Humification in extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) dominates methane release and EPS reconstruction during the sludge stabilization of high-solid anaerobic …

Y Tang, X Dai, B Dong, Y Guo, L Dai - Water research, 2020 - Elsevier
High-solid anaerobic digestion (HAD) can directly treat dewatered sewage sludge (total
solid content≥ 15%) with superior volume efficiency. Sludge stabilization during HAD is …

Insights into the resistance of different extracellular polymeric substance (EPS) layers to the fermentation environment in sludge anaerobic digestion

S Li, Y Zhang, W Duan, R Deng, L Gu, D Shi - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Extracellular polymeric substance (EPS) is key in maintaining microbial cell stability and
agglomeration in sludge, which may play as a protective layer for cells. This study tried to …

Development of an alkaline/acid pre-treatment and anaerobic digestion (APAD) process for methane generation from waste activated sludge

S Wang, S Yu, Q Lu, Y Liao, H Li, L Sun, H Wang… - Science of The Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Anaerobic sludge digesters are biorefineries for energy recovery from waste activated
sludge (WAS) via methane production, in which disintegration of floc structure and microbial …

Comprehensive insights into the impact of pretreatment on anaerobic digestion of waste active sludge from perspectives of organic matter composition …

Y Chen, Q Ping, D Li, X Dai, Y Li - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Although various pretreatments have been applied to promote the anaerobic digestion of
waste active sludge (WAS), the mechanisms regarding the impact of pretreatment on …

Endogenous biopolymer hydrolysis for enhancing short-chain fatty acids recovery from excess sludge: Combination of lysozyme-catalyzing and cation exchange resin …

H Pang, Y Xu, Y Zhang, Q Wei, D Xu, J Liu, J Lu - Chemosphere, 2023 - Elsevier
In decades, anaerobic fermentation with short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) recovery from
excess sludge have attained rising attention. However, rigid particulate organic matter …

Influential mechanism of water occurrence states of waste-activated sludge: Potential linkage between water-holding capacity and molecular compositions of EPS

B Wu, H Wang, W Li, X Dai, X Chai - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
The water occurrence states in waste-activated sludge (WAS) are crucial to its dewaterability
and significantly influenced by the water-retaining capacity of extracellular polymeric …

Effects of humic matter on the anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge: New insights from sludge structure

Y Xu, Y Lu, L Zheng, Z Wang, X Dai - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
A sludge structure perspective of the effects of humic matter (HM) on the anaerobic digestion
(AD) of sewage sludge was proposed and investigated in this study. It was observed that the …

Characterization of extracellular polymeric substances and microbial diversity in anaerobic co-digestion reactor treated sewage sludge with fat, oil, grease

ZH Yang, R Xu, Y Zheng, T Chen, LJ Zhao, M Li - Bioresource technology, 2016 - Elsevier
Performance of co-digesters, treated of sewage sludge (SS) with fat, oil and grease (FOG),
were conducted semi-continuously in two mesophilic reactors over 180 days. Compared …

Molecular transformation of dissolved organic matter and formation pathway of humic substances in dredged sludge under aerobic composting

S Cai, M Liu, Y Zhang, A Hu, W Zhang, D Wang - Bioresource Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Using Fourier transform-ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (FT-ICR MS) and
molecular reaction network analysis, this study investigated molecular transformation of …

Enhancing methanogenesis of anaerobic granular sludge by incorporating Fe/Fe oxides nanoparticles aided with biofilm disassembly agents and mediating redox …

N Li, X Quan, M Zhuo, X Zhang, Y Quan, P Liang - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Anaerobic granular sludge (AGS) is a promising technology for organic wastewater
treatment and energy recovery. In this study, three different kinds of Fe and Fe oxides …