The ambivalent role of graphene oxide in anaerobic digestion: A review.

The capability of graphene oxide (GO) to enhance direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) and improve anaerobic digestion (AD) performance is gaining attention in AD literature. The present review discusses the implications of GO and its ambivalent role in AD. Under anaerobic conditions, GO is rapidly converted to biologically reduced graphene oxide (bioRGO) through microbial respiration.

Impact of graphene oxide addition on pharmaceuticals removal in anaerobic membrane bioreactor.

The addition of conductive materials to the anaerobic digestion bioreactor was suggested to enhance microbial activity. In the present work, an anaerobic membrane bioreactor treating municipal wastewater was operated for 385 days. The impact of different graphene oxide concentrations on the removal target pharmaceuticals and microbial community dynamics was investigated.

Enhanced methane production kinetics by graphene oxide in fed-batch tests.

The study aims to prove that the addition of graphene oxide (GO) improves anaerobic digestion (AD) kinetic performance. Classical batch tests were modified to a fed-batch strategy at four GO levels while using two substrates (glucose and microcrystalline cellulose (MCC)). First-order and modified Gompertz models were respectively applied to evaluate the kinetic performance.

A microsieve-based filtration process for combined sewer overflow treatment with nutrient control: Modeling and experimental studies.

Combined sewer overflows contain a highly variable, wide range of contaminants, both in particulate and soluble form, making conventional water treatment processes unable to offer adequate public health protection. In this study, an integrated treatment process designed to simultaneously remove typical combined sewer overflow pollutants (suspended solids, chemical oxygen depends, turbidity) in conjunction with nutrient (nitrogen and phosphorus), was developed. The removal of particulates as well as dissolved nitrogen and phosphorus was achieved by first adsorbing soluble pollutants on zeolite and powdered activated carbon, and subsequently applying filtration carried out by polymer-enhanced microsieving.