Items where Author is "Semple, Kirk"

Journal Article

Muhamad, Khasifah and Ogbonnaya, Uchenna and Quinton, John and Semple, Kirk (2024) Impact of Biochar Applications on Tropical Soils under Different Land-use Regimes. Sustainable Agriculture Research, 13 (1). pp. 14-28.

Casper D'Silva, Tinku and Khan, Sameer Ahmad and Kumar, Subodh and Kumar, Dushyant and Isha, Adya and Deb, Saptashish and Yadav, Saurabh and Illathukandy, Biju and Chandra, Ram and Vijay, Virendra Kumar and Subbarao, Paruchuri M.V. and Bagi, Zoltan and Kovacs, Kornel L. and Liang, Yu and Gandhi, Bhushan and Semple, Kirk (2023) Biohydrogen production through dark fermentation from waste biomass : Current status and future perspectives on biorefinery development. Fuel, 350: 128842. ISSN 0016-2361

Moure Abelenda, Alejandro and Ali, Abdikhani and Semple, Kirk and Aiouache, Farid (2023) Aspen Plus® Process Simulation Model of the Biomass Ash-Based Treatment of Anaerobic Digestate for Production of Fertilizer and Upgradation of Biogas. Energies, 16 (7): 3039. ISSN 1996-1073

Moure Abelenda, Alejandro and Semple, Kirk and Lag Brotons, Alfonso and Aiouache, Farid and Aggidis, George and Herbert, Ben (2022) Strategies for the production of a stable blended fertilizer of anaerobic digestates and wood ashes. Nature-Based Solutions, 2: 100014. ISSN 2772-4115

Moure Abelenda, Alejandro and Semple, Kirk and Herbert, Ben M. J. and Aggidis, George and Aiouache, Farid (2022) Valorization of agrowaste digestate via addition of wood ash, acidification, and nitrification. Environmental Technology and Innovation, 28: 102632. ISSN 2352-1864

Tsekleves, Emmanuel and Braga, Mariana Fonseca and Abonge, Christiana and Santana, Marli and Pickup, Roger and Anchang, Kenneth Yongabi and Pippo, Tommaso de and Semple, Kirk and Roy, Manoj (2022) Community engagement in water, sanitation and hygiene in sub-Saharan Africa : does it WASH? Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, 12 (2). pp. 143-156.

Cattin, Marta and Semple, Kirk and Stutter, Marc and Romano, Gaetano and Lag Brotons, Alfonso and Parry, Chris and Surridge, Ben (2021) Changes in microbial utilization and fate of soil carbon following the addition of different fractions of anaerobic digestate to soils. European Journal of Soil Science, 72 (6). pp. 2398-2413. ISSN 1351-0754

Naidu, Ravi and Biswas, Bhabananda and Willett, Ian and Cribb, Julian and Kumar Sing, Brajesh and Nathanail, Paul and Coulon, Frederic and Semple, Kirk and Jones, Kevin and Barclay, Adam and Aitken, Robert (2021) Chemical pollution: : a growing peril and potential catastrophic risk to humanity. Environment International, 156: 106616. ISSN 0160-4120

Richards, Samia and Marshall, Rachel and Lag Brotons, Alfonso and Semple, Kirk and Stutter, Marc (2021) Phosphorus solubility changes following additions of bioenergy wastes to an agricultural soil : implications for crop availability and environmental mobility. Geoderma, 401: 115150. ISSN 0016-7061

Moure Abelenda, Alejandro and Semple, Kirk and Lag Brotons, Alfonso and Herbert, Ben and Aggidis, George and Aiouache, Farid (2021) Alkaline wood ash, turbulence, and traps with excess of sulfuric acid do not strip completely the ammonia off an agro-waste digestate. Edelweiss Chemical Science Journal, 4 (1). pp. 19-24. ISSN 2641-7383

Moure Abelenda, Alejandro and Semple, Kirk and Lag Brotons, Alfonso and Herbert, Ben and Aggidis, George and Aiouache, Farid (2021) Kinetic study of the stabilization of an agro-industrial digestate by adding wood bottom ash. Chemical Engineering Journal Advances, 7: 100127. ISSN 2666-8211

Moure Abelenda, Alejandro and Semple, Kirk and Lag Brotons, Alfonso and Herbert, Ben and Aggidis, George and Aiouache, Farid (2021) Effects of wood ash-based alkaline treatment on nitrogen, carbon, and phosphorus availability in food waste and agro-industrial waste digestates. waste and biomass valorization journal, 12 (6). pp. 3355-3370. ISSN 1877-2641

Towell, Marcie and Vazquez Cuevas, Gabriela and Bellarby, Jessica and Paton, Graeme I. and Coulon, Frederic and Pollard, Simon J. T. and Semple, Kirk (2021) Temporal changes in the extractability, bioaccessibility and biodegradation of target hydrocarbons in soils from former refinery facilities. International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation, 160: 105227. ISSN 0964-8305

