Effect of sludge retention time on microbial succession and assembly in thermal hydrolysis pretreated sludge digesters: deterministic versus stochastic processes

• Main Authors: Zhang, Liang, Guo, Kun, Wang, Li, Xu, Ronghua, Lu, Dan, Zhou, Yan
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Environmental engineering; Anaerobic Digestion; Ecological Network
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/161809
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Thermal hydrolysis process (THP) assisted anaerobic digestion (AD) has been demonstrated to be an efficient approach to improve biogas production and solids reduction. Given the faster reaction kinetics in the THP-AD system, reduction of sludge retention time (SRT) is possible. However, a comprehens...