Dr. Lian-Shin Lin’s research group has been developing innovative technologies to extract useful elements from wastes for utilization in beneficial applications and value creation. The research focuses on extracting iron from acid mine drainage and use it in novel iron-dosed technologies for pollution control including energy-efficient anaerobic biological wastewater treatment, removal of toxic elements, and catalytic degradation of organic pollutants. The iron-dosed anaerobic wastewater treatment also allows recovery of nutrient-containing byproducts that have fertilizer values.
Affiliated Faculty
Recent Publications
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M.A. Tony and L.-S. Lin, Attenuation of organics contamination in polymers processing effluent using iron-based sludge: Process optimization and oxidation mechanism, Environmental Technology, July 2020, https://doi.org/10.1080/09593330.2020.1803417.
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1. M. Ahmed, M. Aziziha, R. Anwar, M. Johnson, L.-S. Lin, Magnetic Sludge Byproducts for Adsorptive Phosphorus Removal: Resource Recovery from Iron-based Anaerobic Sewage Sludge, submitted to Waste Management (in press).
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1. M.A. Tony and L.-S. Lin, Iron recovery form acid mine drainage sludge as a Fenton source for municipal wastewater treatment, International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1080/03067319.2020.1734196.
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1. M. Ahmed, C. M. Saup, M. J. Wilkins, L.-S. Lin, Continuous Ferric Iron-dosed Anaerobic Wastewater Treatment: Organics Removal, Kinetics, Sludge Characteristics, and Microbial Composition, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 8, 103537, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2019.103537.
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1. G. Khajouei, H. I. Park, H. O. Finklea, P. F. Ziemkiewicz, E. F. Peltier, and L.-S. Lin, Produced water softening using high-pH catholyte from brine electrolysis: reducing chemical transportation and environmental footprint, Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2019 (in press).
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1. M. Ahmed, O. Lin, C. M. Saup, M. J. Wilkins, and L.-S. Lin, Effects of Fe/S Ratio on the Kinetics and Microbial Ecology of an Fe(III)- dosed Anaerobic Wastewater Treatment System, J. Hazardous Materials, 5 (369), 593-600, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2019.02.062.
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1. M. Ahmed, O. Lin, C. M. Saup, M. J. Wilkins, and L.-S. Lin, Effects of Fe/S Ratio on the Kinetics and Microbial Ecology of an Fe(III)- dosed Anaerobic Wastewater Treatment System, J. Hazardous Materials, 5 (369), 593-600, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2019.02.062.
1. M. Ahmed and L.-S. Lin, Ferric Reduction in Organic Matter Oxidation and Its Applicability for Anaerobic Wastewater Treatment: A Review and Future Aspects, Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio/Technology, 16(2), 273–287, 2017, DOI: https://10.1007/s11157-017-9424-3.
D. Deng and L. S. Lin, Continuous Sulfidogenic Wastewater Treatment with Iron Sulfide Sludge Oxidation and Recycle, Water Research, 114, 210-217, 2017, DOI: https://10.1016/j.watres.2017.02.048