Taking the water out of “wastewater”: An ineluctable oxymoron for urban water cycle sustainability

AG Capodaglio - Water Environment Research, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Water, energy, and food are key resources that could easily limit sustainability of human
society development. Water supply requires considerable amounts of energy, and …

Pyrolysis or hydrothermal carbonisation for anaerobic-digested sewage sludge? A comparison of pyrochar and hydrochar structure and stability

M Pimenta-Ocampo, G Gascó, A Méndez… - Biomass Conversion …, 2023 - Springer
Thermochemical conversion of sewage sludge was proven as a useful method for waste
management. Moderate temperatures in the absence of oxygen (pyrolysis) and …

A Review of Automation and Sensors: Parameter Control of Thermal Treatments for Electrical Power Generation

WG Buratto, RN Muniz, A Nied, CFO Barros, R Cardoso… - Sensors, 2024 - mdpi.com
This review delves into the critical role of automation and sensor technologies in optimizing
parameters for thermal treatments within electrical power generation. The demand for …

Pyrolysis of biosolids with waste cardboard: effect of operating parameters, feedstock size and blending ratio

S Zuhara, S Pradhan, G McKay - International Journal of Environmental …, 2024 - Springer
Global waste is a rising problem that requires attention. Pyrolysis is a process that converts
waste into valuable products like biochar, bio-oil, and gas by heating feeds above 300° C …

Carbon quantum dots: An environmentally friendly and valued approach to sludge disposal

BL Rossi, CMB Andrade, EM Therézio… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Sewage sludge, produced daily and inherent to urban development, presents problems of
disposal that are still challenging today. Its disposal still offers palliative solutions, where the …

Heavy metal uptake by wastewater irrigated potato plants grown on contaminated soil treated with hydrogel based amendments

J Dhiman, SO Prasher, E ElSayed, RM Patel… - … Technology & Innovation, 2020 - Elsevier
Heavy metal uptake by food crops and the potential for groundwater contamination are of
major concern in areas where untreated wastewater is used for irrigation. To minimize heavy …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of optimum carbonization conditions of the blended domestic polymeric waste, biomass and lignite in the presence of catalyst by Taguchi and …

CA Başar, AA Korkmaz, Y Önal, T Utku - Journal of Hazardous Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this work, the effects of blending mass ratio, pyrolysis temperature, pyrolysis time, heating
rate, and amount of catalyst on the pyrolysis of the blended lignite (EL), pistachio shell (PS) …

Effect of steel slag acting as dewatering agent on the subsequent pyrolysis properties of sewage sludge

Y Han, M Guo, Z Xu, T Fu, F Li, X Huang, N Liu… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Steel slag (SS) is used as conditioner to enhance raw sludge (RS) dewaterability
successfully. Indeed, SS additive influences the subsequent disposal process. This study …

Characterization sludge from drying area and sludge drying bed in sludge treatment plant Surabaya city for waste to energy approach

IY Septiariva, IWK Suryawan, NL Zahra… - Journal of Ecological …, 2022 - jeeng.net
STRESZCZENIE Sludge Treatment Plant (STP) in Surabaya produces solid waste in the
form of sludge. STP in Surabaya provides for Solid Separation Chamber (SSC), equalization …

Comparative study of hot air drying and microwave drying for dewatered sludge

W Wulyapash, A Phongphiphat… - Clean Technologies and …, 2022 - Springer
The seafood processing industries produce large amounts of wastewater sludge in
Thailand. Most of sludge is dewatered and then sent directly to landfills without utilization …