Study on performance enhancement of anaerobic digestion of municipal sewage sludge
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Open access
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2014Supervisor
Prof. Ming Ang
Dr Ahmet Kayaalp
Dr Tushar Kanti Sen
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Thesis
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PhD
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Faculty of Science and Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering
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Abstract
This research focuses on investigating effects of combined microwave-ultrasonic pretreatment of municipal sewage sludge on anaerobic digester performance. Application of a novel combined microwave-ultrasonic pretreatment on thickened excess activated and mixed sludge significantly improved methane production, volatile solid and COD reduction, digestion kinetics, pathogen removal and dewaterability. Effects of Organic loading rate, sludge retention time and sludge mixing ratio were studied. Microwave and ultrasonic pretreatment conditions and digester operational parameters were optimized using experimental and modelling techniques.
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