A review on wastewater sludge valorisation and its challenges in the context of circular economy

A Gherghel, C Teodosiu, S De Gisi - Journal of cleaner production, 2019 - Elsevier
The use of wastewater sludge as a source for energy and resource recovery is a good
alternative for its management considering the legislation requirements and the circular …

[HTML][HTML] The roles of free ammonia (FA) in biological wastewater treatment processes: A review

Y Liu, HH Ngo, W Guo, L Peng, D Wang, B Ni - Environment international, 2019 - Elsevier
Free ammonia (FA) can pose inhibitory and/or biocidal effects on a variety of
microorganisms involved in different biological wastewater treatment process, which is …

Enhancement of methane production from waste activated sludge using hybrid microbial electrolysis cells-anaerobic digestion (MEC-AD) process–a review

XT Wang, YF Zhang, B Wang, S Wang, X Xing… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
Hybrid microbial electrolysis cells-anaerobic digestion (MEC-AD) was proved to increase
methane productivity and methane yield of waste activated sludge (WAS) by establishing …

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 …

Short-chain fatty acid production from waste activated sludge and in situ use in wastewater treatment plants with life cycle assessment

X Li, W Liu, W Zhang, A Zhou, Q Xu, Z He… - Resources …, 2023 - Elsevier
The increasing waste-activated sludge (WAS) and shortage of carbon source (CSs)
production for biological nitrogen removal (BNR) have limited sewage treatment …

Alkaline thermal hydrolysis of sewage sludge to produce high-quality liquid fertilizer rich in nitrogen-containing plant-growth-promoting nutrients and biostimulants

Y Tang, H Xie, J Sun, X Li, Y Zhang, X Dai - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
To produce liquid fertilizer containing nitrogen-containing plant-growth-promoting nutrients
(N-PGPN) and plant-growth-promoting biostimulants (N-PGPB) from sewage sludge is …

Citric acid assisted Fenton-like process for enhanced dewaterability of waste activated sludge with in-situ generation of hydrogen peroxide

K Xiao, K Pei, H Wang, W Yu, S Liang, J Hu, H Hou… - Water Research, 2018 - Elsevier
Fenton's reagent has been widely used to enhance sludge dewaterability. However,
drawbacks associated with hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2) in Fenton's reagents exist, since it …

Fate and distribution of nutrients and heavy metals during hydrothermal carbonization of sewage sludge with implication to land application

L Wang, Y Chang, Q Liu - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2019 - Elsevier
Hydrothermal carbonization has been considered effective to reduce sewage sludge volume
and provide an opportunity to generate valuable byproducts for a wide range of potential …

Molecular composition and chemodiversity of dissolved organic matter in wastewater sludge via Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry: Effects …

P Zhao, Z Du, Q Fu, J Ai, A Hu, D Wang, W Zhang - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
High-resolution mass spectrometry was extensively applied in molecular composition and
transformation pathways of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in wastewater sludge …

Breakthrough in hydrolysis of waste biomass by physico-chemical pretreatment processes for efficient anaerobic digestion

S Varjani, P Sivashanmugam, VK Tyagi… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion (AD) is the most comprehended process to stabilise the waste biomass
efficiently and to obtain bioenergy. The AD starts with the hydrolysis process, where the …