Lide Chen
Lide Chen
Professor — Waste Management Engineer
Room B47
208-736-3615
Twin Falls Research and Extension Center
University of Idaho
315 Fall Avenue, Evergreen Bldg.
Twin Falls, ID 83301
Chen’s focus is on value-added products from waste, mitigation of environmental impacts caused by waste, and dissemination of science-based information to help stakeholders make informed decisions, leading to positive changes.
Ph.D., Iowa State University, 2008
M.S., China Agricultural University, 1993
B. S., China Agricultural University, 1989
Languages other than English spoken
- Chinese
- Advanced technologies for treating animal manure and other organic wastes
- Gas/odor/PM emissions monitoring
- Data acquisition and control system development
- Environmental control and ventilation systems for animal housing
- Development/improvement/application of various waste treatment technologies
- Wu, SX., L. Chen, J. Zhu, M. Walquist, D. Christian. 2018. Pre-digestion to enhance volatile fatty acids (VFAs) concentration as a carbon source for denitrification in treatment of liquid swine manure. Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A, 53:10, 891-898, DOI: 10.1080/10934529.2018.1459072.
- Wu, S., J. Zhu, and L. Chen. 2017. Feeding schemes and C/N ratio of a laboratory-scale step-fed sequencing batch reactor for liquid swine manure treatment. Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A 52:8, 718-726. DOI: 10.1080/10934529.2017.1301748.
- Ni, J.Q., S. Liu, C.A. Diehl, T.T. Lin, B.W. Bogan, L. Chen, L. Chai, K. Wang, and A.J. Heber. 2017. Emission factors and characteristics of ammonia, hydrogen sulfide, carbon dioxide, and particulate matter at two high-rise layer hen houses. Atmospheric Environment (154) 260-273. DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2017.01.050.
- Kafle*, G. K., L. Chen, B. Glaze, and T. Tindall. 2016. Aerobic treatment of liquid swine manure using polymer: evaluation for ammonia gas emission reductions and nitrogen retention. Engineering in Agriculture, Environment and Food 9(3): 257-263. DOI: 10.1016/j.eaef.2016.01.005.
- Kafle*, G. K., L. Chen. 2016. Comparison on batch anaerobic digestion of five different livestock manures and prediction of biochemical methane potential (BMP) using different statistical models. Waste Management 48(2016) 492-502. DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2015.10.021.
*former post-doc.