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Peer reviewed publications

2013

Do, T.C.V. and H.W. Scherer (2013): Compost as growing media component for salt-sensitive plants. Plant, Soil and Environment 59 (in press).

Jiang, T., F. Schuchardt, G.X. Li, R.G. Guo and Y.M. Luo (2013): Gaseous emission during the composting of pig feces from Chinese Ganqinfen system. Chemosphere 90 (4): 1545–1551.

Luo Y., H. Stichnothe, F. Schuchardt, G. Li, R. Mendoza Huaitalla, W. Xu (2013): Life cycle assessment of manure management and nutrient recycling from a Chinese pig farm. Waste Management & Research (accepted).

Ostermann, A., J. Siemens, G. Welp, Q.Y. Xue, X.Y. Lin, X.J. Lin and W. Amelung: Leaching of veterinary antibiotics in calcareous Chinese croplands. Chemosphere (accepted).

Xue, Q.Y. I.H. Shamsi,  D.S. Sun, A. Ostermann, Q.C. Zhang, Y.S. Zhang and X.Y. Lin (2013): Impact of manure application on forms and quantities of phosphorus in a Chinese Cambisol under different land use. J. Soils Sediments
13(5): 837-845.

2012

Do, T.C.V. and H.W. Scherer (2012): Compost and biogas residues as basic materials for potting substrates. Plant, Soil and Environment 58 (10): 459–464.

Guo, J.B., A. Ostermann, J. Siemens, R.J. Dong and J. Clemens (2012): Short term effects of copper, sulfadiazine and difloxacin on the anaerobic digestion of pig manure at low organic loading rates. Waste management 32(1): 131-136.

Guo, J., J. Clemens, X. Li, P. Xu and R. Dong (2012):Performance evaluation of a Chinese medium-sized agricultural biogas plant at ambient temperature. Engineering in Life Sciences. Engineering in Life Sciences 12, No. 3, 336–342.

Guo R., G. Li, T. Jiang, F. Schuchardt, T. Chen, Y. Zhao, Y. Shen (2012): Effect of aeration rate, C/N ratio and moisture content on the stability and maturity of compost. Bioresource Technology 112: 171–178.

Hou, Y., Z.L. Gao, L. Heimann, M. Roelcke, W.Q. Ma and R. Nieder (2012): Nitrogen balances of smallholder farms in major cropping systems in a peri-urban area of Beijing, China, Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems 92: 347–361.

Hou, Y., Z.L. Gao, W.Q. Ma, L. Heimann, M. Roelcke and R. Nieder (2012): Nitrogen flows in intensive “crop-livestock" production systems typically for the peri-urban area of Beijing, Acta Ecologica Sinica 32(4), 1027-1036 (in Chinese with English abstract).

Li, J., B. Liu, J.J. Yang, D.Y. Tian, Y. Ling, C. He (2012): Primary epidemiological survey on the infection of hepatitis E virus in swine in Beijing susburbs. Chinese Journal of Veterinary Medicine 48 (6): 6-9 (in Chinese with English abstract).

Lu, H., J. Yan，P. Heck，M. Blim，M. Speck and F. Baur (2012):„Economic analysis for recycling biodegradable municipal waste with garage dry fermentation technology“, Biogas Technology and Engineering, Volume II China Agriculture University Press, Beijing 2012.

Luo Y., G. Li, F. Schuchardt, K. Wang, T. Jiang and W. Luo (2012): Effects of additive superphosphate on NH3, N2O and CH4 emissions during pig manure composting. Transactions of the Chinese Society of Agricultural Engineering (Transactions of the CSAE), 28(22): 235－242 (in Chinese with English abstract).

Mendoza Huaitalla, R., E. Gallmann, X.J. Liu, E. Hartung: Aerial pollutants in a pig farm of peri-urban Beijing, China. Int. J. of Agricultural and Biological Engineering (submitted Nov. 2011).

Zheng, K., X.J. Liu, R. Mendoza Huaitalla, E. Gallmann, E. Hartung and F.S. Zhang: Dynamics of NH3 and total suspended particulate at a Commercial pig farm in Beijing. Atmospheric Environment (submitted).

2011

Cui, T., H. Lu and J. Yan (2011): Policies suggestion for the integrated development of organic waste recycling and bio energy industry. Ecology Economy 2011.3 (in Chinese).

