Enhanced technology based for sewage sludge deep dewatering: A critical review

B Cao, T Zhang, W Zhang, D Wang - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Sludge is an inevitable by product of sewage treatment, and it includes pathogens, heavy
metals, organic pollutants and other toxic substances. The components of sludge are …

Improving the treatment of waste activated sludge using calcium peroxide

Q Xu, QS Huang, W Wei, J Sun, X Dai, BJ Ni - Water research, 2020 - Elsevier
The treatment and disposal of waste activated sludge (WAS) has become one of the major
challenges for the wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) due to large output, high treatment …

The novel application of polyoxometalates for achieving sludge deep dewatering using low-temperature thermal hydrolysis pretreatment

X Ling, H Zheng, J Huang, H Sun, S Xu, H Zeng… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2024 - Elsevier
Traditional thermal hydrolysis pretreatment (THP) for sludge deep dewatering is energy-
intensive and poses the risk of generating bio-toxic substances that affect downstream …

Enhanced short-chain fatty acids production through a short-term anaerobic fermentation of waste activated sludge: synergistic pretreatment of alkali and alkaline …

H Pang, Q Jiao, J He, Z Zhang, L Wang, Z Yan… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) recovery through anaerobic fermentation is a promising
pathway to achieve economic benefits and carbon-emission reduction in waste activated …

Decrease the effective temperature of hydrothermal treatment for sewage sludge deep dewatering: mechanistic of tannic acid aided

R Chen, X Dai, B Dong - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
The formation of refractory compounds and high nitrogen concentrations in filtrates is the
bottleneck of hydrothermal treatment (HT) for sludge deep dewatering. To simultaneously …

Insight into the enhanced sludge dewaterability by tannic acid conditioning and pH regulation

D Ge, H Yuan, J Xiao, N Zhu - Science of The Total Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Tannic acid (TA), a phenolic compound, may be considered as a sludge conditioning agent
on account of its ability to precipitate protein. In this study, the effectiveness of TA …

Changes in the characteristics of dissolved organic matter during sludge treatment: A critical review

K Xiao, G Abbt-Braun, H Horn - Water research, 2020 - Elsevier
Dissolved organic matter (DOM) of sludge is a heterogeneous mixture of high to low
molecular weight organic substances which is including proteinaceous compounds …

Graphitic biochar catalysts from anaerobic digestion sludge for nonradical degradation of micropollutants and disinfection

X Duan, C Zhang, S Wang, N Ren, SH Ho - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
The peroxydisulfate (PDS)-based advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) is a promising
technology for wastewater treatment and the efficiency primarily depends on the high …

Unveiling the mechanisms of how cationic polyacrylamide affects short-chain fatty acids accumulation during long-term anaerobic fermentation of waste activated …

X Liu, Q Xu, D Wang, Y Wu, Q Yang, Y Liu, Q Wang… - Water research, 2019 - Elsevier
Cationic polyacrylamide, a flocculation powder widely used in wastewater pretreatment and
sludge dewatering, was highly accumulated in waste activated sludge. However, its effect on …

Enhanced volatile fatty acids (VFAs) production in a thermophilic fermenter with stepwise pH increase–Investigation on dissolved organic matter transformation and …

Y Chen, X Jiang, K Xiao, N Shen, RJ Zeng, Y Zhou - Water research, 2017 - Elsevier
In this study, a mixture of primary and wasted activated sludge was fermented in a semi-
continuous reactor aiming for enhanced volatile fatty acids (VFAs) production. The reactor …