Abstracts Sewage sludge (mainly composed of excessive bio-sludge) is an inevitable by-
product of biological wastewater treatment process and contains various toxic substances …

Free ammonia (FA) can pose inhibitory and/or biocidal effects on a variety of
microorganisms involved in different biological wastewater treatment process, which is …

Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) are important components of activated sludge,
whose content and composition have important effects on the macro-physical properties of …

Tannic acid (TA), a phenolic compound, may be considered as a sludge conditioning agent
on account of its ability to precipitate protein. In this study, the effectiveness of TA …

Partial denitrification combined with Anammox is a promising approach for simultaneous
removal of ammonium and nitrate from wastewaters. In this study, the start-up, influencing …

The treatment and disposal of sludge is a complex environmental problem because of the
high moisture content. Herein, We reported the process of Fe (II) activating Urea hydrogen …

Cell lysis in sludge pretreatment by advanced oxidation process (AOP) has a great effect on
sludge dewaterability. Cell lysis caused by reactive radicals (eg hydroxyl radical) was …

The anaerobic fermentation has been regarded as promising technology for short-chain fatty
acids (SCFAs) recovery from excess sludge. Despite that various treatment approaches …

As the protonated form of nitrite, free nitrous acid (FNA) is a renewable chemical that can be
produced on site from the anaerobic digestion liquor by nitritation, and has been widely …

The development of microbial electrolysis cells (MECs) for methane production from waste
activated sludge (WAS) is arrested due to the limited methane yield and fragile system …