Solid waste: An overlooked source of microplastics to the environment

H Golwala, X Zhang, SM Iskander, AL Smith - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Microplastics pollution is one of the most pressing environmental problems of the 21st
century. While microplastics are pervasive throughout various environmental compartments …

Conversion of sewage sludge into biochar: A potential resource in water and wastewater treatment

A Gopinath, G Divyapriya, V Srivastava, AR Laiju… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Production of biochar from sewage sludge (SS) is consistent with the goal of sustainable
resource recovery and promotes a wastewater-based circular economy. Thermochemical …

Coupling anaerobic digestion with gasification, pyrolysis or hydrothermal carbonization: a review

M Pecchi, M Baratieri - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
This review aims at summarizing the literature for the coupling of the biological process of
anaerobic digestion (AD) with one of three thermal processes: gasification (Gs), pyrolysis …

Digestate management for high-solid anaerobic digestion of organic wastes: A review

W Peng, F Lü, L Hao, H Zhang, L Shao, P He - Bioresource Technology, 2020 - Elsevier
Digestate management for anaerobic digestion (AD) is becoming a bottleneck of the
sustainability of AD plants when the use of digestate for agricultural application is restricted …

Immobilization of heavy metals in biochar derived from co-pyrolysis of sewage sludge and calcium sulfate

L Liu, L Huang, R Huang, H Lin, D Wang - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
The effects of calcium sulfate (CaSO 4) dosage (mass ratio of CaSO 4 to sludge), pyrolysis
temperature and holding time on speciation distribution of Cr, Pb, Cu, Ni and Zn in biochar …

A comparison between sulfuric acid and oxalic acid leaching with subsequent purification and precipitation for phosphorus recovery from sewage sludge incineration …

S Liang, H Chen, X Zeng, Z Li, W Yu, K Xiao, J Hu… - Water research, 2019 - Elsevier
Wet chemical approach is widely applied for P extraction from incinerated sewage sludge
ash (ISSA) due to the relatively simple process and low lost. In this study, H 2 SO 4 and H 2 …

Potential of coupling anaerobic digestion with thermochemical technologies for waste valorization

VS Sikarwar, M Pohořelý, E Meers, S Skoblia, J Moško… - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
Rising wastes due to all round development can emphatically be seen in today's world.
Cutting edge and innovative waste processing technologies such as integration of …

Performance and recent development in sewage sludge-to-bioenergy using microbial fuel cells: A comprehensive review

A Mahmoudi, SA Mousavi, P Darvishi - International Journal of Hydrogen …, 2023 - Elsevier
Sewage sludge as a byproduct of industrial and municipal wastewaters treatment is
produced worldwide at large quantities. This organic waste contains nutrients, pathogens …

Pyrolysis of biosolids to produce biochars: a review

S Elkhalifa, HR Mackey, T Al-Ansari, G McKay - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
The continuing increase in population means an increasing demand for products and
services, resulting in huge amounts of waste being discharged into the environment …

A sustainable strategy for recovery of phosphorus as vivianite from sewage sludge via alkali-activated pyrolysis, water leaching and crystallization

L Yang, X Guo, S Liang, F Yang, M Wen, S Yuan… - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
A sustainable strategy for P recovery from sewage sludge via alkali-activated pyrolysis,
water leaching and crystallization was proposed, and a high value-added product of …