1）Group name

Source separation and recycling of wastewater

2）Group introduction

Surrounding the wastewater "source management, safe collection, reasonable transportation, efficient resource recycling disposal" the whole process of water treatment and reuse technology for pollutant recognition, migration, transformation, utilization and disposal work, mainly in the source separation technology, blackwater, grey water, yellow and brown water recycling, sludge physicochemical and ecological treatment, multiple material mixed anaerobic fermentation, the new sewage sterilization, reclaimed water ecological treatment and so on to carry out the theory research, technology, management and application. The research group has undertaken the National Key Research and Development Program of China, International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Projects, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), National Major Water Projects, etc. The research group has 3 professors, 2 associate professors and 1 lecturer.

3）Main research direction

a）Source separation ecological sanitation and drainage technology 

b）Advanced treatment and reuse of sewage

c）New catalytic disinfection technology

d）Control and optimization of anaerobic fermentation process

e）Rural sewage treatment technology

4）Members of the research group

	Zifu Li Professor, Doctoral supervisor, Ph.D. Major in   Environmental Science and Engineering Email:   zifuli@ustb.edu.cn
	Lingling   Zhang Professor, Doctoral supervisor, Ph.D. Major in   Environmental Science and Engineering Email:   zhanglingling@ustb.edu.cn
	Heinz Peter   Mang Full visiting professor, master degree Major in   Environmental Science and Engineering Email: hpmang@t-online.de
	Shikun   Cheng Associate   professor, Master supervisor, Ph.D. Major in   Environmental Science and Engineering Email: chengshikun@ustb.edu.cn
	Lei Zheng Associate professor, Ph.D. Major in   Environmental Science and Engineering Email:   zhengl@ustb.edu.cn
	Xiaoqin   Zhou Lecturer,   Ph.D. Major in   Environmental Science and Engineering Email: zhouxiaoqin025@163.com

5）Representative achievements in recent years

a）Paper

[1]     Zheng, L., Cheng, S., Han, Y., Wang, M., Xiang, Y., Guo, J., Cai, D., Mang, H.-P., Dong, T., Li, Z., Yan, Z., Men, Y., 2020. Bio-natural gas industry in China: Current status and development. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 128, 109925.

[2]     Zhang,L.L, Jin, H., Ma,H.K., Gregory K.et al.. 2020, Oxidative damage of antibiotic resistant E. Coli and gene in a novel sulfidated micro zero-valent acitvated persulfate system. Chemical Engineering Journal, 381:122787.

[3]     Gao, R., Li, Z., Zhou, X., Bao, W., Cheng, S., Zheng, L., 2020. Enhanced lipid production by Yarrowia lipolytica cultured with synthetic and waste-derived high-content volatile fatty acids under alkaline conditions. Biotechnology for Biofuels 13, 3.

[4]     Ma H, Zhang L.L., Huang X, et al. 2019, A novel three-dimensional galvanic cell enhanced Fe2+/persulfate system: High efficiency, mechanism and damaging effect of antibiotic resistant E. coli and genes. Chemical Engineering Journal, 362: 667-678.

[5]     Liu, T., Zhou, X., Li, Z., Wang, X., Sun, J., 2019. Effects of liquid digestate pretreatment on biogas production for anaerobic digestion of wheat straw. Bioresource Technology 280, 345-351.

[6]     Zhang,L.L., Zhang,Z.X., He,X., Zheng,L., Cheng,S.K. and Li,Z.F. 2019. Diminished inhibitory impact of ZnO nanoparticles on anaerobic fermentation by the presence of TiO2 nanoparticles: Phenomenon and mechanism. Science and the Total Environment. 647:313-322.

[7]     Odey, E.A., Li, Z., Zhou, X., Yan, Y., 2018. Locally produced lactic acid bacteria for pathogen inactivation and odor control in fecal sludge. Journal of Cleaner Production 184, 798-805.

