Anaerobic Digestion Processes

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Introduction

   • N. J. Horan

   Pages 1-7

3. Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC) Development from Anaerobic Digestion System

   • Muaz Mohd Zaini Makhtar, Mashitah Mat Don, Husnul Azan Tajarudin

   Pages 9-31

4. Sediment Microbial Fuel Cells in Relation to Anaerobic Digestion Technology

   • Syed Zaghum Abbas, Mohd Rafatullah

   Pages 33-53

5. A Current Review on the Application of Enzymes in Anaerobic Digestion

   • Mariani Rajin

   Pages 55-70

6. Process Simulation of Anaerobic Digestion Process for Municipal Solid Waste Treatment

   • Noorlisa Harun, Wan Hanisah W. Ibrahim, Muhamad Faez Lukman, Muhammad Hafizuddin Mat Yusoff, Nur Fathin Shamirah Daud, Norazwina Zainol

   Pages 71-83

7. Anaerobic Digestion of Screenings for Biogas Recovery

   • N. Wid, N. J. Horan

   Pages 85-103

8. Anaerobic Digestion of Food Waste

   • Md. Mizanur Rahman, Yeoh Shir Lee, Fadzlita Mohd Tamiri, Melvin Gan Jet Hong

   Pages 105-122

9. Overview of Biologically Digested Leachate Treatment Using Adsorption

   • I. Azreen, A. Y. Zahrim

   Pages 123-148

10. Current Progress on Removal of Recalcitrance Coloured Particles from Anaerobically Treated Effluent Using Coagulation–Flocculation

    • A. Y. Zahrim

    Pages 149-163

11. Effect of Seaweed Physical Condition for Biogas Production in an Anaerobic Digester

    • N. Bolong, H. A. Asri, N. M. Ismail, I. Saad

    Pages 165-175

12. Phosphorus Recovery from Anaerobically Digested Liquor of Screenings

    • N. Wid

    Pages 177-182

This book presents new application processes in the context of anaerobic digestion (AD), such as phosphorus recovery, microbial fuel cells (MFCs), and seaweed digestion. In addition, it introduces a new technique for the modeling and optimization of AD processes. Chapters 1 and 2 review AD as a technique for converting a range of organic wastes into biogas, while Chapter 3 discusses the recovery of phosphorus from anaerobically digested liquor. Chapters 4 and 5 focus on new techniques for modeling and optimizing AD. Chapters 6 and 7 then describe the state of the art in AD effluent treatment. The book’s final three chapters focus on more recent developments, including microbial fuel cells (MFCs) (Chapter 8), seaweed production (Chapter 9), and enzyme technologies (Chapter 10).

• AD processes
• Organic wastes
• Biogas production
• Fuel cells
• Phosphorus recovery
• Seaweed digestion
• Microbial fuel cell development
• Flocculation
• Anaerobic digester
• Biogas from seaweed

• Halifax, United Kingdom

  Nigel Horan

• Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia

  Abu Zahrim Yaser

• Faculty of Science and Natural Resources, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia

  Newati Wid

Nigel Horan was a lecturer in Public Health Engineering at the University of Leeds (UK) for 35 years, during which time he published five academic textbooks and over 120 refereed technical papers. In 1998 he established Aqua Enviro Ltd. and was the company chair until its acquisition by Suez Advanced Solutions UK Limited in 2015. He specializes in the treatment of wastewaters, particularly using the activated sludge process, and in the subsequent recovery of resources from sludge through anaerobic digestion.
 
Abu Zahrim Yaser is the head of Waste Management Committee and senior lecturer at Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS). He obtained his PhD from Swansea University (UK) and has published over 72 refereed technical papers. He is a reviewer for several Elsevier journals and a guest editor for the journal “Environmental Science and Pollution Research” (Springer). Dr. Zahrim is a visiting scientist at the University of Hull (UK) and a member of Institution of Chemical Engineers (United Kingdom).
 
Newati Wid received her PhD from the University of Leeds (UK) and is currently a senior lecturer in Industrial Chemistry at the Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS). Her research focuses on wastewater treatment and resource recovery from wastes through anaerobic digestion, and she has published more than 10 refereed technical papers on this topic. She has won two gold medals for her research on resource recovery.

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