We can't find the internet
Attempting to reconnect
Something went wrong!
Hang in there while we get back on track
Enhancing volatile fatty acid production from sewage sludge in batch fermentation tests
Summary
This paper is not directly about microplastics; it compares four pre-treatment methods for sewage sludge to optimize the production of volatile fatty acids through acidogenic fermentation, finding potassium permanganate treatment most effective — relevant to wastewater resource recovery.
Volatile fatty acids (VFA) from sewage sludge represent an excellent recovered resource from wastewater treatment. This study investigated four sludge pre-treatments (namely, potassium permanganate - KMnO<sub>4</sub>, initial pH = 10, initial pH = 2.5 and low-temperature thermal hydrolysis) by operating batch reactors under acidogenic fermentation conditions. Results revealed that 0.1 g KMnO<sub>4</sub>/g of total suspended solids represents the best pre-treatment obtaining up to 2713 mgCOD L<sup>-1</sup> and 452 mgCOD/g of volatile suspended solids. These results also paralleled metataxonomic analysis highlighting changes in prokaryotic microbial structures of sewage sludge of the batch fermentations subjected to the different pre-treatments.
Sign in to start a discussion.