TY - JOUR
T1 - Current advances and future outlook on pretreatment techniques to enhance biosolids disintegration and anaerobic digestion
T2 - A critical review
AU - Uthirakrishnan, Ushani
AU - Godvin Sharmila, V.
AU - Merrylin, J.
AU - Adish Kumar, S.
AU - Dharmadhas, Jeba Sweetly
AU - Varjani, Sunita
AU - Rajesh Banu, J.
PY - 2022/2
Y1 - 2022/2
N2 - Waste activated sludge (biosolids) treatment is intensely a major problem around the globe. Anaerobic treatment is indeed a fundamental and most popular approach to convert organic wastes into bioenergy, which could be used as a carbon-neutral renewable and clean energy thus eradicating pathogens and eliminating odor. Due to the sheer intricate biosolid matrix (such as exopolymeric substances) and rigid cell structure, hydrolysis becomes a rate-limiting phase. Numerous different pretreatment strategies were proposed to hasten this rate-limiting hydrolysis and enhance the productivity of anaerobic digestion. This study discusses an overview of previous scientific advances in pretreatment options for enhancing biogas production. In addition, the limitations addressed along with the effects of inhibitors in biosolids towards biogas production and strategies to overcome discussed. This review elaborated the cost analysis of various pretreatment methods towards the scale-up process. This review abridges the existing research on augmenting AD efficacy by recognizing the associated knowledge gaps and suggesting future research. © 2021 Elsevier Ltd.
AB - Waste activated sludge (biosolids) treatment is intensely a major problem around the globe. Anaerobic treatment is indeed a fundamental and most popular approach to convert organic wastes into bioenergy, which could be used as a carbon-neutral renewable and clean energy thus eradicating pathogens and eliminating odor. Due to the sheer intricate biosolid matrix (such as exopolymeric substances) and rigid cell structure, hydrolysis becomes a rate-limiting phase. Numerous different pretreatment strategies were proposed to hasten this rate-limiting hydrolysis and enhance the productivity of anaerobic digestion. This study discusses an overview of previous scientific advances in pretreatment options for enhancing biogas production. In addition, the limitations addressed along with the effects of inhibitors in biosolids towards biogas production and strategies to overcome discussed. This review elaborated the cost analysis of various pretreatment methods towards the scale-up process. This review abridges the existing research on augmenting AD efficacy by recognizing the associated knowledge gaps and suggesting future research. © 2021 Elsevier Ltd.
KW - Anaerobic digestion
KW - Cost analysis
KW - Feedstock
KW - Treatment methods
KW - Waste activated biosolid
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U2 - 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.132553
DO - 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.132553
M3 - RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal
C2 - 34653493
SN - 0045-6535
VL - 288
JO - Chemosphere
JF - Chemosphere
IS - 2
M1 - 132553
ER -
