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Gahlot P, Balasundaram G, Tyagi VK, Atabani AE, Suthar S, Kazmi AA, Štěpanec L, Juchelková D, Kumar A. Principles and potential of thermal hydrolysis of sewage sludge to enhance anaerobic digestion. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2022; 214:113856. [PMID: 35850293 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.113856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2022] [Revised: 06/06/2022] [Accepted: 07/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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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 environments. Anaerobic digestion (AD) is a well-adopted technology for stabilizing sewage sludge and recovering energy-rich biogas and nutrient-rich digestate. However, a slow hydrolysis rate limits the biodegradability of sludge. In the present study we have attempted to explain the potential of thermal hydrolysis to enhance anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge. Thermal pretreatment improves biodegradability and recycling of the sludge as an excellent energy and nutrients recovery source at reasonable capital (CAPEX) and operational (OPEX) costs. Other pretreatments like conventional (below/above 100 °C), temperature-phased anaerobic digestion (TPAD), microwave and chemically mediated thermal pretreatment have also been accounted. This review provides a holistic overview of sludge's characterization and value-added properties, various techniques used for sludge pretreatment for resource recovery, emphasizing conventional and advanced thermal pretreatment, challenges in scale-up of these technologies, and successful commercialization of thermal pretreatment techniques.
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- Pallavi Gahlot
- Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, 247667, India
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, 247667, India
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- Environmental Hydrology Division, National Institute of Hydrology Roorkee, 247667, India.
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- Alternative Fuels Research Laboratory (AFRL), Energy Division, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Erciyes University, 38039, Kayseri, Turkey; Department of Electronics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, 70800, Ostrava-Poruba, Ostrava, Czech Republic
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- School of Environment and Natural Resources, Doon University, Dehradun, 248 001, India
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- Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, 247667, India
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- Department of Electronics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, 70800, Ostrava-Poruba, Ostrava, Czech Republic
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- Department of Electronics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, 70800, Ostrava-Poruba, Ostrava, Czech Republic
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- International Cooperation Division, Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, New Delhi, 110 016, India
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Zhao X, Liu M, Yang S, Gong H, Ma J, Li C, Wang K. Performance and microbial community evaluation of full-scale two-phase anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2022; 814:152525. [PMID: 34954158 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2021] [Revised: 12/13/2021] [Accepted: 12/14/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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"Temperature Staging and Biological Phasing" (TSBP) is an improved two-phase anaerobic digestion (AD) technology. This technology hydrolyzes waste activated sludge (WAS) at 45 °C and converts methane at mesophilic temperature (35-38 °C), with hydraulic retention times of 3-5 d and 14-17 d, respectively. In this study, the performance and microbial community dynamics of full-scale TSBP-based sludge anaerobic digestion system were studied, and the technology was evaluated by energy balance and ecological benefit analysis. The stable operation for 390 d showed that the cumulative biogas yield was about 349,041 m3, the maximum biogas yield rate was 563.68 L/kg VS, and the VS degradation rate of organic matters in the sludge was 47.19%. Proteobacteria and Firmicutes were found to be the dominant bacteria in both thermophilic and mesophilic reactors. Methanobacterium and Methanosarcina were the two most abundant methanogenic genera in the AD samples. The aceticlastic methanogenesis was likely the predominant production pathway of methane in AD processes based on metagenomics. The TSBP system operated stably, and the recovered energy could achieve energy self-sufficiency, which provided technical reference for the anaerobic treatment of sludge.
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- Xiaoling Zhao
- School of Chemical Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China; State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China; Henan Center for Outstanding Overseas Scientists, Zhengzhou 450001, China.
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Beijing Sustainable Green ET. Co., Ltd., Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
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Wu LJ, Li XX, Zhou Q, Yang F, Ren RP, Lyu YK. Towards the understanding of hyperthermophilic methanogenesis from waste activated sludge at 70 °C: Performance, stability, kinetic and microbial community analyses. WASTE MANAGEMENT (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2021; 125:172-181. [PMID: 33689991 DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2021.02.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2020] [Revised: 01/27/2021] [Accepted: 02/19/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Anaerobic digestion is promising for waste activated sludge (WAS) degradation. However, conventional processes were generally stuck with limited hydrolysis and poor pathogen destruction. Hyperthermophilic digestion at 70 °C has drawn attention in overcoming those issues at a relatively low energy requirement and operating difficulties. In order to illuminate its operation characteristics, a single-stage hyperthermophilic digester was controlled at 70 °C and operated continuously to degrade WAS. 88.7 mL/g VSadded of methane yield could be achieved in the hyperthermophilic system, fourfold higher than that in the mesophilic system. Kinetic analysis revealed that hyperthermophilic digestion was advantageous in converting the non-degradable fraction. Consequently, hydrolysis under the hyperthermophilic condition was able to be significantly improved. Above 10 d was necessary for the hyperthermophilic system to gain such a high methane production. In the case of stability, the organic loading of higher than 10.2 g VS/L/d resulted in increasing limitation from methanogenesis and accumulation of propionic, butyric and valeric acids. In addition to the dominant acetoclastic genus Methanothrix for methane production in the hyperthermophilic system, two hydrogenotrophic methanogens Methanospirillum and Methanothermobacter reached 18.84% and 8.31%, respectively. The genus Coprothermobacter, affiliated with the phylum Firmicutes, made more contribution to protein hydrolysis in the hyperthermophilic digester.
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- Li-Jie Wu
- Key Laboratory of Coal Science and Technology, Ministry of Education and Shanxi Province, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China.
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Coal Science and Technology, Ministry of Education and Shanxi Province, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Coal Science and Technology, Ministry of Education and Shanxi Province, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Coal Science and Technology, Ministry of Education and Shanxi Province, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Coal Science and Technology, Ministry of Education and Shanxi Province, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China
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Wu LJ, Li XX, Yang F, Zhou Q, Ren RP, Lyu YK. One-step acquirement of superior microbial communities from mesophilic digested sludge to upgrade anaerobic digestion. CHEMOSPHERE 2021; 263:128047. [PMID: 33297060 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.128047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2020] [Revised: 07/24/2020] [Accepted: 08/16/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Anaerobic digestion is a promising waste-to-energy alternative technology. However, the efficiency upgrading for conventional mesophilic digestion of organic solid waste is always indispensable. Employing hyperthermophilic or thermophilic microbial community is one of the viable upgrading alternatives. Given the unavailability of the superior microbial communities, mesophilic digested sludge was used as inoculum, and instantly controlled at 70 °C and 55 °C for acclimation of hyperthermophilic and thermophilic inocula, respectively. Waste activated sludge was continuously and synchronously fed into two digesters. After one round, thermophilic digester achieved stable biogas production rate at 0.22 L L-1 d-1, with a methane proportion over 60%, whereas fluctuation was observed in the hyperthermophilic digester, and approximately triple time was needed to reach a relatively stable biogas production rate 0.12 L L-1 d-1. Nevertheless, higher hydrolysis ratio 24.4% was observed in the hyperthermophilic digester despite the lower biogas production. Therefore, methanogenesis step limited the whole anaerobic process for the hyperthermophilic digestion, and digestion at 70 °C was appropriate as a pre-fermentation stage to enhanced hydrolysis. The genus Methanothrix proportion in the thermophilic digester gradually decreased, while another acetoclastic genus Methanosarcina ultimately was acclimated to the dominant methanogen. In addition to Methanothrix, hydrogenotrophic archaea became competitive in the hyperthermophilic digester, with Methanothermobacter dominant at 22.6%. The genus Psychrobacter, affiliated to the phylum Proteobacteria could survive better than the others at 70 °C, with a final proportion of 62.5%.
