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Research documents

• Research projects
  Simona Pruiti

  Optimising electrochemical phosphate recovery

  Wageningen University

  Steffen Georg

  Bioelectrochemical Systems for ammonia recovery from wastewater

  Wageningen University

  João Pereira

  Optimization of BES by unravelling the storing mechanisms of electro-active bacteria

  Wageningen University
• Publications
  S. Canizales, L. Hilderink, M. Apkhazava, H. Temmink, R.H. Wijffels, M. Janssen

  Cyanophycin Production in Turbidostat Cultivation of Cyanobacteria under Phosphorus Limitation on Synthetic Urine Media

  Algal Research 72 (103143): 103143 (2023)

  S. Canizales, P. Chen, H. Temmink, R.H. Wijffels, M. Janssen

  Cyanobacteria Cultivation on Human Urine for Nutrients Recovery

  Algal Research 71 (103064): 103064 (2023)

  B. Korth, J. Pereira, T. Sleutels, F. Harnisch, A. ter Heijne

  Comparing theoretical and practical biomass yields calls for revisiting thermodynamic growth models for electroactive microorganisms

  Water Research;120279 (2023)

  S. Georg, A.T. Puari, M.P.G. Hanantyo, T. Sleutels, P. Kuntke, A. ter Heijne, C.J.N. Buisman

  Low-Energy Ammonium Recovery by a Combined Bio-Electrochemical and Electrochemical System

  Chemical Engineering Journal (Lausanne, Switzerland: 1996) 454 (140196): 140196 (2023)

  M. Rodrigues, S. Molenaar, J. Barbosa, T. Sleutels, H.V.M. Hamelers, C.J.N. Buisman, P. Kuntke

  Effluent PH Correlates with Electrochemical Nitrogen Recovery Efficiency at Pilot Scale Operation

  Separation and Purification Technology 306 (122602): 122602 (2023)

  M. Rodrigues, M. Roman, A. ter Heijne, T. Sleutels, E.R. Cornelissen, A. Verliefde, C.J. N. Buisman, P. Kuntke

  Characterization of the Organic Micropollutants Behavior during Electrochemical Ammonia Recovery

  Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, no. 109613: 109613 (2023)

  M. Rodrigues, T. Sleutels, P. Kuntke, C.J.N. Buisman, H.V.M. Hamelers

  Effects of Current on the Membrane and Boundary Layer Selectivity in Electrochemical Systems Designed for Nutrient Recovery

  ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 10 (29): 9411–18 (2022)

  L. Yang, M. Soares da Costa, Z. Zhan, M. Saakes, R.D. van der Weijden, C.J.N. Buisman

  Electrochemical Phosphorus Removal and Recovery from Cheese Wastewater: Function of Polarity Reversal

  ACS EST Engg. (2022)

  J. Pereira, S. de Nooy, T. Sleutels, A. Ter Heijne

  Opportunities for Visual Techniques to Determine Characteristics and Limitations of Electro-Active Biofilms

  Biotechnology Advances 60 (108011): 108011 (2022)

  F. Ferrari, M. Pijuan, S. Molenaar, N. Duinslaeger, T. Sleutels, P. Kuntke, J. Radjenovic

  Ammonia recovery from anaerobic digester centrate using onsite pilot scale bipolar membrane electrodialysis coupled to membrane stripping

  Water Research, 218(118504), 118504 (2022)

  J. Pereira, S. Pang, C. Borsje, T. Sleutels, B. Hamelers, A. ter Heijne

  Real-Time Monitoring of Biofilm Thickness Allows for Determination of Acetate Limitations in Bio-Anodes

  Bioresource Technology Reports 18 (June): 101028 (2022)

  Y. Wang, P. Kuntke, M. Saakes, R.D. van der Weijden, C.J.N. Buisman, Y. Lei

  Electrochemically Mediated Precipitation of Phosphate Minerals for Phosphorus Removal and Recovery: Progress and Perspective

  Water Research 209 (117891): 117891 (2022)

  J. Pereira, Y. Mediayati, H.P.J. van Veelen, H. Temmink, T. Sleutels, B. Hamelers, A. Ter Heijne

  The Effect of Intermittent Anode Potential Regimes on the Morphology and Extracellular Matrix Composition of Electro-Active Bacteria

  Biofilm 4 (100064): 100064 (2022)

  M. Rodrigues, R. Jensen Lund, A. ter Heijne, T. Sleutels, C.J.N. Buisman, P. Kuntke

  Application of Ammonium Fertilizers Recovered by an Electrochemical System

  Resources, Conservation, and Recycling 181 (106225): 106225 (2022)

  S. Canizales, M. Sliwszcinka, A. Russo, S. Bentvelzen, H. Temmink, A.M. Verschoor, R.H. Wijffels, M. Janssen

  Cyanobacterial Growth and Cyanophycin Production with Urea and Ammonium as Nitrogen Source

