A critical review of pretreatment technologies to enhance anaerobic digestion and energy recovery

MR Atelge, AE Atabani, JR Banu, D Krisa, M Kaya… - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
Biogas production from different waste resources still has limitations due to its complex
structure and slowly biodegradable nature. To improve methane yield and anaerobic …

Recent developments on thermal municipal sludge pretreatment technologies for enhanced anaerobic digestion

G Kor-Bicakci, C Eskicioglu - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
Sludge management is still one of the most challenging issues in wastewater treatment
plants due to a dramatic increase in sludge production, high sludge disposal costs, legal …

Performance evaluation and microbial community analysis of mesophilic and thermophilic sludge fermentation processes coupled with thermal hydrolysis

EH Koupaie, L Lin, AAB Lakeh, A Azizi, BR Dhar… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
This research aims to provide new insights into the performance and the microbial dynamics
of the sludge fermentation process coupled with thermal hydrolysis. Two semi-continuous …

[HTML][HTML] A comparison of radio frequency and microwave heating methods for enhancing the removal and biotransformation of endocrine-disrupting triclocarban …

G Kor-Bicakci, T Johnson, C Eskicioglu - Science of The Total Environment, 2025 - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion (AD) has very limited effectiveness against the removal of many
emerging contaminants, including the pervasive antimicrobial triclocarban (TCC). This is the …

[PDF][PDF] Microwaves and radiowaves: in food processing and preservation

K Bhatt, D Vaidya, M Kaushal, A Gupta… - International Journal of …, 2020 - academia.edu
Electromagnetic spectrum consists of ionizing and non-ionizing radiations (Gava, 1984).
Gamma rays and X rays falls in ionizing part of it, however, UV rays, Visible light, Infra, Micro …

Improving single-and two-stage anaerobic digestion of source separated organics by hydrothermal pretreatment

A Azizi, EH Koupaie, H Hafez, E Elbeshbishy - Biochemical Engineering …, 2019 - Elsevier
This study aimed to investigate the effect of hydrothermal pretreatment (HTP) on single-and
two-stage anaerobic digestion (AD) of source separated organics (SSO). The single stage …

Effect of hydrothermal pretreatment on volatile fatty acids production from thickened waste activated sludge

F Kakar, EH Koupaie, AS Razavi, H Hafez… - BioEnergy …, 2020 - Springer
Investigating the impact of hydrothermal pretreatment (HTP) on organic solubilization and
anaerobic acidification of thickened waste activated sludge (TWAS) was the objective of this …

Comparison of different electricity-based thermal pretreatment methods for enhanced bioenergy production from municipal sludge

E Hosseini Koupaie, T Johnson, C Eskicioglu - Molecules, 2018 - mdpi.com
This paper presents results for a comprehensive study that compares the performance of
three electricity-based thermal pretreatment methods for improving the effectiveness of …

[HTML][HTML] Characterization of Inductive Moderate Hyperthermia Effects on Intratumor Sarcoma-45 Heterogeneity Using Magnetic Resonance, Ultrasound and Histology …

VB Orel, OY Dasyukevich, VE Orel, OY Rykhalskyi… - Applied Sciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
Featured Application Quantitative characterization of intratumor heterogeneity using medical
imaging is valuable for guiding theranostic technology in inductive moderate hyperthermia …

Integrated two-phase acidogenic-methanogenic treatment of municipal sludge with thermal hydrolysis

EH Koupaie, AAB Lakeh, A Azizi, H Hafez… - Waste Management, 2022 - Elsevier
The purpose of this research was to investigate the impact of two process configurations
integrating two-phase anaerobic digestion (AD) of municipal sludge with thermal hydrolysis …