Low Energy-consumption Oriented Membrane Fouling Control Strategy in Anaerobic Fluidized Membrane Bioreactor

L Liu, Z Guo, Y Wang, L Yin, W Zuo, Y Tian, J Zhang - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
Anaerobic fluidized membrane bioreactors (AFMBR) has attracted growing interest as an
emerging wastewater treatment technology towards energy recovery from wastewater …

[HTML][HTML] A comprehensive comparison between two strategies to produce polyhydroxyalkanoates from domestic sewage sludge

G Mannina, A Mineo - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2024 - Elsevier
Biopolimer materials, such as polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA), are essential to restrain the
use of petroleum-based plastic material fostered by European Union regulation. Despite the …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of aeration mode (intermittent vs. continuous) on nutrient removal and greenhouse gas emissions in the wastewater treatment plant of Corleone …

G Mannina, PMB Mofatto, A Cosenza… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
The paper reports the results of an experimental study aimed at comparing two
configurations of a full-scale wastewater treatment plant (WWTP): conventional activated …

A review of the oxic-settling-anaerobic (OSA) process for sustainable sludge minimisation from biological treatment of wastewater

A Takdastan, N Talepour… - Environmental Technology …, 2025 - Taylor & Francis
Managing sewage sludge effectively is a major challenge in today's environmental
practices. This is due to the rising sludge production and the challenge of finding …

[HTML][HTML] Reducing wasted sewage sludge from wastewater treatment: comparison of two membrane bioreactor pilot plants

PMB Mofatto, A Cosenza, D Di Trapani… - Journal of Water Process …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study compares two Oxic Settling Anaerobic (OSA)–Membrane Bioreactor (MBR)
configurations fed with real wastewater. The novelty of the study is to consider an MBR …

[HTML][HTML] Combination of a membrane bioreactor with a rotating biological contactor holding several diverse metazoans can reduce excess sludge with fouling …

T Miwa, S Nagatsuma, Y Hirakata, M Nagai, T Ikarashi… - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
In a membrane bioreactor (MBR) system, in situ sludge reduction techniques induce
membrane fouling. To address this challenge, we incorporated a rotating mesh carrier …

The anaerobic exposure time (AET) as a novel process parameter in the anaerobic side-stream reactor (ASSR)-based process for excess sludge minimization

S Mulone, SF Corsino, M Capodici, M Torregrossa - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Minimization of excess sludge produced by wastewater treatment plants has become a
topical theme nowadays. One of the most used approaches to achieve this aim is the …

Rapid sustainability assessment of sludge management technologies for industrial scale-up

H Sabet, SS Moghaddam, F Piadeh - Sustainable Production and …, 2025 - Elsevier
Sludge reduction technologies have advanced significantly because of their potential in
effective waste management. However, the need for scalable and sustainable wastewater …

[HTML][HTML] The role of carbon and nitrogen ratio on sewage sludge microbiota for producing polyhydroxyalkanoates

Y Di Leto, A Mineo, FC Capri, G Puccio… - Journal of …, 2025 - Elsevier
The products of an advanced sewage sludge fermentation process can be used to generate
polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs), precursors of bioplastics considered excellent candidates …

[HTML][HTML] Resource recovery from wastewater treatment: Effects of water reuse and slow-release fertilizers on faba bean within Palermo University (Italy) case study

S Paliaga, SM Muscarella, R Alduina… - Journal of …, 2025 - Elsevier
The wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) must be transformed into Water Resource
Recovery Facilities (WRRFs) in view of a more sustainable approach focusing on the …