Enhanced hydrolysis of waste activated sludge and recovery of volatile fatty acids: Performance and mechanistic analysis of synergistic treatment with sodium citrate and calcium oxide.

Anaerobic fermentation has emerged as a promising method of transforming waste activated sludge into high-value products (e.g., volatile fatty acids (VFAs)).

Effect of enrichment conditions of secondary feeding on the synthesis of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) by activated sludge.

Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are biodegradable plastics with great performance and development prospects. However, their traditional anaerobic/aerobic enrichment process requires a high concentration of dissolved oxygen (DO), resulting in high energy consumption. In this study, an anaerobic/oxygen-limited with secondary feeding enrichment mode was used to enhance the synthesis of PHAs while reducing energy consumption.

Optimization of activated sludge polyhydroxyalkanoates(PHAs) synthesis system by performing sludge activity recovery experiments and varying the initial sludge concentration.

Polyhydroxyalkanoates(PHAs) are considered a good alternative to petroleum-based plastics because of their good biodegradability and biocompatibility. The synthesis of PHAs using activated sludge can not only solve the problem of the high cost of pure cultures but also improve the utilization value of activated sludge. In this study, sludge activity recovery experiments were firstly conducted and the effects of different initial sludge concentrations on the activated sludge PHAs synthesis system were further investigated.

Chemical digestion method to promote activated sludge cell wall breaking and optimize the polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) extraction process.

A novel protocol for the recovery of PHA from mixed-cultures proposed. In this experiment, activated sludge for PHA synthesis was investigated and a two-stage chemical digestion method was used for activated sludge to improve the yield of PHA. The highest PHA extraction combination that could be obtained in this experiment was sodium hypochlorite(NaClO) plus sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), and the optimal concentration of NaClO solution was 25 % (v/v), and the ratio of the dry weight of activated sludge to SDS was 1:2.

Effects of ultrasound on invasive golden mussel Limnoperna fortunei mortality and tissue lesions.

Biofouling by the invasive golden mussel Limnoperna fortunei deleteriously affects artificial water systems, but few effective, environmentally friendly antifouling strategies exist. We propose ultrasound for control of this invasive mussel and report minimum exposure times to kill juveniles and adults at ultrasonic powers ranging 300-600 W from a fixed distance of 8.5 cm.