Research
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Latest papers
Experimental investigation of anaerobic digestion under an external static magnetic field.
Bioprocess and biosystems engineering · 2026 · senior author
The Evaluation of Ammonium Sulphate as a Potential Draw Solute in a Hybrid FO-RO Process to Concentrate Nutrients (NPK) from a Simulated Liquid Digestate-Part I: Deionized Water as a Feed Solution.
Membranes · 2025
Chlorine regeneration of a zeolite ion-exchange column for ammonia removal from an explosives-impacted mining wastewater.
Environmental technology · 2025
Latest funding
- $30,000
Assessment and optimization of hydrogen injection into anaerobic digestion to upgrade methane content
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
- $123,925
Gas chromatography analyzer x2 (gas and liquid)
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
- $104,000
Enhancing Renewable Energy (biogas/bio-hydrogen) Production from Organic Wastes - Towards a more Sustainable and Climate-neutral Approach
NSERC · 2021 · Principal investigator
19 publications.
Experimental investigation of anaerobic digestion under an external static magnetic field.
Rahmat-Ullah Z, Abdallah M, Hosny M, Shanableh A, Bhattacharjee S, Sartaj M
The Evaluation of Ammonium Sulphate as a Potential Draw Solute in a Hybrid FO-RO Process to Concentrate Nutrients (NPK) from a Simulated Liquid Digestate-Part I: Deionized Water as a Feed Solution.
Tolouei M, Abraham R, Abdehagh N, Sartaj M, Kruczek B
Chlorine regeneration of a zeolite ion-exchange column for ammonia removal from an explosives-impacted mining wastewater.
Narbaitz RM, Akerele GO, Sartaj M, Downey J
Sustainable recovery of critical metals from spent lithium-ion batteries using chitosan as biosorbent in citrate-sulfate media: A comprehensive isotherm, kinetic, and thermodynamic analysis.
Roshanfar M, Sartaj M, Kazemeini S
A greener method to recover critical metals from spent lithium-ion batteries (LIBs): Synergistic leaching without reducing agents.
Roshanfar M, Sartaj M, Kazemeini S
Modeling, quality assessment, and Sobol sensitivity of water resources and distribution system in Shiraz: A probabilistic human health risk assessment.
Mohammadpour A, Samaei MR, Ali Baghapour M, Sartaj M, Isazadeh S, Azhdarpoor A, Alipour H, Mousavi Khaneghah A
Post-hydrolysis ammonia stripping as a new approach to enhance the two-stage anaerobic digestion of poultry manure: Optimization and statistical modelling.
Adghim M, Sartaj M, Abdehagh N
Organotin (IV) complexes with sulphonyl hydrazide moiety. Design, synthesis, characterization, docking studies, cytotoxic and anti-leishmanial activity.
Zafar R, Shahid K, Wilson LD, Fahid M, Sartaj M, Waseem W, Saeed Jan M, Zubair M, Irfan A, Ullah S, Sadiq A
A GIS-based groundwater pollution potential using DRASTIC, modified DRASTIC, and bivariate statistical models.
Khosravi K, Sartaj M, Karimi M, Levison J, Lotfi A
Effect of competition between petroleum-degrading bacteria and indigenous compost microorganisms on the efficiency of petroleum sludge bioremediation: Field application of mineral-based culture in the composting process.
Abtahi H, Parhamfar M, Saeedi R, Villaseñor J, Sartaj M, Kumar V, Coulon F, Parhamfar M, Didehdar M, Hamed Seifi, Koolivand A
Assessment and optimization of hydrogen injection into anaerobic digestion to upgrade methane content
Principal investigators: Sartaj, Majid M
Keywords: Agricultural Waste; Anaerobic Digestion; Bioenergy; Biogas Upgrading; Climate Change; Environmental Engineering; Gas-to-Liquid Mass Transfer; Hydrogen Biomethanation; Optimization; Renewable Natural Gas
Gas chromatography analyzer x2 (gas and liquid)
Principal investigators: Sartaj, Majid
Enhancing Renewable Energy (biogas/bio-hydrogen) Production from Organic Wastes - Towards a more Sustainable and Climate-neutral Approach
Principal investigators: Sartaj, Majid
Keywords: sustainable organic waste management; renewable energy/bio-energy; biogas/bio-hydrogen production; waste-to-energy; anaerobic digestion; dark/photo fermentation; optimization/enhancement; ammonia toxicity/inhibition; ammonia stripping; high nitrogen content organic waste
Enhancing Anaerobic Co-Digestion Performance of Mixed Feed stock Waste through Ammonia Removal********
Principal investigators: Sartaj, Majid
Assessment and optimization of Supercritical Fluid Extraction (SFE) technology for Treatment of Perfluorinatedcompounds (PFCs) contaminated soil
Principal investigators: Sartaj, Majid
Optimization and Enhancement of Bioreactor Landfill Technology and Anaerobic Digestion of Organic Fraction of Municipal Solid Waste by Mitigating Ammonia Inhibition
Principal investigators: Sartaj, Majid
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Robert Delatolla and Majid Sartaj: 2 shared papers
- Niloofar Abdehagh and Majid Sartaj: 2 shared papers
- Niloofar Abdehagh and Boguslaw Kruczek: 1 shared paper
- Jana Levison and Majid Sartaj: 1 shared paper
- Roberto Narbaitz and Majid Sartaj: 1 shared paper
- Boguslaw Kruczek and Majid Sartaj: 1 shared paper
- Civil Engineering
- Civil Engineering Department
- Chemical and Biological Engineering
- Engineering, School of
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Robert Delatolla
Civil Engineering
2 shared papers, latest 2019
Niloofar Abdehagh
Civil Engineering Department
2 shared papers, latest 2025
Jana Levison
Engineering, School of
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Roberto Narbaitz
Civil Engineering
1 shared papers, latest 2014
Boguslaw Kruczek
Chemical and Biological Engineering
1 shared papers, latest 2025
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