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- Li-Jie Wu
- Key Laboratory of Coal Science and Technology, Ministry of Education and Shanxi Province, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, 030024, China.
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, 030024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Coal Science and Technology, Ministry of Education and Shanxi Province, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, 030024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Coal Science and Technology, Ministry of Education and Shanxi Province, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, 030024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Coal Science and Technology, Ministry of Education and Shanxi Province, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, 030024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Coal Science and Technology, Ministry of Education and Shanxi Province, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, 030024, China
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Wu LJ, Li XX, Qin ZF, Yang F, Zhou Q, Ren RP, Lyu YK. Establishment and differential performance of hyperthermophilic microbial community during anaerobic self-degradation of waste activated sludge. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2020; 191:110035. [PMID: 32827519 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2020.110035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2020] [Revised: 08/06/2020] [Accepted: 08/07/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Hyperthermophilic anaerobic digestion, especially at 70 °C, has drawn wide attention. In order to acquire the inoculum and digestion characteristics, batch acclimation and continuous operation experiments were conducted under hyperthermophilic (70 °C), thermophilic (55 °C) and mesophilic (35 °C) conditions, respectively. Archaea at each temperature was successfully enriched from the sole-source waste activated sludge (WAS). Hyperthermophilic digestion achieved higher archaea diversity, close to the Shannon index 2.23 for the thermophilic digestion, but the population were not improved, at a 16S rRNA genes 5.99 × 105 copies mL-1. Hydrogenotrophic methanogens, Methanospirillum and Methanothermobacter, dominated in the hyperthermophilic digester, accounting for 27.15%, while the primary phylum Firmicutes was promoted to 36.31%, with the proteolytic genus Coprothermobacter in Firmicutes at 19.50%. Refractory organic fractions were converted more with a higher digestion temperature, which was demonstrated by the fact that the COD/VS increased to 5.8, 5.2 and 4.2 at 70 °C, 55 °C and 35 °C, respectively, at the end of batch acclimation. In addition, the most solubilization for the dominant fraction protein in the WAS occurred at 70 °C as well. Similar hydrolysis ratio, over 10%, and specific hydrolysis rate, around 0.025 g COD (g VSS·d)-1, were achieved at 70 °C and 55 °C. The higher hydrolysis for hyperthermophilic digestion even resulted in a higher methane yield than that for the mesophilic digestion. Nevertheless, contrary to higher hydrolysis, methanogenesis limited hyperthermophilic digestion in WAS degradation, with an ultimate methane yield 71.2 mL g-1 VSadded, despite an almost complete VFA conversion through the continuous operation.
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- Li-Jie Wu
- Key Laboratory of Coal Science and Technology, Ministry of Education and Shanxi Province, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, 030024, China.
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, 030024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Coal Science and Technology, Ministry of Education and Shanxi Province, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, 030024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Coal Science and Technology, Ministry of Education and Shanxi Province, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, 030024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Coal Science and Technology, Ministry of Education and Shanxi Province, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, 030024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Coal Science and Technology, Ministry of Education and Shanxi Province, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, 030024, China
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- Key Laboratory of Coal Science and Technology, Ministry of Education and Shanxi Province, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, 030024, China
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Hyperthermophilic Treatment of Grass and Leaves to Produce Hydrogen, Methane and VFA-Rich Digestate: Preliminary Results. ENERGIES 2020. [DOI: 10.3390/en13112814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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In this study, the feasibility of hydrogen and methane production from grass and leaves via hyperthermophilic anaerobic digestion was investigated. The hyperthermophilic treatment of grass at 70 °C resulted in the highest concentrations of volatile fatty acids (TVFA) and reducing sugars in the supernatant of over 21 and 6.5 g/L reported on day 3 and 4 of the experiment. In contrast, hydrolysis and acidification of leaves performed slower and with lower efficiency, as the peak concentrations of TVFA and reducing sugars were observed at the end of the process. However, the highest cumulative hydrogen and methane yields of 69.64 mLH2/gVS and 38.63 mLCH4/gVS were reported for leaves digested at 70 °C, whereas the corresponding maximum productions observed for grass were 50 mLH2/gVS and 1.98 mLCH4/gVS, respectively. A temperature increase to 80 °C hampered hydrogen and methane production and also resulted in lower yields of volatile fatty acids, reducing sugars and ammonia as compared to the corresponding values reported for 70 °C.
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Investigation of Heavy Metal Effects on the Anaerobic Co-Digestion Process of Waste Activated Sludge and Septic Tank Sludge. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 2019. [DOI: 10.1155/2019/5138060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The effect of copper, zinc, chromium, and lead on the anaerobic co-digestion of waste activated sludge and septic tank sludge in Hanoi was studied in the fermentation tests by investigating the substrate degradation, biogas production, and process stability at the mesophilic fermentation. The tested heavy metals were in a range of concentrations between 19 and 80 ppm. After the anaerobic tests, the TS, VS, and COD removal efficiency was 4.12%, 9.01%, and 23.78% for the Cu(II) added sample. Similarly, the efficiencies of the Zn(II) sample were 1.71%, 13.87%, and 16.1% and Cr(VI) efficiencies were 15.28%, 6.6%, and 18.65%, while the TS, VS, and COD removal efficiency of the Pb(II) added sample was recorded at 16.1%, 17.66%, and 16.03% at the concentration of 80 ppm, respectively. Therefore, the biogas yield also decreased by 36.33%, 31.64%, 31.64%, and 30.60% for Cu(II), Zn(II), Cr(VI), and Pb(II) at the concentration of 80 ppm, compared to the raw sample, respectively. These results indicated that Cu(II) had more inhibiting effect on the anaerobic digestion of the sludge mixture than Zn(II), Cr(VI), and Pb(II). The relative toxicity of these heavy metals to the co-digestion process was as follows: Cu (the most toxic) > Zn > Cr > Pb (the least toxic). The anaerobic co-digestion process was inhibited at high heavy metal concentration, which resulted in decreased removal of organic substances and produced biogas.
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Zhao J, Li Y, Pan S, Tu Q, Zhu H. Performance of a forward osmotic membrane bioreactor for anaerobic digestion of waste sludge with increasing solid concentration. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2019; 246:239-246. [PMID: 31176985 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2019] [Revised: 05/27/2019] [Accepted: 06/02/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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A forward osmotic membrane bioreactor for sludge anaerobic digestion (ad-OMBR) could realize high-solid digestion via drawing moisture out by forward osmosis (FO). Methane production and microbial community evolution were monitored in an ad-OMBR as the total solids (TS) content was gradually increased. With magnesium chloride (MgCl2) and cellulose triacetate (CTA) membrane as a draw solution and FO membrane, respectively, the ad-OMBR exhibited better performance than the conventional digester, with higher solid content, organic degradation and methane content in biogas. The conductivity of the ad-OMBR did not increase, potentially because of the formation of struvite crystals aided by the reverse-fluxed Mg2+ ions. Microbial diversity increased along with the increase in solid content based on the Shannon index, while the most operational taxonomic units were obtained in the 8% TS sludge Although phylum Firmicutes decreased when the TS content was raised to 11%, the relative abundance of Proteobacteria, Chloroflexi, Actinobacteria, and Bacteroidetes, which could also degrade organic matter, increased with increasing TS in ad-OMBR. FO membrane fouling in ad-OMBR was highly reversible.
