energy recovery Articles
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Climate change mitigation by recovery of energy from the water cycle: a new challenge for water management
Waternet is responsible for drinking water treatment and distribution, wastewater collection and treatment, and surface water management and control (quality and quantity) in and around Amsterdam. Waternet has the ambition to operate climate neutral in 2020. To realise this ambition, measures are required to compensate for the emission of 53,000 ton CO2-eq/year. Energy recovery from the water ...
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A new approach to energy-efficient treatment of wastewater produced by the fish industry in Vietnam
Economic growth in Vietnam in the last few years has brought about an increasing demand for energy and has had a severe environmental impact. Fish processing is one of the fastest-growing industries that discharge organically-polluted wastewater. To counter these environmental problems, new technologies for energy-efficient treatment are needed. By coupling innovative nitrogen removal systems ...
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The potential for thermal energy recovery from wastewater treatment works in southern England
This paper asks how much heat could be recovered from wastewater treatment plants under UK climatic conditions, and can this heat be used effectively to reduce their carbon footprint? Four wastewater treatment sites in southern England have been investigated and the available heat quantified. Issues relating to the environmental, economic and practical constraints on how this energy can be ...
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Understanding energy saving and CO2 reduction in wastewater treatment plants
Wastewater Treatment Plants (WWTPs) have to deal with the issue of energy saving and/or CO2 reduction. Aeration, sludge return, chemical dosing, sludge reduction, sludge digestion, etc. could indeed have some function on this issue. On the other hand, controlled processes of COD and nutrient conversions could also be of benefit to the issue. With this paper, the relationship between energy ...
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Treating Municipal Wastewater with the Goal of Resource Recovery. Water Science & Technology
Abstract: A new municipal wastewater treatment flowsheet was developed with the objectives of energy sustainability, and water and nutrient recovery. Energy is derived by shunting a large fraction of the organic carbon in the wastewater to an anaerobic digestion system. Aerobic and anaerobic membrane bioreactors play a key role in energy recovery. Phosphorus and nitrogen are removed from the ...
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Industrial wastewater treatment with a bioelectrochemical process: assessment of depuration efficiency and energy production
Development of renewable energy sources, efficient industrial processes, energy/chemicals recovery from wastes are research issues that are quite contemporary. Bioelectrochemical processes represent an eco-innovative technology for energy and resources recovery from both domestic and industrial wastewaters. The current study was conducted to: (i) assess bioelectrochemical treatability of ...
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British Virgin island dependent on reliable freshwater for GDP growth
Tortola is the largest British Virgin island in the Lesser Antilles with an approximate population of 24,000 residents. 92% of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) comes from tourism where close to one million people visit the island every year. As with many island nations without natural aquifers, Tortola must produce all of its drinking water and demand is constantly high. Historically the island ...
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GTI helps keep Kamloops beautiful - case study
The City of Kamloops is located in the interior of British Columbia, Canada’s westernmost province. As part of Kamloops’ Liquid Waste Management Plan, the city was seeking opportunities to use its wastewater as a resource, rather than treat it solely as waste. One method was to capture methane gas (biogas) produced from the anaerobic treatment of wastewater and use it to generate ...
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House of commons committee on natural resources
Introduction The Canadian Water and Wastewater Association represents the interests of municipal water and wastewater services in respect of federal or national legislation, policies and programs. More than 24 million Canadians receive drinking water from municipal services and discharge wastewater to those services. The services are provided on a not-for-profit, public service basis. Revenues ...
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Operating a two-stage microbial fuel cell–constructed wetland for fuller wastewater treatment and more efficient electricity generation
By integrating microbial fuel cells (MFCs) into constructed wetlands (CWs) the need and cost of building a reactor are eliminated, while CWs provide the simultaneous redox conditions required for optimum MFC performance. Two single-stage MFC-CWs, with dewatered alum sludge cake as the main wetland medium for enhanced phosphorus removal, were operated to determine the effects of electrode ...
