Dr Stephan Tait
Senior Research Fellow
Australian Centre for Water and Environmental Biotechnology
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Researcher biography
Dr. Stephan Tait is a Senior Research Fellow at the Australian Centre for Water and Environmental Biotechnology. Stephan manages large projects in the areas of Municipal Biosolids, Digitalisation of Sewers, and Emissions Reduction in Agro-industries. Stephan's has expertise in wastewater process modelling and control, biogas and biomethane technologies, agro-industrial wastewater management, circular economy technologies, and resource recovery.
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Sewer Monitoring and Management in the Digital Era Australian Research Council |
2024–2029 |
Publications
Book Chapters
Kazadi Mbamba, Christian, Grau, Paloma, Tait, Stephan, Flores-Alsina, Xavier, Takács, Imre and Batstone, Damien J. (2022). Precipitation and dissolution. Generalised physicochemical model (PCM) for wastewater processes. (pp. 21-38) edited by Damien Batstone and Xavier Flores-Alsina. London, United Kingdom: IWA Publishing. doi: 10.2166/9781780409832_0021
Batstone, Damien J., Flores-Alsina, Xavier, Kazadi Mbamba, Christian and Tait, Stephan (2022). Liquid (aqueous)-phase chemistry. Generalised physicochemical model (PCM) for wastewater processes. (pp. 5-19) edited by Damien Batstone and Xavier Flores-Alsina. London, United Kingdom: IWA Publishing. doi: 10.2166/9781780409832_0005
Colston, Robert, Tait, Stephan, Vaneeckhaute, Céline, Cruz, Heidy, Pikaar, Ilje, Seviour, Thomas, Klok, Johannes B. M., Weijma, Jan, Dijkman, Henk, Buisman, Cees J. N., Scattergood, Sasha, Robles-Aguilar, Ana A., Meers, Erik, Béline, Fabrice and Soares, Ana (2022). Nutrient recovery from water and wastewater. Resource recovery from water: principles and application. (pp. 245-293) edited by Ilje Pikaar, Jeremy Guest, Ramon Ganigué, Paul Jensen, Korneel Rabaey, Thomas Seviour, John Trimmer, Olaf van der Kolk, Céline Vaneeckhaute and Willy Verstraete. London, United Kingdom: IWA Publishing. doi: 10.2166/9781780409566_0245
Journal Articles
Grell, Torben, Harris, Peter W., Marchuk, Serhiy, Jenkins, Sasha, McCabe, Bernadette K. and Tait, Stephan (2024). Biochemical methane potential of dairy manure residues and separated fractions: An Australia-wide study of the impact of production and cleaning systems. Bioresource Technology, 391 129903, 129903. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2023.129903
Bühlmann, Christopher H., Mickan, Bede S., Tait, Stephan, Batstone, Damien J. and Bahri, Parisa A. (2023). Waste to wealth: the power of food-waste anaerobic digestion integrated with lactic acid fermentation. Frontiers in Chemical Engineering, 5 1285002. doi: 10.3389/fceng.2023.1285002
Hill, Andrew, Tait, Stephan, Harris, Peter, Baillie, Craig, Virdis, Bernardino and McCabe, Bernadette K. (2023). Design and analysis of a low-cost potentiostat for application with microbial electrochemical sensors. Electrochimica Acta, 468 143201. doi: 10.1016/j.electacta.2023.143201
Bühlmann, Christopher H., Mickan, Bede S., Tait, Stephan, Batstone, Damien J. and Bahri, Parisa A. (2023). Lactic acid production from food waste at an anaerobic digestion biorefinery: effect of digestate recirculation and sucrose supplementation. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 11 1177739. doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2023.1177739
Bühlmann, Christopher H., Mickan, Bede S., Tait, Stephan, Batstone, Damien J., Mercer, George D. and Bahri, Parisa A. (2022). Lactic acid from mixed food waste fermentation using an adapted inoculum: influence of pH and temperature regulation on yield and product spectrum. Journal of Cleaner Production, 373 133716, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.133716
Tait, Stephan, Harris, Peter W. and McCabe, Bernadette K. (2021). Biogas recovery by anaerobic digestion of Australian agro-industry waste: a review. Journal of Cleaner Production, 299 126876, 1-16. doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.126876
