Biofilms are widespread in nature and constitute an important strategy implemented by
microorganisms to survive in sometimes harsh environmental conditions. They can be …

High-solid anaerobic digestion (HSAD) of sewage sludge is a promising alternative to
conventional anaerobic digestion (AD) as it reduces treatment volumes, transportation costs …

The article contains identical or nearly identical sections, including tables and figures, from
an earlier article by different authors that had appeared in Engineering, 3/3 (2017) 299-307 …

A review concerning the development and applicability of sewage sludge thermal hydrolysis
especially prior to anaerobic digestion is presented. Thermal hydrolysis has proven to be a …

When treating municipal wastewater, the disposal of sludge is a problem of growing
importance, representing up to 50% of the current operating costs of a wastewater treatment …

Antibiotic resistance is a relevant topic nowadays, representing one of the main causes of
infection-related mortality and morbidity at a global level. This phenomenon is worrisome …

Anaerobic membrane reactors (AnMBRs) have recently evolved from aerobic MBRs, with
the membrane either external or submerged within the reactor, and can achieve high COD …

Climate change, a serious environmental problem arises with global warming, rooting in the
overuse of fossil fuel and affecting numerous people all over the world. However, the …

Soluble microbial products (SMP) are soluble organic compounds released during normal
biomass metabolism in mixed culture biotechnology. In this review, we give the up-to-date …

Membrane bioreactors (MBRs) have been increasingly employed for municipal and
industrial wastewater treatment in the last decade. The efforts for modelling of such …