Enzymes are used extensively as industrial bio-catalysts in various manufacturing and processing sectors. However, commercial enzymes expensive part due to the high cost of nutrient medium for biomass culture. Activated sludge (AS) is a waste product biological wastewater treatment consists microbial that degrades organic matter by producing substantial quantities hydrolytic enzymes. Recovering...

The present study investigates the influence of individual and combined hydrogen peroxide and thermal pre-treatment of waste activated sludge on anaerobic digestion. For so doing, it employs anaerobic batch reactors in the mesophilic conditions. For comparison, soluble fractions of organic matter, biogas production, biochemical methane potential, removal of chemical oxygen demand (COD), and vol...

Abstact: The aim of the research project was to carry out the co-digestion of organic fraction of solid municipal waste in the form of source separated kitchen waste and sewage sludge. The influence of the kitchen waste as a co-substrate on the stability and efficiency of the process was determined. Mesophilic fermentation (36 ̊C) was conducted for sewage sludge as well as mixtures of sewage slu...

Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) reportedly make up approximately half of the organic matter in activated sludge (AS), and therefore strongly influence AS properties. This study evaluated component fractions EPS normalized to volatile suspended solids (VSS) waste (WAS) from a trickling-filter-solids contact process (TF/SC) its ability biosorb raw wastewater with 30 min time. Biosorption...

Biological treatment of waste water from bulk drug production, contaminated with high levels of fluoroquinolone antibiotics, can lead to massive enrichment of antibiotic resistant bacteria, resistance genes and associated mobile elements, as previously shown. Such strong selection may be boosted by the use of activated sludge (AS) technology, where microbes that are able to thrive on the chemic...