@ARTICLE{Suschka_Jan_Alkaline_2015, author={Suschka, Jan and Kowalski, Eligiusz and Mazierski, Jerzy and Grübel, Klaudiusz}, volume={vol. 41}, number={No 1}, journal={Archives of Environmental Protection}, howpublished={online}, year={2015}, publisher={Polish Academy of Sciences}, abstract={Improving the effects of hydrolysis on waste activated sludge (WAS) prior to anaerobic digestion is of primary importance. Several technologies have been developed and partially implemented in practice. In this paper, perhaps the simplest of these methods, alkaline solubilization, has been investigated and the results of hydrolysis are presented. An increase to only pH 8 can distinctively increase the soluble chemical oxygen demand (SCOD), and produce an anaerobic condition effect favorable to volatile fatty acids (VFA) production. Further increases of pH, up to pH 10, leads to further improvements in hydrolysis effects. It is suggested that an increase to pH 9 is sufficient and feasible for technical operations, given the use of moderate anti-corrosive construction material. This recommendation is also made having taken in consideration the option of using hydrodynamic disintegration after the initial WAS hydrolysis process. This paper presents the effects of following alkaline solubilization with hydrodynamic disintegration on SCOD}, type={Artykuły / Articles}, title={Alkaline solubilisation of waste activated sludge (WAS) for soluble organic substrate – (SCOD) production / Tworzenie się rozpuszczalnego substratu organicznego podczas zasadowego rozpuszczania osadów ściekowych}, URL={http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/86011/PDF/10265-Volume41-Issue1_paper_04.pdf}, doi={10.1515/aep-2015-0012}, keywords={alkaline hydrolysis, Waste activated sludge, anaerobic digestion}, }