Review on pretreatment techniques to improve anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge

VK Nguyen, DK Chaudhary, RH Dahal, NH Trinh, J Kim… - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion (AD) of sewage sludge is one of the most efficient, effective, and
environmentally sustainable remediation techniques; however, the presence of complex floc …

Overview of pretreatment strategies for enhancing sewage sludge disintegration and subsequent anaerobic digestion: Current advances, full-scale application and …

G Zhen, X Lu, H Kato, Y Zhao, YY Li - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
Sewage sludge management is now becoming a serious issue all over the world. Anaerobic
digestion is a simple and well-studied process capable of biologically converting the …

Microwave-assisted conversion of biomass and waste materials to biofuels

ZMA Bundhoo - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Lignocellulosic and waste materials represent a considerable potential for biofuel
production. Currently, they are not fully utilised due to low biofuel yields from biological …

Comparing the influence of low power ultrasonic and microwave pre-treatments on the solubilisation and semi-continuous anaerobic digestion of waste activated …

S Houtmeyers, J Degrève, K Willems, R Dewil… - Bioresource …, 2014 - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion is a well-known technique for the recovery of energy from waste sludge.
Pre-treatment methods are useful tools to improve the biodegradability of the sludge and to …

Microwave pretreatment of lignocellulosic agroindustrial waste for methane production

FM Pellera, E Gidarakos - Journal of environmental chemical engineering, 2017 - Elsevier
This study focuses on the use of microwave heating as a pretreatment for lignocellulosic
agroindustrial waste prior to anaerobic digestion for methane production. Four materials …

[HTML][HTML] Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System and Artificial Neural Network Models for Predicting Time-Dependent Moisture Levels in Hazelnut Shells (Corylus avellana L.) …

HN Bulus - Processes, 2024 - mdpi.com
Nowadays, in parallel with the rapid increase in industrialization and human population, a
significant increase in all types of waste, especially domestic, industrial, and agricultural …

Integration of sludge digestion and microalgae cultivation for enhancing bioenergy and biorefinery

S Li, SH Ho, C Wang, YC Lin, D Nagarajan… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
Sludge generated from wastewater treatment plants causes severe environmental problems,
which can be significantly reduced using anaerobic digestion. However, CO 2, anaerobic …

Microwave and ultrasound based methods in sludge treatment: A review

Z Jákói, B Lemmer, C Hodúr, S Beszédes - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
The amount of waste activated sludge (WAS) is increasing annually, and since it presents
potential environmental and health-related risks, an appropriate treatment and stabilization …

New fractionation for a better bioaccessibility description of particulate organic matter in a modified ADM1 model

A Mottet, I Ramirez, H Carrère, S Déléris… - Chemical Engineering …, 2013 - Elsevier
A new model structure for the hydrolysis step is introduced in the IWA anaerobic digestion
model no 1 (ADM1) in order to better represent the bioaccessibility of particulate organic …

[HTML][HTML] Occurrence, spatiotemporal trends, fate, and treatment technologies for microplastics and organic contaminants in biosolids: A review

PHN Vo, GK Le, LN Huy, L Zheng, C Chaiwong… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
This review provides a comprehensive overview of the occurrence, fate, treatment and multi-
criteria analysis of microplastics (MPs) and organic contaminants (OCs) in biosolids. A meta …