PROCESSES FOR INACTIVATING PATHOGENS IN BIO-WASTES

摘要

There are provided processes for inactivating pathogens in bio-wastes (i.e., residuals). For example, such processes can comprise treating a mixture comprising the residual (e.g., biosolids, sludge, sediment, municipal solid waste) a peracid or source thereof, and an ammonium salt in a reactor with an electrical field by means of at least an anode and at least one cathode, that define therebetween an electrokinetic zone for treating the mixture. Such processes allow for inactivation of at least one type of pathogen in the residual so as to obtain a treated residual.