Changes in the characteristics of dissolved organic matter during sludge treatment: A critical review

K **ao, G Abbt-Braun, H Horn - Water research, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Dissolved organic matter (DOM) of sludge is a heterogeneous mixture of high to low
molecular weight organic substances which is including proteinaceous compounds …

Multidisciplinary characterization of nitrogen-removal granular sludge: A review of advances and technologies

X Ran, M Zhou, T Wang, W Wang, S Kumari, Y Wang - Water Research, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Nitrogen-removal granular sludge (NRGS) is a promising technology in wastewater
treatment, with advantages of efficient nitrogen removal, less footprint, lower sludge …

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 …

Composition and molecular structure analysis of hydrophilic/hydrophobic extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) with impacts on sludge dewaterability

S He, L Feng, W Zhao, J Li, Q Zhao, L Wei - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) have a significant effect on the dewaterability of
waste-activated sludge (WAS); however, the role of polarity distribution (hydrophilic …

Characterization of stratified EPS and their role in the initial adhesion of anammox consortia

W Wang, Y Yan, Y Zhao, Q Shi, Y Wang - Water research, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Anammox bacteria tend to self-aggregate, and biofilm-based anammox processes are
widely used as sustainable alternative methods for nitrogen removal from wastewater …

CO2 improves the microalgal-bacterial granular sludge towards carbon-negative wastewater treatment

B Ji, C Liu - Water research, 2022‏ - Elsevier
As a promising wastewater treatment technology, little is known about whether the
greenhouse gas CO 2 can be applied for microalgal-bacterial granular sludge (MBGS) …

Unraveling the catalyzing behaviors of different iron species (Fe2+ vs. Fe0) in activating persulfate-based oxidation process with implications to waste activated sludge …

G Zhen, X Lu, L Su, T Kobayashi, G Kumar, T Zhou… - Water Research, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Dewatering of waste activated sludge (WAS) is of major interest in its volume reduction,
transportation and ultimate disposal. Persulfate-based oxidation process is a newly …

Functional analysis of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) during the granulation of aerobic sludge: Relationship among EPS, granulation and nutrients removal

X Liu, Q Pei, H Han, H Yin, M Chen, C Guo, J Li… - Environmental …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) with high molecular weights, secreted from
microorganisms, play a critical functional role in the aerobic granular sludge (AGS). To …

Different fouling propensities of loosely and tightly bound extracellular polymeric substances (EPSs) and the related fouling mechanisms in a membrane bioreactor

J Teng, M Wu, J Chen, H Lin, Y He - Chemosphere, 2020‏ - Elsevier
In this study, fouling propensities of loosely bound extracellular polymeric substances (LB-
EPSs) and tightly bound EPSs (TB-EPSs) in a membrane bioreactor (MBR) were …

Performance enhancement of biogenetic sulfidated zero-valent iron for trichloroethylene degradation: role of extracellular polymeric substances

A Wang, J Hou, CM Tao, L Miao, J Wu… - … Science & Technology, 2023‏ - ACS Publications
Chemical sulfidation has been considered as an effective strategy to improve the reactivity of
zero-valent iron (S-ZVI). However, sulfidation is a widespread biogeochemical process in …