An overview about the extraction of heavy metals and other critical pollutants from contaminated water via hydrophobic deep eutectic solvents

I Wazeer, HF Hizaddin, MA Hashim… - Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Water pollution is a critical and problematic issue that threatens the sustainability of human
civilization. Wastewater streams include a variety of major contaminants that must be …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of total solids content on anaerobic co-digestion of pig manure and food waste: Insights into shifting of the methanogenic pathway

Z Wang, Y Jiang, S Wang, Y Zhang, Y Hu, Z Hu, G Wu… - Waste Management, 2020 - Elsevier
Dry anaerobic digestion (AD) has advantages over wet AD in treating high-solid organic
wastes like livestock and food wastes, but an elevated total solids (TS) content would affect …

Thermodynamics of volatile fatty acid degradation during anaerobic digestion under organic overload stress: The potential to better identify process stability

D Wu, L Li, F Zhen, H Liu, F Xiao, Y Sun, X Peng, Y Li… - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion (AD) operating under organic overload stress usually increases the
potential for process instability, leading to significant economic and ecological …

Microbial dynamics during anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge combined with food waste at high organic loading rates in immersed membrane bioreactors

S Qin, S Wainaina, H Liu, AM Soufiani, A Pandey… - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
This study was designed to evaluate the microbial profiling of anaerobic digestion during the
processing of sewage sludge and food waste to volatile fatty acids (VFAs) in an immersed …

Hydrothermal liquefaction for sludge-to-energy conversion: An evaluation of biocrude production and management of waste streams

H Liu, IA Basar, C Eskicioglu - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) is a rapidly developing technology that converts waste
biomass, such as municipal sludge, into a petroleum-like biofuel known as biocrude. At the …

Phenol promoted caproate production via two-stage batch anaerobic fermentation of organic substance with ethanol as electron donor for chain elongation

J He, Z Shi, T Luo, S Zhang, Y Liu, G Luo - Water research, 2021 - Elsevier
The conversion of organic wastes/wastewater into medium chain fatty acids (MCFAs) such
as caproate has attracted much attention, while the effects of toxic compounds on the …

[HTML][HTML] Ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents for the recovery of phenolic compounds: effect of ionic liquids structure and process parameters

AS Khan, TH Ibrahim, NA Jabbar, MI Khamis… - RSC …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Water pollution is a severe and challenging issue threatening the sustainable development
of human civilization. Besides other pollutants, waste fluid streams contain phenolic …

Biochar and GAC intensify anaerobic phenol degradation via distinctive adsorption and conductive properties

Q Li, X Gao, Y Liu, G Wang, YY Li, D Sano… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2021 - Elsevier
The roles of biochar and granular activated carbon (GAC) in the enhancement of anaerobic
phenol degradation were characterized through batch tests conducted at different phenol …

Evaluation of on-site biological treatment options for hydrothermal liquefaction aqueous phase derived from sludge in municipal wastewater treatment plants

IA Basar, A Stokes, C Eskicioglu - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Aerobic treatment, mesophilic anaerobic digestion, thermophilic anaerobic digestion, and
dark fermentation were evaluated for on-site biological treatment of municipal sludge …