  Journal of Applied Phycology 33 (6): 3565–77 (2021)

  A. ter Heijne, M.A. Pereira, J. Pereira, T. Sleutels

  Electron Storage in Electroactive Biofilms

  Trends in Biotechnology 39 (1): 34–42 (2021)

  C. Borsje, T. Sleutels, W. Zhang, W. Feng, C.J.N. Buisman, A. ter Heijne

  Making the Best Use of Capacitive Current: Comparison between Fixed and Moving Granular Bioanodes

  Journal of Power Sources 489 (March): 229453 (2021)

  Y. Lei, Z. Zhan, M. Saakes, R.D. van der Weijden, C.J.N. Buisman

  Electrochemical Recovery of Phosphorus from Acidic Cheese Wastewater: Feasibility, Quality of Products, and Comparison with Chemical Precipitation

  ACS ES&T Water 1 (4): 1002–13 (2021)

  Y. Lei, Yang, Z. Zhan, M. Saakes, R.D. van der Weijden, C.J.N. Buisman

  Electrochemical Recovery of Phosphorus from Wastewater Using Tubular Stainless-Steel Cathode for a Scalable Long-Term Operation

  Water Research 199 (July): 117199 (2021)

  C. Borsje, T. Sleutels, C.J.N. Buisman, A. ter Heijne

  Improving the Discharge of Capacitive Granules in a Moving Bed Reactor

  Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 9 (4): 105556 (2021)

  M. Rodrigues, A. Paradkar, T. Sleutels, A. ter Heijne, C.J.N. Buisman, H.V.M. Hamelers, P. Kuntke

  Donnan Dialysis for Scaling Mitigation during Electrochemical Ammonium Recovery from Complex Wastewater

  Water Research 201 (August): 117260 (2021)

  S. Georg, C. Schott, J.R. Courela Capitao, T. Sleutels, P. Kuntke, A. ter Heijne, C.J.N. Buisman

  Bio-Electrochemical Degradability of Prospective Wastewaters to Determine Their Ammonium Recovery Potential

  Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments 47 (October): 101423 (2021)

  M. Mollaei, M. Suarez-Diez, V.T. Sedano-Nunez, S. Boeren, A.J.M. Stams, C.M. Plugge

  Proteomic Analysis of a Syntrophic Coculture of Syntrophobacter Fumaroxidans MPOBT and Geobacter Sulfurreducens PCAT

  Frontiers in Microbiology 12 (November 2021)

  L. Caizán-Juanarena, C. Borsje, T. Sleutels, D. Yntema, C. Santoro, I. Ieropoulos, F. Soavi, A. ter Heijne

  Combination of bioelectrochemical systems and electrochemical capacitors: Principles, analysis and opportunities

  Biotechnol. Adv. 39 (2020) 107456

  L. Caizán-Juanarena, T. Sleutels, C. Borsje, A. ter Heijne

  Considerations for application of granular activated carbon as capacitive bioanode in bioelectrochemical systems

  Renew. Energy. 157 (2020) 782–792

  L. Caizán-Juanarena, A. ter Heijne, J. Weijma, D. Yntema, D.A. Suárez-Zuluaga, C.J.N. Buisman

  Screening for electrical conductivity in anaerobic granular sludge from full-scale wastewater treatment reactors

  Biochem. Eng. J. 159 (2020) 107575

  S. Georg, I. de Eguren Cordoba, T. Sleutels, P. Kuntke, A. ter Heijne, C.J.N. Buisman

  Competition of electrogens with methanogens for hydrogen in bioanodes

  Water Res. 170 (2020) 115292

  M. Mollaei, P.H.A. Timmers, M. Suarez‐Diez, S. Boeren, A.H. Gelder, A.J.M. Stams, C.M. Plugge

  Comparative proteomics of Geobacter sulfurreducens PCA T in response to acetate

  formate and/or hydrogen as electron donor, Environ. Microbiol. 23 (2021) 299–315

  Y. Lei, M. Saakes, R.D. van der Weijden, C.J.N. Buisman

  Electrochemically mediated calcium phosphate precipitation from phosphonates: Implications on phosphorus recovery from non-orthophosphate

  Water Res. 169 (2020) 115206

  M. Rodrigues, T.T. de Mattos, T. Sleutels, A. ter Heijne, H.V.M. Hamelers, C.J.N. Buisman, P. Kuntke

  Minimal Bipolar Membrane Cell Configuration for Scaling Up Ammonium Recovery

  ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng. 8 (2020) 17359–17367

  Y. Lei, E. Geraets, M. Saakes, R.D. van der Weijden, C.J.N. Buisman

  Electrochemical removal of phosphate in the presence of calcium at low current density: Precipitation or adsorption

