Ammonia assimilation is key for the preservation of nitrogen during industrial-scale composting of chicken manure

L Zhu, C Huang, W Li, W Wu, Z Tang, Y Tian, B Xi - Waste Management, 2023 - Elsevier
Nitrogen loss from compost is a serious concern, causing severe environmental pollution.
The NH 4+-N content reflects the release of NH 3. However, the nitrogen conversion …

Incorporating microbial inoculants to reduce nitrogen loss during sludge composting by suppressing denitrification and promoting ammonia assimilation

X Liang, X Wen, H Yang, H Lu, A Wang, S Liu… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
To address the challenge of increasing nitrogen retention in compost, this study investigated
the effects of microbial communities on denitrification and ammonia assimilation during …

Effects of sucrose amendment on ammonia assimilation during sewage sludge composting

L Meng, W Li, S Zhang, C Wu, K Wang - Bioresource technology, 2016 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to evaluate the laboratory-scale composting of sewage sludge and
pumice mixtures that were amended with sucrose. The variation in temperature, pH, NH 4+ …

Usage of pumice as bulking agent in sewage sludge composting

C Wu, W Li, K Wang, Y Li - Bioresource technology, 2015 - Elsevier
In this study, the impacts of reused and sucrose-decorated pumice as bulking agents on the
composting of sewage sludge were evaluated in the lab-scale reactor. The variations of …

Lactobacillus plantarum improves the efficiency of sheep manure composting and the quality of the final product

W Li, Y Liu, Q Hou, W Huang, H Zheng, X Gao… - Bioresource …, 2020 - Elsevier
The addition of exogenous microorganisms is one approach with potential that may also
overcome the problem in northern China of slow composting in autumn and winter due to …

Molecular-based detection of potentially pathogenic bacteria in membrane bioreactor (MBR) systems treating municipal wastewater: a case study

M Harb, PY Hong - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2017 - Springer
Although membrane bioreactor (MBR) systems provide better removal of pathogens
compared to conventional activated sludge processes, they do not achieve total log removal …

Effect of different extra carbon sources on nitrogen loss control and the change of bacterial populations in sewage sludge composting

L Meng, W Li, S Zhang, C Wu, W Jiang, C Sha - Ecological Engineering, 2016 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of different extra carbon sources on nitrogen
loss control and the change of bacterial populations in sewage sludge composting. Four …

Anodic ammonia oxidation to nitrogen gas catalyzed by mixed biofilms in bioelectrochemical systems

G Zhan, L Zhang, Y Tao, Y Wang, X Zhu, D Li - Electrochimica acta, 2014 - Elsevier
In this paper we report ammonia oxidation to nitrogen gas using microbes as biocatalyst on
the anode, with polarized electrode (+ 600 mV vs. Ag/AgCl) as electron acceptor. In batch …

Investigation of the microbial community in a microbiological additive used in a manure composting process

S Wakase, H Sasaki, K Itoh, K Otawa, O Kitazume… - Bioresource …, 2008 - Elsevier
The objectives of this study were to investigate the fate of microorganisms by using
cultivation methods as well as DNA analyses in a commercial microbiological additive (MA) …

Influence of spent mushroom substrate and molasses amendment on nitrogen loss and humification in sewage sludge composting

L Meng, W Li, X Zhang, Y Zhao, L Chen, S Zhang - Heliyon, 2020 - cell.com
The present study included lab-scale sewage sludge (SS) composting amended by
molasses and spent mushroom substrate (SMS) in 5 L composting reactor system. The …