Mapping Cellulose Content and Degradability in Water Resource Recovery Facilities: European and North-American Case Studies

Ahmed Shawki Ahmed; Gholamreza Bahreini; Dang Ho; Coos Wessels; Pim Marcelis; Mark C.M. van Loosdrecht; Elsayed Elbeshbishy; Diego Rosso; Domenico Santoro; Nakhla George

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Mapping Cellulose Content and Degradability in Water Resource Recovery Facilities: European and North-American Case Studies

Ahmed Shawki Ahmed, Gholamreza Bahreini, Dang Ho, Coos Wessels, Pim Marcelis, Mark C.M. van Loosdrecht, Elsayed Elbeshbishy, Diego Rosso, Domenico Santoro, Nakhla George

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Cellulose in municipal wastewater is a potential resource that can be recovered from wastewater through a physical separation . This study aimed at tracking the cellulose contents in the wastewater treatment facilities by collecting samples from two treatment plants in North America and Europe. Cellulose was measured using the gravimetrically-based Schweitzer method. The influent cellulose accounted for 33% and 31% of the TSS for the North American and European plants, respectively. Cellulose was removed more efficiently than TSS in both primary clarification and RBF. The cellulose content of the rotating belt filter (RBF) sludge was 35% of the TSS which was higher than the cellulose content of the primary sludge (17% of the TSS). Cellulose in the biological sludges accounted for 1.4% and 2% of the TSS for North American and European plants, respectively, suggesting that most of the influent cellulose to the secondary treatment was degraded.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation, WEFTEC 2018
Editors	A. Soares
Publisher	Water Environment Federation
Pages	98-105
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2175/193864718825138178
Publication status	Published - 2018
Event	WEFTEC 2018 - New Orleans, United States Duration: 29 Sept 2018 → 3 Oct 2018

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Conference	WEFTEC 2018
Country/Territory	United States
City	New Orleans
Period	29/09/18 → 3/10/18

Keywords

Biological Sludge
Cellulose
Primary Clarifier
Rotating belt filters
Wastewater

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Ahmed, A. S., Bahreini, G., Ho, D., Wessels, C., Marcelis, P., van Loosdrecht, M. C. M., Elbeshbishy, E., Rosso, D., Santoro, D., & George, N. (2018). Mapping Cellulose Content and Degradability in Water Resource Recovery Facilities: European and North-American Case Studies. In A. Soares (Ed.), Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation, WEFTEC 2018 (pp. 98-105). Water Environment Federation. https://doi.org/10.2175/193864718825138178

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Mapping Cellulose Content and Degradability in Water Resource Recovery Facilities: European and North-American Case Studies. / Ahmed, Ahmed Shawki; Bahreini, Gholamreza; Ho, Dang et al.
Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation, WEFTEC 2018. ed. / A. Soares. Water Environment Federation, 2018. p. 98-105.

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