  Water Res. 169 (2020) 115207

  M. Rodrigues, T. Sleutels, P. Kuntke, D. Hoekstra, A. ter Heijne, C.J.N. Buisman, H.V.M. Hamelers

  Exploiting Donnan Dialysis to enhance ammonia recovery in an electrochemical system

  Chem. Eng. J. 395 (2020) 125143

  C. Borsje, T. Sleutels, M. Saakes, C.J. Buisman, A. Heijne

  The granular capacitive moving bed reactor for the scale up of bioanodes

  J. Chem. Technol. Biotechnol. 94 (20 19) 2738 – 2748

  Y. Lei, M. Du, P. Kuntke, M. Saakes, R. van der Weijden, C.J.N. Buisman

  Energy Efficient Phosphorus Recovery by Microbial Electrolysis Cell Induced Calcium Phosphate Precipitation

  ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng. 7 (2019) 8860 – 8867

  Y. Lei, I. Hidayat, M. Saakes, R. van der Weijden, C.J.N. Buisman

  Fate of calcium, magnesium and inorganic carbon in electrochemical phosphorus recovery from domestic wastewate

  Chem. Eng. J. 362 (2019) 453 – 459

  Y. Lei, S. Narsing, M. Saakes, R.D. van der Weijden, C.J.N. Buisman

  Calcium Carbonate Packed Electrochemical Precipitation Column: New Concept of Phosphate Removal and Recovery

  Environ. S ci. Technol. 53 (2019) 10774 – 10780

  Y. Lei, J.C. Remmers, M. Saakes, R.D. van der Weijden, C.J.N. Buisman

  Influence of Cell Configuration and Long – Term Operati on on Electrochemical Phosphorus Recovery from Domestic Wastewater

  ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng. 7 (2019) 7362 – 7368

  V.M. Luimstra, J.M. Schuurmans, C.F .M. de Carvalho, H.C.P. Matthijs, K.J. Hellingwerf, J. Huisman

  Exploring the low photosynthetic efficiency of cyanobacteria in blue light using a mutant lacking phycobilisomes

  Photosynth. Res. 141 (2019) 291 – 301

  S.D. Molenaar, M. Elzinga, S.G. Willemse, T. Sleutels, A. ter Heijne, C.J.N. Buisman

  Comparison of Two Sustainable Counter Electrodes for Energy Storage in the Microbial Rechargeable Battery

  ChemElectroChem. 6 (2019) 2464 – 247

  G. Ni, P. Harnawan, L. Seidel, A. Ter Heijne, T. Sleutels, C.J.N. Buisman, M. Dopson

  Haloalkaliphilic microorganisms assist sulfide removal in a microbial electrolysis cell

  J. Hazard. Mater. 363 (2019) 197 – 204

  M. Rodríguez Arredondo, P. Kuntke, A. ter Heijne, C.J. Buisman

  The concept of load ratio applied to bioelectrochemical systems for ammonia recovery

  J. Chem. Technol. Biotechnol. 94 (2019) 2055 – 2061

  L. Caizán – Juanarena, I. Servin – Balderas, X. Chen, C.J.N. Buisman, A. ter Heijne

  Electrochemical and microbiological characterization of single carbon granules in a multi – anode microbial fuel cell

  J. Power Sources. 435 (2019) 126514
• Patents
  Lei Y., Saakes, M., van der Weijden, R.D., Buisman C.J.N.

  Method, device and wastewater treatment system for phosphorus, such as phosphate, removal from a feed solution

  NL190410

  Kuntke P, Hamelers H.V.M, Sleutels T.H.J.A., Saakes M., Buisman C.J.N.

  H2 recycling for ammonia recovery in electrochemical systems

  NL2017383

  Hamelers H.V.M., Kuntke P., Rodriguez Arredondo M., (WUR) Bijmans M.F.M., Buisman C.J.N.

  Bio-electrochemical system for recovery of components and/or generating electrical energy from a waste stream and method there for

  NL2014797

  Molenaar S.M., Sleutels T.H.J.A., ter Heijne A., Hamelers H.V.M., Buisman, C.J.N.

  Bioelectrochemical energy storage device and method for bioelectrochemical energy storage

  NL2014248, WO2016050061

  Kuntke P., Sleutels T., Hamelers B.H.V., Saakes M., Buisman,C.J.N.

  Method for nitrogen recovery from an ammonium comprising fluid and bio-electrochemical system

  NL2008090, WO2013105854, EP2802684, US2015017089, CA2863227, CN104220644

  Hamelers H.V.M. Buisman C.J.N., Sleutels T.H.J.A.

  Bio-electrochemical device and method for upgrading a fluid

  NL2003812, WO2011062485, EP2502301

  Mayer M.J.J, Hamelers H.V.M., Strik D.P.B.T.B.

  Device and method for performing a biologically catalyzed electrochemical reaction

  NL1035340, WO2009131452, EP2269258