Nitrite and free nitrous acid sludge pre-treatments to enhance methane production in continuous anaerobic digestion: Comparing process performance and associated costs.

Secondary sludge pre-treatment with free nitrous acid (FNA) has been proven to enhance methane production during anaerobic digestion. However, it is still unclear if the same enhancement can be achieved only using nitrite, without sludge acidification. In this paper, secondary sludge was pre-treated during 5 h with nitrite within the range of 50-250 mg NO-N/L at neutral pH (6.

Biogas upgrading, CO valorisation and economic revaluation of bioelectrochemical systems through anodic chlorine production in the framework of wastewater treatment plants.

Biogas production in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) plays a decisive role in the reduction of CO emissions and energy needs in the context of the water-energy nexus. The biogas obtained from sewage sludge digestion can be converted into biomethane by the use of biogas upgrading technologies. In this regard, an innovative water scrubbing based technology, known as ABAD Bioenergy® is presented and considered in this work.

Optimization of free nitrous acid pre-treatment on waste activated sludge.

The effectiveness of the Free Nitrous Acid (FNA) sludge treatment was tested in the range from 0 to 3.0 mg N-HNO/L with acidified and neutral pH. 4 h pre-treatment times were used and the specific methane production (SMP) investigated.