A review on wastewater sludge valorisation and its challenges in the context of circular economy

A Gherghel, C Teodosiu, S De Gisi - Journal of cleaner production, 2019 - Elsevier
The use of wastewater sludge as a source for energy and resource recovery is a good
alternative for its management considering the legislation requirements and the circular …

Review on anaerobic digestion models: Model classification & elaboration of process phenomena

S Emebu, J Pecha, D Janáčová - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Biogas is a well-established renewable energy source produced from anaerobic digestion
(AD) of biomass/feedstock. It is probably the most versatile and efficient biofuel in terms of …

Technologies for reducing sludge production in wastewater treatment plants: State of the art

Q Wang, W Wei, Y Gong, Q Yu, Q Li, J Sun… - Science of the Total …, 2017 - Elsevier
This review presents the state-of-the-art sludge reduction technologies applied in both
wastewater and sludge treatment lines. They include chemical, mechanical, thermal …

Pretreatment methods to enhance solubilization and anaerobic biodegradability of lignocellulosic biomass (wheat straw): Progress and challenges

AM Rahmani, P Gahlot, K Moustakas, AA Kazmi… - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Agro-waste (wheat straw) is considered most effective (heating value 16 MJ/kg) for energy
recovery through anaerobic digestion (AD). However, the complex lignocellulosic structure …

The effects of substrate pre-treatment on anaerobic digestion systems: a review

M Carlsson, A Lagerkvist, F Morgan-Sagastume - Waste management, 2012 - Elsevier
Focus is placed on substrate pre-treatment in anaerobic digestion (AD) as a means of
increasing biogas yields using today's diversified substrate sources. Current pre-treatment …

Effect of thermal pretreatment on chemical composition, physical structure and biogas production kinetics of wheat straw

AA Rajput, C Visvanathan - Journal of environmental management, 2018 - Elsevier
Hard lignocellulosic structure of wheat straw is the main hindrance in its anaerobic
digestion. Thus, a laboratory scale batch experiment was conducted to study the effect of …

[HTML][HTML] A review on the applications of ultrasonic technology in membrane bioreactors

S Arefi-Oskoui, A Khataee, M Safarpour, Y Orooji… - Ultrasonics …, 2019 - Elsevier
Membrane bioreactors (MBRs) have received increasing attention in the field of wastewater
treatment in recent years. However, membrane fouling is the main problem of MBRs, limiting …

Binary and ternary trace elements to enhance anaerobic digestion of cattle manure: Focusing on kinetic models for biogas production and digestate utilization

K Wang, S Yun, T Xing, B Li, Y Abbas, X Liu - Bioresource Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
The effects of binary and ternary trace elements (TEs)(Fe/Co, Fe/Ni, and Fe/Co/Ni) on the
anaerobic digestion (AD) of cattle manure were investigated using kinetic models (first …

Energy feasibility study of sludge pretreatments: a review

R Cano, SI Pérez-Elvira, F Fdz-Polanco - Applied Energy, 2015 - Elsevier
Most of the pretreatments to sewage sludge in lab-scale studies show high potentials to be
implemented in an anaerobic digester since they produce an increase in the biogas …

Model selection, identification and validation in anaerobic digestion: a review

A Donoso-Bravo, J Mailier, C Martin, J Rodríguez… - Water research, 2011 - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion enables waste (water) treatment and energy production in the form of
biogas. The successful implementation of this process has lead to an increasing interest …