Enhanced Anaerobic Digestion of Sewage Sludge Through the Integration of Thermal Hydrolysis and Bioelectrochemical Anaerobic Digestion.

Chao-Wen Wang, Kai Ling Yu, Cheng-Tang Pan, Cheng-Yuan Hung, Liang-Shan Lee, Boris Tartakovsky

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Chao-Wen WangDepartment of Mechanical and Electro-Mechanical Engineering, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung City 80424, Taiwan.ORCID 0009-0004-2577-4026

Kai Ling YuSchool of Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Sunway University, No. 5, Jalan Universiti, Bandar Sunway 47500, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0002-5971-5401

Cheng-Tang PanDepartment of Mechanical and Electro-Mechanical Engineering, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung City 80424, Taiwan.

Cheng-Yuan HungMetal Industries Research and Development Centre, Kaohsiung City 81160, Taiwan.

Liang-Shan LeeForest Water Environmental Engineering Co., Ltd., No. 668, Yuangang Rd., Nanzi Dist., Kaohsiung City 811, Taiwan.

Boris TartakovskyNational Research Council of Canada, 6100 Royalmount Ave, Montreal, QC H4P 2R2, Canada.

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Abstract

Thermal hydrolysis pretreatment (THP) increases the solubilization of sewage sludge, while bioelectrochemically assisted anaerobic digestion (BEAD) enhances the conversion of the solubilized organic matter into methane and improves reactor stability in the presence of inhibitory compounds. In this study, by mapping methane production in a BEAD reactor against the soluble organic loading rate (sOLR), determined from soluble chemical oxygen demand (sCOD) measurements, distinct operational regimes corresponding to different THP temperatures were identified. With the 120 °C pretreated feedstock, the BEAD reactor operated in a hydrolysis-limited regime, where increasing sOLR increased methane production but reduced conversion efficiency. Accordingly, at an sOLR of 4.5 g (L

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bioelectrochemical anaerobic digestionmethane productionorganic loading ratesewage sludgethermal hydrolysis pretreatment

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PMID41899842

DOI10.3390/bioengineering13030311

PMCPMC13024326

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