Grant: Collaborative Research and Development Grants
Ryerson University
$39,050.00
Intensification of fermentation and anaerobic digestion processes for resource recovery from municipal wastes_x000d_
EF 2020-21
Résumé
Resource recovery from waste has become a popular strategy for capturing of value added products and thus, interest and research are focused on technologies that can support these waste-to-value initiatives. Anaerobic digestion (AD) is the most widely used stabilization process for municipal sewage sludge. In addition to sludge reduction during AD, methane gas can be recovered. However, hydrolysis of particulate organics remains a significant challenge for conventional AD. Therefore, effective and economic pre-treatment techniques are required. on the other hand, volatile fatty acids (VFAs) that produced by dark fermentation have a high market demand as they are used extensively in the pharmaceutical, food, and chemical industries. The main challenge of VFAs production is recovering them from waste streams after it get produced.
The main two objectives of this proposal are: (a) evaluate the effect of combined free nitrous acids and hydrogen peroxide pre-treatment on the anaerobic digestibility of thickened waste activated sludge, (b) investigate the feasibility of combining fermentation process with intensification by vacuum pressure.
Programme
Collaborative Research and Development Grants
Bénéficiaire
Emplacement
Ontario, Canada
Type de bénéficiaire
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
Tel que publié
Application id
537601-2018
Name nom
Elbeshbishy, Elsayed
Department département
Civil Engineering
Organization id
43
Institution établissement
Ryerson University
Province en
Ontario
Province fr
Ontario
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2020
Competition year année de concours
2018
Award amount
39050
Program id
CRDPJ
Program name en
Collaborative Research and Development Grants
Program name fr
Subventions de recherche et développement coopérative
Group en
Research partnerships programs
Group fr
Programmes de partenariat
Committee code
96
Committee name en
RPP Internal Decision Cttee
Committee name fr
Cté de décision interne - PPR
Area of application code
1002
Area of application group en
Northern development
Area of application group fr
Développement du nord
Area of application en
Environment
Area of application fr
Environnement
Research subject code
1502
Research subject group en
Environmental engineering
Research subject group fr
Génie de l'environnement
Research subject en
Waste water treatment
Research subject fr
Traitement des eaux usées
Installment
inst:2 - 2
Partie
1
Nb partie
2
Application title
Intensification of fermentation and anaerobic digestion processes for resource recovery from municipal wastes_x000d_
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
Resource recovery from waste has become a popular strategy for capturing of value added products and thus, interest and research are focused on technologies that can support these waste-to-value initiatives. Anaerobic digestion (AD) is the most widely used stabilization process for municipal sewage sludge. In addition to sludge reduction during AD, methane gas can be recovered. However, hydrolysis of particulate organics remains a significant challenge for conventional AD. Therefore, effective and economic pre-treatment techniques are required. on the other hand, volatile fatty acids (VFAs) that produced by dark fermentation have a high market demand as they are used extensively in the pharmaceutical, food, and chemical industries. The main challenge of VFAs production is recovering them from waste streams after it get produced.
The main two objectives of this proposal are: (a) evaluate the effect of combined free nitrous acids and hydrogen peroxide pre-treatment on the anaerobic digestibility of thickened waste activated sludge, (b) investigate the feasibility of combining fermentation process with intensification by vacuum pressure.
