Enhancement of methane production in anaerobic digestion process: A review

Y Li, Y Chen, J Wu - Applied energy, 2019 - Elsevier
With the increase of energy consumption and wastes generation due to human activities,
anaerobic digestion (AD), a technology which turns wastes into bio-energy, is receiving …

A review on wastewater sludge valorisation and its challenges in the context of circular economy

A Gherghel, C Teodosiu, S De Gisi - Journal of cleaner production, 2019 - Elsevier
The use of wastewater sludge as a source for energy and resource recovery is a good
alternative for its management considering the legislation requirements and the circular …

A critical review of pretreatment technologies to enhance anaerobic digestion and energy recovery

MR Atelge, AE Atabani, JR Banu, D Krisa, M Kaya… - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
Biogas production from different waste resources still has limitations due to its complex
structure and slowly biodegradable nature. To improve methane yield and anaerobic …

Overview of pretreatment strategies for enhancing sewage sludge disintegration and subsequent anaerobic digestion: Current advances, full-scale application and …

G Zhen, X Lu, H Kato, Y Zhao, YY Li - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
Sewage sludge management is now becoming a serious issue all over the world. Anaerobic
digestion is a simple and well-studied process capable of biologically converting the …

Thermochemical processing of sewage sludge to energy and fuel: Fundamentals, challenges and considerations

SSA Syed-Hassan, Y Wang, S Hu, S Su… - … and sustainable energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
Sewage sludge, the inevitable by-product of municipal wastewater treatment plant
operation, is a key issue in many countries due to its increasing volume and the impacts …

Perspective on enhancing the anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge

Y Xu, Y Lu, L Zheng, Z Wang, X Dai - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2020 - Elsevier
Anaerobic digestion (AD) of waste activated sludge (WAS) is an important bio-energy
strategy that has been hindered by low conversion efficiency. This paper presents a …

A review on turning sewage sludge to value-added energy and materials via thermochemical conversion towards carbon neutrality

M Hu, H Hu, Z Ye, S Tan, K Yin, Z Chen, D Guo… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Because of the rapid growth of global population and economic activity, sewage sludge
management is a global conundrum. Conventional landfilling and land-farming of sewage …

Monitoring and diagnosis of energy consumption in wastewater treatment plants. A state of the art and proposals for improvement

S Longo, BM d'Antoni, M Bongards, A Chaparro… - Applied energy, 2016 - Elsevier
In response to strong growth in energy intensive wastewater treatment, public agencies and
industry began to explore and implement measures to ensure achievement of the targets …

Principles and potential of thermal hydrolysis of sewage sludge to enhance anaerobic digestion

P Gahlot, G Balasundaram, VK Tyagi, AE Atabani… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Sewage sludge is rich source of carbon, nutrients, and trace elements and can be subjected
to proper treatment before disposal to fulfill government legislation and protect receiving …

Technologies for reducing sludge production in wastewater treatment plants: State of the art

Q Wang, W Wei, Y Gong, Q Yu, Q Li, J Sun… - Science of the Total …, 2017 - Elsevier
This review presents the state-of-the-art sludge reduction technologies applied in both
wastewater and sludge treatment lines. They include chemical, mechanical, thermal …