Increased use of quaternary ammonium compounds during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and beyond: consideration of environmental implications

PI Hora, SG Pati, PJ McNamara… - Environmental Science & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Quaternary ammonium compounds (QACs) are active ingredients in over 200 disinfectants
currently recommended by the US EPA for use to inactivate the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) …

A review of the chemistry of anaerobic digestion: Methods of accelerating and optimizing process efficiency

A Anukam, A Mohammadi, M Naqvi, K Granström - Processes, 2019 - mdpi.com
The anaerobic digestion technology has been in existence for centuries and its underlying
theory established for decades. It is considered a useful technology for the generation of …

The challenges of anaerobic digestion and the role of biochar in optimizing anaerobic digestion

MO Fagbohungbe, BMJ Herbert, L Hurst, CN Ibeto… - Waste management, 2017 - Elsevier
Biochar, like most other adsorbents, is a carbonaceous material, which is formed from the
combustion of plant materials, in low-zero oxygen conditions and results in a material, which …

Operational parameters of biogas plants: A review and evaluation study

A Nsair, S Onen Cinar, A Alassali, H Abu Qdais… - Energies, 2020 - mdpi.com
The biogas production technology has improved over the last years for the aim of reducing
the costs of the process, increasing the biogas yields, and minimizing the greenhouse gas …

An overview of biogas production and utilization at full-scale wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) in the United States: challenges and opportunities towards energy …

Y Shen, JL Linville, M Urgun-Demirtas… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Recently the United States Environmental Protection Agency qualified biogas from
landfills and anaerobic digesters as a cellulosic transportation biofuel under the expanded …

Recognizing the challenges of anaerobic digestion: Critical steps toward improving biogas generation

M Rasapoor, B Young, R Brar, A Sarmah, WQ Zhuang… - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion (AD) is one of the most promising technologies that can break the
complex organic substrate into biogas. However, biogas production from biomass waste and …

Anaerobic digestion of food waste: A review focusing on process stability

L Li, X Peng, X Wang, D Wu - Bioresource Technology, 2018 - Elsevier
Food waste (FW) is rich in biomass energy, and increasing numbers of national programs
are being established to recover energy from FW using anaerobic digestion (AD). However …

Anaerobic digestion of food waste–Challenges and opportunities

F Xu, Y Li, X Ge, L Yang, Y Li - Bioresource technology, 2018 - Elsevier
The disposal of large amounts of food waste has caused significant environmental pollution
and financial costs globally. Compared with traditional disposal methods (ie, landfilling …

Influence of mixing on anaerobic digestion efficiency in stirred tank digesters: A review

ID Kariyama, X Zhai, B Wu - Water research, 2018 - Elsevier
A comprehensive review was carried out on the influence of mixing on anaerobic digestion
(AD) efficiency in stirred tank anaerobic digesters. Though traditionally, stirred tank digesters …

Anaerobic co-digestion of fat, oil, and grease (FOG): A review of gas production and process limitations

JH Long, TN Aziz, JJ Ducoste - Process Safety and Environmental …, 2012 - Elsevier
The addition of readily available high strength organic wastes such as fats, oils, and grease
(FOG) from restaurant grease abatement devices may substantially increase biogas …