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Influence of Continuous Flow Microwave Pre-Treatment on Anaerobic Digestion of Secondary Thickened Sludge for Sustainable Energy Recovery in Sewage Treatment Plant

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dc.contributor.authorHephzibah D.en_US
dc.contributor.authorKumaran P.en_US
dc.contributor.authorSaifuddin N.M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorid57016785600en_US
dc.contributor.authorid56803626200en_US
dc.contributor.authorid22135844300en_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-29T06:12:10Z
dc.date.available2023-05-29T06:12:10Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.descriptionAnaerobic digestion; Biogas; Chemical oxygen demand; Energy conservation; Fatty acids; Irradiation; Microwave irradiation; Microwaves; River pollution; Secondary recovery; Sewage sludge; Sewage treatment plants; Volatile fatty acids; Biogas production; Biogas quantities; Continuous flows; Irradiation time; Microwave power levels; Pre-Treatment; Soluble chemical oxygen demands; Sustainable energy; Sludge digestion; anoxic conditions; biogas; chemical oxygen demand; concentration (composition); digestibility; experimental study; fatty acid; irradiation; pollutant removal; power generation; sewage; sewage treatment; sludge; solubilityen_US
dc.description.abstractThis work elucidates the effects of pre-treatment of secondary thickened sludge (STS) for enhancement of biogas production that has great potential to generate energy for the utilization of the sewage treatment plant (STP) itself. Microwave pre-treatment has been adopted for this study. Experiment works have been designed and conducted to examine the effectiveness of continuous flow microwave pre-treatment on the solubility of STS, digestibility of STS and biogas production at a power level of 80 W for 5, 10 and 15 minutes. A few characteristics of the sewage sludge were monitored daily to identify the effect of pre-treatment on the sludge. The soluble chemical oxygen demand (SCOD)/total chemical oxygen demand (TCOD) ratio increased by 0.1, 1.0 and 1.8%, while the volatile fatty acids (VFA) concentration of the pre-treated sludge improved by 4.4, 5.1, 5.9% at the irradiation time of 5, 10 and 15 minutes, respectively at a microwave power level of 80 W. Besides that, the digestate also indicates that the pre-treated sludge undergoes efficient VS removal and TCOD removal after anaerobic digestion compared to the untreated sludge. Moreover, the biogas quantity increased by an average of 19.2, 24.1 and 32.2% in 5, 10 and 15 minutes irradiation time respectively compared to the untreated sludge. The additional quantity of biogas generated has shown a great potential for sustainable energy generation that can be utilized internally by the STP.en_US
dc.description.natureFinalen_US
dc.identifier.ArtNo12004
dc.identifier.doi10.1088/1755-1315/32/1/012004
dc.identifier.issue1
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-84966569818
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dc.identifier.urihttps://irepository.uniten.edu.my/handle/123456789/22774
dc.identifier.volume32
dc.publisherInstitute of Physics Publishingen_US
dc.relation.ispartofAll Open Access, Gold
dc.sourceScopus
dc.sourcetitleIOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
dc.titleInfluence of Continuous Flow Microwave Pre-Treatment on Anaerobic Digestion of Secondary Thickened Sludge for Sustainable Energy Recovery in Sewage Treatment Planten_US
dc.typeConference Paperen_US
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