Wastewater: A potential resource of energy

Lin, JG; Dutta, K; Daverey, A; Guo, W; Ngo, HH

Wastewater: A potential resource of energy

Lin, JG Dutta, K Daverey, A Guo, W

Ngo, HH

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Citation:: Green Technologies for Sustainable Water Management, 2016, pp. 789 - 828
Issue Date:: 2016-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Lin, JG	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Dutta, K	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Daverey, A	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Guo, W https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5542-2858	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Ngo, HH https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0296-2866	en_US
dc.date.issued	2016-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Green Technologies for Sustainable Water Management, 2016, pp. 789 - 828	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	9780784414422	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/120053
dc.description.abstract	© 2016 American Society of Civil Engineers. This chapter discusses the energy production potential of different wastewater sources and various treatment processes with an aim of establishing sustainable energy management systems. The refractory fraction of wastewater can be converted to energy through thermal, chemical, or electrical processes. The importance of knowing the potential energy available lies in the choice of treatment methods so that most of the energy can be recovered. Some wastes that may be high in energy value, such as halogenated wastes, may be unsuitable or unattractive to some treatment methods. The chapter discusses several systems for energy recovery with simultaneous treatment of wastewater. Some of the systems include anaerobic treatment, microbial fuel cell (MFC), simultaneous algal biomass production, and wastewater treatment. The adverse environmental impacts associated with anaerobic treatment or MFC are mainly because of electricity consumption in the various process units and transportation/disposal of biosolids.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Green Technologies for Sustainable Water Management	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1061/9780784414422.ch23	en_US
dc.title	Wastewater: A potential resource of energy	en_US
dc.type	Chapter
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CTWW - Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater Treatment
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© 2016 American Society of Civil Engineers. This chapter discusses the energy production potential of different wastewater sources and various treatment processes with an aim of establishing sustainable energy management systems. The refractory fraction of wastewater can be converted to energy through thermal, chemical, or electrical processes. The importance of knowing the potential energy available lies in the choice of treatment methods so that most of the energy can be recovered. Some wastes that may be high in energy value, such as halogenated wastes, may be unsuitable or unattractive to some treatment methods. The chapter discusses several systems for energy recovery with simultaneous treatment of wastewater. Some of the systems include anaerobic treatment, microbial fuel cell (MFC), simultaneous algal biomass production, and wastewater treatment. The adverse environmental impacts associated with anaerobic treatment or MFC are mainly because of electricity consumption in the various process units and transportation/disposal of biosolids.

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