Degradation or humification: rethinking strategies to attenuate organic pollutants

S Wang, Y Wang, X He, Q Lu - Trends in Biotechnology, 2022 - cell.com
The fate of organic pollutants in environmental matrices can be determined by degradation
and humification. The humification process represents a promising strategy to remove …

Advances in ultra-high-resolution mass spectrometry for pharmaceutical analysis

E Deschamps, V Calabrese, I Schmitz, M Hubert-Roux… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Pharmaceutical analysis refers to an area of analytical chemistry that deals with active
compounds either by themselves (drug substance) or when formulated with excipients (drug …

Molecular composition and chemodiversity of dissolved organic matter in wastewater sludge via Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry: Effects …

P Zhao, Z Du, Q Fu, J Ai, A Hu, D Wang, W Zhang - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
High-resolution mass spectrometry was extensively applied in molecular composition and
transformation pathways of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in wastewater sludge …

Development and standardization of spectrophotometric assay for quantification of thermal hydrolysis-origin melanoidins and its implication in antioxidant activity …

Y Li, S **ao, Q Zhang, N Wang, Q Yang… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
Melanoidins are brown recalcitrant polymers originating from the thermal hydrolysis
pretreatment (THP) of organic solid waste (OSW). Owing to their various formation pathways …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of the applicability of selected analytical techniques for determining the characteristics of humic substances sourced from by-products of the …

J Michalska, J Turek-Szytow, A Dudło… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Although humic substances (HSs) are among the most valuable compounds in the
environment, they often constitute nuisance factors for wastewater treatment plants …

Inhibition of Maillard reaction during alkaline thermal hydrolysis of sludge

N Yang, S Yang, X Zheng - Science of The Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
The Maillard reaction (MR) occurs during the alkaline thermal hydrolysis (ATH) of sludge,
which affects the quantity and quality of recovered protein. In this paper, four different sulfites …

Optimal deployment of thermal hydrolysis and anaerobic digestion to maximize net energy output based on sewage sludge characteristics

P Chen, Y Zheng, E Wang, X Ran, G Huang, W Li… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Thermal hydrolysis (TH) is widely employed in combination with anaerobic digestion (AD) to
efficiently treat primary sludge and waste-activated sludge in municipal wastewater …

Characterising the stability of the organic matter during anaerobic digestion: A selective review on the major spectroscopic techniques

D Fernández-Domínguez, F Guilayn… - … Science and Bio …, 2022 - Springer
Digestate landspreading is a key aspect of the circular economy. However, organic matter
(OM) stability in digestates is usually either poorly assessed or done through laborious …

Thermal treatment of sewage sludge: Impact of the sludge type and origin on the formation of recalcitrant compounds

S Faixo, JC Garrigues, M Haddad, S Mazeghrane… - Water Research, 2025 - Elsevier
In a municipal wastewater treatment plant, the thermal treatment of sludge can be an
efficient way of increasing the final sludge cake dryness and boosting anaerobic digestion …

Elucidating the dialogue between arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and polyamines in plants

SM Liang, FL Zheng, QS Wu - World Journal of Microbiology and …, 2022 - Springer
The most dominant arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbiont can be established on roots of
most terrestrial plants by beneficial AM fungi. A type of polycationic and aliphatic …