Sustainable polysaccharide-based biomaterial recovered from waste aerobic granular sludge as a surface coating material

To evaluate the possibility of utilizing polysaccharide-based biomaterial recovered from aerobic granular sludge as a coating material, the morphology, molecular weight distribution and chemical composition of the recovered biomaterial were investigated by atomic force microscopy, size exclusion chromatography and pyrolysis–GC–MS to have a...

Analysis of Alginate-like Exopolysaccharides for the Application in Enhanced Oil Recovery

Alginate-like exopolysaccharides (ALE) can be extracted from granular sludge, which is produced during aerobic granular sludge waste water treatment as a waste product. Processing the waste is a costly operation. It is believed that ALE consist mostly of alginates. The chemical and mechanical properties of alginates are potential for the...