Volatile fatty acids platform from thermally hydrolysed secondary sewage sludge enhanced through recovered micronutrients from digested sludge
- Submitting institution
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University of South Wales / Prifysgol De Cymru
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 1734183
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1016/j.watres.2016.05.030
- Title of journal
- Water Research
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- First page
- 267
- Volume
- 100
- Issue
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- ISSN
- 0043-1354
- Open access status
- Deposit exception
- Month of publication
- September
- Year of publication
- 2016
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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4
- Research group(s)
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A - Sustainable Environment Research Centre
- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- Digestates are used in agriculture with challenges due to nutrient excess and are undervalued; but could be important biocatalysts. Extracellular-polymeric-substances and microbial-cytoplasmic-contents holding inorganic ions/organic products enhanced anaerobic metabolisms >27% and led to other projects: WG-SMART-CIRCLE (8 partners £900-grant, >£2.0M-partner-contributions); and ERDF-BEACON-Digestate biorefining £200k, KESS PhD-Welshwater £65k, a pilot trial project £55k with Welshwater/Ultrawaves. The later results elucidated metal interactions, leading to 30%+ biogas. Implementation (4.5MW-plant) could result in >£1.2M/yr additional-income. Knowledge developed supported the PCT/GB2015/054176-filed-patent, the BEIS-Biogrid-Project on energy storage and has fed into BEIS-Energy-Innovation-Assessment-Innovation-2019 (Biomass/Bioenergy) and via the European Biogas Association into the EU-Taxonomy for Sustainable Activities.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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