Towards low energy-carbon footprint: Current versus potential P recovery paths in domestic wastewater treatment plants

Q Zhao, H Ying, Y Liu, H Wang, J Xu, W Wang… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
With the unprecedented exhaustion of natural phosphorus (P) resource and the high
eutrophication potential of the associated-P discharge, P recovery from the domestic …

Efficient and selective recovery of iron phosphate from the leachate of incinerated sewage sludge ash by thermally induced precipitation

S Hu, K Yi, C Li, S Ma, J Liu, W Yang - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Phosphorus recovery from incinerated sewage sludge ash (ISSA) is important but hindered
by low selectivity. Here, a novel strategy of acid leaching followed by thermally induced …

Life cycle assessment of prospective sewage sludge treatment paths in Germany

F Mayer, R Bhandari, SA Gäth - Journal of Environmental Management, 2021 - Elsevier
Due to the amendment of the sewage sludge ordinance, both a thermal post-treatment and a
phosphorous recovery from sewage sludge will become mandatory for large-scale …

Evaluation of the sustainability of technologies to recycle spent lithium-ion batteries, based on embodied energy and carbon footprint

A Fahimi, S Ducoli, S Federici, G Ye, E Mousa… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Battery demand is estimated to growth at a 25% annual rate, to reach a volume of 2600 GWh
in 2030. Recovering critical raw materials from end-of-life batteries is now mandatory to limit …

Phosphorus recovery from municipal sludge-derived hydrochar: Insights into leaching mechanisms and hydroxyapatite synthesis

H Liu, N Lyczko, A Nzihou, C Eskicioglu - Water research, 2023 - Elsevier
Hydrothermal liquefaction has the potential to exploit resources from municipal sewage
sludge. It converts most organics into a liquid biofuel (biocrude), concentrates P in the solid …

Incineration of sewage sludge and recovery of residue ash as building material: A valuable option as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic

S Ducoli, A Zacco, E Bontempi - Journal of Environmental Management, 2021 - Elsevier
Circular economy principles were adopted by European Commission, to support a
sustainable growth. They contain general rules that should be considered in all situations. At …

Enhancing sustainable crop cultivation: The impact of renewable soil amendments and digestate fertilizer on crop growth and nutrient composition

YW Tiong, P Sharma, S Xu, J Bu, S An, JBL Foo… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Utilizing digestate as a fertilizer enhances soil nutrient content, improves fertility, and
minimizes nutrient runoff, mitigating water pollution risks. This alternative approach replaces …

A post-pandemic sustainable scenario: What actions can be pursued to increase the raw materials availability?

A Zanoletti, A Cornelio, E Bontempi - Environmental Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract On January 30, 2020, COVID-19 outbreak, detected for the first time in Wuhan
(China), was declared by WHO a Public Health Emergency. In a strongly connected world …

Making Waves: A sea change in treating wastewater–Why thermodynamics supports resource recovery and recycling

X Hao, D Wu, J Li, R Liu, M Van Loosdrecht - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Entropy is a concept defined by the second law of thermodynamics. Applying this concept to
the world we live in, entropy production must be minimized and negentropy (negative …

Effect of volatile fatty acids accumulation on biogas production by sludge-feeding thermophilic anaerobic digester and predicting process parameters

IN Al-Sulaimi, JK Nayak, H Alhimali, A Sana… - Fermentation, 2022 - mdpi.com
Sewage sludge represents an important resource for reuse in the wastewater treatment field.
Hence, thermophilic anaerobic digestion (TAD) could be an alternative technique to recover …