Yuanhang Zhan Data-verified

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Postdoctoral Associate

University of Arkansas

Last publication 2026 Last refreshed 2026-05-23

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11 h-index 28 pubs 483 cited

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Yuanhang Zhan investigates methods for producing bioenergy and recovering nutrients from agricultural waste, with a particular focus on poultry litter and wheat straw. His research employs anaerobic digestion techniques in sequencing batch reactors, exploring factors such as organic loading rate, carbon-to-nitrogen ratio, total solids, and hydraulic retention time to optimize methane production. Zhan also studies nutrient recovery from treated wastewater, utilizing processes like struvite precipitation and electrolytic reactors. His work has been published in journals covering environmental science and bioresource technology. He has a scholarly h-index of 11, with 28 publications and 465 citations. Zhan collaborates with researchers from the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, including Jun Zhu and Leland C. Schrader.

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h-index: 11
Publications: 28
Citations: 483

Selected Publications

Enhanced bioenergy production via operational optimization of anaerobic co-digestion of chicken litter and straw waste with magnetite nanoparticles (2026)

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Biochar enhanced anaerobic co-digestion of poultry litter and wheat straw: Performance, microbial analysis, and multiple factors’ interaction (2024)

6 citations DOI OpenAlex
Enhanced nutrient recovery from anaerobically digested poultry wastewater through struvite precipitation by organic acid pre-treatment and seeding in a bubble column electrolytic reactor (2024)

26 citations DOI OpenAlex
Optimization of a Low-Cost Corona Dielectric-Barrier Discharge Plasma Wastewater Treatment System through Central Composite Design/Response Surface Methodology with Mechanistic and Efficiency Analysis (2024)

5 citations DOI OpenAlex
Optimization of a Low-cost Corona-DBD Plasma Wastewater Treatment System through CCD/RSM with Mechanistic and Efficiency Analysis (2023)

1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Response surface methodology and artificial neural network-genetic algorithm for modeling and optimization of bioenergy production from biochar-improved anaerobic digestion (2023)

69 citations DOI OpenAlex
ALKALINE PRETREATMENT AND AIR MIXING FOR IMPROVEMENT OF METHANE PRODUCTION FROM ANAEROBIC CO-DIGESTION OF POULTRY LITTER WITH WHEAT STRAW (2023)

1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Municipal solid waste compost: Global trends and biogeochemical cycling (2023)

89 citations DOI OpenAlex
Modeling and optimization of bioenergy production from co-digestion of poultry litter with wheat straw in anaerobic sequencing batch reactor: Response surface methodology and artificial neural network (2023)

21 citations DOI OpenAlex
Efficient methane production from anaerobic co-digestion of poultry litter with wheat straw in sequencing batch reactor: Effects of carbon-to-nitrogen ratio, total solids, and hydraulic retention time (2023)

19 citations DOI OpenAlex
Nutrient recovery through struvite precipitation from anaerobically digested poultry wastewater in an air-lift electrolytic reactor: Process modeling and cost analysis (2023)

35 citations DOI OpenAlex
Employing micro-aeration in anaerobic digestion of poultry litter and wheat straw: Batch kinetics and continuous performance (2022)

15 citations DOI OpenAlex
Optimization of a dual-chamber electrolytic reactor with a magnesium anode and characterization of struvite produced from synthetic wastewater (2022)

5 citations DOI OpenAlex
Start-up of co-digestion of poultry litter and wheat straw in anaerobic sequencing batch reactor by gradually increasing organic loading rate: Methane production and microbial community analysis (2022)

37 citations DOI OpenAlex