ReviewBioengineering (Basel, Switzerland)2020
Up-Flow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket (UASB) Technology for Energy Recovery: A Review on State-of-the-Art and Recent Technological Advances.
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- Applications of Up-Flow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket (UASB) and Characteristics of Its Microbial Community: A Review of Bibliometric Trend and Recent Findings.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Effects of Chemical Composition on Anaerobic Digestion Kinetics of Sugar Beet Pulp: Gompertz and Two-Fraction Kinetic Modelling.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Toward energy self-sufficiency in small municipal wastewater treatment plants: assessment of energy recovery potential, process economic balance, and greenhouse gas avoidance.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2026Article
- Influence of Photoperiod on Membrane Fouling Reported in a Membrane Photobioreactor for Reclamation of Anaerobic Effluent.ACS ES&T water · 2026Article
- Film and Diffusion Kinetics of Ammonium Removal from Leachate in an Up-Flow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket Reactor.ACS omega · 2026Article
- Carboxylic Acid Production from Organic Waste: Integrating Substrate Composition, Reactor Configuration, Inoculum, and Future Perspectives.Biotech (Basel (Switzerland)) · 2026Review
- Cost and Carbon Implications of Industrial Organic Load Reduction across Water Resource Recovery Facility Typologies.Environmental science & technology · 2026Article
- Enhancing Anaerobic Digestion of Agricultural By-Products: Insights and Future Directions in Microaeration.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Enhancement of the start-up and performance of an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor using electrochemically-enriched biofilm.Enzyme and microbial technology · 2025Article
- The Fate of Contaminants of Emerging Concern in an Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket Reactor Coupled with Constructed Wetlands for Decentralized Domestic Wastewater Treatment.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- A Review of the Valorization of Dairy Industry Wastes through Thermochemical, Biological, and Integrated Processes for Value-Added Products.Food science of animal resources · 2025Review
- Biofilm application for anaerobic digestion: a systematic review and an industrial scale case.Biotechnology for biofuels and bioproducts · 2024Review
- Performance evaluation of a brewery wastewater treatment plant: A case of Heineken Brewery, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Enhancing synthetic vinasse treatment efficiency using an integrated UASB-Modified Bardenpho Process.Bioresources and bioprocessing · 2024Article
- Prioritization of Early-Stage Research and Development of a Hydrogel-Encapsulated Anaerobic Technology for Distributed Treatment of High Strength Organic Wastewater.Environmental science & technology · 2024Article
- Resources recovery from domestic wastewater by a combined process: anaerobic digestion and membrane photobioreactor.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2024Article
- Microbial Ecology of Granular Biofilm Technologies for Wastewater Treatment: A Review.Microorganisms · 2024Review
- Assessment of the Feasibility of Converting the Liquid Fraction Separated from Fruit and Vegetable Waste in a UASB Digester.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Performance evaluation and kinetic modeling of an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket septic tank for domestic wastewater treatment.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2021Article
- Enhancement of Bioreactor Performance Using Acclimatised Seed Sludge in Anaerobic Treatment of Chicken Slaughterhouse Wastewater: Laboratory Achievement, Energy Recovery, and Its Commercial-Scale Potential.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2021Article
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Abstract
Up-flow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor belongs to high-rate systems, able to perform anaerobic reaction at reduced hydraulic retention time, if compared to traditional digesters. In this review, the most recent advances in UASB reactor applications are critically summarized and discussed, with outline on the most critical aspects for further possible future developments. Beside traditional anaerobic treatment of soluble and biodegradable substrates, research is actually focusing on the treatment of refractory and slowly degradable matrices, thanks to an improved understanding of microbial community composition and reactor hydrodynamics, together with utilization of powerful modeling tools. Innovative approaches include the use of UASB reactor for nitrogen removal, as well as for hydrogen and volatile fatty acid production. Co-digestion of complementary substrates available in the same territory is being extensively studied to increase biogas yield and provide smooth continuous operations in a circular economy perspective. Particular importance is being given to decentralized treatment, able to provide electricity and heat to local users with possible integration with other renewable energies. Proper pre-treatment application increases biogas yield, while a successive post-treatment is needed to meet required effluent standards, also from a toxicological perspective. An increased full-scale application of UASB technology is desirable to achieve circular economy and sustainability scopes, with efficient biogas exploitation, fulfilling renewable energy targets and green-house gases emission reduction, in particular in tropical countries, where limited reactor heating is required.
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