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- Jin, Pengkang, et al.
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A new activated primary tank developed for recovering carbon source and its application
- 2016
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In: Bioresource Technology. - : Elsevier BV. - 0960-8524 .- 1873-2976. ; 200, s. 722-730
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- A novel activated primary tank process (APT) was developed for recovering carbon source by fermentation and elutriation of primary sludge. The effects of solids retention time (SRT), elutriation intensity (G) and return sludge ratio (RSR) on this recovery were evaluated in a pilot scale reactor. Results indicated that SRT significantly influenced carbon source recovery, and mechanical elutriation could promote soluble COD (SCOD) and VFA yields. The optimal conditions of APT were SRT = 5 d, G = 152 s (1) and RSR = 10%, SCOD and VFA production were 57.0 mg/L and 21.7 mg/L. Particulate organic matter in sludge was converted into SCOD and VFAs as fermentative bacteria were significantly enriched in APT. Moreover, the APT process was applied in a wastewater treatment plant to solve the problem of insufficient carbon source. The outcomes demonstrated that influent SCOD of biological tank increased by 31.1%, which improved the efficiency of removing nitrogen and phosphorus.
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- Kundariya, Nidhi, et al.
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A review on integrated approaches for municipal solid waste for environmental and economical relevance : Monitoring tools, technologies, and strategic innovations
- 2021
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In: Bioresource Technology. - : Elsevier BV. - 0960-8524 .- 1873-2976. ; 342
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Research review (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Rapid population growth, combined with increased industrialization, has exacerbated the issue of solid waste management. Poor management of municipal solid waste (MSW) not only has detrimental environmental consequences but also puts public health at risk and introduces several other socioeconomic problems. Many developing countries are grappling with the problem of safe disposing of large amounts of produced municipal solid waste. Unmanaged municipal solid waste pollutes the environment, so its use as a potential renewable energy source would aid in meeting both increased energy needs and waste management. This review investigates emerging strategies and monitoring tools for municipal solid waste management. Waste monitoring using high-end technologies and energy recovery from MSW has been discussed. It comprehensively covers environmental and economic relevance of waste management technologies based on innovations achieved through the integration of approaches.
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- Mahboubi, Amir
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Immersed flat-sheet membrane bioreactors for lignocellulosic bioethanol production
- 2019
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Doctoral thesis (other academic/artistic)abstract
- The rising awareness of the environmental, economic and socio-political impacts of over-exploitation of fossil-based fuel and energy sources, have motivated the transition toward more sustainable and renewable energy sources. Lignocellulosic materials (e.g. agricultural residues) are potential candidates for sustainable bioethanol production that contributes to the replacement of fossil fuels. However, to have an economically feasible and commercialized process, issues associated with lignocellulosic bioethanol production in upstream, fermentation and downstream processing stages should be alleviated. Membrane bioreactors with their great capabilities in semi-selective separation are promising options for making a breakthrough in lignocellulosic biorefinery processes. Therefore, in this thesis, different membrane modules and immersed membrane bioreactors (iMBRs) set-ups were developed and applied to take advantage of this long-matured water and wastewater treatment technique in remediation of challenges in the lignocellulosic bioethanol production.Thus, In order to intensify and optimize the lignocellulosic bioethanol production process, pressure-driven flat sheet microfiltration iMBRs were integrated into different processing stages. The application of a continuous iMBR led to a high ethanol productivity and yield (83% of theoretical yield) at high suspended solid content (up to 20% w/v) of wheat straw hydrolysate, and successful bacterial contamination separation from yeast (up to 93% removal). Moreover, using double-staged iMBRs for continuous hydrolysis-filtration and co-fermentation-filtration led to an effective separation of lignin-rich solids (up to 70% lignin) and sugar streams from the hydrolysate, and yeast cells from the fermentation product stream, stable long-term filtration performance (up to 264 h) at filtration flux of 21.9 l.m-2.h-1. In this thesis, filtration performance was thoroughly investigated, and effective physical fouling preventive approaches were applied to guarantee continuous bioprocessing. In addition, in order to remediate issues related to high content of inhibitors and presence of sequentially-fermented hexose and pentose saccharides in lignocellulosic fermentation, the cell-confinement approach of reverse membrane bioreactor (rMBR), which merges the benefits of iMBRs and cell encapsulation techniques, was introduced and applied in this thesis. It was observed that the high local cell density and diffusion-based mass transfer in the rMBR promoted co-utilization of sugars, and boosted cell furfural detoxification at concentrations of up to 16 g.l-1. Moreover, considering the needs of rMBR processes for cell recirculation, membrane envelope degassing, and media conditioning, a novel membrane module was designed, developed, and patented in this thesis work.
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- Varjani, Sunita, et al.
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Preface
- 2022
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In: Biomass, Biofuels, Biochemicals. - : Elsevier. - 9780323885119 ; , s. xiii-xv
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Book chapter (other academic/artistic)
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