2024

Su, Q., Domingo-Felez, C. , Zhi, M., Jensen, M. M., Xu, B., Ng, H. Y. and Smets, B. F. (2024) Formation and fate of reactive nitrogen during biological nitrogen removal from water: important yet often ignored chemical aspects of the nitrogen cycle. Environmental Science and Technology, (doi: 10.1021/acs.est.4c03086) (PMID:39671298) (Early Online Publication)

Ye, J., Mark Jensen, M., Goonesekera, E. M., Yu, R., Smets, B. F., Valverde-Pérez, B. and Domingo-Felez, C. (2024) Denitrifying communities enriched with mixed nitrogen oxides preferentially reduce N₂O under conditions of electron competition in wastewater. Chemical Engineering Journal, 498, 155292. (doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2024.155292)

Jankowska, K., Domingo-Félez, C. , Andres Prado-Rubio, O., Skiadas, I. V., Woodley, J. M. and Pinelo, M. (2024) Effect of backwash as a strategy for biofouling control in the submerged ceramic membrane bioreactor for high-density cultivations: Process optimization and fouling mechanism at pilot scale. Separation and Purification Technology, 338, 126428. (doi: 10.1016/j.seppur.2024.126428)

Domingo-Felez, C. , Jensen, M. M., Bang, A. and Smets, B. F. (2024) Variability and uncertainty analysis of N2O emissions from WWTP to improve the accuracy of emission factors and the design of monitoring strategies. ACS ES&T Water, (doi: 10.1021/acsestwater.4c00048) (Early Online Publication)

Qiu, Y., Ekström, S., Valverde-Pérez, B., Smets, B. F., Climent, J., Domingo-Félez, C. , Martínez Cuenca, R. and Plósz, B. G. (2024) Numerical modelling of surface aeration and N2O emission in biological water resource recovery. Water Research, 255, 121398. (doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2024.121398)

Uri-Carreño, N., Nielsen, P. H., Gernaey, K. V., Domingo-Félez, C. and Flores-Alsina, X. (2024) Nitrous oxide emissions from two full-scale membrane-aerated biofilm reactors. Science of the Total Environment, 908, 168030. (doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168030) (PMID:37890634)

2023

Elad, T., Philipsen Hally, M., Domingo-Félez, C. , Knoop, O., E. Drewes, J., Valverde-Pérez, B. and Smets, B. F. (2023) Exploring the effects of intermittent aeration on the performance of nitrifying membrane-aerated biofilm reactors. Science of the Total Environment, 891, p. 164329. (doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164329) (PMID:37236447)

Domingo-Félez, C. , Jankowska, K., Skiadas, I. V., Woodley, J. M. and Pinelo, M. (2023) Continuous ethanol production via ultrasound-enhanced yeast sedimentation. Food and Bioproducts Processing, 140, pp. 181-188. (doi: 10.1016/j.fbp.2023.06.002)

Chrysochoidis, V., Andersen, M. H., Remigi, E. U., Faragó, M., Smets, B. F., Domingo-Félez, C. and Valverde-Pérez, B. (2023) Critical evaluation of different mass transfer equations to model N2O emissions from Water Resource Recovery Facilities with diffuse aeration. Environmental Technology, (doi: 10.1080/09593330.2023.2215454) (PMID:37191950) (Early Online Publication)

2022

Kirim, G. et al. (2022) Mainstream short-cut N removal modelling: current status and perspectives. Water Science and Technology, 85(9), pp. 2539-2564. (doi: 10.2166/wst.2022.131) (PMID:35576252)

Ye, J., Gao, H., Domingo-Félez, C. , Wu, J., Zhan, M., Yu, R. and Smets, B. F. (2022) Chronic effects of cerium dioxide nanoparticles on biological nitrogen removal and nitrous oxide emission: insight into impact mechanism and performance recovery potential. Bioresource Technology, 351, 126966. (doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.126966) (PMID:35278624)

Ma, Y., Piscedda, A., Veras, A. D. L. C., Domingo-Félez, C. and Smets, B. F. (2022) Intermittent aeration to regulate microbial activities in membrane-aerated biofilm reactors: energy-efficient nitrogen removal and low nitrous oxide emission. Chemical Engineering Journal, 433(Part 2), 133630. (doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2021.133630)

2021

Ye, J., Gao, H., Domingo-Félez, C. , Wu, J., Zhan, M., Yu, R. and Smets, B. F. (2021) Insights into chronic zinc oxide nanoparticle stress responses of biological nitrogen removal system with nitrous oxide emission and its recovery potential. Bioresource Technology, 327, 124797. (doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2021.124797) (PMID:33592491)

