Sewage sludge treatment using microwave-enhanced advanced oxidation process.

A microwave-enhanced advanced oxidation process using hydrogen peroxide (MW/H(2)O(2)-AOP) was used for the release of nutrients and the destruction of solids from secondary municipal sewage sludge in this study. Using a computer statistical software package for designing experiments and for data analyses, four factors including microwave heating temperature, heating time, hydrogen peroxide dosage, and sludge solids content were examined. Experiments were performed at sludge solids content of 0.