A critical review of pretreatment technologies to enhance anaerobic digestion and energy recovery

MR Atelge, AE Atabani, JR Banu, D Krisa, M Kaya… - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
Biogas production from different waste resources still has limitations due to its complex
structure and slowly biodegradable nature. To improve methane yield and anaerobic …

Performance evaluation of anaerobic digestion technology for energy recovery from organic fraction of municipal solid waste: A review

A Kumar, SR Samadder - Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion is one of the most effective and environment-friendly waste
management techniques. It not only treats the organic fraction of municipal solid waste, but …

Advanced approaches for resource recovery from wastewater and activated sludge: A review

MK Awasthi, P Ganeshan, N Gohil, V Kumar… - Bioresource …, 2023 - Elsevier
Due to resource scarcity, current industrial systems are switching from waste treatment, such
as wastewater treatment and biomass, to resource recovery (RR). Biofuels, manure …

Biotechnological strategies for bio-transforming biosolid into resources toward circular bio-economy: a review

MK Awasthi, E Singh, P Binod, R Sindhu… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Biosolids are the biological organic matter extracted from various treatment processes of
wastewater which are considered as a rich source of energy and nutrients. The most …

Recent developments on thermal municipal sludge pretreatment technologies for enhanced anaerobic digestion

G Kor-Bicakci, C Eskicioglu - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
Sludge management is still one of the most challenging issues in wastewater treatment
plants due to a dramatic increase in sludge production, high sludge disposal costs, legal …

Energy feasibility and life cycle assessment of sludge pretreatment methods for advanced anaerobic digestion

G Balasundaram, PK Vidyarthi, P Gahlot, P Arora… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
Energy sustainability is one of the critical parameters to be studied for the successful
application of pretreatment processes. This study critically analyzes the energy efficiency of …

Chemicals from lignocellulosic biomass: a critical comparison between biochemical, microwave and thermochemical conversion methods

IKM Yu, H Chen, F Abeln, H Auta, J Fan… - Critical Reviews in …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The past decades have seen an increasing interest in developing pathways to produce bio-
based chemicals from lignocellulosic biomass and organic waste as renewable resources …

Strategies for energy conversion from sludge to methane through pretreatment coupled anaerobic digestion: Potential energy loss or gain

X Wang, C Jiang, H Wang, S Xu, X Zhuang - Journal of Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion (AD) of wasted activated sludge from wastewater plants is recognized
as an effective method to reclaim energy in the form of methane. AD performance has been …

Mesophilic anaerobic digestion of thermally hydrolyzed sludge in anaerobic membrane bioreactor: Long-term performance, microbial community dynamics and …

C Niu, Y Pan, X Lu, S Wang, Z Zhang, C Zheng… - Journal of Membrane …, 2020 - Elsevier
Thermal hydrolysis (TH) was integrated into an anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR) to
stimulate sludge bioconversion and methane production. Sludge solubilization degree and …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of co-digestion and hydrodynamic disintegration on the methane potential of sewage sludge and organic fraction of municipal solid waste with …

J Walczak, B Karolinczak, M Zubrowska-Sudol - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The study objective was to investigate the applicability of co-digestion and/or hydrodynamic
disintegration as potential methods of methane production intensification from sewage …