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- Jing Zhao
- Beijing Key Lab for Source Control Technology of Water Pollution, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China; College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China
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- Beijing Key Lab for Source Control Technology of Water Pollution, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China; College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China
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- College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China
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- Beijing Key Lab for Source Control Technology of Water Pollution, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China; College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China.
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Ma KL, Li XK, Bao LL. Influence of organic loading rate on purified terephthalic acid wastewater treatment in a temperature staged anaerobic treatment (TSAT) system: Performance and metagenomic characteristics. CHEMOSPHERE 2019; 220:1091-1099. [PMID: 33395796 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.01.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2018] [Revised: 01/01/2019] [Accepted: 01/03/2019] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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In this study, a temperature staged anaerobic treatment (TSAT) system featured by thermophilic reactor (R1)-mesophilic reactor (R2) co-digestion was introduced to treat PTA wastewater. The process was successively conducted at three organic loading rates (OLRs): 3.34, 4.45, 6.68 kg COD/(m³·d), respectively (OLRs were R1 basis). The results indicated that TSAT system was highly efficient in PTA wastewater treatment at OLR lower than 4.45 kg COD/(m³·d). Miseq sequencing analysis demonstrated that R1 and R2 were predominated by hydrogenotrophic Methanolinea and acetotrophic Methanosaeta, separately. In addition, TA06, Caldisericia and Acetothermia associated groups were highly abundant in R1, whereas Chlorobiaceae and Syntrophobacteraceae were largely observed in R2. Tax4Fun analysis suggested that the important functional capabilities were significantly different between R1 and R2 (P < 0.05). The pathways related to aromatic compounds degradation mainly occurred in mesophilic stage, while the biosynthesis and metabolism pathways were more favored in thermophilic stage.
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- Kai-Li Ma
- School of Environment, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, 453007, China.
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- School of Environment, State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150090, China; School of Civil and Transportation Engineering, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin, 300000, China.
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- School of Environment, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, 453007, China
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Awad M, Tian Z, Gao Y, Yang M, Zhang Y. Pretreatment of spiramycin fermentation residue using hyperthermophilic digestion: quick startup and performance. WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY : A JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION ON WATER POLLUTION RESEARCH 2018; 78:1823-1832. [PMID: 30566086 DOI: 10.2166/wst.2018.256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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This study aimed to evaluate the feasibility of hyperthermophilic anaerobic digestion at 70 °C in the pretreatment of spiramycin fermentation residue. By feeding municipal excess sludge under a solid retention time of 5 days, the hyperthermophilic digester was successfully started up within 3 days from mesophilic digestion by a one-step temperature increase from 35 to 70 °C. MiSeq sequencing showed the fast establishment of thermophilic fermenting bacterial communities in 3 days immediately after the temperature increase, with increases in abundance of Coprothermobacter, Spirochaetaceae_uncultured and Fervidobacterium from <0.001%, 1.06% and <0.001% to 33.77%, 11.65% and 3.42%, respectively. The feasibility of hyperthermophilic digestion for spiramycin residue was evaluated in batch experiments for 7 days. Hyperthermophilic digestion considerably reduced antibiotic concentrations, with removal efficiencies of 55.3% and 99.0% for the spiramycin residue alone and its mixture with hyperthermophilic sludge, respectively. At the same time, the abundances of four macrolide-lincosamide-streptogramin resistance genes were also reduced within 7 days, due to the decrease of their corresponding hosts. These results suggest that hyperthermophilic digestion could easily be started up from mesophilic digestion and might be a suitable pretreatment approach for spiramycin residue.
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- Mohammed Awad
- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China E-mail:
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China E-mail:
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China E-mail:
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China E-mail:
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- State Key Laboratory of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China E-mail:
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Pre-treatments to enhance the biodegradability of waste activated sludge: Elucidating the rate limiting step. Biotechnol Adv 2018; 36:1434-1469. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2018.06.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 134] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2017] [Revised: 05/09/2018] [Accepted: 06/03/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Wang G, Dai X, Zhang D, He Q, Dong B, Li N, Ye N. Two-phase high solid anaerobic digestion with dewatered sludge: Improved volatile solid degradation and specific methane generation by temperature and pH regulation. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2018; 259:253-258. [PMID: 29571168 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2018.03.074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2018] [Revised: 03/13/2018] [Accepted: 03/14/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The effects of temperature and pH on volatile solid (VS) degradation and CH4 production of anaerobic digestion treating high-solid municipal dewatered sludge was studied. There were two single-phase reactors in Group 1: 35 and 55 °C reactors. In Group 2 (G2), acidification phase temperature was 55 °C or 70 °C and digestion phase temperature was 35 °C or 55 °C. G3 was set on the basis of G2 with the initial pH adjusted to 10.0. VS degradation ratio and CH4 generation ratio of G2 and G3 were higher than G1. In G2, acidification reactors did not show much difference on VS degradation and CH4 generation. Higher VS degradation ratio with higher CH4 generation ratio was get in extreme thermophilic/thermophilic-mesophilic systems. In G3, pH adjustment only promoted VS degradation and CH4 generation in acidification reactors when compared to G2, but the two ratios of the whole systems was not further enhanced.
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- Guopeng Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, 1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China
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Yu Q, Jin X, Zhang Y. Sequential pretreatment for cell disintegration of municipal sludge in a neutral Bio-electro-Fenton system. WATER RESEARCH 2018; 135:44-56. [PMID: 29454921 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2018.02.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2017] [Revised: 12/26/2017] [Accepted: 02/06/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Sludge cell disruption was generally considered as the rate-limiting step for the anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge (WAS). Advanced oxidation processes and bio-electro-chemical systems were recently reported to enhance the hydrolysis of WAS and sludge cell disruption, while the cell-breaking processes of these systems remain unclear yet. In this study, an innovative Bio-electro-Fenton system was developed to pretreat the WAS sequentially with cathode Fenton process and anode anaerobic digestion. Significant cell disruption and dissolution intracellular organics were founded after the treatment. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analysis and fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) spectra indicated that Gram-negative bacteria were more sensitive to free radicals yielded in cathode to induce a chain reaction that destroyed the lipid-contained outer membrane, while Gram-positive bacteria with thick peptidoglycan layer were liable to be biologically decomposed in the anode. Compared with the oxidation of organic matters in the cathode Fenton, the secretion of enzyme increased in the anode which was beneficial to break down the complex matters (peptidoglycans) into simples that were available for anode oxidation by exoelectrogens. The results also showed a possible prospect for the application of this sequential pretreatment in bio-electro-Fenton systems to disrupt sludge cells and enhance the anaerobic digestion.
