Jamal-Uddin, Abu-Taher, Salaudeen, Shakirudeen A., Dutta, Animesh and Zytner, Richard G. (2022) Hydrothermal Conversion of Waste Biomass from Greenhouses into Hydrochar for Energy, Soil Amendment, and Wastewater Treatment Applications, Energies, 15:3663, doi: 10.3390/en15103663.
Nelson, Brienne, Zytner, Richard G., Dulac, Yohan and Cabral, Alexandre R. (2022) Mitigating Fugitive Methane Emissions From Closed Landfills: A Pilot-scale Field Study, Science of the Total Environment, in print.
Chu, T., Abbassi, B. and Zytner, Richard G. ( 2021) Life-cycle Assessment of Full-scale Membrane Bioreactor and Tertiary Treatment Technologies in Fruit Processing Industry. Water Environment Research, in print
Mundi, G., Zytner, Richard G. , Warriner, K., Bonakdari, H. and Gharabaghi, B. (2021) Machine Learning Models for Predicting Water Quality of Treated Fruit and Vegetable Wastewater. Water, 13 (18), 2485-2502, doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/w13182485, https:// hdl.handle.net/10214/26497.
Jamal-Uddin, A.T, Zytner, Peter R. and Zytner, Richard G. (2021). Hybrid Treatment System to Remove Micromolecular SMPs from Fruit Wastewater Treated with an MBR. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering., doi: 0.1139/cjce-2021-0154, in print.
Dawrea, A., Zytner, Richard G. and Donald, J. (2021) Enhanced GPR Data Interpretation to Estimate in Situ Water Saturation in a Landfill, Waste Management, 120(2):175-182, doi:10.1016/j.wasman.2020.11.033.
Jamal-Uddin, A.T. and Zytner, R.G. ( 2020). Evaluation of fouling and RO performance for MBR treated fruit wastewater, Water Science and Technology, 82(11):2282-2295, doi: 10.2166/ wst.2020.482.
Mohsen, R.A., Abbassi, B. and Zytner, R.G. (2020) Investigation of Fugitive Methane and Gas Collection Efficiency in Halton Landfill in Ontario, Canada, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 192:326, doi.org/10.1007/s10661-020-08308-z.
Xiao, M., and Zytner, Richard G. (2019). The Effect of Age on Petroleum Hydrocarbon Contaminants in Soil for Bioventing Remediation. Bioremediation Journal, 23(4):311-325 doi: 10.1080/10889868.2019.1671306; https://hdl.handle.net/10214/23771.
Lackeyram, D., Donald, J.R., Gorrie, R., and Zytner, Richard G. (2019). The Development of Technology-supported Approaches to the LO Process for Accredited Engineering Programs, International Journal for Engineering Education, 1(2):74-84. dx.doi.org/ 10.14710/ijee.1.2.74-84; https://hdl.handle.net/10214/23772.
Johnbull, Onisoya, Abbassi, Bassim and Zytner, Richard G. (2018). Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in Soil based on GIS-Kriging Technique in Anka, Nigeria. Environmental Engineering Research, 24(1):150-158.
Mundi, Gurvinder S., Zytner, Richard G., Warriner, K. and Gharabaghi, B. (2018). Predicting Fruit and Vegetable Processing Wash-water Quality. Water Science and Technology. March 256-269, DOI: 10.2166/wst.2018.109.
Mundi, G., Zytner, R. G. and Warriner, K. (2017) Fruit and Vegetable Wash-water Characterization, Treatment Feasibility Study and Decision Matrices , Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 44(11):971-983, doi.org/10.1139/cjce-2017-0214; The Atrium (U of Guelph) http://hdl.handle.net/10214/11585.
D Alharbi, K.K., Lau, V., Liang, C., Zytner, R.G. and Warriner, K. (2017) Treatment of spent wash water derived from shredded lettuce processing using a combination of electrocoagulation and germicidal ultraviolet light. Food Quality and Safety, 1(2):147-152,doi.org/10.1093/fqsafe/fyx012.
Islam, M. S., Zytner, R. G. & Zhou, H. (2018) Biodegradation and metabolism of Tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA) in the bioaugmented activated sludge batch bioreactor system by heterotrophic and nitrifying bacteria. Water Environment Research, 90(2)122-128, doi:10.2175/WERD1500093.
