Bio-energy technology advances that promote energy recovery-evolution of a wastewater treatment plant into a resource recovery and reclamation facility

摘要

Energy management concepts that include bio-energy and energy recovery from wastewater digestion as a source of renewable energy promote sustainability and are an important first step towards energy independence for water resource centers. Energy independence can be achieved through energy conservation, more efficient systems, and renewable energy, including bio-energy production, solar, geothermal, and wind power.1 Therefore maximizing use of biologically derived energy coupled with other renewable energy sources is now of more interest to water resource and reclamation facility managers. Energy recovery from innovative technical advances in digestion and biosolids provides an opportunity for utilities to invest in energy management to optimize the recovery of energy from various digestion processes, thermal drying and solids reduction, and stabilization to reduce the cost of treatment.