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- Qilin Yu
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Ministry of Education, School of Environmental Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Ministry of Education, School of Environmental Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Ministry of Education, School of Environmental Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, PR China.
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Chen Y, Xiao K, Jiang X, Shen N, Zeng RJ, Zhou Y. Long solid retention time (SRT) has minor role in promoting methane production in a 65°C single-stage anaerobic sludge digester. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2018; 247:724-729. [PMID: 30060406 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.09.153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2017] [Revised: 09/19/2017] [Accepted: 09/21/2017] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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In this study, a thermophilic (65°C) single-stage wasted activated sludge (WAS) digester was established and the effects of solid retention time (SRT) on the reactor performance were investigated. The result showed that the optimum SRT was 6days with methane yield of 186.16mL/g VS. It was found that SRT had little effect on the hydrolysis and volatile solids (VS) destruction, and the high temperature employed seemed sufficient to achieve maximum hydrolysis and VS destruction performance. Longer SRT, however, promoted the release of recalcitrant compounds and impaired acidification, leading to the low methane yield. The microbial community analysis revealed that the dominant pathway for methane production was through syntrophic activity of acetate oxidizing bacteria and hydrogenotrophic methanogens while acetoclastic methanogens were absent in the system.
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- Yun Chen
- Advanced Environmental Biotechnology Centre, Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute, Nanyang Technological University, 1 Cleantech Loop, Singapore 637141, Singapore; CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People's Republic of China
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- Advanced Environmental Biotechnology Centre, Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute, Nanyang Technological University, 1 Cleantech Loop, Singapore 637141, Singapore
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- Advanced Environmental Biotechnology Centre, Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute, Nanyang Technological University, 1 Cleantech Loop, Singapore 637141, Singapore
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- School of Environmental Engineering and Science, Yangzhou University, 196 West Huayang Road, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225127, People's Republic of China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, People's Republic of China
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- Advanced Environmental Biotechnology Centre, Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute, Nanyang Technological University, 1 Cleantech Loop, Singapore 637141, Singapore; School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore.
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Qin Y, Higashimori A, Wu LJ, Hojo T, Kubota K, Li YY. Phase separation and microbial distribution in the hyperthermophilic-mesophilic-type temperature-phased anaerobic digestion (TPAD) of waste activated sludge (WAS). BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2017; 245:401-410. [PMID: 28898837 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.08.124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2017] [Revised: 08/18/2017] [Accepted: 08/20/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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In order to investigate the phase separation and microbial distribution in the TPAD, the conventional thermophilic-mesophilic type (TM-TPAD) and the hyperthermophilic-mesophilic type (HM-TPAD) were operated with a single-stage mesophilic anaerobic digestion (MAD) as control. HM-TPAD accomplished the volatile solids destruction 14.5% higher than MAD. Calculating conversion efficiencies distinguished the separation of acidogenic and methanogenic phases in HM-TPAD, which was not found in TM-TPAD. The differences on microbial distributions also reflected the phase separation in HM-TPAD. The protein degraders, Coprothermobacter had higher abundance in the first stage than the second stage of HM-TPAD but it had similar abundance between the two stages of TM-TPAD. Also, the archaeal communities from the two stages of HM-TPAD shared the least similarity but those from the two stages of TM-TPAD were closely similar.
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- Yu Qin
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Aoba 6-6-06, Aramakizi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8579, Japan
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Aoba 6-6-06, Aramakizi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8579, Japan
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Aoba 6-6-06, Aramakizi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8579, Japan
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Aoba 6-6-06, Aramakizi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8579, Japan
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Aoba 6-6-06, Aramakizi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8579, Japan
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Aoba 6-6-06, Aramakizi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8579, Japan; Department of Frontier Science for Advanced Environment, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University, Aoba 6-6-20, Aramakizi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8579, Japan.
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Leite W, Magnus BS, Guimarães LB, Gottardo M, Belli Filho P. Feasibility of thermophilic anaerobic processes for treating waste activated sludge under low HRT and intermittent mixing. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 2017; 201:335-344. [PMID: 28689107 DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2017.06.069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2016] [Revised: 05/20/2017] [Accepted: 06/29/2017] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Thermophilic anaerobic digestion (AD) arises as an optimized solution for the waste activated sludge (WAS) management. However, there are few feasibility studies using low solids content typically found in the WAS, and that consider uncommon operational conditions such as intermittent mixing and low hydraulic retention time (HRT). In this investigation, a single-stage pilot reactor was used to treat WAS at low HRT (13, 9, 6 and 5 days) and intermittent mixing (withholding mixing 2 h prior feeding). Thermophilic anaerobic digestion (55 °C) was initiated from a mesophilic digester (35 °C) by the one-step startup strategy. Although instabilities on partial alkalinity (1245-3000 mgCaCO3/L), volatile fatty acids (1774-6421 mg/L acetic acid) and biogas production (0.21-0.09 m3/m3reactor.d) were observed, methanogenesis started to recover in 18 days. The thermophilic treatment of WAS at 13 and 9 days HRT efficiently converted VS into biogas (22 and 21%, respectively) and achieved high biogas yield (0.24 and 0.22 m3/kgVSfed, respectively). Intermittent mixing improved the retention of methanogens inside the reactor and reduced the washout effect even at low HRT (<9 days). The negative thermal balance found was influenced by the low solids content in the WAS (2.1% TS) and by the heat losses from the digester walls. The energy balance and economic analyses demonstrated the feasibility of thermophilic AD of WAS in a hypothetical full-scale system, when the heat energy could be recovered from methane in a scenario of higher solids concentration in the substrate (>5% TS).
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- Wanderli Leite
- Department of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Trindade, Florianópolis, Brazil.
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- Department of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Trindade, Florianópolis, Brazil.
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- Department of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Trindade, Florianópolis, Brazil.
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- Department of Informatics, Statistic and Environmental Science, University CaFoscari of Venice, Venice, Italy.
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- Department of Sanitary and Environmental Engineering, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Trindade, Florianópolis, Brazil.
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Valuable biochemical production in mixed culture fermentation: fundamentals and process coupling. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2017; 101:6575-6586. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-017-8441-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2017] [Revised: 07/18/2017] [Accepted: 07/19/2017] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Dai X, Xu Y, Dong B. Effect of the micron-sized silica particles (MSSP) on biogas conversion of sewage sludge. WATER RESEARCH 2017; 115:220-228. [PMID: 28284088 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2017.02.064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2016] [Revised: 02/20/2017] [Accepted: 02/26/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Micron-sized silica particles (MSSP), ranging from 3 μm to 50 μm, have been widely found in the sewage sludge. The inhibition of MSSP to biogas conversion of both excess sludge (ES) and model sludge (MS) are explored in this study. It is observed that with the effect of MSSP, the net cumulative methane production (NCMP) of ES and MS were decreased by 23.5% and 22.3%, respectively, and the apparent activation energy (AAE) of organic solubilisation of ES and MS were increased by 38.7% and 215%, respectively, which implies a crucial role for MSSP in anaerobic sludge digestion. Analysis of physicochemical properties of sludges before and after interaction with MSSP reveals that MSSP can bond with organic matter from sludge on the surface sites to form a larger bioinorganic-floc. Further analysis indicates that MSSP can increase the AAE of sludge organic solubilisation by reducing the surface site density, thus resulting in poor NCMP. Through characterizing the bioinorganic-floc, it is found that the protein in sludge is the main component that bonds with MSSP. Further research show that the interactions between protein and MSSP are mainly enthalpy-driven with exothermic (the enthalpy was about -10.93 ± 0.10 kJ/mol, at 25 °C), indicating that protein is more stable after non-covalent bonding. These findings can provide a new understanding of the characteristics of sludge and important references for the improvement of anaerobic sludge digestion.
