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Influence of sludge disintegration by high pressure homogenizer on microbial growth in sewage sludge: an approach for excess sludge reduction

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Excess sludge treatment and disposal is currently a challenge in wastewater treatment plant due to socio-economic and environmental regulation factors. Therefore, it is necessary to explore and develop technology for reduction of excess sludge in wastewater treatment plants rather than treating the generated sludge. This paper discusses technologies for excess sludge growth reduction using high pressure homogenizer treatment which causes cell lysis. The cell lysis and the microbial cellular maintenance energy requirement increases as a result of applied stress. This causes the energy required for non-growth reactions to increase with simultaneous increase in substrate conversion into carbon dioxide rather than microbial cell multiplication.

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The author wish to thank Dr.-Ing. Johannes Mueller for his help and suggestions during this work. Thanks are due to Dr. A.B. Mandal, Director, CLRI for permission to publish this work, Head, Chemical Engineering Division and Dr. M. Surianarayanan for their useful discussions.

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  1. Chemical Engineering Division, Central Leather Research Institute, Adyar, Chennai, 600020, India

    Chockalingam Lajapathi Rai

  2. North East Institute of Science and Technology, P.O. Jorhat, Assam, 785006, India

    Paruchuri Gangadhar Rao

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Rai, C.L., Rao, P.G. Influence of sludge disintegration by high pressure homogenizer on microbial growth in sewage sludge: an approach for excess sludge reduction. Clean Techn Environ Policy 11, 437–446 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-009-0202-y

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