Ian Buchanan
Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Alberta
Canada
Biography
Biography include industrial and municipal wastewater treatment process development, modeling and optimization. Previous research has included (student researchers names are in brackets): Investigation of oxidase and peroxidase enzymes for removal of aromatic compounds (several phenols and endocrine disrupting compounds) from wastewater (Y.Han, J. Grant, K. Ikehata, X. Mao Hydrogen sulfide removal from anaerobic digesters by various sulfide sequestering chemicals and their effect on UV disinfection (R. Chiarella, J. Topnik) Removal of colour and other anionic compounds from pulp mill wastewaters using ion exchange (G. Yun) Assessing the technical feasibility of treating selected deep-well injection streams for water re-use (T. Jin Sung) Using dedicated soil plots to remove nutrients (N and P) from partially treated swine manure (Xiao, J.) Assessing the ability of a proprietary electro-chemical technology to remove ammonia from waste streams at the Clover Bar Waste Management Facility (Su, L.). Assessing the use of water treatment alum sludge for removing phosphorus from wastewater (T. Hossain) Developing improved analytical techniques to measure endocrine disrupting compounds in wastestreams (M. Fernandez) Surveying prevalence of EDCs in Western Canada municipal wastewaters (M. Fernandez) Assessing and modeling the removal of EDCs and the reduction of total estrogenicity by conventional municipal wastewater treatment (M. Fernandez)
Research Interest
Developing artificial neural network process models of preliminary and primary treatment at the Gold Bar wastewater treatment plant (S. Jayaraman) Analysis, modeling, and optimization of grit chamber operation (A. Habib) Building and calibrating an activated sludge biological nutrient removal model for the Gold Bar Wastewater Treatment Plant (A. Ganesh) Bench-scale (Z. Liu) and pilot-scale (R. Singh) investigation of co-digestion of municipal sludge and organic wastes for improved methane production at the Edmonton Waste Management Centre of Excellence Gold Bar site Sorption and desorption for treatment of the organic portion of oil sands process affected waters (Md. Z. Rahman)
Publications
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Ikehata, K., Buchanan I.D, and Smith, D.W.(2003) Treatment of oil refinery wastewater using crude Coprinus cinereus peroxidase and hydrogen peroxide. J. Environ. Eng. and Sci. 2(6). 463-472.
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Ikehata, K., Buchanan I.D, and Smith, D.W.(2004) Recent developments in the production of extracellular fungal peroxidases and laccases for waste treatment. J. Environ. Eng. and Sci.3(1), 1-19.
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Ikehata, K., Buchanan I.D, and Smith, D.W.(2004) Extracellular peroxidase production by Coprinus species from urea treated soil. Can. J. Microbiol. 50(1). 1-4.