[8]     Fuchs, W., Wang, X., Gabauer, W., Ortner, M., Li, Z., 2018. Tackling ammonia inhibition for efficient biogas production from chicken manure: Status and technical trends in Europe and China. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 97, 186-199.

[9]     Zhou, X., Li, Z., Zheng, T., Yan, Y., Li, P., Odey, E.A., Mang, H.P., Uddin, S.M.N., 2018. Review of global sanitation development. Environment International 120, 246-261.

[10]  Wang, X., Li, Z., Bai, X., Zhou, X., Cheng, S., Gao, R., Sun, J., 2018. Study on improving anaerobic co-digestion of cow manure and corn straw by fruit and vegetable waste: Methane production and microbial community in CSTR process. Bioresource Technology 249, 290-297.

b）Important project

[1]    National Key Research and Development Program of China，Research and application of new Technology of water resource recycling in Fangshan District, Beijing（2019YFC0408700）, ¥23.5 million, 2019-2022, Project leader: Zifu Li

[2]    Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Toilet Innovation Competition, China, $5.02 million, 2013-2021, Project leader: Zifu Li

[3]    National Key Research and Development Program of China(China-Austria Special Project on International Scientific and Technological Cooperation), Study on biogas process Optimization of high nitrogen materials and preparation technology of green fertilizer (2016YFE0115600),　¥98 thousand, 2016/12- 2018/12, Project leader: Zifu Li

[4]    Special Project of the Ministry of Science and Technology on International Science and Technology Cooperation: Collaborative research on the optimization of organic waste mixed fermentation process and the high value utilization of biogas（2013DFG92620）, ¥1.44 million，2013-2016, Project leader: Zifu Li

[5]    National Natural Science Foundation of China Steel Joint Fund, Transient heat transfer and high density of porous ceramic matrix phase change materials with high thermal conductivity(U1760112), ¥50 thousand, 2018/01-2020/20, Project leader: Zifu Li

[6]    General Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China: Study on effect and Mechanism of ultrasonic cooperative disinfection of effluent from secondary treatment in wastewater treatment plant (50978027), ¥36 thousand, 2009-2012, Project leader: Zifu Li

[7]    National Natural Science Foundation of China Youth Fund project: Study and regulation of ecotoxicity mechanism of ZnO Nanofluids (41203073); ¥26 thousand, 2013/01-2015/12, Project leader: Lingling Zhang

[8]    National Natural Science Foundation of China Youth Fund project: Study on scaling mechanism of drainage pipe of vacuum toilet (51808036), ¥25 thousand, 2019/01-2021/12, Project leader: Shikun Cheng

[9]    Beijing Science and Technology Project, The whole process control and resource utilization technology integration and demonstration of rural household waste management based on dry fermentation (Z181100002418016), ¥1 million, 2018/12-2020/11, Project leader: Zifu Li

[10] Beijing University Youth Talent Program, Study on antibacterial properties and Mechanism of nano-ZnO fluid under ultrasonic coordination (YETP0342), 2013-2015, Project leader: Lingling Zhang

c）Awards

[1]     "Research and Application of integrated Energy conservation and consumption Reduction Wastewater Treatment Technology based on functional zoning and spatial coupling" was awarded the Award of Excellence in Innovation Achievements by China Industry-University-Research Cooperation Promotion Association (2019)

[2]     The project of "Research and Application of Decentralized Sewage Treatment Technology in Military Barracks" was awarded the third prize of Scientific and Technological Progress by the General Logistics Department of the PLA (2014)

[3]     "Domestic Sewage Treatment Project of Dongtsui Natural Village, Lianhua Village" won the third prize of environmental Protection Science and Technology award of Jiangsu Provincial Environmental Protection Department (2010)

[4]     China's "Ten Leading Figures in the Toilet Revolution"(2016, Zifu Li)

[5]     "Moved Beike" newsmakers (2017, Zifu Li)