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Composting

Composting is a type of aerobic digestion in which sewage sludge is combined with bulking agents such as wood chip, straw or green wastes prior to composting to provide a pasteurised product. The process is a largely static system which is aerated by natural diffusion and is therefore low in energy demand. However, composting is a lengthy process (~6 months) and so employs large land areas.

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Composting features and blogs

HTC/AD integration flowsheet
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Co-processing of sewage digestate by hydrothermal carbonisation

Hydrothermal carbonisation (HTC) can be used to co-process anaerobic digestion (AD) digestate and lignocellulosic (or plant-based) feedstocks to improve the the hydrochar product quality. This AD waste co-processing route has been studied at bench scale. Read article

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