Moure Abelenda, Alejandro and Semple, Kirk and Lag Brotons, Alfonso and Aggidis, George and Herbert, Ben and Aiouache, Farid (2021) Impact of sulphuric, hydrochloric, nitric, and lactic acids in the preparation of a blend of agro-industrial digestate and wood ash to produce a novel fertiliser. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 9 (1): 105021. ISSN 2213-2929

Idowu, Oluyoye and Kim Anh Tran, Thi and Webster, Grant and Chapman, Ian and Baker, Phil and Farrel, Hazel and Zammit, Anthony and Semple, Kirk and Hansbro, Phil and O'Connor, Wayne and Thavamani, Palanisami (2020) Quantitative biomonitoring of polycyclic aromatic compounds (PACs) using the Sydney rock oyster (Saccostrea glomerata). Science of the Total Environment, 742: 140497. ISSN 0048-9697

Omoni, Victor and Baidoo, Paul K. and Fagbohungbe, Michael and Semple, Kirk (2020) The Impact of Enhanced and Non-Enhanced Biochars on the Catabolism of 14C-Phenanthrene in Soil. Environmental Technology and Innovation, 20: 101146. ISSN 2352-1864

Idowu, Oluyoye and Kim Anh Tran, Thi and Baker, Phil and Farell, Hazel and Zammit, Anthony and Semple, Kirk and O'Connor, Wayne and Thavamani, Palanisami (2020) Bioavailability of polycyclic aromatic compounds. Science of the Total Environment, 736: 139574. ISSN 0048-9697

Meng, Fanbo and Yang, Xiaodong and Duan, Luchun and Naidu, Ravi and Nuruzzaman, Md and Semple, Kirk (2019) Influence of pH, electrical conductivity and ageing on the extractability of benzo[a]pyrene in two contrasting soils. Science of the Total Environment, 690. pp. 647-653. ISSN 0048-9697

Obida, Christopher Basharu and Blackburn, Alan and Whyatt, Duncan and Semple, Kirk (2019) River network delineation from Sentinel 1 SAR data. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, 83: 101910. ISSN 0303-2434

Umeh, Anthony C. and Panneerselvan, Logeshwaran and Duan, Luchun and Naidu, Ravi and Semple, Kirk (2019) Bioaccumulation of Benzo[a]pyrene Nonextractable Residues in Soil by Eisenia fetida and Associated Background-level Sublethal Genotoxicity (DNA Single-strand Breaks). Science of the Total Environment. ISSN 0048-9697

Duan, Luchun and Naidu, Ravi and Semple, Kirk (2018) Correlation between solvent extractability and bioavailability of benzo(a) pyrene in 19 soils measured in juvenile swine. Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 256. ISSN 0065-7727

Yu, Linbo and Duan, Luchun and Naidu, Ravi and Semple, Kirk (2018) Effects of coal tar as source material on the desorption kinetics of benzo(a)pyrene from contaminated soils. Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 256. ISSN 0065-7727

Umeh, Anthony and Duan, Luchun and Semple, Kirk and Naidu, Ravi (2018) Remobilisation of 'non-extractable' Benzo[a]pyrene residues in contrasting Australian soils. Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 256. ISSN 0065-7727

Sopena, Fatima and Semple, Kirk and Sohi, Saran and Bending, Gary (2012) Assessing the chemical and biological accessibility of the herbicide isoproturon in soil amended with biochar. Chemosphere, 88 (1). pp. 77-83. ISSN 0045-6535

Jones, Kevin C. and Halsall, Crispin J. and Martin, Frank L. and Semple, Kirk and Sweetman, Andrew J. and Thomas, Gareth O. (2007) Sources, fate, behaviour and effects of organic chemicals at the regional and global scale. Journal of Environmental Monitoring, 9 (6). p. 500. ISSN 1464-0325

Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings

Lag Brotons, Alfonso and Marshall, Rachel and Herbert, Ben and Hurst, Lois and Inam, Edu J. and Semple, Kirk (2020) Adding Value to Digestate and Ash (the AVAnD project) : elucidating the role and the value of alternative fertilisers on the soil-plant system. In: Resource Recovery from Wastes : Towards a Circular Economy. Royal Society of Chemistry, London. ISBN 9781788013819

Marshall, Rachel and Lag Brotons, Alfonso and Inam, Edu J. and Herbert, Ben and Hurst, Lois and Semple, Kirk (2019) From bioenergy by-products to alternative fertilisers : pursuing circular economy. In: Resource Recovery from Wastes : Towards a Circular Economy. Royal Society of Chemistry, London, pp. 287-314. ISBN 9781788013819

Semple, Kirk and Marshall, Rachel and Lag Brotons, Alfonso and Herbert, Ben and Hurst, Lois (2018) Case study on Resource Recovery : linking renewable energy, waste management and sustainable agriculture. In: From waste to resource productivity : Evidence and case studies. UNSPECIFIED, pp. 39-50.

