Abstracts Sewage sludge (mainly composed of excessive bio-sludge) is an inevitable by-
product of biological wastewater treatment process and contains various toxic substances …

Extracellular polymeric substances (EPSs) are key biological substances, which largely
determine properties of sludge flocs, including hydrophobicity, adhesion, flocculation …

A review concerning the definition, extraction, characterization, production and functions of
extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) of microbial aggregates in biological wastewater …

Pre-treatments for waste activated sludge (WAS) are, in most cases, an attempt to increase
the biodegradation and/or improve hydrolysis rate of WAS after anaerobic digestion. This …

Biological wastewater treatment removes organic materials, nitrogen, and phosphorus from
wastewater using microbial biomass (activated sludge, biofilm, granules) which is separated …

Laboratory experiments on the activated sludge (AS) process were carried out to investigate
the influence of microbial extracellular polymeric substances (EPS), including loosely bound …

The management of wastewater sludge, now often referred to as biosolids, accounts for a
major portion of the cost of the wastewater treatment process and represents significant …

Difficulties in dewatering of biosludge result in economical and environmental issues for
wastewater treatment plants. Various attempts have been made to overcome this problem by …

This paper reviews the formation, structure, and stability of bioaggregates with an emphasis
on the composition and distribution of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) and their …

Activated sludge is hard to be dewatered due to the highly water bounded in sludge flocs.
This study investigated the hybrid treatment of microwave irradiation and acidification on …