Mosco, M. & Zytner, R. G. (2017) Large Scale Bioventing Degradation Rates of Petroleum Hydrocarbons and Determination of Scale-up Factors. Bioremediation Journal, 21(3-4)149-162, doi: 10.1080/10889868.2017.1312265; engrXiv: DOI 10.17605/OSF.IO/JRCHF | ARK c7605/osf.io/jrchf; The Atrium (U of Guelph) http://hdl.handle.net/10214/11585.
Abbassi, B., Abu-Saleem, M., Rudra, R., Zytner, R.G. and Gharabaghi, B. (2016) Antibiotics in Wastewater: Their Degradation and Effect on Wastewater Treatment Efficiency, Journal Food, Agriculture and Environment, 14)3&4(: 95-99.
Moore, A., Zytner, R. G., & Chang, S. (2016) Potential water reuse for high strength fruit and vegetable processor wastewater with a Membrane Bioreactor (MBR) Water Environment Research, 88 )9(, 852-870, doi: 10.2175/106143016X14609975747649.
Lam, K., Zytner, R. G., and Chang, S. (2015) Treatment of High Strength Vegetable Processing Wastewater with a Sequencing Batch Reactor. Journal on Agricultural Engineering, 2)1(:30-38.
Mundi, G.S. and Zytner, R.G. (2015) Effective solid removal technologies for washwater to allow water reuse in the fresh-cut fruit and vegetable industry. Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology A & B, 396-407, doi: 10.17265/2161-6256/2015.06.003.
Islam, M.S., Zhou, H. and Zytner, R.G. (2015) Fate kinetic coefficients and correlation models for Tetrabromobisphenol A )TBBPA( in membrane bioreactors and conventional activated sludge process, Journal of Water Reuse and Desalination, 4(1):175-187.
Robertson, B., Hall, K., Nistor, I. , Zytner, R.G. and Storlazzi, C. (2015) Remote Sensing of Irregular Breaking Wave Parameters in Field Conditions, Journal of Coastal Research, 31(2):348-363.
Hufnagel, D., Chang, S., Hong, Y., Wu, P., & Zytner, R. G. (2015) Anaerobic membrane bioreactor for high strength wastewater treatment: batch and continuous operation comparison. Journal of Water Reuse and Desalination, 5(2):95-103.
Khan, A.A., Feng, Z. and Zytner, R.G. (2015) Correlations and Scale-up Factor to Estimate Petroleum Biodegradation Rate in Soil, Bioremediation Journal, 19:32-46. The Atrium (U of Guelph) http://hdl.handle.net/10214/13049.
Papers in Refereed Conferences
Jamal-Uddin, Abu-Taher, Salaudeen, Shakirudeen A., Dutta, Animesh and Zytner, Richard G. (2022) Surface area measurement techniques, and scope of nutrient removal from greenhouse wastewater by improved activated carbon from tomato plant biomass, ASABE Annual International Meeting, Houston, TX, July 2022, doi.org/10.13031/aim.202200663.
Dulac, Yohan., Nelson, Brienne R., Zytner, Richard G., Yochim, A., Vaillancourt, R., Brent Boss ALexlandre R. Cabral (2021) Determination of a Critical Design Parameter in a Passive Methane Oxidation Biosystem. Sardina 2021 - 18th International Symposium on Waste Management and Sustainable Landfilling, Oct. 11-15, Cagliari, Italy.
Nelson, B., Zytner, Richard G., Kanmacher, Z., Lahkani, Y., Yochim, A., Rachel Vaillancourt, Brent Boss, Yohan Dulac Alexandre R. Cabral (2021) Mitigating Fugitive Methane Emissions From Closed Landfills: A Pilot-Scale Field Study. Sardina 2021 - 18th International Symposium on Waste Management and Sustainable Landfilling. Oct. 11-15, Cagliari, Italy.
Zytner, R.G., Dawrea, A. and Donald, J. (2020) Detecting Napl in Unsaturated Soil. Canadian Society for Civil Engineering Annual Conference, May 27-30, Saskatoon, SK.
Jamal Uddin, A.T., Zytner, R.G., Warriner, K. and Singh, A. (2019) Reuse of MBR Effluent from Fruit Processing Wastewater Containing High Dissolved Organic Matter. Canadian Society for Civil Engineering Annual Conference, June 12-15, Laval, PQ.
Dawrea, A., Zytner, R.G. and Donald, J. (2019) An Improved Method to Measure in Situ Water Content in a Landfill Using GPR. Canadian Society for Civil Engineering Annual Conference, June 12-15, Laval, PQ.
