Multiple roles of humic substances in anaerobic digestion systems: A review

S Long, J Yang, Z Hao, Z Shi, X Liu, Q Xu… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
Humic substances (HS) is one of the main organic components of biowaste with high
molecular weight and aromaticity. There is a growing concern that HS will hinder the …

Progress in inhibition mechanisms and process control of intermediates and by-products in sewage sludge anaerobic digestion

H Yuan, N Zhu - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion is an effective waste treatment method both for the pollution control and
energy recovery, such as treating many agricultural and industrial wastes which contain high …

Microplastics in sewage sludge from the wastewater treatment plants in China

X Li, L Chen, Q Mei, B Dong, X Dai, G Ding, EY Zeng - Water research, 2018 - Elsevier
Sludge disposal such as land application is suspected as a significant source of microplastic
(MP) pollution in the environment. To examine such a hypothesis, the present study was …

A new view into three-dimensional excitation-emission matrix fluorescence spectroscopy for dissolved organic matter

W Li, X Li, C Han, L Gao, H Wu, M Li - Science of the Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Three-dimensional excitation-emission matrix fluorescence spectroscopy (3D EEMs) has
been extensively used for dissolved organic matter (DOM) characterization. However, the …

Enhancement in adsorption potential of microplastics in sewage sludge for metal pollutants after the wastewater treatment process

X Li, Q Mei, L Chen, H Zhang, B Dong, X Dai, C He… - Water Research, 2019 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) as new pollutants of environmental concern have been widely detected
in sewage sludge, and may act as significant vectors for metal pollutants due to their …

Comprehensive insights into the impact of pretreatment on anaerobic digestion of waste active sludge from perspectives of organic matter composition …

Y Chen, Q **, D Li, X Dai, Y Li - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Although various pretreatments have been applied to promote the anaerobic digestion of
waste active sludge (WAS), the mechanisms regarding the impact of pretreatment on …

Application potential of biochar in environment: Insight from degradation of biochar-derived DOM and complexation of DOM with heavy metals

M Huang, Z Li, N Luo, R Yang, J Wen, B Huang… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Biochar-derived dissolved organic matter (DOM) is important for determining the application
potential of biochar in soil remediation. However, little is known about the degradation …

Investigating binding characteristics of cadmium and copper to DOM derived from compost and rice straw using EEM-PARAFAC combined with two-dimensional FTIR …

M Huang, Z Li, B Huang, N Luo, Q Zhang, X Zhai… - Journal of hazardous …, 2018 - Elsevier
The binding of Cd and Cu to dissolved organic matter (DOM) derived from compost (CP) and
rice straw (ST) was studied through an approach combining parallel factor (PARAFAC) …

Advances in the characterization and monitoring of natural organic matter using spectroscopic approaches

W Chen, HQ Yu - Water research, 2021 - Elsevier
Natural organic matter (NOM) is ubiquitous in environment and plays a fundamental role in
the geochemical cycling of elements. It is involved in a wide range of environmental …

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 …