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- Xiaohu Dai
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, China.
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Dai X, Xu Y, Lu Y, Dong B. Recognition of the key chemical constituents of sewage sludge for biogas production. RSC Adv 2017. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra26180a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The easy biodegradable organic matter, non-biodegradable organic matter, metal ions, and micron-sized silica particle and their interactions were the key factors for limiting the biogas production from anaerobic sludge digestion.
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- Xiaohu Dai
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering
- Tongji University
- Shanghai
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering
- Tongji University
- Shanghai
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering
- Tongji University
- Shanghai
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering
- Tongji University
- Shanghai
- China
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Cavinato C, Da Ros C, Pavan P, Bolzonella D. Influence of temperature and hydraulic retention on the production of volatile fatty acids during anaerobic fermentation of cow manure and maize silage. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2017; 223:59-64. [PMID: 27780092 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2016.10.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2016] [Revised: 10/12/2016] [Accepted: 10/13/2016] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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The aim of this study was to verify the efficiency of a separate hydrolysis step by testing different working temperatures (37-55°C) and hydraulic retention times (two, four and six days) and by evaluating readily biodegradable carbon production. The fermentation products included primarily acetic, propionic and butyric acids. These acids can be easily converted into biogas or can be recovered in a biorefinery approach, for example, to produce polyhydroxyalkanoates. The optimal condition was found by applying an organic loading rate of 17.9gTVSm-3 with a four-day retention time at 37°C for an acidification yield of 183.2gCODVFAkgVSfed-1.
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- Cristina Cavinato
- University Ca' Foscari of Venice, Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, via Torino 155, I-30172 Mestre, Venice, Italy.
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- University Ca' Foscari of Venice, Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, via Torino 155, I-30172 Mestre, Venice, Italy
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- University Ca' Foscari of Venice, Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics, via Torino 155, I-30172 Mestre, Venice, Italy
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- University of Verona, Department of Biotechnology, Strada le Grazie 15, I-37134, Verona, Italy
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Liu Q, Ren ZJ, Huang C, Liu B, Ren N, Xing D. Multiple syntrophic interactions drive biohythane production from waste sludge in microbial electrolysis cells. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS 2016; 9:162. [PMID: 27489567 PMCID: PMC4971668 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-016-0579-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2016] [Accepted: 07/27/2016] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND Biohythane is a new and high-value transportation fuel present as a mixture of biomethane and biohydrogen. It has been produced from different organic matters using anaerobic digestion. Bioenergy can be recovered from waste activated sludge through methane production during anaerobic digestion, but energy yield is often insufficient to sludge disposal. Microbial electrolysis cell (MEC) is also a promising approach for bioenergy recovery and waste sludge disposal as higher energy efficiency and biogas production. The systematic understanding of microbial interactions and biohythane production in MEC is still limited. Here, we report biohythane production from waste sludge in biocathode microbial electrolysis cells and reveal syntrophic interactions in microbial communities based on high-throughput sequencing and quantitative PCR targeting 16S rRNA gene. RESULTS The alkali-pretreated sludge fed MECs (AS-MEC) showed the highest biohythane production rate of 0.148 L·L(-1)-reactor·day(-1), which is 40 and 80 % higher than raw sludge fed MECs (RS-MEC) and anaerobic digestion (open circuit MEC, RS-OCMEC). Current density, metabolite profiles, and hydrogen-methane ratio results all confirm that alkali-pretreatment and microbial electrolysis greatly enhanced sludge hydrolysis and biohythane production. Illumina Miseq sequencing of 16S rRNA gene amplicons indicates that anode biofilm was dominated by exoelectrogenic Geobacter, fermentative bacteria and hydrogen-producing bacteria in the AS-MEC. The cathode biofilm was dominated by fermentative Clostridium. The dominant archaeal populations on the cathodes of AS-MEC and RS-MEC were affiliated with hydrogenotrophic Methanobacterium (98 %, relative abundance) and Methanocorpusculum (77 %), respectively. Multiple pathways of gas production were observed in the same MEC reactor, including fermentative and electrolytic H2 production, as well as hydrogenotrophic methanogenesis and electromethanogenesis. Real-time quantitative PCR analyses showed that higher amount of methanogens were enriched in AS-MEC than that in RS-MEC and RS-OCMEC, suggesting that alkali-pretreated sludge and MEC facilitated hydrogenotrophic methanogen enrichment. CONCLUSION This study proves for the first time that biohythane could be produced directly in biocathode MECs using waste sludge. MEC and alkali-pretreatment accelerated enrichment of hydrogenotrophic methanogen and hydrolysis of waste sludge. The results indicate syntrophic interactions among fermentative bacteria, exoelectrogenic bacteria and methanogenic archaea in MECs are critical for highly efficient conversion of complex organics into biohythane, demonstrating that MECs can be more competitive than conventional anaerobic digestion for biohythane production using carbohydrate-deficient substrates. Biohythane production from waste sludge by MEC provides a promising new way for practical application of microbial electrochemical technology.
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- Qian Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Municipal and Environmental Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, P.O. Box 2650, 73 Huanghe Road, Nangang District, Harbin, 150090 Heilongjiang China
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- Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309 USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Municipal and Environmental Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, P.O. Box 2650, 73 Huanghe Road, Nangang District, Harbin, 150090 Heilongjiang China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Municipal and Environmental Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, P.O. Box 2650, 73 Huanghe Road, Nangang District, Harbin, 150090 Heilongjiang China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Municipal and Environmental Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, P.O. Box 2650, 73 Huanghe Road, Nangang District, Harbin, 150090 Heilongjiang China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Municipal and Environmental Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, P.O. Box 2650, 73 Huanghe Road, Nangang District, Harbin, 150090 Heilongjiang China
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Peces M, Astals S, Clarke WP, Jensen PD. Semi-aerobic fermentation as a novel pre-treatment to obtain VFA and increase methane yield from primary sludge. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2016; 200:631-638. [PMID: 26551651 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2015.10.085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2015] [Revised: 10/21/2015] [Accepted: 10/24/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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There is a growing trend to consider organic wastes as potential sources of renewable energy and value-add products. Fermentation products have emerged as attractive value-add option due to relative easy production and broad application range. However, pre-fermentation and extraction of soluble products may impact down-stream treatment processes, particularly energy recovery by anaerobic digestion. This paper investigates primary sludge pre-fermentation at different temperatures (20, 37, 55, and 70°C), treatment times (12, 24, 48, and 72h), and oxygen availability (semi-aerobic, anaerobic); and its impact on anaerobic digestion. Pre-fermentation at 20 and 37°C succeeded for VFA production with acetate and propionate being major products. Pre-fermentation at 37, 55, and 70°C resulted in higher solubilisation yield but it reduced sludge methane potential by 20%. Under semi-aerobic conditions, pre-fermentation allowed both VFA recovery (43gCODVFAkg(-1)VS) and improved methane potential. The latter phenomenon was linked to fungi that colonised the sludge top layer during pre-fermentation.