Gao, Z.L., H.J. Yuan, W.Q. Ma, X.J Liu and R. L. Desjardins (2011): Methane emissions from a dairy feedlot during the fall and winter seasons in Northern China. Environmental Pollution. 159, 1007-1016.

Guo, J.B., R.J. Dong, H.C. Cheng, J. Clemens and C.L. Pang (2011):Effect of temperature and organic loading rates on anaerobic digestion of pig manure. Transactions of the Chinese Society of Agriculture Engineering 27(12): 216-222 (in Chinese).

Hou, Y., Z.L. Gao and W.Q. Ma (2011): Phosphorus Balances of Major Cropping Systems in the Peri-urban Area of Beijing — a Case Study in Shunyi District. Journal of Anhui Agricultural Sciences, 39 (24) : 14693-14695. (in Chinese with English abstract).

Jiang, T., Schuchardt, F., Li, G.X., Guo, R., Zhao, Y.Q. (2011): Effect of C/N ratio, aeration rate and moisture content on ammonia and greenhouse gas emission during the composting. Journal of Environmental Sciences  23(10): 1754–1760.

Lu, H. and J. Yan (2011): Biogas Industry As a Link Of Sustainable Urban Development. Journal of Sustainable Development and Management Strategy, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 25-34.

Lu W.C., Y.X. Ma and H. Bergmann (2011):  Optimization Study on waste treatment process in scale raising. In: Chinese Journal of Animal Science, No 6, p. 48-51 (in Chinese).

Mendoza Huaitalla, R., E. Gallmann, K. Zheng and X.J. Liu (2011):Composition of pig manures and wastewaters under the gan qing fen system in China. Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology A1: 514-518

Mendoza Huaitalla, R., E. Gallmann, X.J. Liu and E. Hartung (2011):Nutrients and Trace Minerals in a commercial pig farm in Beijing: Chinese and German Recommendations. Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology A1: 191-208.

Schuchardt, F., T. Jiang, G.X. Li and R. Mendoza Huaitalla (2011): Pig manure systems in Germany and China and the impact on nutrient flow. Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology A1: 858-865.

Shen, Y., Ren, L., Li, G., Chen, T., Guo, R. (2011): Influence of aeration on CH4, N2O and NH3 emissions during aerobic composting of a chicken manure and high C/N waste mixture. Waste Management 31: 33–38.

Yan, J., H. Lu, L. He, J. Tian and Y. Luo (2011): “Grassroots Groups Catalyze Sustainable Community Agricultural Efforts in Chengdu”, China Environment Series, ISSUE II, 2010/2011, P281-287.

Yuan H.J., Z.L. Gao, W.Q. Ma, X.J. Liu and R.L. Desjardins (2011): Determination of methane emissions from a dairy feedlot using an inverse dispersion technique. Journal of Agro-Environmental Sciences. 30（4）, 746-752  (in Chinese with English abstract).

2010

Clemens, J., H. Goldbach, M. Roelcke and R. Nieder (2010): Recycling organischer Reststoffe aus der Landwirtschaft und aus dem städtischen Bereich in China. Forum der Geoökologie 21 (1), 2010, 55-57

Lu, W.C., Y.X. Ma, Yongxi, Q.Y. Xue and H. Bergmann (2010): Waste Disposal and Resource Utilization in Intensive Livestock Production: A Case Study of a Village in Beijing, Research of Agricultural Modernization, Vol. 31 (4), p. 488-491 (in Chinese).

Mendoza Huaitalla, R., E. Gallmann, K. Zheng, X.J. Liu and E. Hartung (2010): Pig Husbandry and Solid Manures in a Commercial Pig Farm in Beijing, China. International Journal of Biological and Life Sciences 6 (2): 107-116.

Mendoza Huaitalla, R., E. Gallmann, K. Zheng, X.J. Liu and E. Hartung (2010): Heavy metals contents in farrowing, weaning and fattening pig feeds in a commercial pig farm in Beijing and their thresholds values given by the Chinese standards (short article on line). Advances in Animal Biosciences 1: 470-471

Ren L.M., G.X. Li, Y.J. Shen, F. Schuchardt and L. Peng (2010): Chemical precipitation for controlling nitrogen loss during composting. Waste Manag. Res. 28(5): 385-394

Ren, L.M., F. Schuchardt, Y.J. Shen, G.X. Li and C.P. Li (2010): Impact of struvite crystallization on nitrogen losses during composting of pig manure and cornstalk. Waste Management 30: 885-892.

