Net Zero Energy Model for Wastewater Treatment Plants
| Autor: | Mohammad D. Qandil, Ryoichi S. Amano, Osama M. Selim, Farah Nazifa Nourin, Ahmad I. Abdelhadi, Alaa Hasan, Abdel Rahman Salem, Mohamed Abousabae, Ahmad I. Abbas, Juan Espindola |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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0303 health sciences
Zero-energy building Renewable Energy Sustainability and the Environment business.industry Mechanical Engineering Environmental engineering Energy Engineering and Power Technology Energy consumption Renewable energy 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Fuel Technology Geochemistry and Petrology 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Environmental science Sewage treatment business 030304 developmental biology Efficient energy use |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Energy Resources Technology. 143 |
| ISSN: | 1528-8994 0195-0738 |
| DOI: | 10.1115/1.4050082 |
| Popis: | The primary objective of this study is to achieve net-zero energy (NZE) wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) by utilizing energy efficiency opportunities (EEO), combined heat and power (CHP) systems, and other renewable energy (RE) sources, e.g., solar, water, and wind powers. This study discusses an innovative energy solution for WWTPs in the United States, and one of the WWTPs with a flow capacity of 1.5 million gallons per day (MGD) was selected as a case study. An optimization tool, Hybrid Optimization of Multiple Energy Resources (HOMER) software, is used in this study to find the best energy system configuration to run the system. An energy audit for one WWTP was conducted in early 2020 and the report is used to do this study. The proposed EEOs were able to reduce WWTP energy consumption by about 11%. The excess anaerobic digester gas was utilized in a CHP system to cover about 42% of the facility’s consumption. Also, 3% of the utility energy consumption can be claimed by microturbines in the aeration tanks. Another two renewable energy systems, solar photovoltaic (PV) with 29% and water turbines with 15%, contribute to covering 100% of the WWTP energy consumption and achieving an NZE WWTP. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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