scholarly journals Towards a metagenomic understanding on enhanced biomethane production from waste activated sludge after pH 10 pretreatment

2013 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mabel Ting Wong ◽  
Dong Zhang ◽  
Jun Li ◽  
Raymond Kin Hi Hui ◽  
Hein Min Tun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Activated Sludge ◽  
Waste Activated Sludge ◽  
Biomethane Production

scholarly journals Volatile Fatty Acids and Biomethane Recovery from Thickened Waste Activated Sludge: Hydrothermal Pretreatment’s Retention Time Impact

Processes ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 1580
Author(s):  
Farokh laqa Kakar ◽  
Ahmed El Sayed ◽  
Neha Purohit ◽  
Elsayed Elbeshbishy
Keyword(s):  
Fatty Acids ◽  
Activated Sludge ◽  
Retention Time ◽  
Volatile Fatty Acids ◽  
Oxygen Demand ◽  
Hydrothermal Pretreatment ◽  
Waste Activated Sludge ◽  
Optimum Conditions ◽  
Pretreatment Temperature ◽  
Biomethane Production

The main objective of this study was to evaluate the hydrothermal pretreatment’s retention time influence on the volatile fatty acids and biomethane production from thickened waste activated sludge under mesophilic conditions. Six different retention times of 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, and 60 min were investigated while the hydrothermal pretreatment temperature was kept at 170 °C. The results showed that the chemical oxygen demand (COD) solubilization increased by increasing the hydrothermal pretreatment retention time up to 30 min and stabilized afterwards. The highest COD solubilization of 48% was observed for the sample pretreated at 170 °C for 30 min. Similarly, the sample pretreated at 170 °C for 30 min demonstrated the highest volatile fatty acids yield of 14.5 g COD/Lsubstrate added and a methane yield of 225 mL CH4/g TCODadded compared to 4.3 g COD/Lsubstrate added and 163 mL CH4/g TCODadded for the raw sample, respectively. The outcome of this study revealed that the optimum conditions for solubilization are not necessarily associated with the best fermentation and/or digestion performance.

scholarly journals THE EFFECT OF HYDROTHERMAL PRETREATMENT ON THE ANAEROBIC DIGESTION OF THICKENED WASTE ACTIVATED SLUDGE AND SOURCE SEPARATED ORGANICS

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad Shabir Razavi
Keyword(s):  
Activated Sludge ◽  
Retention Time ◽  
Hydrothermal Pretreatment ◽  
Waste Activated Sludge ◽  
Pretreatment Condition ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Biomethane Production ◽  
Pretreatment Conditions ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Severity Indexes

The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of hydrothermal pretreatment of source separated organics (SSO) and thickened waste activated sludge (TWAS) on the solubilization and biomethane production. The feedstocks went through 15 different conditions in a wide range of temperature (150-240°C), retention time (5-30) min and severity indexes (3-5). The result of the study revealed that the effect of hydrothermal pretreatment can vary based on the feedstock primary properties and the optimum pretreatment condition. In this study, the optimum pretreatment conditions for highest solubilization and solid reduction of the SSO were 220°C and 10 minutes retention time, however, for highest methane production, it was 190°C for 20 minutes. In case of TWAS, the result revealed that the maximum biomethane production was achieved at pretreatment conditions of 160°C and 20 min, while, the highest solubilization and solid reduction was observed in 220°C and 10 minutes retention time.

scholarly journals Biomethane production improvement by hydrothermal pretreatment of thickened waste activated sludge

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad Shabir Razavi ◽  
Farokhlaqa Kakar ◽  
Ehssan Hosseini Koupaie ◽  
Hisham Hafez ◽  
Elsayed Elbeshbishy
Keyword(s):  
Activated Sludge ◽  
Retention Time ◽  
Hydrothermal Pretreatment ◽  
Effect Of Temperature ◽  
Waste Activated Sludge ◽  
Pretreatment Condition ◽  
Production Improvement ◽  
Biomethane Production ◽  
Pretreatment Conditions ◽  
The Impact

Abstract This study evaluated the impact of hydrothermal pretreatment on thickened waste activated sludge (TWAS) for solubilization enhancement and biomethane production improvement through the mesophilic anaerobic digestion process. In order to assess the effect of temperature, retention time and severity index (SI) of the hydrothermal pretreatment, TWAS was exposed to fifteen different pretreatment condition within a combination of 10 different pretreatment temperature range (150–240 °C), five different retention time (5–30 min) and five different severity indexes (SI = 3, 3.5, 4, 4.5 and 5). The solubilization enhancement was observed in all hydrothermally pretreated samples with the highest solubilization efficiency of 49% in pretreatment condition of 200 °C and 10 min retention time within the corresponding SI = 4. Biomethane production was not improved in all fifteen pretreatment conditions, pretreatment with SI beyond 4 decreased the biodegradability of TWAS. The highest biomethane production was observed in the pretreatment condition of 170 °C and 10 min by 40% increase compared to non-pretreated TWAS.

scholarly journals THE EFFECT OF HYDROTHERMAL PRETREATMENT ON THE ANAEROBIC DIGESTION OF THICKENED WASTE ACTIVATED SLUDGE AND SOURCE SEPARATED ORGANICS

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad Shabir Razavi
Keyword(s):  
Activated Sludge ◽  
Retention Time ◽  
Hydrothermal Pretreatment ◽  
Waste Activated Sludge ◽  
Pretreatment Condition ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Biomethane Production ◽  
Pretreatment Conditions ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Severity Indexes

The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of hydrothermal pretreatment of source separated organics (SSO) and thickened waste activated sludge (TWAS) on the solubilization and biomethane production. The feedstocks went through 15 different conditions in a wide range of temperature (150-240°C), retention time (5-30) min and severity indexes (3-5). The result of the study revealed that the effect of hydrothermal pretreatment can vary based on the feedstock primary properties and the optimum pretreatment condition. In this study, the optimum pretreatment conditions for highest solubilization and solid reduction of the SSO were 220°C and 10 minutes retention time, however, for highest methane production, it was 190°C for 20 minutes. In case of TWAS, the result revealed that the maximum biomethane production was achieved at pretreatment conditions of 160°C and 20 min, while, the highest solubilization and solid reduction was observed in 220°C and 10 minutes retention time.

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