2020

Domingo-Felez, C. and Smets, B. F. (2020) Modeling denitrification as an electric circuit accurately captures electron competition between individual reductive steps: the Activated Sludge Model–Electron Competition model. Environmental Science and Technology, 54(12), pp. 7330-7338. (doi: 10.1021/acs.est.0c01095) (PMID:32428412)

Domingo-Felez, C. and Smets, B. F. (2020) Modelling N2O dynamics of activated sludge biomass: Uncertainty analysis and pathway contributions. Chemical Engineering Journal, 379, 122311. (doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2019.122311)

2019

Su, Q., Domingo-Felez, C. , Zhang, Z., Blum, J.-M., Mark Jensen, M. and Smets, B. F. (2019) The effect of pH on N2O production in intermittently-fed nitritation reactors. Water Research, 156, pp. 223-231. (doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2019.03.015) (PMID:30921538)

Domingo-Felez, C. and Smets, B. F. (2019) Regulation of key N2O production mechanisms during biological water treatment. Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 57, pp. 119-126. (doi: 10.1016/j.copbio.2019.03.006)

Su, Q., Domingo-Felez, C. , Mark Jensen, M. and Smets, B. F. (2019) Abiotic nitrous oxide (N2O) production is strongly pH dependent, but contributes little to overall N2O emissions in biological nitrogen removal systems. Environmental Science and Technology, (doi: 10.1021/acs.est.8b06193) (PMID:30816038)

2018

Blum, J.-M., Su, Q., Ma, Y., Valverde-Pérez, B., Domingo-Félez,, C. , Mark Jensen, M. and Smets, B. F. (2018) The pH dependency of N-converting enzymatic processes, pathways and microbes: Effect on net N2O production. Environmental Microbiology, 20(5), pp. 1623-1640. (doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.14063) (PMID:29411510)

2017

Domingo-Felez, C. , Calderó-Pascual, M., Sin, G., Plósz, B. G. and Smets, B. F. (2017) Calibration of the comprehensive NDHA-N2O dynamics model for nitrifier-enriched biomass using targeted respirometric assays. Water Research, 126, pp. 29-39. (doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2017.09.013) (PMID:28917118)

Su, Q., Ma, C., Domingo-Felez, C. , Kiil, A. S., Thamdrup, B., Mark Jensen, M. and Smets, B. F. (2017) Low nitrous oxide production through nitrifier-denitrification in intermittent-feed high-rate nitritation reactors. Water Research, 123, pp. 429-438. (doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2017.06.067) (PMID:28689127)

Ma, Y., Domingo-Félez, C. , Plósz, B. G. and Smets, B. F. (2017) Intermittent aeration suppresses nitrite-oxidizing bacteria in membrane-aerated biofilms: A model-based explanation. Environmental Science and Technology, 51(11), pp. 6146-6155. (doi: 10.1021/acs.est.7b00463) (PMID:28448139)

Domingo-Félez, C. , Pellicer-Nàcher, C., Petersen, M. S., Jensen, M. M., Plósz, B. G. and Smets, B. F. (2017) Heterotrophs are key contributors to nitrous oxide production in activated sludge under low C-to-N ratios during nitrification-Batch experiments and modeling. Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 114(1), pp. 132-140. (doi: 10.1002/bit.26062) (PMID:27477588)

2016

Domingo-Félez, C. and Smets, B. F. (2016) A consilience model to describe N2O production during biological N removal. Environmental Science: Water Research and Technology, 2(6), pp. 923-930. (doi: 10.1039/C6EW00179C)

2014

Domingo-Félez, C. , Gizem Mutlu, A., Jensen, M. M. and Smets, B. F. (2014) Aeration strategies to mitigate nitrous oxide emissions from single-stage nitritation/anammox reactors. Environmental Science and Technology, 48(15), pp. 8679-8687. (doi: 10.1021/es501819n) (PMID:24977646)

2013

Pellicer-Nàcher, C., Domingo-Félez, C. , Lackner, S. and Smets, B. F. (2013) Microbial activity catalyzes oxygen transfer in membrane-aerated nitritating biofilm reactors. Journal of Membrane Science, 446, pp. 465-471. (doi: 10.1016/j.memsci.2013.06.063)

Domingo-Félez, C. , Pellicer-Nàcher, C., Gizem Mutlu, A. and Smets, B. F. (2013) Critical assessment of extracellular polymeric substances extraction methods from mixed culture biomass. Water Research, 47(15), pp. 5564-5574. (doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.06.026) (PMID:23866135)

