Utilization of sewage sludge in EU application of old and new methods—A review

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Utilization of sewage sludge in EU application of old and new methods—A review

D. Fytili¹, Anastasia Zabaniotou¹•Institutions (1)

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki¹

01 Jan 2008-Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews (Pergamon)-Vol. 12, Iss: 1, pp 116-140

TL;DR: In this article, the authors review past and future trends in sludge handling, focusing mainly at thermal processes (e.g. pyrolysis, wet oxidation, gasification) and the utilization of sewage sludge in cement manufacture as a co-fuel.

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Abstract: The European Union has made progress in dealing with municipal wastewater in individual countries and as a corporate entity. However, it intends to make still further and substantial progress over the next 15 years. Currently, the most widely available options in the EU are the agriculture utilization, the waste disposal sites, the land reclamation and restoration, the incineration and other novel uses. The selection of an option on a local basis reflects local or national, cultural, historical, geographical, legal, political and economic circumstances. The degree of flexibility varies from country to country. In any case sludge treatment and disposal should always be considered as an integral part of treatment of wastewater. There is a wide range of other uses for sludge, which exploit its energy or chemical content, namely the thermal processes. The present paper sought to review past and future trends in sludge handling, focusing mainly at thermal processes (e.g. pyrolysis, wet oxidation, gasification) and the utilization of sewage sludge in cement manufacture as a co-fuel.

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Changes imposed by pyrolysis, thermal gasification and incineration on composition and phosphorus fertilizer quality of municipal sewage sludge.

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Tobias Pape Thomsen, Zsuzsa Sárossy, Jesper Ahrenfeldt, Ulrik Birk Henriksen, Flemming Frandsen, Dorette Sophie Müller-Stöver¹ - Show less +2 more•Institutions (1)

University of Copenhagen¹

01 Aug 2017-Journal of Environmental Management

TL;DR: The high P fertilizer value in the best substrate is suggested to be a function of several different mechanisms including structural surface changes and improvements in the association of P to especially magnesium, calcium and aluminum.

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...The P-fertilizer quality of sewage sludge has in some cases been found to be as good as mineral P-fertilizers but especially the use of Al-, Fe- and Ca-based precipitation chemicals can reduce the P fertilizer quality (Fytili and Zabaniotou, 2008; Kahiluoto et al., 2015; Krogstad et al., 2005; Richardson et al., 2011; Singh and Agrawal, 2008; Suciu et al., 2015)....
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...…byproduct from municipal wastewater treatment which can be considered as a valuable by-product or as a problematic waste, depending on local politics, available handling options, and the quality of the MSS (Fytili and Zabaniotou, 2008; Hukari et al., 2016; Kelessidis and Stasinakis, 2012)....
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...For this reason, composting or direct application of MSS on farm soil or in landscaping has been practiced intensively in the past (Fytili and Zabaniotou, 2008)....
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...2 developments in the knowledge about the potential harmful effects of this practice related to food production and ground water quality (Fytili and Zabaniotou, 2008; Krüger et al., 2014)....
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...…to be as good as mineral P-fertilizers but especially the use of Al-, Fe- and Ca-based precipitation chemicals can reduce the P fertilizer quality (Fytili and Zabaniotou, 2008; Kahiluoto et al., 2015; Krogstad et al., 2005; Richardson et al., 2011; Singh and Agrawal, 2008; Suciu et al., 2015)....
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Anaerobic treatment of low-strength wastewater: a comparison between single and staged anaerobic fluidized bed membrane bioreactors.

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Jae-Ho Bae¹, Chungheon Shin¹, Eun Young Lee¹, Jeonghwan Kim¹, Perry L. McCarty², Perry L. McCarty¹ - Show less +2 more•Institutions (2)

Inha University¹, Stanford University²

01 Aug 2014-Bioresource Technology

TL;DR: Results of bulk liquid suspended solids, extracellular polymeric substances (EPS), and soluble microbial products (SMP) analyses revealed no significant differences between the two systems, indicating the single AFMBR is an effective alternative to the SAF-MBR system.

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...Also, the difficulty and cost of disposal of the sludges associated with the typical aerobic wastewater treatment processes requires more creative solutions (Fytili and Zabaniotou, 2008; Rulkens, 2008; Murray et al., 2008; Yang et al., 2010)....
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Air and air-steam gasification of sewage sludge. The influence of dolomite and throughput in tar production and composition

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Elena Roche¹, Juan Manuel de Andrés¹, Adolfo Narros¹, María Encarnación Rodríguez¹•Institutions (1)

Technical University of Madrid¹

01 Jan 2014-Fuel

TL;DR: In this paper, the influence of throughput (TR), steam and the use of dolomite (as primary catalyst) over the sewage sludge gasification products was investigated in an atmospheric fluidized bed reactor using air and air+ steam as gasifying agents.

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Leaching behavior of heavy metals from sewage sludge solidified by cement-based binders

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Fanyong Song¹, Lin Gu¹, Nanwen Zhu¹, Haiping Yuan¹•Institutions (1)

Shanghai Jiao Tong University¹

01 Jul 2013-Chemosphere

TL;DR: Acid-assisted S/S product showed lower De values and leaching tendency from TCLP test results for all the selected heavy metals (Ni, Cu, Zn and Pb) compared to traditional S/s product using the same binders.

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Sanitation for Unserved Populations: Technologies, Implementation Challenges, and Opportunities

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Kara L. Nelson¹, Ashley Murray¹•Institutions (1)

University of California, Berkeley¹

16 Oct 2008-Annual Review of Environment and Resources

TL;DR: In this paper, a review of existing sanitation technologies is presented, from simple latrines to advanced wastewater treatment, with specific attention to characteristics that affect long-term performance, including user preferences and demand, costs and financing, and institutional capacity.

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Abstract: The global population without complete sanitation services is enormous; it includes those without access to basic, household-level sanitation (2.6 billion) as well as those without adequate collection, treatment, and disposal or reuse of their waste. The main goals of a complete sanitation system are to protect human health and the environment and to recover valuable resources from waste (e.g., water, nutrients, energy). The needs of households and the larger community vary dramatically among the unserved population, as do the financial and institutional resources available to provide sanitation services. Thus, a wide range of technologies is needed that can be adapted to each particular situation. In this chapter, existing sanitation technologies are reviewed, from simple latrines to advanced wastewater treatment, with specific attention to characteristics that affect long-term performance. In addition, the context in which sanitation projects are implemented is discussed, including user preferences and demand, costs and financing, and institutional capacity.

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...Using conventional technologies, sludge is typically generated at a rate of 1 dry ton/10,000 person equivalents (79)....
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TL;DR: In this article, a review of the current and future issues related to the combustion of sewage sludge is presented, and a number of technologies for thermal processing of sludge are discussed in three groups, i.e., mono-combustion, cocombustions and alternative processes.

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...Multiple hearth and fluidized bed furnaces are the most popular and the latter is becoming widely applied [24]....
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