Abiotic and biotic roles of metals in the anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge: A review

H Geng, Y Xu, X Dai, D Yang - Science of The Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion (AD) is a promising technique for sludge treatment and resource
recovery. Metals are very important components of sludge and can have substantial effects …

Biochemical Methane Potential Assays for Organic Wastes as an Anaerobic Digestion Feedstock

TM Cabrita, MT Santos - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
The anaerobic digestion process is applied worldwide in the treatment of various organic
wastes, allowing energy production from biogas and organic recovery from digested sludge …

Moving-bed biofilm reactor (MBBR) alleviates the negative effect of methylisothiazolinone on the nitrification-denitrification process

G Monteverde, F Bianco, P Papetti… - Journal of Water …, 2024 - Elsevier
Methylisothiazolinone (MIT) is an emerging contaminant used as a biocide in housecleaning
and skin care products. Therefore, MIT can reach civil wastewater treatment plants due to …

Improving hydrogen and volatile fatty acids production through pretreatment of spent coffee grounds

J Lawrence, A Oliva, S Papirio, JD Murphy… - Waste Management, 2025 - Elsevier
Consumption of coffee produces large amounts of waste in the form of spent coffee grounds
(SCG), a lignocellulosic material rich in carbohydrates, proteins, and polyphenols. This …

Comparison of the short-and long-term effects of zinc ions on the anaerobic mesophilic co-digestion of food waste and waste activated sludge: Digester performance …

BS Xing, YM Su, YL Fu, YF Wu, CH Yan… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
Heavy metals contained in waste activated sludge (WAS), especially zinc ions, have an
inhibitory effect on the anaerobic digestion. However, the effects of zinc ions on digester …

[HTML][HTML] One-stage single cell protein production from hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) biomass residues and cheese whey through sequential anaerobic-aerobic …

C Moscariello, S Matassa, A Oliva, PNL Lens… - Waste Management, 2025 - Elsevier
Single cell protein (SCP) is emerging as a viable alternative to conventional protein sources
thanks to their low environmental footprint and resource upcycling potential. This study …

Impact of chemical and physical pretreatment on methane potential of peanut shells

A Oliva, S Papirio, G Esposito, PNL Lens - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
The request for alternative sources of energy has led to evaluating untapped routes for
energy production, such as using abundant and low-cost waste materials, eg, lignocellulosic …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of ulvan extraction and process temperature on dark fermentation of the marine macroalgae Ulva

J Lawrence, A Oliva, JD Murphy, PNL Lens - Fuel, 2025 - Elsevier
Investigation of circular bioeconomy renewable fuel systems is currently a key area of
research due to climate change. Biohydrogen production through dark fermentation of …

Acidogenic fermentation of Ulva in a fed-batch reactor system: tubular versus foliose biomass

J Lawrence, A Oliva, JD Murphy, PNL Lens - Enzyme and Microbial …, 2024 - Elsevier
The present study proposes a biorefinery of the macroalgae Ulva, focusing on evaluating
two different morphologies of the species (foliose and tubular) during acidogenic …

[PDF][PDF] The efficiency of organic pollutants degradation in the process of anaerobic digestion of feedstocks with different origin.

A Paramonov, I Ablieieva, I Vaskina… - Ecological Safety & …, 2024 - esbur.com.ua
The issue of environmentally safe handling of organic waste is quite relevant in terms of
environmental safety and environmental protection technologies. The technology of …