Industrial and Municipal Sludge, Second Edition systematically addresses key aspects and pressing issues related to sludge management within the wastewater and sludge treatment industries, with the intent of aligning them more closely with global, sustainable development endeavors. This timely revision highlights technological advancements and current trends in cutting-edge sludge management methods and resource recovery strategies, providing valuable insights into innovative solutions that can also significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions and support a circular economy. The volume also features a host of case studies from different regions and industry contexts that illustrate adaptability and scalability of sludge management techniques.
The updated coverage doesn’t overlook the challenges that the field faces, such as high costs, equipment limitations, regulatory hurdles, health and safety concerns, and public acceptance. Ultimately, the book functions as a platform for multidisciplinary perspectives and best-practice approaches to drive viable change in industrial and municipal operations alike.
The updated coverage doesn’t overlook the challenges that the field faces, such as high costs, equipment limitations, regulatory hurdles, health and safety concerns, and public acceptance. Ultimately, the book functions as a platform for multidisciplinary perspectives and best-practice approaches to drive viable change in industrial and municipal operations alike.
Table of Contents
Section A. Sludge: Sources and Characterization1. Sludge from wastewater treatment plants
2. Sludge from tannery industries
3. Vermistabilization and detoxification of sugar industry sludges by earthworms
4. Earthworms converting domestic and food industry wastes into biofertilizer
5. Rheological characterization of sludge
Section B. Sludge Management
6. General considerations on industrial and municipal sludge disposal
7. Sanitary and environmental aspects of sewage sludge management
8. Sludge activation, conditioning, and engineering
9. Sludge legislation: Comparison between different countries
10. Biosurfactants for oil recovery from refinery sludge: magnetic nanoparticle-assisted purification
11. Industrial sludge for ceramic products and its benefits for metal stabilization
12. Detoxification of organic sludge from water-treatment plants by active forms of Ca and Si
13. Sludge multifunctions in a phytobiome-Forest and plantation application including microbial aspects
14. Co-composting of sewage sludge and wetland plant material from a constructed wetland treating domestic wastewater
15. Co-processing of sewage sludge in cement kiln
Section C. Contaminants in Sludge and Treatment Strategies
16. Emerging technologies in sewage sludge treatment and disintegration
17. Sludge dewatering: Processes for enhanced performance
18. Emerging contaminants in sludge (endocrine disruptors, pesticides, and pharmaceutical residues, including illicit drugs/controlled substances, etc.)
19. Carbonization of sewage sludge as an adsorbent for organic pollutants
20. Stabilization of cadmium in industrial sludge-Generation of crystalline products
21. Bioleaching for extracting heavy metals from electronic waste sludge
22. Microplastics in sludge
Section D. Valorization of Sludge as a Resource
23. Gasification of sewage sludge
24. From waste to resource: Sorption properties of biological and industrial sludge
25. Phosphorus extraction and sludge dissolution
26. Municipal solid sludge for soil amendment in saline conditions
27. Sludge valorization: A novel approach for treatment and resource recovery to achieve circular economy
28. Thermal processes for sludge valorization: Non-combustion pathways
Section E. Energy Recovery from Sludge
29. Volatile fatty acid yield from sludge anaerobic fermentation through a biotechnological approach
30. Biogas (methane production) and energy recovery from different sludges
31. Biogas production by thermal hydrolysis and thermophilic anaerobic digestion of waste-activated sludge
32. Microbial fuel cell application for sludge remediation and minimization
