Production, properties, and catalytic applications of sludge derived biochar for environmental remediation

R Wang, X Duan, S Wang, N Ren, SH Ho - Water Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Environment-friendly and cost-effective disposal and reutilization of sludge wastes are
essential in wastewater treatment processes (WWTPs). Converting activated sludge into …

Biological production of medium-chain carboxylates through chain elongation: an overview

J Wang, Y Yin - Biotechnology Advances, 2022 - Elsevier
Medium chain carboxylates (MCCs) have wide applications in various industries, but the
traditional MCCs production methods are costly and unsustainable. Anaerobic fermentation …

Electrochemical routes for the valorization of biomass-derived feedstocks: from chemistry to application

FWS Lucas, RG Grim, SA Tacey, CA Downes… - ACS Energy …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The drive to reduce consumption of fossil resources, coupled with expanding capacity for
renewable electricity, invites the exploration of new routes to utilize this energy for the …

Ferrate pretreatment-anaerobic fermentation enhances medium-chain fatty acids production from waste activated sludge: Performance and mechanisms

Y Wang, X Wang, D Wang, T Zhu, Y Zhang, H Horn… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
The rupture of cytoderm and extracellular polymeric substances (EPS), and competitive
inhibition of methanogens are the main bottlenecks for medium-chain fatty acids (MCFAs) …

Caproic acid production from anaerobic fermentation of organic waste-Pathways and microbial perspective

W Dong, Y Yang, C Liu, J Zhang, J Pan, L Luo… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
This review aims to provide a holistic synopsis of the current state of the art knowledge on
caproic acid production via anaerobic fermentation from the perspectives of microbes and …

Medium-Chain fatty acids and long-chain alcohols production from waste activated sludge via two-stage anaerobic fermentation

SL Wu, W Wei, J Sun, Q Xu, X Dai, BJ Ni - Water research, 2020 - Elsevier
Traditional bioenergy recovery in the form of short chain fatty acids (SCFAs) from waste
activated sludge (WAS) is generally limited by economic unattractiveness and complexity of …

Current advances and challenges for direct interspecies electron transfer in anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge

HY Jin, ZW He, YX Ren, CC Tang, AJ Zhou… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
To realize energy self-sufficiency demand is a key component of carbon–neutral goal of
wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). Waste activated sludge (WAS), as the by-product of …

Microbial communities for valorizing biomass using the carboxylate platform to produce volatile fatty acids: a review

MT Holtzapple, H Wu, PJ Weimer, R Dalke… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
The carboxylate platform employs a diverse microbial consortium of anaerobes in which the
methanogens are inhibited. Nearly all biomass components are digested to a mixture of C1 …

Opportunities and challenges in microbial medium chain fatty acids production from waste biomass

Q Wu, Y Jiang, Y Chen, M Liu, X Bao, W Guo - Bioresource technology, 2021 - Elsevier
Medium chain fatty acids (MCFAs) that produced from affordable waste biomass via chain
elongation (CE) technology are recognized as the potential alternatives to part fossil-derived …

Graphitic biochar catalysts from anaerobic digestion sludge for nonradical degradation of micropollutants and disinfection

X Duan, C Zhang, S Wang, N Ren, SH Ho - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
The peroxydisulfate (PDS)-based advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) is a promising
technology for wastewater treatment and the efficiency primarily depends on the high …