ENERGY RECOVERY FROM ACTIVE SLUDGE OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS

Recovery of volatile fatty acids from fermentation of sewage sludge in municipal wastewater treatment plants.

This work investigated the pilot scale production of short chain fatty acids (SCFAs) from sewage sludge through alkaline fermentation and the subsequent membrane filtration. Furthermore, the impact of the fermentation liquid on nutrient bioremoval was examined. The addition of wollastonite in the fermenter to buffer the pH affected the composition of the carbon source produced during fermentati...

Cost evaluation of sludge treatment options and energy recovery from wastewater treatment plant sludge treating leather taning wastewaters

In this study, sludge treatment and dewatering alternatives for a selected leather tanning wastewater treatment plant were evaluated by evaluating the best available technology for sludge management. In addition, different combinations of sludge treatment alternatives were compared on the basis of investment and maintenance costs.

Co-treatment of Faecal Sludge in Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants

Role of Primary Sludge Hydrolysis in Energy Recovery from Municipal Wastewater Sludge

Laboratory experiments supported by full-scale operational observations have been utilized to assess the possible yield of methane-rich biogas via decomposition of COD and volatile fatty acids (VFAs) from organic matter trapped and settled in a municipal wastewater treatment plant. The impact of operational conditions (mainly solids' retention time) on VFAs and methane-rich gas generation was e...

Application of waterworks sludge in wastewater treatment plants

The potential for reuse of iron-rich sludge from waterworks as a replacement for commercial iron salts in wastewater treatment was investigated using acidic and anaerobic dissolution. The acidic dissolution of waterworks sludge both in sulphuric acid and acidic products such as flue gas washing water and commercial iron solution was successful in dissolving the iron from waterworks sludge. The ...