Anthropogenic, carbon-reinforced soil as a living engineered material

F Yang, Q Fu, M Antonietti - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
In recent years, the simple synthesis of artificial humic substances (A-HS) by alkaline
hydrothermal processing of waste biomass was described. This A-HS was shown to support …

Recent advances and perspectives in roles of humic acid in anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge

ZW He, F Wang, ZS Zou, CC Tang, AJ Zhou… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Waste activated sludge (WAS), the major by-product of wastewater treatment plants, has
been hugely produced with the increase of wastewater treatment capacity. Anaerobic …

Effect of lignin on short-chain fatty acids production from anaerobic fermentation of waste activated sludge

D He, S Zheng, J Xiao, Y Ye, X Liu, Z Yin, D Wang - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Lignin, a biological resource with great potential, can be as high as∼ 16% of the total
organics in the waste activated sludge (WAS). This work therefore aims to fill the knowledge …

Effect of humic acids on batch anaerobic digestion of excess sludge

J Li, X Hao, MCM van Loosdrecht, Y Luo, D Cao - Water research, 2019 - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion (AD) is a sustainable pathway towards recovering chemical energy
from excess sludge, and humic substances (HSs) contained in sludge can inhibit energy …

Influence of thermal hydrolysis on sludge anaerobic digestion: Release of humic acid promotes electron transport of methanogen

C Zhao, H Liu, H Liu, X Zhan, X Zhang, B Fu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Thermal hydrolysis pretreatment (THP) has been widely applied to promote anaerobic
digestion (AD). Humic acids (HAs) are a group of insoluble organics and often present in the …

[HTML][HTML] Revealing the link between evolution of electron transfer capacity of humic acid and key enzyme activities during anaerobic digestion

X Wang, T Lyu, R Dong, S Wu - Journal of Environmental Management, 2022 - Elsevier
Humic acid (HA) is an important active compound formed during anaerobic digestion
process, with a complex structure and dynamic electron transfer capacity (ETC). However …

[HTML][HTML] Carbon materials advancing microorganisms in driving soil organic carbon regulation

C Tang, F Yang, M Antonietti - Research, 2022 - spj.science.org
Carbon emission from soil is not only one of the major sources of greenhouse gases but
also threatens biological diversity, agricultural productivity, and food security. Regulation …

Practical guide to measuring wetland carbon pools and fluxes

S Bansal, IF Creed, BA Tangen, SD Bridgham… - Wetlands, 2023 - Springer
Wetlands cover a small portion of the world, but have disproportionate influence on global
carbon (C) sequestration, carbon dioxide and methane emissions, and aquatic C fluxes …

Promoting nitrogen removal during Fe (III) reduction coupled to anaerobic ammonium oxidation (Feammox) by adding anthraquinone-2, 6-disulfonate (AQDS)

Y Yang, H Peng, J Niu, Z Zhao, Y Zhang - Environmental Pollution, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Feammox, ie, Fe (III) reduction coupled to anaerobic ammonium oxidation, is a
potential alternative to ammonium removal in natural and artificial ecosystems. However, the …

Porewater constituents inhibit microbially mediated greenhouse gas production (GHG) and regulate the response of soil organic matter decomposition to warming in …

T Song, Y Liu, M Kolton, RM Wilson… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Northern peatlands store approximately one-third of terrestrial soil carbon. Climate warming
is expected to stimulate the microbially mediated degradation of peat soil organic matter …