Anaerobic co-digestion: A critical review of mathematical modelling for performance optimization

S **e, FI Hai, X Zhan, W Guo, HH Ngo, WE Price… - Bioresource …, 2016 - Elsevier
Anaerobic co-digestion (AcoD) is a pragmatic approach to simultaneously manage organic
wastes and produce renewable energy. This review demonstrates the need for improving …

[HTML][HTML] A review of high-solid anaerobic digestion (HSAD): From transport phenomena to process design

W Li, R Gupta, Z Zhang, L Cao, Y Li, PL Show… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
High-solid anaerobic digestion (HSAD) is an attractive organic waste disposal method for
bioenergy recovery and climate change mitigation. The development of HSAD is facing …

A critical review of experimental and CFD techniques to characterize the mixing performance of anaerobic digesters for biogas production

L Li, K Wang, Q Zhao, Q Gao, H Zhou, J Jiang… - … Science and Bio …, 2022 - Springer
Biogas from anaerobic digestion (AD), as an important alternative to fossil fuels, has
contributed to energy recovery and environmental sustainability. Incomplete or inefficient …

Hydrothermal hydrolysis of algal biomass for biofuels production: A review

H Chen, A **a, X Zhu, Y Huang, X Zhu, Q Liao - Bioresource Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Hydrothermal hydrolysis is an energy-efficient and economical pretreatment technology to
disrupt the algal cells and hydrolyze the intracellular compounds, thereby promoting the …

A new settling velocity model to describe secondary sedimentation

E Ramin, DS Wágner, L Yde, PJ Binning… - Water Research, 2014 - Elsevier
Secondary settling tanks (SSTs) are the most hydraulically sensitive unit operations in
biological wastewater treatment plants. The maximum permissible inflow to the plant …

[HTML][HTML] Mixing non-Newtonian flows in anaerobic digesters by impellers and pumped recirculation

M Meister, M Rezavand, C Ebner, T Pümpel… - … in Engineering Software, 2018 - Elsevier
In this article, a finite volume method based CFD analysis of the mixing of Newtonian and
non-Newtonian flows in anaerobic digesters is conducted. The multiple reference frame …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of various rotational speeds of hydrodynamic disintegrator on carbon, nutrient, and energy recovery from sewage sludge

J Walczak, A Dzido, H Jankowska, P Krawczyk… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Until recently, sewage sludge produced in wastewater treatment processes was considered
problematic waste. It currently constitutes a valuable substrate for raw materials and energy …

Mass Transfer Enhancement in High-Solids Anaerobic Digestion of Organic Fraction of Municipal Solid Wastes: A Review

Q Gao, L Li, K Wang, Q Zhao - Bioengineering, 2023 - mdpi.com
The increasing global population and urbanization have led to a pressing need for effective
solutions to manage the organic fraction of municipal solid waste (OFMSW). High-solids …

Computational fluid dynamic (CFD) modelling in anaerobic digestion: General application and recent advances

C Sadino-Riquelme, RE Hayes, D Jeison… - Critical Reviews in …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Nowadays, thanks to the enhancement in computational power and software development,
advanced mathematical modelling based on computational fluid dynamics (CFD) allows us …

Assessment of mixing quality in full-scale, biogas-mixed anaerobic digestion using CFD

D Dapelo, J Bridgeman - Bioresource Technology, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract An Euler-Lagrange CFD model is applied to a full-scale, biogas-mixed anaerobic
digester to improve mixing efficiency and improve overall performance. Two quantitative …