Converting sludge into a valuable product – biochar

• Main Author: Mak, Nicole Xiu Ting
• Other Authors: Zhou Yan
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Environmental engineering::Waste management
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/158807
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Production of sludge during wastewater treatment processes poses a major challenge due to its large production volume and presence of hazardous substances, like heavy metals (HMs) and pathogens. It is conventionally dewatered to be incinerated and the ashes are disposed of in landfills. However, rat...