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- M Peces
- Centre for Solid Waste Bioprocessing, Schools of Civil and Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia Campus, 4072 QLD, Australia
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- Advanced Water Management Centre, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia Campus, 4072 QLD, Australia.
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- Centre for Solid Waste Bioprocessing, Schools of Civil and Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia Campus, 4072 QLD, Australia
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- Advanced Water Management Centre, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia Campus, 4072 QLD, Australia
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Nges IA, Wang B, Cui Z, Liu J. Digestate liquor recycle in minimal nutrients-supplemented anaerobic digestion of wheat straw. Biochem Eng J 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2014.11.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Wu LJ, Qin Y, Hojo T, Li YY. Upgrading of anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge by a hyper-thermophilic–mesophilic temperature-phased process with a recycle system. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ra08811a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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A hyper-thermophilic–mesophilic temperature-phased anaerobic digestion with a recycle system effectively upgraded the mesophilic digestion of waste activated sludge.
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- L. J. Wu
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Graduate School of Engineering
- Tohoku University
- Sendai
- Japan
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- Department of Frontier Science for Advanced Environment
- Graduate School of Environmental Studies
- Tohoku University
- Sendai
- Japan
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Graduate School of Engineering
- Tohoku University
- Sendai
- Japan
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Graduate School of Engineering
- Tohoku University
- Sendai
- Japan
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Wu J, Jiang Y, Cao ZP, Li ZH, Hu YY, Li HZ, Zuo JE, Wang KJ. Enhanced anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge of low organic content in a novel digester. WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY : A JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION ON WATER POLLUTION RESEARCH 2015; 72:966-973. [PMID: 26360757 DOI: 10.2166/wst.2015.296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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A novel digester, termed an internal circulation anaerobic digester (ICAD), was developed to intensify sludge digestion. It consists of reaction zone, settling zone, thickening zone, riser and downcomer. Internal circulation in the digester is intensified by backflow biogas. The mesophilic ICAD treating thermal pretreated waste activated sludge with volatile suspended solids (VSS)/suspended solids (SS) of 0.45-0.49 was conducted in this study to reduce and stabilize the low organic content sludge. The results showed that the VSS removal rate and biogas rate reached 46.0% and 0.72 m(3)/kg VSS(fed) at hydraulic retention time (HRT) of 15 days. VSS/SS and soluble chemical oxygen demand (SCOD) of the effluent sludge ranged from 0.39 to 0.41 and 274 mg/L to 473 mg/L, respectively, under various HRTs from 10 to 27 days. The degradation ability of ICAD derived from the improved mass transfer by internal circulation and long solid retention time at short HRT is compared with continuous stirred tank reactor.
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- J Wu
- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China E-mail:
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China E-mail: ; Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering and Informatics, NUI Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China E-mail:
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China E-mail:
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China E-mail:
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- Laboratory of Reactions and Process Engineering, Université de Lorraine, CNRS, 1, rue Grandville, BP 20451, 54001 Nancy cedex, France
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China E-mail:
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China E-mail:
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Sun R, Xing D, Jia J, Zhou A, Zhang L, Ren N. Methane production and microbial community structure for alkaline pretreated waste activated sludge. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2014; 169:496-501. [PMID: 25086434 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.07.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2014] [Revised: 06/28/2014] [Accepted: 07/04/2014] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Alkaline pretreatment was studied to analyze the influence on waste activated sludge (WAS) reduction, methane production and microbial community structure during anaerobic digestion. Methane production from alkaline pretreated sludge (A-WAS) (pH = 12) increased from 251.2 mL/Ld to 362.2 mL/Ld with the methane content of 68.7% compared to raw sludge (R-WAS). Sludge reduction had been improved, and volatile suspended solids (VSS) removal rate and protein reduction had increased by ∼ 10% and ∼ 35%, respectively. The bacterial and methanogenic communities were analyzed using 454 pyrosequencing and clone libraries of 16S rRNA gene. Remarkable shifts were observed in microbial community structures after alkaline pretreatment, especially for Archaea. The dominant methanogenic population changed from Methanosaeta for R-WAS to Methanosarcina for A-WAS. In addition to the enhancement of solubilization and hydrolysis of anaerobic digestion of WAS, alkaline pretreatment showed significant impacts on the enrichment and syntrophic interactions between microbial communities.
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- Rui Sun
- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China.
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Kim DJ. Pre-treatment Technology of Wastewater Sludge for Enhanced Biogas Production in Anaerobic Digestion. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013. [DOI: 10.7464/ksct.2013.19.4.355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Yu J, Zheng M, Tao T, Zuo J, Wang K. Waste activated sludge treatment based on temperature staged and biologically phased anaerobic digestion system. J Environ Sci (China) 2013; 25:2056-2064. [PMID: 24494492 DOI: 10.1016/s1001-0742(12)60266-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The concept of temperature staged and biological phased (TSBP) was proposed to enhance the performance of waste-activated sludge anaerobic digestion. Semi-continuous experiments were used to investigate the effect of temperature (35 to 70 degrees C) as well as the hydraulic retention time (HRT) (2, 4 and 6 days) on the acidogenic phase. The results showed that the solubilization degree of waste-activated sludge increased from 14.7% to 30.1% with temperature increasing from 35 to 70 degrees C, while the acidification degree was highest at 45 degrees C (17.6%), and this was quite different from the temperature impact on hydrolysis. Compared with HRT of 2 and 6 days, 4 days was chosen as the appropriate HRT because of its relatively high solubilization degree (24.6%) and acidification degree (20.1%) at 45 degrees C. The TSBP system combined the acidogenic reactor (45 degrees C, 4 days) with the methanogenic reactor (35 degrees C, 16 days) and the results showed 84.8% and 11.4% higher methane yield and volatile solid reduction, respectively, compared with that of the single-stage anaerobic digestion system with HRT of 20 days at 35 degrees C. Moreover, different microbial morphologies were observed in the acidogenic- and methanogenic-phase reactors, which resulted from the temperature control and HRT adjustment. All the above results indicated that 45 degrees C was the optimum temperature to inhibit the activity of methanogenic bacteria in the acidogenic phase, and temperature staging and phase separation was thus accomplished. The advantages of the TSBP process were also confirmed by a full-scale waste-activated sludge anaerobic digestion project which was an energy self-sufficient system.
