Anaerobic co-digestion of the process water from waste activated sludge hydrothermally treated with primary sewage sludge. A new approach for sewage sludge management

Autor: Angel F. Mohedano, M.A. de la Rubia, Juan J. Rodriguez, J.A. Villamil, J. San Martín
Přispěvatelé: UAM. Departamento de Ingeniería Química
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Biblos-e Archivo: Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2019.06.138
Popis: Hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) is a suitable technology for managing wastes with a high moisture content, providing a carbon-rich and high energy density material called hydrochar and a process water (PW) with significant organic matter content. The aim of this work was to develop a new approach to sewage sludge management involving anaerobic digestion (AD) of the PW of dewatered waste activated sludge (DWAS) with primary sewage sludge (PSS). The process was optimized by performing semi-continuous experiments with different feed mixture compositions (10% PW/90% PSS and 5% PW/95% PSS, on a COD basis), organic loading rates (OLR; 1.5 and 2.5 g COD L−1 d−1), and temperature regimes (mesophilic and thermophilic). The combination of mesophilic conditions, a 10% PW/90% PSS feed mixture and OLR of 1.5 g COD L−1 d−1 provided concentrations of volatile fatty acids
The authors greatly appreciate funding from Spain's MINECO (Project CTM2016-76564-R; project RYC-2013-12549), Madrid Regional Government (Project P2018/EMT-4344) and UAMSantander (Project 2017/EEUU/07)
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