Overview of pretreatment strategies for enhancing sewage sludge disintegration and subsequent anaerobic digestion: Current advances, full-scale application and …

G Zhen, X Lu, H Kato, Y Zhao, YY Li - Renewable and sustainable energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
Sewage sludge management is now becoming a serious issue all over the world. Anaerobic
digestion is a simple and well-studied process capable of biologically converting the …

Life cycle assessment of sewage sludge treatment and disposal based on nutrient and energy recovery: A review

A Ding, R Zhang, HH Ngo, X He, J Ma, J Nan… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
With the acceleration of urbanization, the production of urban sludge is increasing rapidly.
To minimize resource input and waste output, it is crucial to execute analyses of …

A critical review on operating parameters and strategies to improve the biogas yield from anaerobic digestion of organic fraction of municipal solid waste

S Panigrahi, BK Dubey - Renewable Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
With the rising population and affluence, the management of significantly increased quantity
of municipal solid waste is reaching a critical level in almost all regions of the world. The …

Benefits and limitations of biochar for climate-smart agriculture: A review and case study from China

X Bo, Z Zhang, J Wang, S Guo, Z Li, H Lin, Y Huang… - Biochar, 2023 - Springer
Biochar has gained significant attention in agricultural and environmental research over the
last two decades. This comprehensive review evaluates the effects of biochar on soil organic …

A sustainable paradigm of sewage sludge biochar: valorization, opportunities, challenges and future prospects

S Singh, V Kumar, DS Dhanjal, S Datta, D Bhatia… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
The generation of sludge during wastewater treatment has drawn the attention of various
scientists on its toxicity and safety in lieu of its disposal in the environment. Source of sludge …

Life cycle assessment of wastewater treatment in develo** countries: a review

A Gallego-Schmid, RRZ Tarpani - Water research, 2019 - Elsevier
Within develo** countries, wastewater treatment (WWT) has improved in recent years but
remains a high priority sustainability challenge. Accordingly, life cycle assessment (LCA) …

Biochar for crop production: potential benefits and risks

M Hussain, M Farooq, A Nawaz, AM Al-Sadi… - Journal of Soils and …, 2017 - Springer
Purpose Biochar, the by-product of thermal decomposition of organic materials in an oxygen-
limited environment, is increasingly being investigated due to its potential benefits for soil …

Thermal treatment of sewage sludge: A comparative review of the conversion principle, recovery methods and bioavailability-predicting of phosphorus

Y Zhu, Y Zhai, S Li, X Liu, B Wang, X Liu, Y Fan, H Shi… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Phosphorus is a nutrient that is essential to nature and human life and has attracted
attention because of its very limited reserves. Dwindling phosphorus reserves and soaring …

Influence of pyrolysis temperature on production of digested sludge biochar and its application for ammonium removal from municipal wastewater

Y Tang, MS Alam, KO Konhauser, DS Alessi… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2019 - Elsevier
Water contamination by ammonium (NH 4+) can present considerable risks to natural
ecosystems. This work evaluates the potential application of biochar, produced from the …

Review of LCA studies of solid waste management systems–Part I: Lessons learned and perspectives

A Laurent, I Bakas, J Clavreul, A Bernstad, M Niero… - Waste management, 2014 - Elsevier
The continuously increasing solid waste generation worldwide calls for management
strategies that integrate concerns for environmental sustainability. By quantifying …