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Analysis of energy efficiency and energy consumption costs: a case study for regional wastewater treatment plant in Malaysia
The objective of this study is to analyze the possibilities of increasing energy efficiency in the central region wastewater treatment plant by focusing on two aspects: biogas production and prediction of energy production. The analysis is based on one of the biggest central region wastewater treatment plants in Malaysia. After studying the energy efficiency, which consists of optimization of ...
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Wastewater as a resource: a unique approach to achieving energy sustainability
A wastewater-treatment flowsheet was developed to integrate uniquely designed biological processes with physical-chemical unit processes, allowing conversion of the organic carbon in the wastewater to methane, the removal and recovery of phosphorus and nitrogen from the wastewater, and the production of water suitable for reuse. In the flowsheet, energy is derived from the wastewater by first ...
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Coping with climate change in Amsterdam – a watercycle perspective
Amsterdam has the ambition to develop as a competitive and sustainable European metropolis. Water and Amsterdam are closely related, and water and climate change are closely related. Therefore, to be sustainable and economically strong, it is necessary for Amsterdam to anticipate the changes in climate that will take place in the Netherlands during the coming decades. Waternet, the watercycle ...
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Thermal hydrolysis of the lipid and protein fractions of wastewater sludge: implications for digester performance and operational considerations
ABSTRACT Thermal hydrolytic pretreatment of wastewater sludge followed by mesophilic anaerobic digestion poses significant benefits in terms of sludge minimization and pathogen reduction; however, high levels of volatile fatty acids (VFA) in digester effluent reveal an interruption in the efficient conversion of organic material to methane gas. Residual soluble chemical oxygen demand (COD) not ...
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Energy Recovery Solution from the Wasted Grey Water - Case Study
Energy Recovery Solution from GREY Wasted Water in Large Condos or Hotels, or in WTP or from City Sewage pipes flowing under the street. The Energy Recover Solutions are Patented Technology with Major Benefits in different markets A practical solution to save Wasted energy. Return On Investment possible within 1 year. INNOVATIVE APPROACH IN HEAT RECOVERY USING DDI Patented ...
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Characterization and biodegradability of sludge from a high rate A-stage contact tank and B-stage membrane bioreactor of a pilot-scale AB system treating municipal wastewaters
In light of global warming mitigation efforts, increasing sludge disposal costs, and need for reduction in the carbon footprint of wastewater treatment plants, innovation in treatment technology has been tailored towards energy self-sufficiency. The AB process is a promising technology for achieving maximal energy recovery from wastewaters with minimum energy expenditure and therefore ...
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Investigating the interactions of decentralized and centralized wastewater heat recovery systems
In the urban water cycle there are different sources for extracting energy. In addition to potential and chemical energy in the wastewater, thermal energy can also be recovered. Heat can be recovered from the wastewater with heat exchangers that are located decentralized and/or centralized at several locations throughout the system. It can be recovered directly at the source (e.g. in the ...
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Energy recovery from thermal treatment of dewatered sludge in wastewater treatment plants
Sewage sludge is a by-product generated from municipal wastewater treatment (WWT) processes. This study examines the conversion of sludge via energy recovery from gasification/combustion for thermal treatment of dewatered sludge. The present analysis is based on a chemical equilibrium model of thermal conversion of previously dewatered sludge with moisture content of 60–80%. Prior to ...
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Biomar AWR process graduates with flying colours - Case Study
A pioneering wastewater purification process with biogas production has been in use at Norrmejerier dairies in Sweden for over 15 years. The trailblazing company has been achieving positive results for many years. Goodbye whey - parting is such sweet sorrow (usually). As, whoever produces cheese, also produces whey or whey permeate as a waste product. And waste disposal is an expensive ...
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The role of innovative technologies in achieving energy-neutral wastewater treatment
A new flowsheet is proposed to achieve energy-neutral wastewater treatment (even better, electricity-neutral) while removing nitrogen using the proven nitrification-denitrification metabolic pathway. It is compatible with solid-liquid separation by conventional clarification or membrane filtration. The new flowsheet is based on a hybrid membrane-aerated biofilm reactor process which uses ...
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