Marshall, Rachel and Lag‐Brotons, Alfonso J. and Herbert, Ben and Hurst, Lois and Ostle, Nick and Dodd, Ian C. and Quinton, John and Surridge, Ben and Aiouache, Farid and Semple, Kirk (2017) Digestate and ash as alternatives to conventional fertilisers: Benefits and threats to soil biota. In: Geophysical Research Abstracts : Vol. 19, EGU2017-18445, 2017. UNSPECIFIED.

Dawson, C. and Semple, Kirk and Jones, Keith (2004) Effects of a simulated organophosphate sheep dip spill on microbiological interactions in secondary sewage treatment. In: Society for Applied Microbiology Summer Conference on Dairy and Food Microbiology: Challenges and Opportunities. :. UNSPECIFIED, p. 47.

Thesis

Ramanayaka, Sammani and Semple, Kirk and Zhang, Hao and Semple, Kirk and Zhang, Hao (2025) Influence of Mulch-Microplastics on Soil Microbial Activities, Carbon Cycling and the Environmental Fate of Plastic Additives in Agricultural Soil. PhD thesis, Lancaster University.

Agyabeng Fofie, Esther and Semple, Kirk and Martin, Alastair and Dodd, Ian (2025) Resource Recovery from Waste - Investigating the Use of Digestate as an Organic Fertiliser for Nutrient Poor Soils. PhD thesis, Lancaster University.

Williams, Michael and McAinsh, Martin and Semple, Kirk (2024) Developing a New Agritech Product to Increase and Enhance the Uptake of Vitamin D and Other Vitamins and Minerals in Mushrooms. Masters thesis, Lancaster University.

Al-Iraqi, Ahmed R. and Semple, Kirk and Folkard, Andrew and Barker, Philip (2024) The use of Phragmites australis (common reed) in biofuel production : Effects of chemical and mechanical pre-treatments, harvesting season and co-digestion with food waste on biogas production. PhD thesis, Lancaster University.

Gandhi, Bhushan and Martin, Alastair and Semple, Kirk (2023) Optimising anaerobic digestion to produce sustainable energy from food waste. PhD thesis, Lancaster University.

Moure Abelenda, Alejandro and Aiouache, Farid and Aggidis, George and Semple, Kirk and Herbert, Ben (2022) Chemical stabilisation of anaerobic digestate via wood ash-based treatment. PhD thesis, Lancaster University.

Ogwo, Ekeoma and Halsall, Crispin and Semple, Kirk (2022) Assessing pesticide use, Human exposure and environmental fate in Nigeria. PhD thesis, Lancaster University.

Cattin, Marta and Surridge, Ben and Semple, Kirk and Stutter, Marc (2022) Exploring the environmental impacts associated with anaerobic digestate application to grassland soils. PhD thesis, Lancaster University.

Hammody, Dina and Semple, Kirk (2022) Mitigating Environmental Pollution Using Eukaryotic Algae. PhD thesis, Lancaster University.

Omoni, Victor and Semple, Kirk (2021) The impact of organic amendments and fungal treatments on the biodegradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in soil. PhD thesis, Lancaster University.

Ojo, Adesola and Semple, Kirk and Stevens, Carly and Semple, Kirk and Stevens, Carly (2021) Effects of soil amendment with anaerobic digestate and wood-ash (bioenergy residues) on biodegradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in soil. PhD thesis, Lancaster University.

Obida, Christopher Basharu and Blackburn, George and Whyatt, Duncan and Semple, Kirk (2020) Human and environmental exposure to hydrocarbon pollution in the Niger Delta : A geospatial approach. PhD thesis, Lancaster University.

Sun, Yiming and Jones, Kevin and Li, Hong and Semple, Kirk (2020) Soil contamination in China : studies on the status, priorities, policies, management and risk assessment. PhD thesis, Lancaster University.

Ejenavi, Odafe and Zhang, Dayi and Semple, Kirk (2018) Application of whole-cell biosensor for the impact of crude oil exploration on the environment of the Niger Delta. PhD thesis, Lancaster University.

Jin, Naifu and Martin, Frank and Zhang, Dayi and Semple, Kirk (2018) Biospectroscopic investigation on bacterial response to antimicrobials. PhD thesis, Lancaster University.

Vazquez Cuevas, Gabriela and Semple, Kirk and Stevens, Carly (2018) The impact of plant root biomass on the biodegradation and bioaccessibility of hydrocarbons in soil. PhD thesis, Lancaster University.

Muhamad, Khasifah and Quinton, John and Semple, Kirk (2016) The impact of biochar on soil functioning in two contrasting climates. PhD thesis, Lancaster University.

Fagbohungbe, Michael and Semple, Kirk and Dodd, Ian and Li, Hong (2015) Optimisation of small scale anaerobic digestion technology. PhD thesis, Lancaster University.