Enhanced decomposition of waste activated sludge via anodic oxidation for methane production and bioenergy recovery

2016 ◽  
Vol 106 ◽  
pp. 161-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhiqiang Zhao ◽  
Yaobin Zhang ◽  
Qilin Yu ◽  
Weican Ma ◽  
Jiaqi Sun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Activated Sludge ◽  
Anodic Oxidation ◽  
Methane Production ◽  
Waste Activated Sludge

Effects of thermochemical pretreatment on the anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge

1997 ◽  
Vol 35 (8) ◽  
pp. 209-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuzo Tanaka ◽  
Toshio Kobayashi ◽  
Ken-ichi Kamiyama ◽  
Ma. Lolita N. Signey Bildan
Keyword(s):  
Anaerobic Digestion ◽  
Activated Sludge ◽  
Production Rate ◽  
Methane Production ◽  
Waste Activated Sludge ◽  
Batch Experiments ◽  
Industrial Wastewaters ◽  
Thermochemical Pretreatment ◽  
Chemical Heating ◽  
Methane Production Rate

Effects of pretreatment on the anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge (WAS) were investigated in terms of VSS solubilization and methane production by batch experiments. The methods of pretreatment studied are NaOH addition (chemical), heating (thermal) and heating with NaOH addition (thermochemical) to the domestic WAS and to the combined WAS from domestic, commercial and industrial wastewaters. The thermochemical pretreatment gave the best result among three methods in the combined WAS, i.e., the VSS was solubilized by 40-50% and the methane production increased by more than 200% over the control when the WAS was heated at 130°C for 5 minutes with the dose 0.3 g NaOH/g VSS. In the domestic WAS, the VSS solubilization rate was 70-80% but the increase of the methane production was about 30% after thermochemically pretreated. The domestic WAS consists of 41% protein, 25% lipid and 14% carbohydrate on COD basis, and the solubilization rate of protein, which is the largest constituent of the WAS, was 63% in the thermochemical pretreatment. Although the effect of the thermochemical pretreatment on the methane production was higher to the combined WAS than to the domestic WAS, the methane production rate was 21.9 ml CH4/g VSSWAS·day in the domestic WAS and 12.8 ml CH4/g VSSWAS·day in the combined WAS.

Influence of zero valent scrap iron (ZVSI) supply on methane production from waste activated sludge

2015 ◽  
Vol 263 ◽  
pp. 461-470 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guangyin Zhen ◽  
Xueqin Lu ◽  
Yu-You Li ◽  
Yuan Liu ◽  
Youcai Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Activated Sludge ◽  
Methane Production ◽  
Waste Activated Sludge ◽  
Scrap Iron

scholarly journals Thermophilic Alkaline Fermentation Followed by Mesophilic Anaerobic Digestion for Efficient Hydrogen and Methane Production from Waste-Activated Sludge: Dynamics of Bacterial Pathogens as Revealed by the Combination of Metagenomic and Quantitative PCR Analyses

2018 ◽  
Vol 84 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jingjing Wan ◽  
Yuhang Jing ◽  
Yue Rao ◽  
Shicheng Zhang ◽  
Gang Luo
Keyword(s):  
Microbial Community ◽  
Anaerobic Digestion ◽  
Activated Sludge ◽  
Quantitative Pcr ◽  
Methane Production ◽  
Bacterial Pathogens ◽  
Methane Yield ◽  
Metagenomic Analysis ◽  
Waste Activated Sludge ◽  
Hydrogen Yield

