Spectroscopic fingerprints profiling the polysaccharide/protein/humic architecture of stratified extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) in activated sludge

J Yu, K **ao, H Xu, Y Li, Q Xue, W Xue, A Zhang… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS), with a stratified structure including tightly-bound
EPS (TB-EPS), loosely-bound EPS (LB-EPS), and soluble EPS (S-EPS) surrounding the …

Enhanced anaerobic wastewater treatment by a binary electroactive material: pseudocapacitance/conductance-mediated microbial interspecies electron transfer

M Wang, T Ren, M Yin, K Lu, H Xu… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Anaerobic digestion (AD) is a promising method to treat organic matter. However, AD
performance was limited by the inefficient electron transfer and metabolism imbalance …

A new strategy for self-bio-driven granular sludge in a continuous-flow reactor: Applying spherical pelletizing granular sludge as a nucleus

Z Sun, L Zhang, X Huang, Z Jiang, J Wang… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2024 - Elsevier
Aerobic granular sludge (AGS) shows potential for wastewater treatment, but its practical
implementation is challenging due to the complex and time-consuming startup process. This …

Sustainable disposal of Fenton sludge and enhanced organics degradation based on dissimilatory iron reduction in the hydrolytic acidification process

M Wang, Y Sun, Q Yu, Z Zhao, Y Li, Y Zhang - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Fenton sludge generated in the flocculation stage of the Fenton oxidation process contains
significant amounts of ferric iron and organic pollutants, which require proper treatment …

The mechanism of extracellular polymeric substances in the formation of activated sludge flocs

Q An, Y Chen, M Tang, B Zhao, S Deng, Z Li - Colloids and Surfaces A …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, activated sludge (AS) presented high aggregation ability of 56.9% to form flocs.
To elucidate the effects of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) on the AS flocs …

Deciphering mono/multivalent draw solute-induced microbial ecology and membrane fouling in anaerobic osmotic membrane bioreactor

X Zhu, LW Lee, G Song, X Zhang, Y Gao, G Yang… - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Anaerobic osmotic membrane bioreactor (AnOMBR) attracted attention due to high quality
effluent production with low energy demand, and draw solute has significant effect on the …

Distinction between polymeric and ceramic membrane in AnMBR treating municipal wastewater: In terms of irremovable fouling

Z Liu, X Zhu, P Liang, X Zhang, K Kimura… - Journal of membrane …, 2019 - Elsevier
Polymeric flat-sheet membrane (FS) and ceramic flat-tubular membrane (CM) are the most
widely-used membranes in anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR). However, fouling …

Reverse osmosis membrane autopsy in coal chemical wastewater treatment: Evidences of spatially heterogeneous fouling and organic-inorganic synergistic effect

Y Li, M Li, K **ao, X Huang - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020 - Elsevier
Although fouling on reverse osmosis (RO) membrane has been studied widely, few focused
on coal chemical industry where RO is indispensable for water reclamation. The complexity …