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T1 Assessment of electrooxidation as pre- and post-treatments for improving anaerobic digestion and stabilisation of waste activated sludge
A1 Arenas Sevillano, Cristian Bernabé
A1 González, Ruben
A1 González, Judith
A1 Cara Jiménez, Jorge
A1 Papaharalabos, George
A1 Gómez Barrios, Xiomar Arleth
A1 Martínez, E. Judith
A2 Ingenieria Quimica
K1 Bioquímica
K1 Ecología. Medio ambiente
K1 Ingeniería química
K1 Electrochemical oxidation
K1 Sludge management
K1 Solubilisation
K1 Digestion performance
K1 Dewaterability
K1 FTIR
AB This study evaluates the effects of electro-oxidation as a means for enhancing sludge stabilisation. Boron-doped diamond electrodes were used to treat waste activated sludge and digestate under different operating parameters (current density, conductivity, pH, and time). Electro-oxidation runs affected the solubilisation of organic matter, which seemed to improve anaerobic digestion and dewaterability characteristics.Among the tested parameters, pre-treating sludge via electro-oxidation under alkaline conditions (Treatment T5) resulted in the highest increase in soluble organic material compared to that in the control, with total organic carbon (TOC) and soluble chemical oxygen demand (COD) values of 2753 and 7819 mg L−1, respectively (control TOC and COD values were 385 and 1073 mg L−1). This pretreatment also achieved a high hydrolysis rate (higher concentration in volatile fatty acids) with a concomitant increase in methane yield (approximately 18%). On the other hand, the application of electro-oxidation as a post-treatment for improving digestate dewaterability resulted in noticeable changes in the release of water during drying due to protein and aliphatic matrix modification of the sample.
PB Elsevier
SN 0301-4797
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10612/13542
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10612/13542
NO 8 p.
DS BULERIA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de León
RD 24-abr-2024