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    Extent of bioleaching and bioavailability reduction of potentially toxic heavy metals from sewage sludge through pH-controlled fermentation
    (PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, 2021) TUĞTAŞ KARNABAT, ADİLE EVREN; Yesil, Hatice; Molaey, Rahim; Calli, Baris; Tugtas, Adile Evren
    Utilization of anaerobically stabilized sewage sludge on arable lands serve as a renewable alternative to chemical fertilizers as it enables recycling of valuable nutrients to food chain. However, probable pres-ence of heavy metals in sewage sludge restricts the use of stabilized sludge on lands. In this study, a novel approach based on pH-controlled fermentation and anaerobic metal bioleaching was developed to reduce ecotoxicity potential of fermented sludge prior to its land application. Sewage sludge was sub-jected to pH-controlled fermentation process at acidic, neutral, and alkaline pH levels with the aim of increasing metal solubilization and decreasing bioavailable metal fractions through anaerobic bioleaching. Alkaline reactor performed the best among all reactors and resulted in 3-fold higher hydrolysis (34%) and 6-fold higher acidification (19%) efficiencies along with 43-fold (in average) higher metal solubiliza-tion than that of neutral pH reactor. As a result of alkaline fermentation, 32-57% of the metals remained as bioavailable and 34-59% of the metals were encapsulated as non-bioavailable within solid fraction of fermented sludge (biosolid), whereas 8-12% of total metal was solubilized into fermentation liquor. Our results reveal that anaerobic bioleaching through alkaline fermentation enables biosolid production with less metal content and low bioavailability, facilitating its utilization for agricultural purposes. (c) 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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    Influence of volatile fatty acids in anaerobic bioleaching of potentially toxic metals
    (ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD, 2021) TUĞTAŞ KARNABAT, ADİLE EVREN; Molaey, Rahim; Yesil, Hatice; Calli, Baris; Tugtas, Adile Evren
    Potentially toxic metals are common contaminants associated with sewage sludge, and limited information is available on migration and transformation behavior of potentially toxic metals during anaerobic digestion (AD) process. The aim of this study was to reveal the influence of volatile fatty acids (VFAs) on the solubilization of metals through VFAs-metal complexation. Addition of readily biodegradable extra carbon source at organic loading rate (OLR) of 17.65 gVS/L.d resulted in accumulation of 67,255 mg chemical oxygen demand (COD)/L as VFAs. Low pH values due to VFAs accumulation enhanced the solubilization of Ni and more than 22% of its total concentration became soluble. Subsequent to consumption of VFAs and increase of pH to neutral levels (similar to 7.5), solubility of Ni decreased below 10% of its total concentration. Contrarily, the solubility of Cr reached to 25% of its total concentration at neutral pH values. Presumably the complexation of Cr with dissolved organic matter (DOM) have increased its concentration in the liquid fraction at neutral pH values. Fractionation analysis of metals revealed that AD process altered Cu and Zn speciation between organically-bound and residual fractions, and hence solubility of Zn and Cu remained consistently low over the entire period of the AD process.