Bühlmann, Christopher H., Mickan, Bede S., Tait, Stephan, Renton, Michael and Bahri, Parisa A. (2021). Lactic acid from mixed food wastes at a commercial biogas facility: Effect of feedstock and process conditions. Journal of Cleaner Production, 284 125243, 125243. doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.125243
Herold, Clemens, Ishika, Tasneema, Nwoba, Emeka G., Tait, Stephan, Ward, Andrew and Moheimani, Navid R. (2021). Biomass production of marine microalga Tetraselmis suecica using biogas and wastewater as nutrients. Biomass and Bioenergy, 145 105945. doi: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2020.105945
Hill, Andrew, Tait, Stephan, Baillie, Craig, Virdis, Bernardino and McCabe, Bernadette (2020). Microbial electrochemical sensors for volatile fatty acid measurement in high strength wastewaters: a review. Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 165 112409, 112409. doi: 10.1016/j.bios.2020.112409
Egger, Felix, Hülsen, Tim, Tait, Stephan and Batstone, Damien J. (2020). Autotrophic sulfide removal by mixed culture purple phototrophic bacteria. Water Research, 182 115896, 115896. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2020.115896
Astals, Sergi, Koch, Konrad, Weinrich, Sören, Hafner, Sasha D., Tait, Stephan and Peces, Miriam (2020). Impact of storage conditions on the methanogenic activity of anaerobic digestion inocula. Water, 12 (5) 1321, 1321. doi: 10.3390/W12051321
Kazadi Mbamba, C., Lindblom, E., Flores-Alsina, X., Tait, S., Anderson, S., Saagi, R., Batstone, D. J., Gernaey, K. V. and Jeppsson, U. (2019). Plant-wide model-based analysis of iron dosage strategies for chemical phosphorus removal in wastewater treatment systems. Water Research, 155, 12-25. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2019.01.048
Hülsen, Tim, Hsieh, Kent, Tait, Stephan, Barry, Edward M., Puyol, Daniel and Batstone, Damien J. (2018). White and infrared light continuous photobioreactors for resource recovery from poultry processing wastewater – a comparison. Water Research, 144, 665-676. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2018.07.040
Astals, S., Peces, M., Batstone, D. J., Jensen, P. D. and Tait, S. (2018). Characterising and modelling free ammonia and ammonium inhibition in anaerobic systems. Water Research, 143, 127-135. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2018.06.021
Yap, S. D., Astals, S., Lu, Y., Peces, M., Jensen, P. D., Batstone, D. J. and Tait, S. (2018). Humic acid inhibition of hydrolysis and methanogenesis with different anaerobic inocula. Waste Management, 80, 130-136. doi: 10.1016/j.wasman.2018.09.001
Lu, Y., Liaquat, R., Astals, S., Jensen, P. D., Batstone, D. J. and Tait, S. (2018). Relationship between microbial community, operational factors and ammonia inhibition resilience in anaerobic digesters at low and moderate ammonia background concentrations. New Biotechnology, 44, 23-30. doi: 10.1016/j.nbt.2018.02.013
Skerman, A. G., Heubeck, S., Batstone, D. J. and Tait, S. (2018). On-farm trials of practical options for hydrogen sulphide removal from piggery biogas. Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 117, 675-683. doi: 10.1016/j.psep.2018.06.014
Farhat, Ali, Keller, Jurg, Tait, Stephan and Radjenovic, Jelena (2018). Oxidative capacitance of sulfate-based boron-doped diamond electrochemical system. Electrochemistry Communications, 89, 14-18. doi: 10.1016/j.elecom.2018.02.007
Hülsen, Tim, Hsieh, Kent, Lu, Yang, Tait, Stephan and Batstone, Damien J. (2018). Simultaneous treatment and single cell protein production from agri-industrial wastewaters using purple phototrophic bacteria or microalgae - a comparison. Bioresource Technology, 254, 214-223. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2018.01.032
