[HTML][HTML] Optimizing biodiesel production from waste with computational chemistry, machine learning and policy insights: a review

AI Osman, M Nasr, M Farghali, AK Rashwan… - Environmental …, 2024 - Springer
The excessive reliance on fossil fuels has resulted in an energy crisis, environmental
pollution, and health problems, calling for alternative fuels such as biodiesel. Here, we …

Terrestrial bioassays for assessing the biochemical and toxicological impact of biosolids application derived from wastewater treatment plants

C Emmanouil, I Giannakis, GZ Kyzas - Science of The Total Environment, 2024 - Elsevier
Wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) are facilities where municipal wastewater undergoes
treatment so that its organic load and its pathogenic potential are minimized. Sewage sludge …

Assessment of sewage sludge as a component for the tire char co-gasification process

K Śpiewak, G Czerski, P Grzywacz, D Makowska - Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
The work aimed to assess various sewage sludge (from coking, refinery, and fat-processing
plants) as components for tire char co-gasification. The sewage sludge were analysed …

Machine learning for municipal sludge recycling by thermochemical conversion towards sustainability

L Sun, M Li, B Liu, R Li, H Deng, X Zhu, X Zhu… - Bioresource …, 2023 - Elsevier
The sustainable disposal of high-moisture municipal sludge (MS) has received increasing
attention. Thermochemical conversion technologies can be used to recycle MS into …

[HTML][HTML] Antibiotic Resistance in Metal-Tolerant Microorganisms from Treatment Facilities

L Perelomov, O Sizova, M Gertsen, I Perelomova… - Antibiotics, 2023 - mdpi.com
The study examines the antibiotic resistance of metal-tolerant bacteria isolated from the
wastewater treatment plant of a large city to six antibiotics belonging to the β-lactam …

Combination of a membrane bioreactor with a rotating biological contactor holding several diverse metazoans can reduce excess sludge with fouling mitigation

T Miwa, S Nagatsuma, Y Hirakata, M Nagai, T Ikarashi… - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
In a membrane bioreactor (MBR) system, in situ sludge reduction techniques induce
membrane fouling. To address this challenge, we incorporated a rotating mesh carrier …

Sewage sludge: A review of its risks and circular raw material potential

H Kominko, K Gorazda, Z Wzorek - Journal of Water Process Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
The increasing amount of sewage sludge, which is mainly related to the improvement of
wastewater treatment technologies and the expansion of sewage systems, has become a …

Sustainable use of composted sewage sludge: Metal (loid) leaching behaviour and material suitability for application on degraded soils

M Vítková, S Zarzsevszkij, H Šillerová, A Karlova… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Composted sewage sludge was investigated as a promising material for the reclamation or
remediation of degraded sites. Using sewage sludge as soil amendment provides …

Microstructure, durability and surface free energy of lightweight aggregate modification of sanitary ceramic wastes and sewage sludge

W Andrzejuk, M Grzegorczyk-Frańczak… - Journal of Building …, 2024 - Elsevier
The research on the durability and physical properties of lightweight aggregate (LWA) with
addition of sanitary ceramic wastes and sewage sludge was presented in the paper. The …

[HTML][HTML] Evolution of Cu and Zn speciation in agricultural soil amended by digested sludge over time and repeated crop growth

J Feng, IT Burke, X Chen, DI Stewart - Environmental Science and …, 2024 - Springer
Metals such as Zn and Cu present in sewage sludge applied to agricultural land can
accumulate in soils and potentially mobilise into crops. Sequential extractions and X-ray …