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Fall 2020

Gao, Mengjiao

New sanitation is developed based on wastewater source-diversion and on-site treatment to maximize resource recovery from domestic wastewater. Blackwater stream collected from toilets is rich in organics and nutrients, and the rest greywater stream contains major water content. The primary...

Spring 2019

Barua, Sajib

Direct interspecies electron transfer (DIET) is the recently discovered microbial syntropy between bacteria and methanogens in anaerobic digestion process that can accelerate the syntrophic conversion of various reduced organic compounds into methane through cell-to-cell electron transfer coupled...

Spring 2023

Yu, Najiaowa

Anaerobic digestion has been considered as a sustainable technology to treat a wide range of organic wastes and to recovery value-added products such as methane and fatty acids. However, several factors such as low temperature and high solids content of substrates would lead to the imbalance of...

Spring 2023

Zhang, Yingdi

Anaerobic digestion (AD) is an effective and economical technology that can convert organic pollutants to biomethane, playing a pivotal role in resource recovery and greenhouse gas emission control. However, the anaerobic treatment of municipal sewage under psychrophilic conditions faces...

Spring 2017

Arab, Golnaz

Interest in organic waste treatment has increased in recent years due to growing rate of organic waste generation. Implementing biotransformation technologies helps to divert organic waste from landfill, reduce greenhouse gas emission, and produce valuable final products. This research was...

Fall 2024

Tatla, Harveen Kaur

Given the volume of sewage sludge produced worldwide, efficient waste management and energy recovery techniques are essential. Anaerobic digestion (AD) and hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) are viable avenues for the valorization of sewage sludge. Their combination produces a synergistic framework...

Fall 2022

Haffiez, Nervana

Antibiotic-related contaminants have recently been detected globally in natural and engineered ecosystems. Due to high concentrations of residual antibiotics in wastewater and organic feedstocks used for anaerobic digestion (AD), wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) and sludge are substantial...

Spring 2017

Ullah, Mohammad

Alberta’s food processing industry is the second largest food waste producer after the household sector. Most of the waste currently produced by the food processing industry is landfilled. Decomposing landfill waste emits greenhouse gases (GHG), which contribute to global warming. We estimated...

Spring 2023

Yuan, Yiyang

The anaerobic treatment of wastewater is considered a promising technology for simultaneous organic matter removal and energy recovery. Compared to aerobic digestion, anaerobic digestion conserves energy and is cost-effective in handling high-strength wastewater and wastes. However, the high...