scholarly journals Energetic-Environmental-Economic Feasibility and Impact Assessment of Grid-Connected Photovoltaic System in Wastewater Treatment Plant: Case Study

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 100
Author(s):  
Horia Andrei ◽  
Cristian Andrei Badea ◽  
Paul Andrei ◽  
Filippo Spertino
Keyword(s):  
Power Generation ◽  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Wastewater Treatment Plant ◽  
Wastewater Treatment Plants ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Economic Feasibility ◽  
Photovoltaic System ◽  
The Impact

Wastewater treatment plants and power generation constitute inseparable parts of present society. So the growth of wastewater treatment plants is accompanied by an increase in the energy consumption, and a sustainable development implies the use of renewable energy sources on a large scale in the power generation. A case study of the synergy between wastewater treatment plants and photovoltaic systems, aiming to improve the energetic, environmental and economic impacts, is presented. Based on data acquisition, the energy consumption analysis of wastewater treatment plant reveals that the highest demand is during April, and the lowest is during November. The placement of photovoltaic modules is designed to maximize the use of free space on the technological area of wastewater treatment plant in order to obtain a power output as high as possible. The peak consumption of wastewater treatment plant occurs in April, however the peak production of the photovoltaic is in July, so electrochemical batteries can partly compensate for this mismatch. The impact of the photovoltaic system connectivity on power grid is assessed by means of the matching-index method and the storage battery significantly improves this parameter. Carbon credit and energy payback time are used to assess the environmental impact. The results prove that the photovoltaic system mitigates 12,118 tons of carbon and, respectively, the embedded energy is compensated by production in 8 ½ years. The economic impact of the photovoltaic system is analyzed by the levelized cost of energy, and the results show that the price of energy from the photovoltaic source is below the current market price of energy.

Energy saving on wastewater treatment plants through improved online control: case study wastewater treatment plant Antwerp-South

2014 ◽  
Vol 69 (5) ◽  
pp. 1074-1079 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kris De Gussem ◽  
Alessio Fenu ◽  
Tom Wambecq ◽  
Marjoleine Weemaes
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Activated Sludge ◽  
Wastewater Treatment Plant ◽  
Wastewater Treatment Plants ◽  
Flow Direction ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Advanced Control ◽  
Nutrient Removal Efficiency ◽  
Computational Fluid Dynamics Cfd

This work provides a case study on how activated sludge modelling and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) can help to optimize the energy consumption of a treatment plant that is already equipped with an advanced control based on online nutrient measurements. Currently, aeration basins on wastewater treatment plant Antwerp-South are operated sequentially while flow direction and point of inflow and outflow vary as a function of time. Activated sludge modelling shows that switching from the existing alternating flow based control to a simultaneous parallel feeding of all aeration tanks saves 1.3% energy. CFD calculations also illustrate that the water velocity is still sufficient if some impellers in the aeration basins are shutdown. The simulations of the Activated Sludge Model No. 2d indicate that the coupling of the aeration control with the impeller control, and automatically switching off some impellers when the aeration is inactive, can save 2.2 to 3.3% of energy without affecting the nutrient removal efficiency. On the other hand, all impellers are needed when the aeration is active to distribute the oxygen.

scholarly journals Biogas, Solar and Geothermal Energy—The Way to A Net-Zero Energy Wastewater Treatment Plant–A Case Study

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (21) ◽  
pp. 6898
Author(s):  
Sylwia Myszograj ◽  
Dariusz Bocheński ◽  
Mirosław Mąkowski ◽  
Ewelina Płuciennik-Koropczuk
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Wastewater Treatment Plant ◽  
Wastewater Treatment Plants ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Electricity Consumption ◽  
Photovoltaic System ◽  
Conventional Activated Sludge ◽  
Net Zero ◽  
Energy Optimisation

Wastewater treatment plants designed to meet the requirements of discharging wastewater to a receiving water body are often not energy optimised. Energy requirements for conventional activated sludge wastewater treatment plants are estimated to range from 0.30 to 1.2 kWh/m3, with the highest values achieved using the nitrification process. This article describes the energy optimisation process of the wastewater treatment plant in Gubin (Poland) designed for 90 000 PE (population equivalent) using renewable energy sources: solar, biogas, and geothermal. At the analysed wastewater treatment plant electricity consumption for treating 1 m3 of wastewater was 0.679 kWh in 2020. The combined production of electricity and heat from biogas, the production of electricity in a photovoltaic system, and heat recovery in a geothermal process make it possible to obtain a surplus of heat in relation to its demand in the wastewater treatment plant, and to cover the demand for electricity, with the possibility of also selling it to the power grid.

