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Balancing Energy Inputs/Outputs and GHG Emissions for Sustainable Wastewater Treatment – a Case Study
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The aim of the study is a model-based evaluation of the selected operating modes and technological upgrades on the energy balance and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in a large wastewater treatment plant in the city of Slupsk (northern Poland). The considered scenarios focus on energy savings for aeration, increasing energy recovery via biogas cogeneration and reduction of the CO2 equivalent emission from both direct processes (related to biological treatment) and indirect processes (related to energy generation). The simulations of the scenarios revealed a significant potential for both energy balance improvement and reduction of GHG emission. The potential of energy recovery through biogas was found the most influential factor affecting the energy output and GHG emissions of the WWTP. Direct GHG emissions become more significant in the facilities using biogas as a source of renewable energy.
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Andrzej Wójtowicz
- Wodociągi Słupsk Sp. z o.o.
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- Category:
- Conference activity
- Type:
- publikacja w wydawnictwie zbiorowym recenzowanym (także w materiałach konferencyjnych)
- Title of issue:
- Proceedings of Frontiers International Conference on Wastewater Treatment strony 598 - 602
- Language:
- English
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Bibliographic description:
- Zaborowska E., Czerwionka K., Wójtowicz A., Mąkinia J.: Balancing Energy Inputs/Outputs and GHG Emissions for Sustainable Wastewater Treatment – a Case Study// Proceedings of Frontiers International Conference on Wastewater Treatment/ ed. Giorgio Mannina Palermo, Włochy: International Water Association, 2017, s.598-602
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- Gdańsk University of Technology
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