Z. (Zhe) Deng PhD
Z. (Zhe) Deng PhD
Profile
Profile
Zhe Deng was born in Guilin (China), a city surrounded by water, and has developed an explicit interest in water-related researches. She started her MSc in Sanitary Engineering after a BSc in Hydrology and Water Resources Engineering. During her MSc at the TU Delft, Zhe participated in the OPTI-VFA project (EU) and focused on the validation and optimization of a novel VFA probe for online VFA monitoring; and carried out an internship in Amsterdam (NL) that focused on thermal energy recovery from shower water. In 2017, She joined the N2kWh project as a PhD candidate, and focused on the ammoniacal nitrogen recovery from protein-rich industrial wastewater.
Research
Zhe's main research activates include:
- Overview of the whole total ammoniacal nitrogen (TAN) recovery chain, from the sources, available recovery technologies to application;
- Identification and characterization of the potential streams;
- Identification the rate-limiting step during anaerobic protein degradation in the presence of carbohydrate;
- Revelation of retardation of anaerobic protein degradation by presence of carbohydrate.
Expertise
- Anaerobic digestion
- Protein-rich industrial wastewater treatment
- Ammoniacal nitrogen recovery
Expertise
Publications
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2023
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2023
Anaerobic protein degradation
Effects of protein structural complexity, protein concentrations, carbohydrates, and volatile fatty acids
Zhe Deng / Ana Lucia Morgado Ferreira / Henri Spanjers / Jules B. van Lier -
2023
Effect of operational parameters on the performance of an anaerobic sequencing batch reactor (AnSBR) treating protein-rich wastewater
Zhe Deng / Julian Muñoz Sierra / Ana Lucia Morgado Ferreira / Daniel Cerqueda-Garcia / Henri Spanjers / Jules B. van Lier
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2022
Characterization of microbial communities in anaerobic acidification reactors fed with casein and/or lactose
Zhe Deng / Ana Lucia Morgado Ferreira / Henri Spanjers / Jules B. van Lier
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2021
Recovery and applications of ammoniacal nitrogen from nitrogen-loaded residual streams
A review
Zhe Deng / Niels van Linden / Elena Guillen / Henri Spanjers / Jules van Lier -
Ancillary activities
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2023-09-01 - 2024-03-29