Improved methanogenesis from aqueous pyrolysis liquid (APL) by inoculum selection and pre-ozonation

Saba Seyedi, Kaushik Venkiteshwaran and Daniel Zitomer

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2024, 10, 1827
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Removal of antibiotic resistance genes in an anaerobic membrane bioreactor treating primary clarifier effluent at 20 °C

Anthony D. Kappell, Lee K. Kimbell, Matthew D. Seib, Daniel E. Carey, Melinda J. Choi, Tino Kalayil, Masanori Fujimoto, Daniel H. Zitomer and Patrick J. McNamara

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2018, 4, 1783
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Effects of zinc orthophosphate on the antibiotic resistant bacterial community of a source water used for drinking water treatment

Anthony D. Kappell, Katherine R. Harrison and Patrick J. McNamara

Environ. Sci.: Water Res. Technol., 2019, 5, 1523
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Circularity of growing media use: reuse of nutrients, carbon and bulk material and the role of biochar

B. Vandecasteele, S. Craeye, H. Denaeghel and P. Melis

Acta Hortic., 2024, 67
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Biochar from animal manure: A critical assessment on technical feasibility, economic viability, and ecological impact

Dilani Rathnayake, Hans‐Peter Schmidt, Jens Leifeld, Jochen Mayer, Carole Alice Epper, Thomas D. Bucheli and Nikolas Hagemann

GCB Bioenergy, 2023, 15, 1078
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Pyrolysis—A tool in the wastewater solids handling portfolio, not a silver bullet: Benefits, drawbacks, and future directions

Patrick McNamara, Zhongzhe Liu, Yiran Tong, Hari Santha, Lynne Moss and Daniel Zitomer

Water Environment Research, 2023, 95
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Tracking antibiotic resistance through the environment near a biosolid spreading ground: Resistome changes, distribution, and metal(loid) co-selection

Wei-Cheng Hung, Yu Miao, Nhi Truong, Adriane Jones, Shaily Mahendra and Jennifer Jay

Science of The Total Environment, 2022, 823, 153570
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Comment on “Patented blunderings, efficiency awareness, and self-sustainability claims in the pyrolysis energy from waste sector”

Patrick McNamara, Daniel Zitomer and Zhongzhe Liu

Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2019, 143, 329
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2019.01.019

The impact of metal pipe materials, corrosion products, and corrosion inhibitors on antibiotic resistance in drinking water distribution systems

Lee K. Kimbell, Yin Wang and Patrick J. McNamara

Appl Microbiol Biotechnol, 2020, 104, 7673
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Fate of antibiotic resistance genes and class 1 integrons during sludge treatment using pilot-scale anaerobic digestion with thermal hydrolysis pretreatment

Yuepeng Sun, Hao Luo, Rafael Iboleon and Zhiwu Wang

Bioresource Technology, 2022, 364, 128043
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Paper mill sludge biochar to enhance energy recovery from pyrolysis: A comprehensive evaluation and comparison

Zhongzhe Liu, Matthew Hughes, Yiran Tong, Jizhi Zhou, William Kreutter, Hugo Cortes Lopez, Simcha Singer, Daniel Zitomer and Patrick McNamara

Energy, 2022, 239, 121925
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How biochar works, and when it doesn't: A review of mechanisms controlling soil and plant responses to biochar

Stephen Joseph, Annette L. Cowie, Lukas Van Zwieten, Nanthi Bolan, Alice Budai, Wolfram Buss, Maria Luz Cayuela, Ellen R. Graber, James A. Ippolito, Yakov Kuzyakov, Yu Luo, Yong Sik Ok, Kumuduni N. Palansooriya, Jessica Shepherd, Scott Stephens, Zhe (Han) Weng and Johannes Lehmann

GCB Bioenergy, 2021, 13, 1731
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Inhibition during Anaerobic Co-Digestion of Aqueous Pyrolysis Liquid from Wastewater Solids and Synthetic Primary Sludge

Saba Seyedi, Kaushik Venkiteshwaran, Nicholas Benn and Daniel Zitomer

Sustainability, 2020, 12, 3441
DOI: 10.3390/su12083441

Pyrolyzed biowastes deactivated potentially toxic metals and eliminated antibiotic resistant genes for healthy vegetable production

Lin Zhi, Rui Zhipeng, Liu Minglong, Bian Rongjun, Liu Xiaoyu, Lu Haifei, Cheng Kun, Zhang Xuhui, Zheng Jufeng, Li Lianqing, Drosos Marios, Joseph Stephen, Ishwaran Natarjan and Pan Genxing

Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020, 276, 124208
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Tracking Antibiotic Resistance Through the Environment Near a Biosolid Spreading Ground: Resistome Changes, Distribution, and Metal(Loid) Co-Selection

WEI-CHENG HUNG, Yu Miao, Nhi Truong, Adriane Jones, Shaily Mahendra and Jennifer Jay

SSRN Journal, 2021
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Biochar can mitigate co-selection and control antibiotic resistant genes (ARGs) in compost and soil

Chisom Ejileugha

Heliyon, 2022, 8, e09543
DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09543

Pyrolysis Solves the Issue of Organic Contaminants in Sewage Sludge while Retaining Carbon—Making the Case for Sewage Sludge Treatment via Pyrolysis

Wolfram Buss

ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2021, 9, 10048
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c03651

Occurrence of emerging contaminants in biosolids in northern Queensland, Australia

Ravinder Kumar, Anna Whelan, Patrick Cannon, Madoc Sheehan, Louise Reeves and Elsa Antunes

Environmental Pollution, 2023, 330, 121786
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Determinants of antimicrobial resistance in biosolids: A systematic review, database, and meta-analysis

Joanna Ciol Harrison, Grace V. Morgan, Aditya Kuppravalli, Nicole Novak, Michael Farrell, Sienna Bircher, Emily Garner, Nicholas J. Ashbolt, Amy Pruden, Rebecca L. Muenich, Treavor H. Boyer, Clinton Williams, Warish Ahmed, Rasha Maal-Bared and Kerry A. Hamilton

Science of The Total Environment, 2024, 957, 177455
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Kinetic study for thermocatalytic degradation of waste mixed cloth over antibiotic residue derived carbon-based solid acids

Chengyu Li, Jun Zhang, Rui Shan, Haoran Yuan and Yong Chen

Fuel, 2023, 331, 125797
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2022.125797

Sub-Pilot-Scale Autocatalytic Pyrolysis of Wastewater Biosolids for Enhanced Energy Recovery

Zhongzhe Liu, Simcha Singer, Daniel Zitomer and Patrick McNamara

Catalysts, 2018, 8, 524
DOI: 10.3390/catal8110524

Enhanced energy and resource recovery via synergistic catalytic pyrolysis of byproducts from thermal processing of wastewater solids

Zhongzhe Liu, Matthew Hughes, Yiran Tong, Jizhi Zhou, William Kreutter, Danny Valtierra, Simcha Singer, Daniel Zitomer and Patrick McNamara

Renewable Energy, 2021, 177, 475
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2021.05.125

Behaviors of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) and metal resistance genes (MRGs) during the pilot-scale biophysical drying treatment of sewage sludge: Reduction of ARGs and enrichment of MRGs

Sai Xu, Yanting Liu, Ruyue Wang, Tao Zhang and Wenjing Lu

Science of The Total Environment, 2022, 809, 152221
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152221