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) …

Changes in the characteristics of dissolved organic matter during sludge treatment: A critical review

K Xiao, G Abbt-Braun, H Horn - Water research, 2020 - Elsevier
Dissolved organic matter (DOM) of sludge is a heterogeneous mixture of high to low
molecular weight organic substances which is including proteinaceous compounds …

Mechanistic insights into the effect of poly ferric sulfate on anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge

X Liu, Y Wu, Q Xu, M Du, D Wang, Q Yang, G Yang… - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Poly ferric sulfate (PFS), one of the typical inorganic flocculants widely used in wastewater
management and waste activated sludge (WAS) dewatering, could be accumulated in WAS …

Insights into the roles and mechanisms of a green-prepared magnetic biochar in anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge

HY Jin, L Yang, YX Ren, CC Tang, AJ Zhou… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Methane is one of the most promising renewable energies to alleviate energy crisis or
replace fossil fuels, which can be recovered from anaerobic digestion of bio-wastes …

Freezing-low temperature treatment facilitates short-chain fatty acids production from waste activated sludge with short-term fermentation

ZW He, ZS Zou, Q Sun, HY Jin, XY Yao, WJ Yang… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study proposed a novel and high-efficiency strategy, ie, freezing followed by low-
temperature thermal treatment, to significantly promote short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) …

Current advances and challenges for direct interspecies electron transfer in anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge

HY Jin, ZW He, YX Ren, CC Tang, AJ Zhou… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
To realize energy self-sufficiency demand is a key component of carbon–neutral goal of
wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). Waste activated sludge (WAS), as the by-product of …

Biomethane production enhancement from waste activated sludge with recycled magnetic biochar: insights into the recycled strategies and mechanisms

HY Jin, YX Ren, CC Tang, AJ Zhou, W Liu, Z Li… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2024 - Elsevier
Adding conductive materials for enhancing methane production from biomass has caused
widespread attention. However, the discharge of digestive residues inevitably causes the …

Distribution and human health risk assessment of antibiotic residues in large-scale drinking water sources in Chongqing area of the Yangtze River

L Feng, Y Cheng, Y Zhang, Z Li, Y Yu, L Feng… - Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Antibiotic contamination in drinking water sources has been increasingly prominent in recent
years. The water quality in the Chongqing area is not only essential for the local people but …

Occurrence, effect, and fate of residual microplastics in anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge: A state-of-the-art review

ZW He, WJ Yang, YX Ren, HY Jin, CC Tang… - Bioresource …, 2021 - Elsevier
The plastic products have large consumption over last decades, resulting in a serious
microplastics (MPs) pollution. Specially, the main removal way of MPs from wastewater is to …

Influence of sulfamethoxazole on anaerobic digestion: Methanogenesis, degradation mechanism and toxicity evolution

T Tang, M Liu, Y Chen, Y Du, J Feng, H Feng - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Sulfamethoxazole (SMX), one of the most widely used sulfonamides antibiotics, is frequently
detected in the livestock wastewater. Currently, the focus needs to shift from performance …