Pathways to a net-zero-carbon water sector through energy-extracting wastewater technologies

A Rani, SW Snyder, H Kim, Z Lei, SY Pan - NPJ Clean Water, 2022 - nature.com
The energy-consuming and carbon-intensive wastewater treatment plants could become
significant energy producers and recycled organic and metallic material generators, thereby …

Enhancing the energy efficiency of wastewater treatment plants through co-digestion and fuel cell systems

M Gandiglio, A Lanzini, A Soto, P Leone… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
The present work provides an overview of technological measures to increase the self-
sufficiency of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), in particular for the largely diffused …

The feasibility and challenges of energy self-sufficient wastewater treatment plants

Y Gu, Y Li, X Li, P Luo, H Wang, ZP Robinson, X Wang… - Applied Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Energy efficiency optimization is crucial for wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) because
of increasing energy costs and concerns about global climate change. Energy efficiency …

Energy self-sufficient wastewater treatment plants: feasibilities and challenges

Y Gu, Y Li, X Li, P Luo, H Wang, X Wang, J Wu, F Li - Energy Procedia, 2017 - Elsevier
Optimization of energy efficiency is important for wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs).
Increasing energy costs and concerns about global climate change highlight the need to …

Energy intensity of wastewater treatment plants and influencing factors in China

K Niu, J Wu, L Qi, Q Niu - Science of the total environment, 2019 - Elsevier
The wastewater-energy nexus is an emerging concern in the wastewater treatment sector.
Understanding the energy efficiency of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) and the …

Assessment of energy consumption of municipal wastewater treatment plants in China

Y He, Y Zhu, J Chen, M Huang, P Wang… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2019 - Elsevier
Energy consumption from municipal wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) has brought
escalating dual pressure of high expenditure and greenhouse gas emissions to …

Achieving nitrogen and phosphorus removal at low C/N ratios without aeration through a novel phototrophic process

VCF Carvalho, M Kessler, JC Fradinho… - Science of The Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Conventional wastewater treatment technologies for biological nutrient removal (BNR) are
highly dependent on aeration for oxygen supply, which represents a major operational cost …

Modelling demand response with process models and energy systems models: Potential applications for wastewater treatment within the energy-water nexus

D Kirchem, MÁ Lynch, V Bertsch, E Casey - Applied Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
A promising tool to achieve more flexibility within power systems is demand response (DR).
End users in many strands of industry have been subject to research regarding the …

Systematic approach to evaluating environmental and ecological technologies for wastewater treatment

X Su, P Chiang, S Pan, G Chen, Y Tao, G Wu, F Wang… - Chemosphere, 2019 - Elsevier
Evaluating the performance of wastewater treatment represents a challenging and complex
task as it usually involves engineering, environmental and economic (3E) factors. In this …

[HTML][HTML] Minimizing greenhouse gases emissions and energy consumption from wastewater treatment plants via rational design and engineering strategies: A case …

V Aghabalaei, H Nayeb, S Mardani, M Tabeshnia… - Energy Reports, 2023 - Elsevier
Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) play direct and indirect roles in the emission of
greenhouse gases (GHG) produced by biological processes and energy consumption …