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- Jingwen Yu
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of Environment Simulation and Pollution Control, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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Kongjan P, O-Thong S, Angelidaki I. Hydrogen and methane production from desugared molasses using a two-stage thermophilic anaerobic process. Eng Life Sci 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/elsc.201100191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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- Department of Environmental Engineering; Technical University of Denmark; Lyngby; Denmark
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Bolzonella D, Cavinato C, Fatone F, Pavan P, Cecchi F. High rate mesophilic, thermophilic, and temperature phased anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge: a pilot scale study. WASTE MANAGEMENT (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2012; 32:1196-201. [PMID: 22305642 DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2012.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2011] [Revised: 01/04/2012] [Accepted: 01/10/2012] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The paper reports the findings of a two-year pilot scale experimental trial for the mesophilic (35°C), thermophilic (55°C) and temperature phased (65+55°C) anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge. During the mesophilic and thermophilic runs, the reactor operated at an organic loading rate of 2.2 kgVS/m(3)d and a hydraulic retention time of 20 days. In the temperature phased run, the first reactor operated at an organic loading rate of 15 kgVS/m(3)d and a hydraulic retention time of 2 days while the second reactor operated at an organic loading rate of 2.2 kgVS/m(3)d and a hydraulic retention time of 18 days (20 days for the whole temperature phased system). The performance of the reactor improved with increases in temperature. The COD removal increased from 35% in mesophilic conditions, to 45% in thermophilic conditions, and 55% in the two stage temperature phased system. As a consequence, the specific biogas production increased from 0.33 to 0.45 and to 0.49 m(3)/kgVS(fed) at 35, 55, and 65+55°C, respectively. The extreme thermophilic reactor working at 65°C showed a high hydrolytic capability and a specific yield of 0.33 g COD (soluble) per gVS(fed). The effluent of the extreme thermophilic reactor showed an average concentration of soluble COD and volatile fatty acids of 20 and 9 g/l, respectively. Acetic and propionic acids were the main compounds found in the acids mixture. Because of the improved digestion efficiency, organic nitrogen and phosphorus were solubilised in the bulk. Their concentration, however, did not increase as expected because of the formation of salts of hydroxyapatite and struvite inside the reactor.
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- David Bolzonella
- University of Verona, Department of Biotechnology, Strada Le Grazie, 15, 37134 Verona, Italy.
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Hydrolysis kinetics in anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge enhanced by α-amylase. Biochem Eng J 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2011.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Ziemba C, Peccia J. Net energy production associated with pathogen inactivation during mesophilic and thermophilic anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge. WATER RESEARCH 2011; 45:4758-68. [PMID: 21764416 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.06.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2011] [Revised: 06/14/2011] [Accepted: 06/15/2011] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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The potential for anaerobic digester energy production must be balanced with the sustainability of reusing the resultant biosolids for land application. Mesophilic, thermophilic, temperature-phased, and high temperature (60 or 70 °C) batch pre-treatment digester configurations have been systematically evaluated for net energy production and pathogen inactivation potential. Energy input requirements and net energy production were modeled for each digester scheme. First-order inactivation rate coefficients for Escherichia coli, Enterococcus faecalis and bacteriophage MS-2 were measured at each digester temperature and full-scale pathogen inactivation performance was estimated for each indicator organism and each digester configuration. Inactivation rates were found to increase dramatically at temperatures above 55 °C. Modeling full-scale performance using retention times based on U.S. EPA time and temperature constraints predicts a 1-2 log inactivation in mesophilic treatment, and a 2-5 log inactivation in 50-55 °C thermophilic and temperature-phased treatments. Incorporating a 60 or 70 °C batch pre-treatment phase resulted in dramatically higher potency, achieving MS-2 inactivation of 14 and 16 logs respectively, and complete inactivation (over 100 log reduction) of E. coli and E. faecalis. For temperatures less than 70 °C, viability staining of thermally-treated E. coli showed significantly reduced inactivation relative to standard culture enumeration. Due to shorter residence times in thermophilic reactors, the net energy production for all digesters was similar (less than 20% difference) with the 60 or 70 °C batch treatment configurations producing the most net energy and the mesophilic treatment producing the least. Incorporating a 60 or 70 °C pre-treatment phase can dramatically increase pathogen inactivation performance without decreasing net energy capture from anaerobic digestion. Energy consumption is not a significant barrier against improving the pathogen quality of biosolids.
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- Christopher Ziemba
- Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06520, USA
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Ge H, Jensen PD, Batstone DJ. Increased temperature in the thermophilic stage in temperature phased anaerobic digestion (TPAD) improves degradability of waste activated sludge. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2011; 187:355-361. [PMID: 21277081 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.01.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2010] [Revised: 12/23/2010] [Accepted: 01/09/2011] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Two-stage temperature phased anaerobic digestion (TPAD) is an increasingly popular method to improve stabilisation of sewage waste activated sludge, which normally has inherently poor and slow degradation. However, there has been limited systematic analysis of the impact of the initial thermophilic stage (temperature, pH and retention time) on performance in the main mesophilic stage. In this study, we demonstrate a novel two-stage batch test method for TPAD processes, and use it to optimize operating conditions of the thermophilic stage in terms of degradation extent and methane production. The method determines overall degradability and apparent hydrolysis coefficient in both stages. The overall process was more effective with short pre-treatment retention times (1-2 days) and neutral pH compared to longer retention time (4 days) and low pH (4-5). Degradabilities and apparent hydrolysis coefficients were 0.3-0.5 (fraction degradable) and 0.1-0.4d(-1), respectively, with a margin of error in each measurement of approximately 20% relative (95% confidence). Pre-treatment temperature had a strong impact on the whole process, increasing overall degradability from 0.3 to 0.5 as temperature increased from 50 to 65 °C, with apparent hydrolysis coefficient increasing from 0.1 to 0.4d(-1).
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- Huoqing Ge
- Advanced Water Management Centre, Environmental Biotechnology CRC, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia.
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Ge H, Jensen PD, Batstone DJ. Temperature phased anaerobic digestion increases apparent hydrolysis rate for waste activated sludge. WATER RESEARCH 2011; 45:1597-1606. [PMID: 21185054 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.11.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2010] [Revised: 11/26/2010] [Accepted: 11/28/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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It is well established that waste activated sludge with an extended sludge age is inherently slow to degrade with a low extent of degradation. Pre-treatment methods can be used prior to anaerobic digestion to improve the efficiency of activated sludge digestion. Among these pre-treatment methods, temperature phased anaerobic digestion (TPAD) is one promising method with a relatively low energy input and capital cost. In this study, an experimental thermophilic (50-70 °C)-mesophilic system was compared against a control mesophilic-mesophilic system. The thermophilic-mesophilic system achieved 41% and 48% volatile solids (VS) destruction during pre-treatment of 60 °C and 65 °C (or 70 °C) respectively, compared to 37% in the mesophilic-mesophilic TPAD system. Solubilisation in the first stage was enhanced during thermophilic pre-treatment (15% at 50 °C and 27% at 60 °C, 65 °C and 70 °C) over mesophilic pre-treatment (7%) according to a COD balance. This was supported by ammonia-nitrogen measurements. Model based analysis indicated that the mechanism for increased performance was due to an increase in hydrolysis coefficient under thermophilic pre-treatment of 60 °C (0.5 ± 0.1 d(-1)), 65 °C (0.7 ± 0.2 d(-1)) and 70 °C (0.8 ± 0.2 d(-1)) over mesophilic pre-treatment (0.2 ± 0.1 d(-1)), and thermophilic pre-treatment at 50 °C (0.12 ± 0.06 d(-1)).