Plant-wide (BSM2) evaluation of reject water treatment with a SHARON-Anammox process

2006 ◽  
Vol 54 (8) ◽  
pp. 93-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
E.I.P. Volcke ◽  
K.V. Gernaey ◽  
D. Vrecko ◽  
U. Jeppsson ◽  
M.C.M. van Loosdrecht ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Water Treatment ◽  
Wastewater Treatment Plant ◽  
Wastewater Treatment Plants ◽  
Operating Cost ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Cost Index ◽  
Reject Water ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Anammox Process

In wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) equipped with sludge digestion and dewatering systems, the reject water originating from these facilities contributes significantly to the nitrogen load of the activated sludge tanks, to which it is typically recycled. In this paper, the impact of reject water streams on the performance of a WWTP is assessed in a simulation study, using the Benchmark Simulation Model no. 2 (BSM2), that includes the processes describing sludge treatment and in this way allows for plant-wide evaluation. Comparison of performance of a WWTP without reject water with a WWTP where reject water is recycled to the primary clarifier, i.e. the BSM2 plant, shows that the ammonium load of the influent to the primary clarifier is 28% higher in the case of reject water recycling. This results in violation of the effluent total nitrogen limit. In order to relieve the main wastewater treatment plant, reject water treatment with a combined SHARON-Anammox process seems a promising option. The simulation results indicate that significant improvements of the effluent quality of the main wastewater treatment plant can be realized. An economic evaluation of the different scenarios is performed using an Operating Cost Index (OCI).

scholarly journals Influence of variability in the amount of inflow wastewater pollution concentration in small sewer system (case study)

2019 ◽  
Vol 86 ◽  
pp. 00028
Author(s):  
Karolina Kurek ◽  
Piotr Bugajski ◽  
Agnieszka Operacz ◽  
Paulina Śliz ◽  
Krzysztof Jóźwiakowski
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Wastewater Treatment Plant ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Pollution Indicators ◽  
Hydraulic Load ◽  
Wastewater Pollution ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Raw Wastewater

The aim of study was the analyze of the impact of hydraulic load on the changes in the concentration of pollution indicators in raw sewage in years 2009-2014 in the small wastewater treatment plant. Qualitative analysis for raw sewage was included three parameters: total suspension solid, BOD and COD. The characteristics relation between the concentration of pollution indicators in raw sewage (depend variable) from the hydraulic load(independent variable) was presented by the Pearson linear correlation. In the 6 year study period were collected 32 samples of raw wastewater. Based on the result of linear regression analysis, showed that along with the increasing amount of wastewater in the sewer decrease the concentration of pollutions in raw wastewater. For total suspension solid, increase by 1 m3 of quantity of raw sewage inflowing to wastewater treatment plant, causes a decrease in the concentration of this indicator by 0,53 g·m-3. For the both organic indicators (BOD and COD), the was found that an increase of 1 m3 the amount of raw sewage inflowing to wastewater treatment plant, caused a decrease of 0,75 gO2·m-3 BOD value and 0,66 gO2·m-3 COD value in raw sewage.

The impact of horizontal water velocity on the energy consumption of a full-scale wastewater treatment plant

2012 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 247-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Wambecq ◽  
A. Fenu ◽  
K. De Gussem ◽  
G. Parmentier ◽  
G. De Gueldre ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Wastewater Treatment Plant ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Water Velocity ◽  
Full Scale ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Activated Sludge Respiration Activity Inhibition Caused by Mobile Toilet Chemicals

Processes ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 598 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomáš Vítěz ◽  
Monika Vítězová ◽  
Markéta Nováčková ◽  
Ivan Kushkevych
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Activated Sludge ◽  
Wastewater Treatment Plant ◽  
Respiratory Activity ◽  
Wastewater Treatment Plants ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Respiration Activity ◽  
Wastewater Treatment Process ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Active Substances

Ensuring high quality drinking water sources is important task nowadays. To reach this task, knowledge about the impact of different chemicals on aerobic wastewater treatment is mandatory. A mixture of different chemicals reaches wastewater treatment plant every day. With the growing discharge volume of mobile toilet chemicals, active substances in these products in the past years have been recorded. The respiratory activity of activated sludge was determined to show how mobile toilet chemicals and their active substances may affect the biological wastewater treatment process. The results show negative effect of formaldehyde and bronopol on respiratory activity of activated sludge. The wastewater treatment plants influent composition and size also play important roles. Results shows that activated sludge microorganisms at a wastewater treatment plant in industrial urban area may be adapted to the higher pollutants concentration. When mobile toilet tanks are directly discharged at smaller wastewater treatment plant, an activated sludge process can be affected. For treating mobile toilet wastewater, bacterial degraders can be used. During our respiratory activity experiments, potential degraders were searched. Ralstonia sp. prevails in all samples and it is therefore a potential mobile toilet chemicals degrader.

scholarly journals The Renewable Energy Sources for Municipal Wastewater Processes in Thailand: A Case Study of the Nonthaburi Wastewater Treatment Plant

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Krittiya Lertpocasombut ◽  
Sayan Sirimontree ◽  
Boonsap Witchayangkoon ◽  
Chanachai Thongchom ◽  
Veronica Winoto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Wastewater Treatment Plant ◽  
Municipal Wastewater ◽  
Wastewater Treatment Plants ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Municipal Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Alternative Sources ◽  
Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants

Abstract There are 101 municipal wastewater treatment plants in Thailand supplied with electricity and cannot collect wastewater treatment fees. Alternative sources of energy for municipal wastewater treatment would reduce the electricity costs and future fossil energy uses. The Nonthaburi wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) is located in the Northwest of Bangkok and selected due to its available data. The solar energy source is applied to the Nonthaburi WWTP due to the light intensity and the area to install. By comparing to the wind and the biogas sources, the wind speed and the sludge production are not sufficient, respectively. Besides the estimated installation cost of the solar-cell panels among three companies, the NPV of 25 years and the IRR of three percent rate, the area required for installation is an affecting factor for the plant consideration.

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