Acid-mediated hydrothermal treatment of sewage sludge for nutrient recovery
Hydrothermal carbonization allows material valorization and energy recovery from wet biomass waste. In this study, the hydrothermal treatment of dewatered waste-activated sludge (DWAS) was evaluated at several temperatures (170–230 °C) and reaction times (5–60 min) in an acid-free medium or in media...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2022 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad Autónoma de Madrid |
| Repositorio: | Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/703407 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10486/703407 https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156494 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Biofuel Biomass treatment Hydrothermal carbonization Nutrients and energy recovery Waste-activated sludge Química |
| Sumario: | Hydrothermal carbonization allows material valorization and energy recovery from wet biomass waste. In this study, the hydrothermal treatment of dewatered waste-activated sludge (DWAS) was evaluated at several temperatures (170–230 °C) and reaction times (5–60 min) in an acid-free medium or in media such as citric acid or HCl (0.1–0.5 mol/L). Compared with the DWAS, an increase in the fixed carbon content (>45 wt%) and heating value (18.9–22.9 MJ/kg) was observed in the hydrochar; however, their ash content remained high, which is the main drawback hindering their direct use as a biofuel. The addition of acids during hydrothermal treatment favored the solubilization of N and P in the process water, which required strict control of the reaction time to avoid the recrystallization of P in the hydrochar. Under optimum operating conditions (230 °C, 15 min, 0.5 mol/L HCl), 94 % of P (as of PO4) and almost 100 % of N (14 % as NH4-N) present in the feedstock were concentrated in the process water |
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