Moving forward in the use of aerobic granular sludge for municipal wastewater treatment: an overview

M Sepúlveda-Mardones, JL Campos, A Magrí… - … Science and Bio …, 2019 - Springer
Activated sludge is one of the most widely implemented technologies for municipal
wastewater treatment. Yet, more restrictive environmental standards demand for more …

The influence of municipal wastewater treatment technologies on the biological stabilization of sewage sludge: A systematic review

JL Cárdenas-Talero, JA Silva-Leal, A Pérez-Vidal… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Various wastewater treatment technologies are available today and biological processes
are predominantly used in these technologies. Increasing wastewater treatment systems …

[HTML][HTML] Significant in situ sludge yield reduction in an acidic activated sludge system

Z Kong, Z Wang, X Lu, Y Song, Z Yuan, S Hu - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Minimizing sludge generation in activated sludge systems is critical to reducing the
operational cost of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), particularly for small plants where …

Comparison between moving bed-membrane bioreactor (MB-MBR) and membrane bioreactor (MBR) systems: Influence of wastewater salinity variation

D Di Trapani, G Di Bella, G Mannina… - Bioresource …, 2014 - Elsevier
Two pilot plant systems were investigated for the treatment of wastewater subject to a
gradual increase of salinity. In particular, a membrane bioreactor (MBR) and a moving bed …

Selection of ammonium oxidizing bacteria (AOB) over nitrite oxidizing bacteria (NOB) based on conversion rates

J Wu, C He, MCM van Loosdrecht, J Pérez - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2016 - Elsevier
The enrichment of r-strategist ammonium oxidizing bacteria (r-AOB) to enhance nitritation
and effective nitrogen removal was studied. A lab-scale three-compartment reactor system …

A sustainability-based evaluation of membrane bioreactors over conventional activated sludge processes

XD Hao, J Li, MCM Van Loosdrecht, TY Li - Journal of Environmental …, 2018 - Elsevier
A decade ago, membrane bioreactors (MBR) were considered as a potential technology for
replacing conventional activated sludge (CAS) processes. Indeed, MBR experienced a …

Deciphering the contribution of microbial biomass to the properties of dissolved and particulate organic matter in anaerobic digestates

D Fernández-Domínguez, SS Yekta… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The recalcitrant structures either from substrate or microbial biomass contained in digestates
after anaerobic digestion (AD) highly influence digestate valorization. To properly assess the …

Membrane bioreactors for treatment of saline wastewater contaminated by hydrocarbons (diesel fuel): an experimental pilot plant case study

G Mannina, A Cosenza, D Di Trapani… - Chemical Engineering …, 2016 - Elsevier
The paper reports the main results of an experimental campaign performed on a membrane
bioreactor pilot plant designed to treat synthetic shipboard slops. The experimental …

Performance of a MBR pilot plant treating high strength wastewater subject to salinity increase: analysis of biomass activity and fouling behaviour

G Di Bella, D Di Trapani, M Torregrossa… - Bioresource technology, 2013 - Elsevier
Membrane bioreactors produce high quality effluents that could be suitable for reuse.
However, when treating high strength wastewater subject to a salinity increase, a …

Using stable isotope probing and fluorescence spectroscopy to examine the roles of substrate and soluble microbial products in extracellular polymeric substance …

Z Arshad, T Maqbool, KH Shin, SH Kim, J Hur - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, we used stable isotope-labeled soluble microbial products (SMP) and
substrates to explore their assimilation into the formation of new biological products (ie …