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LAPSE:2023.32857
Co-Management of Sewage Sludge and Other Organic Wastes: A Scandinavian Case Study
Clara Fernando-Foncillas, Maria M. Estevez, Hinrich Uellendahl, Cristiano Varrone
April 20, 2023
Wastewater and sewage sludge contain organic matter that can be valorized through conversion into energy and/or green chemicals. Moreover, resource recovery from these wastes has become the new focus of wastewater management, to develop more sustainable processes in a circular economy approach. The aim of this review was to analyze current sewage sludge management systems in Scandinavia with respect to resource recovery, in combination with other organic wastes. As anaerobic digestion (AD) was found to be the common sludge treatment approach in Scandinavia, different available organic municipal and industrial wastes were identified and compared, to evaluate the potential for expanding the resource recovery by anaerobic co-digestion. Additionally, a full-scale case study of co-digestion, as strategy for optimization of the anaerobic digestion treatment, was presented for each country, together with advanced biorefinery approaches to wastewater treatment and resource recovery.
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anaerobic digestion, biorefinery, co-digestion, organic waste, resource recovery, sewage sludge, waste management, Wastewater
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Fernando-Foncillas C, Estevez MM, Uellendahl H, Varrone C. Co-Management of Sewage Sludge and Other Organic Wastes: A Scandinavian Case Study. (2023). LAPSE:2023.32857
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Fernando-Foncillas C: Section for Sustainable Biotechnology, Aalborg University Copenhagen, A.C. Meyers Vænge 15, 2450 Copenhagen, Denmark
Estevez MM: Aquateam COWI, Karvesvingen 2, 0579 Oslo, Norway
Uellendahl H: Faculty of Mechanical and Process Engineering and Maritime Technologies, Flensburg University of Applied Sciences, Kanzleistr. 91−93, 24943 Flensburg, Germany
Varrone C: Section for Sustainable Biotechnology, Aalborg University Copenhagen, A.C. Meyers Vænge 15, 2450 Copenhagen, Denmark [ORCID]
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Energies
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14
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12
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3411
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2021
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2021-06-09
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1996-1073
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