Burapha University Wastewater Research Laboratory (BUU-WRL) is a group of scientists and engineers at the Faculty of Engineering, Burapha University (BUU).  We are interested in conducting research to investigate and solve problems that affect our aquatic environments. Our core research areas include but not limit to:

• Biological Nutrient Removal Systems

• Integrated Fixed Film Activated Sludge Processes

• Mathematical Modeling for Biological Wastewater Treatment Systems

• Chemical Treatment Technologies for Industrial Wastewater

• Advanced Oxidation Processes

Announcements:

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  • • Phon, S., Sriwiriyarat, T., Thanasupsin, S.P., and Nakaramontri, Y. (2026). Structure and ethylene adsorption performance of biochar-reinforced natural rubber latex foam composites for active fruit packaging, Journal of Materials Science, 61(16), 11025-11043. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-026-12496-3. 

    • Chheang, L., Sriwiriyarat, T., Thanasupsin, S.P. and Thongkon, N. (2024). Molecular imprinting of cellulose cotton fabric/silica materials with a colorimetric dithizone chelation for smartphone-based detection of Zn (II) ions in water samples, Coloration Technology, 140(4), 637-652. https://doi.org/10.1111/cote.12736 

    • Chheang, L., Limsuwan, P., Thongkon, N., Sriwiriyarat, T., and Thanasupsin, S.P. (2023). Ecological Risk Assessment and Source Contributions of Heavy Metals in the Sediment of the Chan Thnal Reservoir, Kampong Speu, Cambodia. Water, 15(8), 1566. https://doi.org/10.3390/w15081566 

    • Sriwiriyarat, T. and  Nuchlek, P. (2022). Effects of pH on extracellular polymeric substances compositions of biofilm in Integrated Fixed Film Activated Sludge Process. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 19(1), 73-84. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13762-021-03316-z

    • Chheang, L., Thongkon, N., Sriwiriyarat, T., Thanasupsin, S.P. (2021). Heavy metal contamination and human health implications in the Chan Thnal Reservoir, Cambodia. Sustainability, 13(4), 13538.  https://doi.org/10.3390/su132413538 

    • Sriwiriyarat, T., Jangkorn, S., Charoenpanich, J., Chinwetkitvanich, S., Fongsatitkul, P. (2021). Occurrence of aerobic denitrifying bacteria in integrated fixed film activated sludge system. Chemosphere, 285, 131504.

    • Madmanang, R. and Sriwiriyarat, T. (2021). Effects of salinity on the respirometric activities of mixed culture bacteria from activated sludge process. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 1835, 012104.

    • Sriwiriyarat, T. and Mukhthong, M. (2021). The feasibility study of using microalgae for polishing consumer-products industrial effluent containing high total dissolved solids. Thai Environmental Engineering Journal, 35(1): 1-14.

    • Sriwiriyarat, T. and Kuhakaew, S. (2021). Effects of cations on biofilm formation and characteristics in integrated fixed film activated sludge process at different carbon and nitrogen loadings. Chemosphere, 275, 130002. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.130002.

    • Neamsungneon, N., and Sriwiriyarat, T. (2021). Effects of hydraulic retention time on process stability of Integrated Fixed Film Activated Sludge (IFAS) biological wastewater treatment process. Burapha Science Journal, 26(1), 474-487.

    • Sriwiriyarat, T. and Madmanang, R. (2020). Biodegradation of High Acrylamide Concentrations in Integrated Fixed Film Activated Sludge (IFAS) Wastewater Treatment System, Biochemical Engineering Journal, 159, 107566. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bej.2020.107566 

    • Madmanang, R. and Sriwiriyarat, T. (2019). Capacity Enhancement of Enterobacter aerogenes for Heterotrophic Nitrification in Integrated Fixed Film Activated Sludge (IFAS) Wastewater Treatment Process, Engineering  Journal, 23(1), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.4186/ej.2019.23.1.1 

    • Madmanang, R., Jangkorn, S., Charoenpanich, J. and Sriwiriyarat, T. (2019). Kinetics of nitrification and acrylamide biodegradation by Enterobacter aerogenes and mixed culture bacteria in sequencing batch reactor wastewater treatment systems, Environmental Engineering Research, 24(2), 309-317, https://doi.org/10.4491/eer.2018.196. 

    • Madmanang, R., He, Z., Sriwiriyarat, T. (2018). Respirometric Activities of Unacclimatized Enterobacter aerogenes and Mixed Culture Bacteria in Sequencing Batch Reactor Systems in Response to Acrylamide and its Biodegradation Products, RSC Advances, 8(61), 34911-34920, https://doi.org/10.1039/C8RA06668J. 

    • Jangkorn, S., Charoenpanich, J. and Sriwiriyarat, T. (2018). Comparative study between Enterobacter aerogenes and mixed-culture bacteria for acrylamide biodegradation in sequencing batch reactor (SBR) wastewater-treatment systems, Journal of Environmental Engineering, 144(3), https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0001335.

    • Sriwiriyarat, T., Wongvian, R., and Kuhakaew, S. (2017). Selection of Coagulant with Consideration of Sludge Characteristics for Treatment of Industrial Wastewater Containing High Strength Mixed Surfactants. Chiang Mai Journal of Science, 44(3), 1654-1668.