title: Fenton mediated ultrasonic disintegration of sludge biomass: Biodegradability studies, energetic assessment, and its economic viability.
abstract: Mechanical disintegration of sludge through ultrasonication demands high energy and cost. Therefore, in the present study, a comprehensive investigation was performed to analyze the potential of a novel method, fenton mediated sonic disintegration (FSD). In FSD process, extracellular polymeric substance (EPS) of sludge was first removed via fenton treatment. It was subsequently disintegrated via ultrasonication. Energetic assessment and economic analysis were then performed using net energy and cost gain (spent) as key factor to evaluate the practical viability of the FSD process. FSD was found to be superior over sonic disintegration based on its higher sludge solubilization (34.4% vs. 23.2%) and methane production potential (0.3gCOD/gCOD vs. 0.2gCOD/gCOD). Both energy analysis and cost assessment of the present study revealed that FSD could reduce the energy demand of ultrasonication considerably with a positive net profit of about 44.93USD/Ton of sludge.
authors.affiliation: Department of Civil Engineering, Regional Centre of Anna University, Tirunelveli, India.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kavitha
authors.affiliation: Department of Civil Engineering, Regional Centre of Anna University, Tirunelveli, India. Electronic address: rajeshces@gmail.com.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rajesh Banu
authors.affiliation: Department of Civil Engineering, Regional Centre of Anna University, Tirunelveli, India.
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: IvinShaju
authors.affiliation: Department of Civil Engineering, Ponjesly College of Engineering, Nagercoil, India.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kaliappan
authors.affiliation: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Ick Tae
authors.initials: IT
authors.lastname: Yeom
mesh_terms: D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D057919:Biological Oxygen Demand Analysis; D018533:Biomass; D012722:Sewage / Q000737:chemistry*; D013010:Sonication / Q000379:methods*; D014465:Ultrasonics
chemical_list: D012722:Sewage
keywords: Biodegradability; Energetic analysis; Fenton treatment; Sludge biomass; Sonic disintegration