Hydrothermal conversion of toilet waste: effect of processing conditions on gas phase emissions.

ABSTRACT: Globally, many populations suffer from a lack of access to basic sanitation facilities. This is partly caused by a combination of water resource shortages and the high cost of conventional centralised treatment systems. A novel decentralised treatment technology based on sub-critical hydrothermal processing of organic wastes at toilet-scale, contributes to addressing these economic and resource limitations. To be effective, this technology needs to satisfy a broad range of environmental and safety considerations, including the nature and quantity of formed gas products. We investigated the impact of four process parameters (temperature; O₂: COD ratio (λ); time; feed solids content) on off-gas composition by quantifying volatile organic compounds (VOCs), CO, H₂ and CO<

SUBMITTER: Gielen GJHP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9213707 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature