Review of biochar role as additive in anaerobic digestion processes

M Chiappero, O Norouzi, M Hu, F Demichelis… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion (AD) could be considered as a mature technology and nowadays it can
still play a pivot role because of the urgent need to provide renewable energy sources and …

[HTML][HTML] Dry anaerobic digestion of organic waste: A review of operational parameters and their impact on process performance

I Rocamora, ST Wagland, R Villa, EW Simpson… - Bioresource …, 2020 - Elsevier
Dry digestion is a suitable technology for treating organic wastes with varying composition
such as the organic fraction of municipal solids waste. Yet, there is a need for further …

Management strategies for anaerobic digestate of organic fraction of municipal solid waste: Current status and future prospects

M Logan, C Visvanathan - Waste Management & Research, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Anaerobic digestion has emerged as the preferred treatment for organic fraction of municipal
solid waste. Digestate management strategies are devised not only for safe disposal but …

Enhanced polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) production from the organic fraction of municipal solid waste by using mixed microbial culture

B Colombo, F Favini, B Scaglia, TP Sciarria… - Biotechnology for …, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Background In Europe, almost 87.6 million tonnes of food waste are produced.
Despite the high biological value of food waste, traditional management solutions do not …

Solid anaerobic digestion batch with liquid digestate recirculation and wet anaerobic digestion of organic waste: Comparison of system performances and …

F Di Maria, M Barratta, F Bianconi, P Placidi… - Waste management, 2017 - Elsevier
Solid anaerobic digestion batch (SADB) with liquid digestate recirculation and wet
anaerobic digestion of organic waste were experimentally investigated. SADB was operated …

Co-treatment of fruit and vegetable waste in sludge digesters. An analysis of the relationship among bio-methane generation, process stability and digestate …

F Di Maria, A Sordi, G Cirulli, G Gigliotti, L Massaccesi… - Waste management, 2014 - Elsevier
The co-digestion of a variable amount of fruit and vegetable waste in a waste mixed sludge
digester was investigated using a pilot scale apparatus. The organic loading rate (OLR) was …

Leach bed reactors for production of short-chain fatty acids: A review of critical operating parameters, current limitations and challenges, and prospects

V Singh, B Ormeci, P Radadiya, BR Dhar… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Acidogenic fermentation is an emerging biotechnology for the production of short-chain fatty
acids (SCFA) from waste biomass. SCFA are used as industrial chemicals and precursors …

Amount of energy recoverable from an existing sludge digester with the co-digestion with fruit and vegetable waste at reduced retention time

F Di Maria, A Sordi, G Cirulli, C Micale - Applied energy, 2015 - Elsevier
The working operations of a full-scale digester of a wastewater treatment plant for waste-
mixed sludge (WMS) stabilization was reproduced using a pilot-scale apparatus. The effect …

Life cycle analysis of incineration compared to anaerobic digestion followed by composting for managing organic waste: the influence of system components for an …

F Di Maria, C Micale - The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 2015 - Springer
Purpose The benefits and environmental burden of two different strategies (incineration vs
anaerobic digestion followed by composting) to manage the organic fraction of municipal …

Are EU waste-to-energy technologies effective for exploiting the energy in bio-waste?

F Di Maria, F Sisani, S Contini - Applied Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
The present review compares the most diffused full-scale waste-to-energy technologies in
the EU28, incineration and anaerobic digestion (AD), for exploiting the energy content of bio …