Other publications and reports (Conference proceedings etc.)

2013

Roelcke, M., L. Heimann, A. Ostermann, Y. Hou, K. Müller-Hansen, H. Lu, M. Knaus, J. Clemens, R. Nieder, H. Goldbach, W.Q. Ma, X.J. Liu and F.S. Zhang (2013): Organic residue management options in a Chinese peri-urban region with high nutrient and pollutant loads. In: Dong, R.J. and Raninger, B. (eds.): Biogas Engineering and Application, Volume 3, China Agricultural University Press, Beijing (in English with Chinese abstract; in press).

2012

Do, T.C.V., H.E. Goldbach and H.W. Scherer (2012): Compost as a raw material in potting substrates for ornamental plants. Poster presentation. International Workshop and Meeting of the German Society of Plant Nutrition 2012 - Challenges for plant nutrition in changing environments. 05 - 08 September 2012, Bonn, Germany. Book of Abstracts, p. 117.

Eling, R. (2012): Composting of pig feces and corn stalks in China; microbiological examinations; hygienic aspects and sanitation capacity. Oral presentation. ORBIT 2012 Conference - Global assessment for organic resources and waste management. June 12–15 2012, Rennes, France.

Roelcke M., L. Heimann, A. Ostermann, Y. Hou, W.Q. Ma, Q.Y. Xue, X.Y. Lin, G. Welp, W. Amelung and R. Nieder (2012): Nutrient and Pollutant Status in Arable Soils in the Peri-Urban Region of Beijing. Oral presentation, 6 July, 2012. EUROSOIL2012 International Conference “Soil Science for the Benefit of Mankind and Environment”, 2-6 July, 2012, in Bari, Italy. Abstract in: Electronic book of abstracts. Presentation no. S12.01 -4.

Stamm, N., H.E. Goldbach, J. Clemens (2012): Nutrient recovery from anaerobically treated pig slurry. Poster presentation. International Workshop and Meeting of the German Society of Plant Nutrition 2012 - Challenges for plant nutrition in changing environments. 05 - 08 September 2012, Bonn, Germany. Book of Abstracts, p. 118-119.

2011

Cuhls, C., J. Clemens, P. Xu, J.B. Guo and R.J. Dong (2011): Monitoring and reduction of methane emissions from biogas plants. Oral presentation. Proceedings article published in: R.J. Dong and B. Raninger (eds.): Biogas Engineering and Application, Volume 1. Proceedings of ORBIT 2009 International Conference China “Biomass and Organc Waste  as Sustainable Resources“, 19-21 Nov. 2009, Beijing, China, p. 318-322

Guo, J.B., W. Cao and R.J. Dong (2011): Effect of water flushing on the acidification process in anaerobic digestion of swine manure. Oral presentation. Proceedings paper published in: R.J. Dong and B. Raninger (eds.): Biogas Engineering and Application, Volume 1. Proceedings of ORBIT 2009 International Conference China “Biomass and Organc Waste  as Sustainable Resources“, 19-21 Nov. 2009, Beijing, China, p. 67-74

Heck, P., A. Avadi, H. Lu and K. Müller-Hansen (2011): Pre-feasibility study of establishing a WWTP as energy independent in Jimo City, Shandong, China

Heimann, L., M. Roelcke, Y. Hou, W.Q. Ma and R. Nieder (2011): Stickstoffmineralisation in Böden stadtnaher Randgebiete Pekings mit Intensiv-Tierhaltung. Oral presentation. Proceedings of the conference of the German Soil Science Society from September 3-9, 2011 in Berlin and Potsdam. Proceedings paper published online in: http://eprints.dbges.de/595/

Hou, Y., Z. Gao, L. Heimann, M. Roelcke, R. Nieder and W. Ma (2011): Nitrogen balances of smallholder farms in major cropping systems in the peri-urban area of Beijing. Poster presentation. Proceedings of the 4th International Nutrient Management Symposium: Global Issues in Nutrient Management Science, Technology and Policy, Newark, August 21-24 2011. Proceedings paper published online at: http://ag.udel.edu/4thNMSymposium/pdf/4th-INMS-Proceedings.pdf, p. 42.

