. & Smets, B. F. (2013). Neutrophilic iron-oxidizing bacteria: occurrence and relevance in biological drinking water treatment. Water Supply, 13(5), 1295-1301. https://doi.org/10.2166/ws.2013.113

Moro, M. A., McKnight, U. S., Smets, B. F., Min, Y. & Andersen, M. M. (2018). The industrial dynamics of water innovation: A comparison between China and Europe. International Journal of Innovation Studies, 2(1), 14-32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijis.2018.03.001

Merkey, B., Lardon, L., Seoane, J. M., Kreft, JU. & Smets, B. F. (2011). Growth dependence of conjugation explains limited plasmid invasion in biofilms: an individual‐based modelling study. Environmental Microbiology, 13(9), 2435-2452. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02535.x

Leungsakul, T., Keenan, B. G., Mori, M., Morton, M. D., Stuart, J. D., Smets, B. F. & Wood, T. K. (2006). Oxidation of aminonitrotoluenes by 2,4-DNT dioxygenase of Burkholderia sp. strain DNT. Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 93(2), 231-237.

Leungsakul, T., Keenan, B. G., Smets, B. F. & Wood, T. K. (2005). TNT and nitroaromatic compounds are chemoattractants for Burkholderia cepacia R34 and Burkholderia sp. strain DNT. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 69, 321-325. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-005-1983-5

Mutlu, A. G., Vangsgaard, A. K., Sin, G. & Smets, B. F. (2013). An operational protocol for facilitating start-up of single-stage autotrophic nitrogen-removing reactors based on process stoichiometry. Water Science and Technology, 68(3), 514-521. https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2013.157

Domingo Felez, C., Pellicer i Nàcher, C., Petersen, M. S., Jensen, M. M., Plósz, B. G. & Smets, B. F. (2017). Heterotrophs are key contributors to nitrous oxide production in mixed liquor under low C-to-N ratios during nitrification - batch experiments and modelling. Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 114(1), 132-140. https://doi.org/10.1002/bit.26062

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