title: Zero valent iron significantly enhances methane production from waste activated sludge by improving biochemical methane potential rather than hydrolysis rate.
abstract: Anaerobic digestion has been widely applied for waste activated sludge (WAS) treatment. However, methane production from anaerobic digestion of WAS is usually limited by the slow hydrolysis rate and/or poor biochemical methane potential of WAS. This work systematically studied the effects of three different types of zero valent iron (i.e., iron powder, clean scrap and rusty scrap) on methane production from WAS in anaerobic digestion, by using both experimental and mathematical approaches. The results demonstrated that both the clean and the rusty iron scrap were more effective than the iron powder for improving methane production from WAS. Model-based analysis showed that ZVI addition significantly enhanced methane production from WAS through improving the biochemical methane potential of WAS rather than its hydrolysis rate. Economic analysis indicated that the ZVI-based technology for enhancing methane production from WAS is economically attractive, particularly considering that iron scrap can be freely acquired from industrial waste. Based on these results, the ZVI-based anaerobic digestion process of this work could be easily integrated with the conventional chemical phosphorus removal process in wastewater treatment plant to form a cost-effective and environment-friendly approach, enabling maximum resource recovery/reuse while achieving enhanced methane production in wastewater treatment system.
authors: Advanced Water Management Centre, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia.
authors: Yiwen
authors: Y
authors: Liu
authors: Advanced Water Management Centre, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia.
authors: Qilin
authors: Q
authors: Wang
authors: Key Laboratory of Industrial Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Ministry of Education, School of Environmental Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China.
authors: Yaobin
authors: Y
authors: Zhang
authors: Advanced Water Management Centre, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia.
authors: Bing-Jie
authors: BJ
authors: Ni
mesh_terms: D006868:Hydrolysis; D007501:Iron; D008697:Methane; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012722:Sewage; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid
chemical_list: D012722:Sewage; D007501:Iron; D008697:Methane
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