Farhat, Ali, Keller, Jurg, Tait, Stephan and Radjenovic, Jelena (2017). Assessment of the impact of chloride on the formation of chlorinated by-products in the presence and absence of electrochemically activated sulfate. Chemical Engineering Journal, 330, 1265-1271. doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2017.08.033
Yap, S. D., Astals, S., Jensen, P. D., Batstone, D. J. and Tait, S. (2017). Indigenous microbial capability in solid manure residues to start-up solid-phase anaerobic digesters. Waste Management, 64, 79-87. doi: 10.1016/j.wasman.2017.02.031
Skerman, A. G., Heubeck, S., Batstone, D. J. and Tait, S. (2017). Low-cost filter media for removal of hydrogen sulphide from piggery biogas. Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 105, 117-126. doi: 10.1016/j.psep.2016.11.001
Kazadi Mbamba, Christian, Flores-Alsina, Xavier, Batstone, Damien and Tait, Stephan (2016). Validation of a plant-wide phosphorus modelling approach with minerals precipitation in a full-scale WWTP. Water Research, 100, 169-183. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2016.05.003
Flores-Alsina, Xavier, Solon, Kimberly, Kazadi Mbamba, Christian, Tait, Stephan, Gernaey, Krist V., Jeppsson, Ulf and Batstone, Damien J. (2016). Modelling phosphorus (P), sulfur (S) and iron (Fe) interactions for dynamic simulations of anaerobic digestion processes. Water Research, 95, 370-382. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2016.03.012
Yap, S. D., Astals, S., Jensen, P. D., Batstone, D. J. and Tait, S. (2016). Pilot-scale testing of a leachbed for anaerobic digestion of livestock residues on-farm. Waste Management, 50, 300-308. doi: 10.1016/j.wasman.2016.02.031
Verawaty, Marieska, Tait, Stephan, Pijuan, Maite, Yuan, Zhiguo and Bond, Philip L. (2016). Breakage and growth towards a stable aerobic granule size during the treatment of wastewater (vol 47, pg 5338, 2013). Water Research, 94, 383-383. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2016.03.048
Farhat, Ali, Keller, Jurg, Tait, Stephan and Radjenovic, Jelena (2015). Removal of persistent organic contaminants by electrochemically activated sulfate. Environmental Science and Technology, 49 (24), 14326-14333. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.5b02705
Kazadi Mbamba, Christian, Tait, Stephan, Flores-Alsina, Xavier and Batstone, Damien J. (2015). A systematic study of multiple minerals precipitation modelling in wastewater treatment. Water Research, 85, 359-370. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2015.08.041
Flores-Alsina, Xavier, Kazadi Mbamba, Christian, Solon, Kimberly, Vrecko, Darko, Tait, Stephan, Batstone, Damien J., Jeppsson, Ulf and Gernaey, Krist V. (2015). A plant-wide aqueous phase chemistry module describing pH variations and ion speciation/pairing in wastewater treatment process models. Water Research, 85, 255-265. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2015.07.014
Romero-Güiza, M. S., Tait, S., Astals, S., Del Valle-Zermeño, R., Martínez, M., Mata-Alvarez, J. and Chimenos, J. M. (2015). Reagent use efficiency with removal of nitrogen from pig slurry via struvite: a study on magnesium oxide and related by-products. Water Research, 84, 286-294. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2015.07.043
Astals, S., Batstone, D. J., Tait, S. and Jensen, P. D. (2015). Development and validation of a rapid test for anaerobic inhibition and toxicity. Water Research, 81, 208-215. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2015.05.063
Ntuk, Ubong, Tait, Stephan, White, Edward T and Steel, Karen M (2015). The precipitation and solubility of aluminium hydroxyfluoride hydrate between 30 and 70 °c. Hydrometallurgy, 155, 79-87. doi: 10.1016/j.hydromet.2015.04.010
Astals, S., Musenze, R. S., Bai, X., Tannock, S., Tait, S., Pratt, S. and Jensen, P. D. (2015). Anaerobic co-digestion of pig manure and algae: impact of intracellular algal products recovery on co-digestion performance. Bioresource Technology, 181, 97-104. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2015.01.039