Articles

Su, Q., Domingo-Felez, C. , Zhi, M., Jensen, M. M., Xu, B., Ng, H. Y. and Smets, B. F. (2024) Formation and fate of reactive nitrogen during biological nitrogen removal from water: important yet often ignored chemical aspects of the nitrogen cycle. Environmental Science and Technology, (doi: 10.1021/acs.est.4c03086) (PMID:39671298) (Early Online Publication)

Ye, J., Mark Jensen, M., Goonesekera, E. M., Yu, R., Smets, B. F., Valverde-Pérez, B. and Domingo-Felez, C. (2024) Denitrifying communities enriched with mixed nitrogen oxides preferentially reduce N₂O under conditions of electron competition in wastewater. Chemical Engineering Journal, 498, 155292. (doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2024.155292)

Jankowska, K., Domingo-Félez, C. , Andres Prado-Rubio, O., Skiadas, I. V., Woodley, J. M. and Pinelo, M. (2024) Effect of backwash as a strategy for biofouling control in the submerged ceramic membrane bioreactor for high-density cultivations: Process optimization and fouling mechanism at pilot scale. Separation and Purification Technology, 338, 126428. (doi: 10.1016/j.seppur.2024.126428)

Domingo-Felez, C. , Jensen, M. M., Bang, A. and Smets, B. F. (2024) Variability and uncertainty analysis of N2O emissions from WWTP to improve the accuracy of emission factors and the design of monitoring strategies. ACS ES&T Water, (doi: 10.1021/acsestwater.4c00048) (Early Online Publication)

Qiu, Y., Ekström, S., Valverde-Pérez, B., Smets, B. F., Climent, J., Domingo-Félez, C. , Martínez Cuenca, R. and Plósz, B. G. (2024) Numerical modelling of surface aeration and N2O emission in biological water resource recovery. Water Research, 255, 121398. (doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2024.121398)

Uri-Carreño, N., Nielsen, P. H., Gernaey, K. V., Domingo-Félez, C. and Flores-Alsina, X. (2024) Nitrous oxide emissions from two full-scale membrane-aerated biofilm reactors. Science of the Total Environment, 908, 168030. (doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168030) (PMID:37890634)

Elad, T., Philipsen Hally, M., Domingo-Félez, C. , Knoop, O., E. Drewes, J., Valverde-Pérez, B. and Smets, B. F. (2023) Exploring the effects of intermittent aeration on the performance of nitrifying membrane-aerated biofilm reactors. Science of the Total Environment, 891, p. 164329. (doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164329) (PMID:37236447)

Domingo-Félez, C. , Jankowska, K., Skiadas, I. V., Woodley, J. M. and Pinelo, M. (2023) Continuous ethanol production via ultrasound-enhanced yeast sedimentation. Food and Bioproducts Processing, 140, pp. 181-188. (doi: 10.1016/j.fbp.2023.06.002)

Chrysochoidis, V., Andersen, M. H., Remigi, E. U., Faragó, M., Smets, B. F., Domingo-Félez, C. and Valverde-Pérez, B. (2023) Critical evaluation of different mass transfer equations to model N2O emissions from Water Resource Recovery Facilities with diffuse aeration. Environmental Technology, (doi: 10.1080/09593330.2023.2215454) (PMID:37191950) (Early Online Publication)

Kirim, G. et al. (2022) Mainstream short-cut N removal modelling: current status and perspectives. Water Science and Technology, 85(9), pp. 2539-2564. (doi: 10.2166/wst.2022.131) (PMID:35576252)

Ye, J., Gao, H., Domingo-Félez, C. , Wu, J., Zhan, M., Yu, R. and Smets, B. F. (2022) Chronic effects of cerium dioxide nanoparticles on biological nitrogen removal and nitrous oxide emission: insight into impact mechanism and performance recovery potential. Bioresource Technology, 351, 126966. (doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.126966) (PMID:35278624)

Ma, Y., Piscedda, A., Veras, A. D. L. C., Domingo-Félez, C. and Smets, B. F. (2022) Intermittent aeration to regulate microbial activities in membrane-aerated biofilm reactors: energy-efficient nitrogen removal and low nitrous oxide emission. Chemical Engineering Journal, 433(Part 2), 133630. (doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2021.133630)

Ye, J., Gao, H., Domingo-Félez, C. , Wu, J., Zhan, M., Yu, R. and Smets, B. F. (2021) Insights into chronic zinc oxide nanoparticle stress responses of biological nitrogen removal system with nitrous oxide emission and its recovery potential. Bioresource Technology, 327, 124797. (doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2021.124797) (PMID:33592491)

