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Recent Accomplishments

  • Energy Recovery from Municipal Wastewater (2021-22)

    Project completed with Interdisciplinary Research Center for Refining & Advanced Chemicals (IRC-RAC), King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

    Summary:MWS management and disposal, on the other hand, are faced with financial and environmental difficulties. Treatment of sludge onsite for energy recovery is one potential alternative to traditional sludge management. As a result, recovering energy from MWS is critical. Chemical conversion (catalytic transesterification and esterification), thermochemical conversion (combustion, pyrolysis, and gasification), biochemical conversion (anaerobic digestion, fermentation, and enzymatic catalytic esterification-transesterification), and electrochemical conversion are some of the most commonly used energy recovery techniques. Biodiesel, lipid, charcoal, biooil, biogas, syngas, hydrogen, bioethanol, and bio-solids can all be used to extract energy. MWS is a lipid and phospholipid source that can be utilized to make biodiesel. Furthermore, the non-lipid portion of MWS has a chemical makeup that is similar to that of agro-based waste and can be used to make additional fuels and chemicals. The production process, features, and treatment methods of MWS were investigated in this study. It also highlighted current research trends in sludge usage systems for energy recovery.