Solon, Kimberly, Flores-Alsina, Xavier, Mbamba, Christian Kazadi, Volcke, Eveline I. P., Tait, Stephan, Batstone, Damien, Gernaey, Krist V. and Jeppsson, Ulf (2015). Effects of ionic strength and ion pairing on (plant-wide) modelling of anaerobic digestion. Water Research, 70, 235-245. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.11.035
Kazadi Mbamba, Christian, Batstone, Damien J., Flores-Alsina, Xavier and Tait, Stephan (2015). A generalised chemical precipitation modelling approach in wastewater treatment applied to calcite. Water Research, 68, 342-353. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.10.011
Mehta, Chirag M., Khunjar, Wendell O., Nguyen, Vivi, Tait, Stephan and Batstone, Damien J. (2015). Technologies to recover nutrients from waste streams: a critical review. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 45 (4), 385-427. doi: 10.1080/10643389.2013.866621
Verawaty, Marieska, Tait, Stephan, Pijuan, Maite, Yuan, Zhiguo and Bond, Philip L. (2013). Breakage and growth towards a stable aerobic granule size during the treatment of wastewater. Water Research, 47 (14), 5338-5349. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.06.012
Tait, Stephan, Carney, Christopher R. and Batstone, Damien J. (2013). The critical flux method for reduced filter membrane fouling when monitoring high-solids digesters. Biotechnology Progress, 29 (4), 1059-1063. doi: 10.1002/btpr.1743
Batstone, Damien J., Amerlinck, Youri, Ekama, George, Goel, Rajeev, Grau, Paloma, Johnson, Bruce, Kaya, Ishin, Steyer, Jean-Philippe, Tait, Stephan, Takács, Imre, Vanrolleghem, Peter A., Brouckaert, Christopher J. and Volcke, Eveline (2012). Towards a generalized physicochemical framework. Water Science and Technology, 66 (6), 1147-1161. doi: 10.2166/wst.2012.300
Solley, David, Gronow, Claire, Tait, Stephan, Bates, Jon and Buchanan, Alison (2010). Managing the reverse osmosis concentrate from the Western Corridor Recycled Water Scheme. Water Practice and Technology, 5 (1), wpt2010018-wpt2010018. doi: 10.2166/wpt.2010.018
Batstone, D. J., Tait, S. and Starrenberg, D. (2009). Estimation of Hydrolysis Parameters in Full-Scale Anaerobic Digesters. Biotechnology & Bioengineering, 102 (5), 1513-1520. doi: 10.1002/bit.22163
Tait, Stephan, Tamis, Jelmer, Edgerton, Bruce and Batstone, Damien J. (2009). Anaerobic digestion of spent bedding from deep litter piggery housing. Bioresource Technology, 100 (7), 2210-2218. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2008.10.032
Tait, S., White, E. T. and Litster, J. D. (2009). A Study on Nucleation for Protein Crystallization in Mixed Vessels. CRYSTAL GROWTH & DESIGN, 9 (5), 2198-2206. doi: 10.1021/cg8009145
Tait, Stephan, Clarke, William P., Keller, Jurg and Batstone, Damien J. (2009). Removal of sulfate from high-strength wastewater by crystallisation. Water Research, 43 (3), 762-772. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2008.11.008
Tait, Stephan, White, Edward T. and Litster, James D. (2008). Mechanical characterization of protein crystals. Particle & Particle Systems Characterization, 25 (3), 266-276. doi: 10.1002/ppsc.200701112
Jason Dwyer, Starrenberg, Daniel, Stephan Tait, Barr, Keith, Batstone, Damien J. and Lant, Paul A. (2008). Decreasing activated sludge thermal hydrolysis temperature reduces product colour, without decreasing degradability. Water Research, 42 (18), 4699-4709. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2008.08.019
White, E. T., Tan, W. H., Ang, J. M., Tait, S. and Litster, J. D. (2007). The density of a protein crystal. Powder Technology, 179 (1-2), 55-58. doi: 10.1016/j.powtec.2006.11.014
Conference Papers
Flores-Alsina, Xavier, Kazadi Mbamba, Christian, Thompson Brewster, Emma, Solon, Kimberly, Vrecko, Darko, Tait, Stephan, Jeppsson, Ulf, Gernaey, Krist V. and Batstone, Damien J. (2016). The use of an advanced aqueous phase chemistry approach with IWA biological process models in a plant-wide context. WWTmod 5th IWA/WEF Wastewater treatment modelling seminar, Annecy, France, 2-6 April 2016.
