Review on pretreatment techniques to improve anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge

VK Nguyen, DK Chaudhary, RH Dahal, NH Trinh, J Kim… - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion (AD) of sewage sludge is one of the most efficient, effective, and
environmentally sustainable remediation techniques; however, the presence of complex floc …

A review on wastewater sludge valorisation and its challenges in the context of circular economy

A Gherghel, C Teodosiu, S De Gisi - Journal of cleaner production, 2019 - Elsevier
The use of wastewater sludge as a source for energy and resource recovery is a good
alternative for its management considering the legislation requirements and the circular …

Biochemical methane potential (BMP) assay method for anaerobic digestion research

J Filer, HH Ding, S Chang - Water, 2019 - mdpi.com
Biochemical methane potential (BMP) tests are widely used for characterizing a substrate's
influence on the anaerobic digestion process. As of 2018, there continues to be a lack of …

Low-and high-temperature thermal hydrolysis pretreatment for anaerobic digestion of sludge: Process evaluation and fate of emerging pollutants

SMM Azizi, N Haffiez, A Mostafa, A Hussain… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
The thermal hydrolysis process is a cutting-edge, widely used technology for the
pretreatment of sludge before anaerobic digestion. Previous review articles addressed the …

Principles and potential of thermal hydrolysis of sewage sludge to enhance anaerobic digestion

P Gahlot, G Balasundaram, VK Tyagi, AE Atabani… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Sewage sludge is rich source of carbon, nutrients, and trace elements and can be subjected
to proper treatment before disposal to fulfill government legislation and protect receiving …

Pre-treatments to enhance the biodegradability of waste activated sludge: elucidating the rate limiting step

A Gonzalez, A Hendriks, JB Van Lier… - Biotechnology Advances, 2018 - Elsevier
Pre-treatments for waste activated sludge (WAS) are, in most cases, an attempt to increase
the biodegradation and/or improve hydrolysis rate of WAS after anaerobic digestion. This …

Overview of key operation factors and strategies for improving fermentative volatile fatty acid production and product regulation from sewage sludge

W Fang, X Zhang, P Zhang, J Wan, H Guo… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
In recent years, volatile fatty acid (VFA) production through anaerobic fermentation of
sewage sludge, instead of methane production, has been regarded as a high-value and …

[HTML][HTML] A comprehensive review on pretreatment methods for enhanced biogas production from sewage sludge

GC Mitraka, KN Kontogiannopoulos, M Batsioula… - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
The treatment of municipal wastewater is considered a cornerstone for the protection of
public health and environment. However, a major issue derived from this process is the …

Unravelling the anaerobic digestion 'black box': Biotechnological approaches for process optimization

A Roopnarain, H Rama, B Ndaba… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Increasing global demand for green energy has necessitated more research interest in
anaerobic digestion. Due to the dual benefits of anaerobic digestion, in organic waste …