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- Huoqing Ge
- Advanced Water Management Centre (AWMC), Environmental Biotechnology CRC, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
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Zhang D, Chen Y, Zhao Y, Ye Z. A new process for efficiently producing methane from waste activated sludge: alkaline pretreatment of sludge followed by treatment of fermentation liquid in an EGSB reactor. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2011; 45:803-8. [PMID: 21128635 DOI: 10.1021/es102696d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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In the literature the production of methane from waste activated sludge (WAS) was usually conducted in a continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR) after sludge was pretreated. It was reported in our previous publication that compared with other pretreatment methods the methane production in CSTR could be significantly enhanced when sludge was pretreated by NaOH at pH 10 for 8 days. In order to further improve methane production, this study reported a new process for efficiently producing methane from sludge, that is, sludge was fermented at pH 10 for 8 days, which was adjusted by Ca(OH)(2), and then the fermentation liquid was treated in an expanded granular sludge bed (EGSB) for methane generation. First, for comparing the methane production observed in this study with that reported in the literature, the conventional operational model was applied to produce methane from the pH 10 pretreated sludge, that is, directly using the pH 10 pretreated sludge to produce methane in a CSTR. It was observed that the maximal methane production was only 0.61 m(3)CH(4)/m(3)-reactor/day. Then, the use of fermentation liquid of pH 10 pretreated sludge to produce methane in the reactors of up-flow anaerobic sludge bed (UASB), anaerobic sequencing batch reactor (ASBR) and EGSB was compared. The maximal methane production in UASB, ASBR, and EGSB reached 1.41, 3.01, and 12.43 m(3)CH(4)/m(3)-reactor/day, respectively. Finally, the mechanisms for EGSB exhibiting remarkably higher methane production were investigated by enzyme, adenosine-triphosphate (ATP), scanning electron microscope (SEM) and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) analyses. It was found that the granular sludge in EGSB had the highest conversion efficiency of acetic acid to methane, and the greatest activity of hydrolysis and acidification enzymes and general physiology with much more Methanosarcinaceae.
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- Dong Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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Carrère H, Dumas C, Battimelli A, Batstone DJ, Delgenès JP, Steyer JP, Ferrer I. Pretreatment methods to improve sludge anaerobic degradability: a review. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2010; 183:1-15. [PMID: 20708333 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.06.129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 486] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2010] [Revised: 06/29/2010] [Accepted: 06/30/2010] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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This paper presents a review of the main sludge treatment techniques used as a pretreatment to anaerobic digestion. These processes include biological (largely thermal phased anaerobic), thermal hydrolysis, mechanical (such as ultrasound, high pressure and lysis), chemical with oxidation (mainly ozonation), and alkali treatments. The first three are the most widespread. Emphasis is put on their impact on the resulting sludge properties, on the potential biogas (renewable energy) production and on their application at industrial scale. Thermal biological provides a moderate performance increase over mesophilic digestion, with moderate energetic input. Mechanical treatment methods are comparable, and provide moderate performance improvements with moderate electrical input. Thermal hydrolysis provides substantial performance increases, with a substantial consumption of thermal energy. It is likely that low impact pretreatment methods such as mechanical and thermal phased improve speed of degradation, while high impact methods such as thermal hydrolysis or oxidation improve both speed and extent of degradation. While increased nutrient release can be a substantial cost in enhanced sludge destruction, it also offers opportunities to recover nutrients from a concentrated water stream as mineral fertiliser.
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- H Carrère
- INRA, UR50, Laboratoire de Biotechnologie de l'Environnement, Avenue des Etangs, F-11100 Narbonne, France.
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Lin Yunqin, Wang Dehan, Wang Lishang. Biological pretreatment enhances biogas production in the anaerobic digestion of pulp and paper sludge. WASTE MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH : THE JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOLID WASTES AND PUBLIC CLEANSING ASSOCIATION, ISWA 2010; 28:800-810. [PMID: 20147578 DOI: 10.1177/0734242x09358734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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High efficient resource recovery from pulp and paper sludge (PPS) has been the focus of attention. The objective of this research was to develop a bio-pretreatment process prior to anaerobic digestion of PPS to improve the methane productivity. Active and inactive mushroom compost extracts (MCE) were used for pretreating PPS, followed by anaerobic digestion with monosodium glutamate waste liquor (MGWL). Laboratory-scale experiments were carried out in completely mixed bioreactors, 1-L capacity with 700 ml useful capacity. Optimal amount of active MCE for organics' solubilization in the step of pretreatment was 250 A.U./gVS( sludge). Under this condition, the PPS floc structure was well disrupted, resulting in void rate and fibre size diminishment after pretreatment. In addition, SCOD and VS removal were found to be 56% and 43.6%, respectively, after anaerobic digestion, being the peak value of VFA concentration determined as 1198 mg acetic acid L(-1). The anaerobic digestion efficiency of PPS with and without pretreatment was evaluated. The highest methane yield under optimal pretreatment conditions was 0.23 m(3) CH4/kgVS(add), being 134.2% of the control. The results indicated that MCE bio-pretreatment could be a cost-effective and environmentally sound method for producing methane from PPS.
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- Lin Yunqin
- College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangdong Guangzhou, China,
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangdong Guangzhou, China
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- College of Natural Resources and Environment, South China Agricultural University, Guangdong Guangzhou, China
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Uludag-Demirer S, Demirer GN, Othman M. Modification of a conventional anaerobic digester for improving the effluent and sludge characteristics. WATER ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH : A RESEARCH PUBLICATION OF THE WATER ENVIRONMENT FEDERATION 2009; 81:2447-2454. [PMID: 20099629 DOI: 10.2175/106143009x407447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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The aim of this study was to enrich the composition of anaerobic digester sludge in terms of nitrogen and phosphorus by struvite (MgNH4PO4) formation. Waste activated sludge was anaerobically digested in batch reactors under the conditions that the minimum stoichiometric requirement for struvite formation was satisfied in all reactors. For this purpose, different amounts of magnesium (Mg2+) and phosphate (PO4(3-)) ions were added initially to the batch reactors. The results showed the effects of adding Mg2+ and PO4(3-) ions on the performance of anaerobic digestion and on the amounts of ammonium (NH4+) and PO4(3-) ions released during digestion. The results indicated that the performance of the anaerobic digestion in chemical oxygen demand removal changed between -4.0% and 15.4% for a Mg2+ concentration range of 277.2 to 529.3 mg/L and a PO4(3-) concentration range of 377.4 to 2372.4 mg/L. There was an increase in the concentration of NH4+ in all reactors during digestion, but the extent of concentration increase could be controlled by increasing the initial concentrations of Mg2+ and PO4(3-). The maximum removal of NH4+ ions (33.7%) was observed in the reactor dosed initially by Mg2+ and PO4(3-) concentrations of 467.2 and 2123.3 mg/L, respectively. The concentration of PO4(3-) ion was lower than its initial concentration in all reactors, indicating considerable fixation of PO4(3-) as it was released, by struvite and other solid species formation. The decrease in the concentration of Mg2+ ions similar to PO4(3-) was accepted as evidence for the formation of solid species composed of Mg2+ and PO4(3), in addition to struvite. Water
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- S Uludag-Demirer
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania, USA
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Lee M, Hidaka T, Tsuno H. Two-phased hyperthermophilic anaerobic co-digestion of waste activated sludge with kitchen garbage. J Biosci Bioeng 2009; 108:408-13. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2009.05.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2009] [Revised: 05/14/2009] [Accepted: 05/16/2009] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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