Jiang, T., F. Schuchardt, G.X. Li, Y.Q. Zhao and R. Guo (2011): The effect of turning and covering on greenhouse gas emission from composting of pig faeces. In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Solid Waste 2011: Moving toward sustainable resource management, Hongkong SAR, P.R. China, 2-6 May 2011. pp 481-484.

Lu, H. and J. Yan (2011): “Stakeholder Analysis of a Centralized Biogas Plant in China -The case of Yangling”, International Conference on Electronics, Communications and Control, September 9-11, 2011, Ningbo, China, ISBN: 978-1-4577-0318-8 ©2011 IEEE.

Mendoza Huaitalla, R., E. Gallmann, J. Guan, T. Jungbluth and X.J. Liu (2011): Indoor concentrations of CO2 and NH3 in a pig fattening barn in Beijing, China, 5th European Conference on Precision Livestock Farming, 11.07-14.07.2011, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Czech Republic.

Mendoza Huaitalla, R., E. Gallmann, T. Jungbluth, X.J. Liu (2011): Particulate matter in a fattening pig house in Beijing, China: First indoor and outdoor measurements, CIOSTA & CIGR Section V Conference 2011, Efficient and Safe Production Processes in Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry, 29.06-01.07.2011, Vienna, Austria.

Mendoza Huaitalla, R., E. Gallmann and X.J. Liu (2011): Particulate matter emitted from a pig farm in Beijing: A preliminary study. International Conference on Environmental Science and Development, ICESD 2011, 07.01-09.01.2011, Mumbai, India. Internet: http://www.ipcbee.net/vol4/10-ICESD2011D023.pdf

Nieder, R., P. Heck, J. Clemens, M. Roelcke, L. Heimann and C. Vogts (2011): Recycling organischer Reststoffe aus der Landwirtschaft und dem städtischen Bereich in China. Teilprojekt: Koordination: Optimierung der Nährstoffbilanzen. Forschungsbericht zum Thema Ressourcenbewirtschaftung. In: Fakultät Architektur, Bauingenieurwesen und Umweltwissenschaften an der TU Braunschweig (Hrsg.): Forschungsberichte Bauen und Umwelt, S. 66-67.

2010

Guo J.B., X.P. Li, P. Xu, R.J. Dong and J. Clemens (2010): Process control and fluxes of medium size agricultural biogas plants management at ambient temperature: A case study in Beijing. Oral presentation. Proceedings paper published in: C.S.C. Cordovil and L. Ferreira (eds.): Proceedings of the 14th Ramiran International Conference, Lisboa, Portugal,12-15 Sept. 2010.
www.ramiran.net/ramiran2010/docs/Ramiran2010_0279_final.pdf

Jiang T., Y.Q. Zhao, R. Guo, F. Schuchardt and G.X. Li (2010): Composting of pig feces from the Chinese gan qing fen system. Poster presentation. Proceedings paper published in in: C.S.C. Cordovil and L. Ferreira (eds.): Proceedings of the 14th Ramiran International Conference, Lisboa, Portugal,12-15 Sept. 2010.
www.ramiran.net/ramiran2010/docs/Ramiran2010_0087_final.pdf

Mendoza Huaitalla, R., E. Gallmann, X.J. Liu and E. Hartung (2010): Composition of pig manures and wastewaters under the Gan Qing Fen system in China. Poster presentation. Proceedings paper published in: C.S.C. Cordovil and L. Ferreira (eds.): Proceedings of the 14th Ramiran International Conference, Lisboa, Portugal,12-15 Sept. 2010.
www.ramiran.net/ramiran2010/docs/Ramiran2010_0184_final.pdf
Also accepted for: Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology (in press)

Mendoza Huaitalla, R., E. Gallmann and X.J. Liu (2010): Heavy metals contents in farrowing, weaning and fattening pig feeds in a commercial pig farm in Beijing and their thresholds values given by the Chinese feed standards. SAPT 2010, Sustainable Animal Production in the Tropics Farming in a Changing World, 15.11-18.11.2010, Gosier, Guadeloupe (Poster presentation).
Internet: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=7922170

