Critical review on dewatering of sewage sludge: Influential mechanism, conditioning technologies and implications to sludge re-utilizations

B Wu, X Dai, X Chai - Water research, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstracts Sewage sludge (mainly composed of excessive bio-sludge) is an inevitable by-
product of biological wastewater treatment process and contains various toxic substances …

Rheological characterisation of municipal sludge: a review

N Eshtiaghi, F Markis, SD Yap, JC Baudez, P Slatter - Water research, 2013 - Elsevier
Sustainable sludge management is becoming a major issue for wastewater treatment plants
due to increasing urban populations and tightening environmental regulations for …

Accelerated high-solids anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge using low-temperature thermal pretreatment

X Liao, H Li, Y Zhang, C Liu, Q Chen - International Biodeterioration & …, 2016 - Elsevier
High-solids anaerobic digestion (HSAD) of sewage sludge is a promising alternative to
conventional anaerobic digestion due to its use of smaller digesters and its reduced energy …

Enhanced sludge solubilization and dewaterability by synergistic effects of nitrite and freezing

F Sun, KK Xiao, W Zhu, N Withanage, Y Zhou - Water research, 2018 - Elsevier
In this study, nitrite was added into sludge during freezing process to evaluate its role in
waste activated sludge (WAS) solubilization and effect on sludge dewatering characteristics …

Rheology of a primary and secondary sewage sludge mixture: Dependency on temperature and solid concentration

S Baroutian, N Eshtiaghi, DJ Gapes - Bioresource Technology, 2013 - Elsevier
The main objective of this study was to investigate the rheology of mixed primary and
secondary sludge and its dependency on solid content and temperature. Results of this …

Beyond filterability: Understanding the complexities of sludge dewatering through typical coagulation and advanced oxidation

WH Liu, H Zhang, YL Zhang, P Sun, YP Zeng… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
Coagulation and advanced oxidation process (AOP) are the two most significant
conditioning methods in sludge dewatering. However, previous studies mainly focus on their …

Evidence for inflammation-associated depression

CS Liu, A Adibfar, N Herrmann, D Gallagher… - Inflammation-associated …, 2017 - Springer
This chapter explores the evidence supporting inflammation-associated depression. Data to
date suggest a bidirectional relationship between inflammation and depression wherein one …

Rheological properties of sewage sludge during enhanced anaerobic digestion with microwave-H2O2 pretreatment

J Liu, D Yu, J Zhang, M Yang, Y Wang, Y Wei, J Tong - Water research, 2016 - Elsevier
The rheological behavior of sludge is of serious concern in anaerobic digestion. This study
investigated the rheological properties of sewage sludge during enhanced anaerobic …

Fe (II)-activated sodium percarbonate for improving sludge dewaterability: Experimental and theoretical investigation combined with the evaluation of subsequent …

X Ling, J Deng, C Ye, A Cai, S Ruan, M Chen… - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Fe (II)-activated sodium percarbonate (SPC) was an emerging technology for enhancing the
dewaterability of waste activated sludge, and its operational parameters were systematically …

Impact of shear stress and impeller design on the production of biogas in anaerobic digesters

A Lebranchu, S Delaunay, P Marchal, F Blanchard… - Bioresource …, 2017 - Elsevier
Today, intensification of anaerobic digestion is still a scientific and technical challenge. The
present study proposed combined experimental and computational fluid dynamics …