Thompson Brewster, Emma, Tait, Stephan, Vrecko, Darko, Flores-Alsina, Xavier, Kazadi Mbamba, Christian, Solon, Kimberly, Jeppsson, Ulf, Gernaey, Krist V. and Batstone, Damien J. (2016). Modelling physico-chemistry in extreme conditions. WWTmod 5th IWA/WEF Wastewater treatment modelling seminar, Annecy, France, 2-6 April 2016.
Ntuk, Ubong, White, Edward, Tait, Stephan and Steel, Karen (2013). Prediction of solubilities of aluminium hydroxyfluoride hydrate recovered from spent pot lining. Chemeca 2013: Challenging tomorrow, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 29 September–2 October, 2013. Barton, ACT, Australia: Institution of Engineers Australia.
Mehta, Chirag M., Tait, Stephan and Batstone, Damien J. (2012). Resources recovery from Australian biosolids: technology options. AWA Biosolids and Source Management National Conference, Gold Coast, Qld., Australia, 18 - 20 June 2012. St Leonards, NSW, Australia: Australian Water Association.
Tait, Stephan, Solon, Kimberly, Volcke, Eveline I. P. and Batstone, Damien J. (2012). A unified approach to modelling wastewater chemistry: model corrections. 3rd Wastewater Treatment Modelling Seminar (WWTmod2012), Mont-Sainte-Anne, Quebec, Canada, 26-28 February 2012. London, United Kingdom: International Water Association.
Stephan Tait, Tamis, J., Keller, Jurg and Batstone, Damien J. (2008). Methane Production from Anaerobic Digestion of Deep Litter Piggery Bedding. Second International Symposium on Energy from Biomass and Waste, Venice, Italy, 17-20 November, 2008. Venice: Environmental Sanitary Engineering Centre (CISA).
Tait, S., Edward Thomas White, Litster, J.D. and Liu, L.X. (2007). Attrition and secondary nucleation for protein crystallization. PARTEC 2007, Germany, 27-29 March 2007. Germany:
Tamis, J., Tait, S. A. and Batstone, D. J. (2007). Evaluation of the methanogenic activity on different substrates.. AD11-11th International Conference on Anaerobic Digestion, Brisbane, 23-27 September, 2007.
Tait, S, White, E. T., Litster, J D and Liu, L X (2006). The attrition and breakage propensity of some industrially crystallized materials. Fifth World Congress on Particle Technology, Florida, USA, 23-27 April 2006. USA: The American Institute of Chemical Engineers.
White, E. T., Tan, W. H. L., Ang, J. M., Tait, S. and Litster, J. D. (2005). The density of a protein crystal. Chemeca 2005, Brisbane, Australia, 25-28 September, 2005. Brisbane, Australia: Institute of Engineers, Australia.
Tait, S., White, E. T., Litster, J. D. and Tan, W.H.L (2005). The secondary nucleation of hen egg white lysozyme. Proceedings of Chemeca 2005, Brisbane, Australia, 25-28 September 2005. Brisbane, Australia: Institute of Engineers, Australia.
Tait, S., White, E. T. and Litster, J. D. (2004). Nucleation in Lysozyme Crystallization. Proceedings of CHEMCA 2004, Sydney, Australia, 26-29 September 2004. Australia: IChemE Australia.
Data Collection
Kazadi Mbamba, Christian, Flores-Alsina, Xavier, Batstone, Damien John and Tait, Stephan (2016). Plant-wide Model applied to a full-scale Wastewater Treatment Plant. The University of Queensland. (Collection) doi: 10.14264/uql.2016.206
Thesis
Tait, Stephan (2007). Secondary nucleation characteristics of protein crystals. PhD Thesis, School of Engineering, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/158659