ABSTRACT Thermophilic alkaline fermentation followed by mesophilic anaerobic digestion (TM) for hydrogen and methane production from waste-activated sludge (WAS) was investigated. The TM process was also compared to a process with mesophilic alkaline fermentation followed by a mesophilic anaerobic digestion (MM) and one-stage mesophilic anaerobic digestion (M) process. The results showed that both hydrogen yield (74.5 ml H 2 /g volatile solids [VS]) and methane yield (150.7 ml CH 4 /g VS) in the TM process were higher than those (6.7 ml H 2 /g VS and 127.8 ml CH 4 /g VS, respectively) in the MM process. The lowest methane yield (101.2 ml CH 4 /g VS) was obtained with the M process. Taxonomic results obtained from metagenomic analysis showed that different microbial community compositions were established in the hydrogen reactors of the TM and MM processes, which also significantly changed the microbial community compositions in the following methane reactors compared to that with the M process. The dynamics of bacterial pathogens were also evaluated. For the TM process, the reduced diversity and total abundance of bacterial pathogens in WAS were observed in the hydrogen reactor and were further reduced in the methane reactor, as revealed by metagenomic analysis. The results also showed not all bacterial pathogens were reduced in the reactors. For example, Collinsella aerofaciens was enriched in the hydrogen reactor, which was also confirmed by quantitative PCR (qPCR) analysis. The study further showed that qPCR was more sensitive for detecting bacterial pathogens than metagenomic analysis. Although there were some differences in the relative abundances of bacterial pathogens calculated by metagenomic and qPCR approaches, both approaches demonstrated that the TM process was more efficient for the removal of bacterial pathogens than the MM and M processes. IMPORTANCE This study developed an efficient process for bioenergy (H 2 and CH 4 ) production from WAS and elucidates the dynamics of bacterial pathogens in the process, which is important for the utilization and safe application of WAS. The study also made an attempt to combine metagenomic and qPCR analyses to reveal the dynamics of bacterial pathogens in anaerobic processes, which could overcome the limitations of each method and provide new insights regarding bacterial pathogens in environmental samples.

Role and significance of water and acid washing on biochar for regulating methane production from waste activated sludge

2022 ◽  
pp. 152950
Author(s):  
Hong-Yu Jin ◽  
Zhang-Wei He ◽  
Yong-Xiang Ren ◽  
Wen-Jing Yang ◽  
Cong-Cong Tang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Activated Sludge ◽  
Methane Production ◽  
Waste Activated Sludge ◽  
Acid Washing

scholarly journals Applying rhamnolipid to enhance hydrolysis and acidogenesis of waste activated sludge: retarded methanogenic community evolution and methane production

RSC Advances ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 2034-2041 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jiaqi Li ◽  
Wenzong Liu ◽  
Weiwei Cai ◽  
Bo Wang ◽  
Fidelis Odedishemi Ajibade ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Activated Sludge ◽  
Methane Production ◽  
Short Chain Fatty Acids ◽  
Short Chain ◽  
Waste Activated Sludge ◽  
Methanogenic Community ◽  
Community Evolution ◽  
Chain Fatty Acids

Recently, bio-surfactants, like rhamnolipid (RL), have been used as efficient pre-treatments to enhance the accumulation of short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) from waste activated sludge (WAS).

Enhancement of methane production from anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge with choline supplement

Energy ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 173 ◽  
pp. 1021-1029 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lu Yu ◽  
Chang Bian ◽  
Nanwen Zhu ◽  
Yanwen Shen ◽  
Haiping Yuan
Keyword(s):  
Anaerobic Digestion ◽  
Activated Sludge ◽  
Methane Production ◽  
Waste Activated Sludge

The effects of thiosulfinates on methane production from anaerobic co-digestion of waste activated sludge and food waste and mitigate method

2020 ◽  
Vol 384 ◽  
pp. 121363 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ziletao Tao ◽  
Dongbo Wang ◽  
Fubing Yao ◽  
Xiaoding Huang ◽  
You Wu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Activated Sludge ◽  
Food Waste ◽  
Methane Production ◽  
Waste Activated Sludge

Anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge with incineration bottom ash: Enhanced methane production and CO2 sequestration

2018 ◽  
Vol 215 ◽  
pp. 503-511 ◽  
Author(s):  
Changkai Yin ◽  
Yanwen Shen ◽  
Nanwen Zhu ◽  
Qiujie Huang ◽  
Ziyang Lou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Anaerobic Digestion ◽  
Activated Sludge ◽  
Methane Production ◽  
Co2 Sequestration ◽  
Bottom Ash ◽  
Waste Activated Sludge
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