Conference Agenda

To what extent can solids retention time be reduced without deteriorating the performance of the thermal hydrolysis pretreatment-enhanced mesophilic anaerobic digestion

Li, Yitao¹; Luo, Hao¹; Strawn, Mary²; Racey, Lisa²; Haile, Fasil²; Balchunas, Brian³; Moline, Christopher³; Hentz, Lawrence³; Wang, Zhiwu⁴

¹Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering & Department of Biological System Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, 24061 USA; ²Arlington County Water Pollution Control Bureau, Arlington, VA, 22202 USA; ³HDR Engineering, Inc., Vienna, VA, 22180 USA; ⁴Department of Biological System Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, 24061 USA

Integrating high-fidelity real-time in situ electrochemical sensing with soft sensing for system visualization and precision process control of anaerobic digestors (AD).

Qadiri, Zubair; Wang, Xingyu; Xiang, Wenjun; Huang, Yuankai; Wazer, Edward; McCutcheon, Jeffrey; Li, Baikun

University of Connecticut, United States of America

Model-derived insights in a two-phase anaerobic dynamic membrane bioreactor system for high-rate co-digestion

Zhu, Kuang; Fairley-Wax, Timothy; Puente, Pedro; Starostka, Renata; Karki, Renisha; Skerlos, Steven; Raskin, Lutgarde

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Assessing anaerobic membrane bioreactor suitability for treatment of diverse influent types: A look into effluent antibiotic resistance gene and microbial community variability

Ramadan, Lama¹; Sawaya, Christelle²; El Khoury, Charbel³; Deeb, Reem³; Wazne, Mahmoud³; Harb, Moustapha¹

¹New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, United States of America; ²University of Southern California, United States of America; ³Lebanese American University, Lebanon

Stability prediction for co-digestion of sewage sludge and food waste using a modified biomethane potential test

Puente, Pedro David¹; Zhu, Kuang¹; Appleton, Ron²; Fairley-Wax, Tim¹; Rauch-Williams, Tanja²; Skerlos, Steven¹; Raskin, Lutgarde¹

¹University of Michigan, United States of America; ²Carollo Engineers, United States of America