Recent advances of carbon-based additives in anaerobic digestion: A review

Q Zhang, Y Yang, L Hou, H Zhu, Y Zhang, J Pu… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion (AD) is one of the paramount technologies for organic wastes treatment.
However, there still remain intractable issues including low digestibility and sluggish …

Psychrophilic anaerobic digestion: A critical evaluation of microorganisms and enzymes to drive the process

MA Akindolire, H Rama, A Roopnarain - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2022 - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion (AD) technology is limited by low-temperature conditions preventing the
adoption of simple, unheated digesters during cold periods. Decrease in temperature has a …

Improvement of anaerobic digestion containing sulfur with conductive materials: Focusing on recent advances and internal biological mechanisms

L Chen, Y Zhang, J Liang, Y Li, J Zhang, W Fang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Conductive materials application in anaerobic digestion containing sulfur gains increasing
attention due to their multifunctional effects in promoting substrate degradation, methane …

Enhancing the resistance to H2S toxicity during anaerobic digestion of low-strength wastewater through granular activated carbon (GAC) addition

Y Zhang, L Zhang, N Yu, B Guo, Y Liu - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Low-strength wastewater was treated using two laboratory-scale up-flow anaerobic sludge
blankets (UASB) for 130 days under sulfate-reducing conditions. Granular activated carbon …

Boosting resilience of microbial electrolysis cell-assisted anaerobic digestion of blackwater with granular activated carbon amendment

Q Huang, Y Liu, BR Dhar - Bioresource Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
Poor hydrolysis and methanogenesis efficiencies remain the main challenges for blackwater
anaerobic digestion. This study investigated the performance of a granular activated carbon …

Enhanced methane production by granular activated carbon: A review

L Xiao, J Liu, PS Kumar, M Zhou, J Yu, E Lichtfouse - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Biomethane production by anaerobic digestion is an efficient technology to treat organic
waste and produce clean energy. A growing number of studies has attempted to use carbon …

Activated carbon as an insoluble electron shuttle to enhance the anaerobic ammonium oxidation coupled with Fe (III) reduction process

J Cao, N Li, J Jiang, Y Xu, B Zhang, X Luo, Y Hu - Environmental Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Anaerobic ammonium oxidation coupled with Fe (III) reduction (Feammox) is an autotrophic
biological nitrogen removal (BNR) technique in treating low-C/N wastewater. However, the …

Biological mediated synthesis of reduced graphene oxide (rGO) as a potential electron shuttle for facilitated biological denitrification: Insight into the electron transfer …

J Li, Y Li, P Chen, K Sathishkumar, Y Lu… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Ecofriendly electron shuttle for facilitated biological nitrate removal is essential for the
sustainable development goals. The facilitated biological nitrate removal was investigated …

[HTML][HTML] Granular activated carbon stimulated microbial extracellular secretions in anaerobic digesters: An egalitarian act and beyond

Y Zhang, L Zhang, H Sun, Y Yuan, Y Liu - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Granular activated carbon (GAC) has been widely studied for its roles in improving
anaerobic digestion (AD) through its conductive properties in stimulating direct interspecies …

Harnessing Carbonaceous materials' multifaceted roles for enhanced anaerobic digestion performance

Y Zhang, Y Liu - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion (AD) is a promising approach for generating sustainable bioenergy
from organic wastes. However, it encounters numerous challenges, such as high ammonia …