Domingo-Felez, C. and Smets, B. F. (2020) Modeling denitrification as an electric circuit accurately captures electron competition between individual reductive steps: the Activated Sludge Model–Electron Competition model. Environmental Science and Technology, 54(12), pp. 7330-7338. (doi: 10.1021/acs.est.0c01095) (PMID:32428412)

Domingo-Felez, C. and Smets, B. F. (2020) Modelling N2O dynamics of activated sludge biomass: Uncertainty analysis and pathway contributions. Chemical Engineering Journal, 379, 122311. (doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2019.122311)

Su, Q., Domingo-Felez, C. , Zhang, Z., Blum, J.-M., Mark Jensen, M. and Smets, B. F. (2019) The effect of pH on N2O production in intermittently-fed nitritation reactors. Water Research, 156, pp. 223-231. (doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2019.03.015) (PMID:30921538)

Domingo-Felez, C. and Smets, B. F. (2019) Regulation of key N2O production mechanisms during biological water treatment. Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 57, pp. 119-126. (doi: 10.1016/j.copbio.2019.03.006)

Su, Q., Domingo-Felez, C. , Mark Jensen, M. and Smets, B. F. (2019) Abiotic nitrous oxide (N2O) production is strongly pH dependent, but contributes little to overall N2O emissions in biological nitrogen removal systems. Environmental Science and Technology, (doi: 10.1021/acs.est.8b06193) (PMID:30816038)

Blum, J.-M., Su, Q., Ma, Y., Valverde-Pérez, B., Domingo-Félez,, C. , Mark Jensen, M. and Smets, B. F. (2018) The pH dependency of N-converting enzymatic processes, pathways and microbes: Effect on net N2O production. Environmental Microbiology, 20(5), pp. 1623-1640. (doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.14063) (PMID:29411510)

Domingo-Felez, C. , Calderó-Pascual, M., Sin, G., Plósz, B. G. and Smets, B. F. (2017) Calibration of the comprehensive NDHA-N2O dynamics model for nitrifier-enriched biomass using targeted respirometric assays. Water Research, 126, pp. 29-39. (doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2017.09.013) (PMID:28917118)

Su, Q., Ma, C., Domingo-Felez, C. , Kiil, A. S., Thamdrup, B., Mark Jensen, M. and Smets, B. F. (2017) Low nitrous oxide production through nitrifier-denitrification in intermittent-feed high-rate nitritation reactors. Water Research, 123, pp. 429-438. (doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2017.06.067) (PMID:28689127)

Ma, Y., Domingo-Félez, C. , Plósz, B. G. and Smets, B. F. (2017) Intermittent aeration suppresses nitrite-oxidizing bacteria in membrane-aerated biofilms: A model-based explanation. Environmental Science and Technology, 51(11), pp. 6146-6155. (doi: 10.1021/acs.est.7b00463) (PMID:28448139)

Domingo-Félez, C. , Pellicer-Nàcher, C., Petersen, M. S., Jensen, M. M., Plósz, B. G. and Smets, B. F. (2017) Heterotrophs are key contributors to nitrous oxide production in activated sludge under low C-to-N ratios during nitrification-Batch experiments and modeling. Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 114(1), pp. 132-140. (doi: 10.1002/bit.26062) (PMID:27477588)

Domingo-Félez, C. and Smets, B. F. (2016) A consilience model to describe N2O production during biological N removal. Environmental Science: Water Research and Technology, 2(6), pp. 923-930. (doi: 10.1039/C6EW00179C)

Domingo-Félez, C. , Gizem Mutlu, A., Jensen, M. M. and Smets, B. F. (2014) Aeration strategies to mitigate nitrous oxide emissions from single-stage nitritation/anammox reactors. Environmental Science and Technology, 48(15), pp. 8679-8687. (doi: 10.1021/es501819n) (PMID:24977646)

Pellicer-Nàcher, C., Domingo-Félez, C. , Lackner, S. and Smets, B. F. (2013) Microbial activity catalyzes oxygen transfer in membrane-aerated nitritating biofilm reactors. Journal of Membrane Science, 446, pp. 465-471. (doi: 10.1016/j.memsci.2013.06.063)

Domingo-Félez, C. , Pellicer-Nàcher, C., Gizem Mutlu, A. and Smets, B. F. (2013) Critical assessment of extracellular polymeric substances extraction methods from mixed culture biomass. Water Research, 47(15), pp. 5564-5574. (doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.06.026) (PMID:23866135)