Chu, T., Zytner, Richard G. and Abbassi, B. (2019) Life-cycle Assessment of Full-scale Membrane Bioreactor and Tertiary Treatment Technologies in Fruit Processing Industry. Canadian Society for Civil Engineering Annual Conference, June 12-15, Laval, PQ.
Oppedisano, J., Zytner, Richard G. and Singh, A. (2018) Nutrient-varying Fruit Processing Wastewater Treatment Technologies and Associated Challenges. CSBE/SCGAB Annual General Meeting and Technical Conference (July 22-25), Guelph, ON.
Zytner, R.G., Xiao, M. and Mosco, M. (2018) Impact of Aged Contamination on Bioventing Performance. Canadian Society for Civil Engineering Conference, Environmental Engineering Division, Fredericton, NB, June 13 - June 16.
Zytner, R. G., Eyvazi, M., Khan, A. A. and Mosco, M. (2017). Scale-up Factors When Applying Bioventing Results to the Field. Canadian Society for Civil Engineering Conference, Environmental Engineering Division, Vancouver, BC, May 31 - June 3.
Oppedisano, J. V., Singh, A. and Zytner, R. G. (2017). Nutrient-varying Fruit Process Wastewater Treatment Technologies. CSBE/SCGAB Annual General Meeting and Technical Conference joint with CIGR VI Technical Symposium, Winnipeg, Manitoba. Aug. 6 - 10.
Mosco, M. and Zytner, R.G. (2016). Bioventing Soil Vapour Extraction: Removal of Petroleum Hydrocarbons. Sustainable Remediation Conference, April 26-28, Montreal, PQ.
Mosco, M. and Zytner, R. G. (2016) Estimating The Degradation Rate For Large Scale Bioventing. CSCE Annual Conference, June 1-4, London, ON.
Mundi, G., Zytner, R. G. and Warriner, K. (2016) Carrot Wash-water Treatment and Reuse Potential, 37th International Carrot Conference, Sept. 15-17, Alliston, ON.
Zytner, RG., Islam, M. S. and Zhou, H. (2016) Fate, Removal, Biosorption and Biodegradation of Tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA) in Membrane Bioreactors (MBRs) and Conventional Activated Sludge (CAS) Process at Guelph MWWTP, Canadian Water Works Association, Oct. 24-28, Whistler, BC.
Zytner, R. G., Moore, A. W. and Warriner, K. (2015) The Potential of Water Reuse in the Fruit and Vegetable Sector. Canadian Water Works Association, Oct. 24-28, Whistler, BC.
Clemmer, R., Spencer, J., Lackeyram, D., Thompson, J., Gharabaghi, B., VanderSteen, J., Donald, J. and Zytner, R.G. (2015). Use of E-Portfolio Tool for Reflection in Engineering Design. Canadian Engineering Education Association, June 1-3, Hamilton, ON .
Donald, J., Lachapelle, S., McIsaac, J., Abraham, T., Clemmer, R., McCook, S. and Zytner, R.G. (2015). Training Versatile Engineers: a Historical and Present Perspective on the Place of the Humanites and Social Sciences in the Canadian Engineering Context. Canadian Engineering Education Association, June 1-3, Hamilton, ON .
Zytner, RG., Donald, J., Gordon, K., Clemmer, R., & Thompson, J. (2015). Using Rubrics in a Capstone Engineering Design Course. Canadian Engineering Education Association, June 1-3, Hamilton, ON:
Mundi, G., Zytner, R. G., Warriner, K., Dubey, B., Chen, X., K. Alharbi, S. Ghose and L. Christie. (2015). Characterization and treatment of wash-water produced from washing and processing of fresh-cut fruits and vegetables. Connecting Water Resources Conference - From Knowledge to Action - Mar. 9 -12, Ottawa, ON.
Zytner, R.G., Moore, A., and Chang, S. (2015). Treatment of high BOD and nutrient loading from fruit and vegetable wastewater with membrane bioreactor (MBR). Canadian Water Network Conference - From Knowledge to Action, March 9-12, Ottawa, ON.
Moore, A., Zytner, R.G., and Chang, S. (2015). Reduction of high BOD and nutrient loading from fruit and vegetable wastewater with membrane bioreactor (MBR). 2015 Membrane Technology Conference and Exposition, AMTA-AWWA, March 2-5, Orlando, FL.