Roelcke, M., R. Nieder, H. Goldbach, J. Clemens, P. Heck, K. Mueller-Hansen, H. Lu, X.J. Liu, T.N. Cui and F.S. Zhang (2010): Recycling of organic residues from agricultural and municipal origin in China. Oral presentation. Proceedings paper published in: C.S.C. Cordovil and L. Ferreira (eds.): Proceedings of the 14th Ramiran International Conference, Lisboa, Portugal,12-15 Sept. 2010.
www.ramiran.net/ramiran2010/docs/Ramiran2010_0251_final.pdf

Schuchardt F. (2010): Pig manure in Germany and in China - Problems and Solutions. Conference Agricultural Waste management; Taejon, Korea, 11.11.2010

Schuchardt, F., T. Jiang and G.X. Li (2010): Pig manure systems in Germany and China and the impact on nutrient flow and composting of the solids. II. International BACKHUS Conference, March 18, 2010

Weber, D. and Y.X. Ma (2010): Recycling of organic residues from agricultural and municipal origin in China. Poster presentation. China-Woche der Universität Göttingen „China – Wissenschaft, Wirtschaft und Kultur – Zusammen auf dem Weg des Wissens“, 6.-9.7.2010.

2009

Mendoza Huaitalla, R. and E. Gallmann (2009): Distribution of nutrients and heavy metals in pig manure based on the four pig production cycles, XXXII Annual Scientific Meeting of the Peruvian Association of Animal Production, 24.11-27.11.2009, Tumbes, Peru.

Schuchardt, F., L. Ren, T. Jiang, Y.Q. Zhao, R. Guo and G.X. Li (2009): Pig manure systems in Germany and China and the impact on nutrient flow and composting of the solids. In: Conference Summaries: Orbit 2009 China, Biomass and Organic Waste as Sustainable Resources; International Conference 2009.11.19-21. Beijing: Orbit, p. 115

Ph.D. Theses

2013

Heimann, L. (2013): Optimization of nutrient and carbon management of agricultural land in the peri-urban region of Beijing with intensive animal husbandry. Ph.D. thesis. Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany, 145 p.

Ostermann, A. (2013): Veterinary antibiotics and heavy metals in soils under intensive agricultural usage in peri-urban Beijing, China. Ph.D. thesis, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, 130 p.

2012

Do, T.C.V. (2012): Compost and residues from biogas plants as potting substrates for salt-tolerant and salt-sensitive plants. Ph.D. thesis, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, 87 p.

2011

Guo, J.B. (2011): Performance Evaluation of Anaerobic Digestion of Swine manure with CSTR Reactor at Low Range of Mesophilic Conditions. Ph.D thesis, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 98 p. (in Chinese with English abstract).

Jiang, T. (2011): The greenhouse gas formation mechanism during composting and mitigation technologies. Ph.D. thesis, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 106 p. (in Chinese with English abstract).

2010

Ma Y.X. (2010): Study on Optimization of Scale Livestock Waste Treatment based on Agricultural-ecological Economic Model. Doctoral Dissertation. Zhejiang University, 174 p.

2009

Ren, L. (2009): Nitrogen conservation mechanism during composting of pig manure and corn stalk. Ph.D. thesis, China Agricultural University, Beijing, 147 p. (in Chinese with English abstract).

M. Sc. Theses

2011

Ganser, S. (2011): Experimente mit einem System rotierender Scheiben zur Steigerung der Ammoniak-Entfrachtung von vergärter Biogasgülle. Diploma thesis, University of Bonn, 70. S.

Gao, J. (2011): Veterinärantibiotika in chinesischen Böden unterschiedlicher landwirtschaftlicher Nutzungshistorie – Tiefenprofile von Sulfonamiden, Trimethoprim und Tetrazyklinen. Diploma thesis, University of Bonn, 51 p.

He, Y. (2011): Kupferverlagerung in Böden: Ein Lysimeterexperiment mit 65Cu markierten Schweinemist. Diploma thesis, University of Bonn, 66 p.

Hou, Y. (2011): Characteristics and Regulatory Approaches of Nutrient Flows in Intensive „Crop-Livestock“ Production Systems of the Peri-urban Area of China.
M. Sc. Thesis. Agricultural University of Hebei, Baoding, P.R. China, 43 p. (in Chinese with English abstract).

2010

Guan, J. (2010): Measurement of PM, NH3 and CO2 concentrations in a pig farm near Beijing. Universität Hohenheim, Germany.

2009

Zhu, J. (2009): Case Study: A pig farm’s profitability under different environmental and economic scenarios in the North China Plain, Universität Hohenheim, Germany.