Technical, hygiene, economic, and life cycle assessment of full-scale moving bed biofilm reactors for wastewater treatment in India

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 2552-2569 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anju Singh ◽  
Sheetal Jaisingh Kamble ◽  
Megha Sawant ◽  
Yogita Chakravarthy ◽  
Absar Kazmi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Full Scale ◽  
Moving Bed ◽  
Biofilm Reactors

scholarly journals Environmental performance of a full-scale wastewater treatment plant applying Life Cycle Assessment

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thaís Andrade de Sampaio Lopes ◽  
Luciano Matos Queiroz ◽  
Asher Kiperstok
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Wastewater Treatment Plant ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Full Scale ◽  
Anaerobic Sludge ◽  
Treated Effluent ◽  
Useful Life

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) was applied to estimate and analyze the environmental impacts from the construction and operation phases of a full-scale wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) located in the municipality of Lauro de Freitas, Bahia, Brazil. The WWTP process consists of the association of an Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket (UASB) reactor followed by four constructed wetlands (CWL) and a disinfection step. The functional unit was defined as one cubic meter of treated effluent during the useful life of this WWTP (20 years). The LCA was carried out using SimaPro® software and the Centre of Environmental Science (CML) assessment method. The environmental impacts during construction phase were mainly from the wooden forms for concrete and the use of reinforcing steel. During the operation phase, the chlorine used as effluent disinfectant caused the greatest impacts in the abiotic depletion and acidification categories. Macronutrient concentrations present in the treated effluent and the methane generated also caused significant environmental impacts during the WWTP’s useful life. The results obtained highlight the importance of the application of a methodology like LCA to assist in decision-making with regard to the implementation, construction and operation of a WWTP.

scholarly journals Correction to “Life-Cycle Assessment of Gingko-Wood Three-Dimensional Membrane for Wastewater Treatment”

ACS Omega ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (42) ◽  
pp. 27733-27733
Author(s):  
Faiza Niaz ◽  
Qasim Khan ◽  
Mustafa Ali ◽  
Wenxing Shen
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Three Dimensional

Upgrading of a small wastewater treatment plant in a cold climate region using a moving bed biofilm reactor (MBBR) system

2000 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 177-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Andreottola ◽  
P. Foladori ◽  
M. Ragazzi
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Wastewater Treatment Plant ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Internal Surface ◽  
Full Scale ◽  
Biofilm Reactor ◽  
Cold Climate ◽  
Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor ◽  
Moving Bed ◽  
North East

The aim of this study was to evaluate the performance of a full-scale upgrading of an existing RBC wastewater treatment plant with a MBBR (Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor) system, installed in a tank previously used for sludge aerobic digestion. The full-scale plant is located in a mountain resort in the North-East of Italy. Due to the fact that the people varied during the year's seasons (2000 resident people and 2000 tourists) the RBC system was insufficient to meet the effluent standards. The MBBR applied system consists of the FLOCOR-RMP®plastic media with a specific surface area of about 160 m2/m3 (internal surface only). Nitrogen and carbon removal from wastewater was investigated over a 1-year period, with two different plant lay-outs: one-stage (only MBBR) and two stage system (MBBR and rotating biological contactors in series). The systems have been operated at low temperature (5–15°C). 50% of the MBBR volume (V=79 m3) was filled. The organic and ammonium loads were in the average 7.9 gCOD m−2 d−1 and 0.9 g NH4−N m−2 d−1. Typical carbon and nitrogen removals in MBBR at temperature lower than 8°C were respectively 73% and 72%.

Life Cycle Assessment of Urban Wastewater Treatment

2014 ◽  
Vol 535 ◽  
pp. 346-349
Author(s):  
Mei Wang ◽  
Ming Yang ◽  
Jun Liu ◽  
Jian Fen Li
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Wastewater Treatment Plant ◽  
Sewage Treatment ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Urban Wastewater ◽  
Urban Sewage ◽  
Urban Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Whole Life Cycle

Effect and benefits of a product or service could be analyzed and evaluated by life cycle assessment during the whole life cycle. Urban sewage treatment plants could improve and control urban water pollution escalating, but it also had certain harm to environment. Effect and benefits of urban wastewater treatment plant A and B were analyzed and evaluated, 13 factors were selected, and comprehensive benefits were researched quantificationally using the method of analytic hierarchy process. It found that urban wastewater treatment plant A who applied A/O process had better benefits than urban wastewater treatment plant B who applied BIOLAK process.

scholarly journals Anaerobic digestion life cycle assessment (LCA)

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (5) ◽  
pp. 92-104
Author(s):  
Farhad Sakhaee
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Anaerobic Digestion ◽  
Training Center ◽  
Treatment Facility ◽  
Practical Solution ◽  
Treatment Facilities ◽  
Management Report

Abstract: Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a tool to evaluate environmental impacts based on products of a process. This research is a case study of wastewater treatment facilities of ERTC (Environmental Resources Training Center), SIUE University, based on available data for two semi-annual sludge quantities (year 2015) from sludge management report. The aim of this study is to compare set of possibilities for a wastewater treatment facility at ERTC. The simulation has been done through SimaPro model. Electricity and methane were considered and the cumulative weight of their impacts has been investigated. Total solids for two semi-annual sludge has been fed to the model in kilogram and different production (electricity and methane) configuration were investigated. The most plausible configuration based on the cumulative environmental impact proposed as best practical solution.

scholarly journals A Life Cycle Assessment Based Evaluation of a Coupled Wastewater Treatment and Biofuel Production Paradigm

2013 ◽  
Vol 04 (09) ◽  
pp. 1018-1033 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monica C. Rothermel ◽  
Amy E. Landis ◽  
William J. Barr ◽  
Kullapa Soratana ◽  
Kayla M. Reddington ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Biofuel Production

Determining benchmarks in wastewater treatment plants using life cycle assessment

2017 ◽  
pp. 459-467
Author(s):  
Gumersindo Feijoo ◽  
Yago Lorenzo-Toja ◽  
Desirée Marín-Navarro ◽  
Maria Teresa Moreira ◽  
Ian Vázquez-Rowe
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Wastewater Treatment Plants

Small Wastewater Treatment Plants Based on Moving Bed Biofilm Reactors

1993 ◽  
Vol 28 (10) ◽  
pp. 351-359 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Ødegaard ◽  
B. Rusten ◽  
H. Badin
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Pollution Control ◽  
Wastewater Treatment Plants ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Biofilm Reactor ◽  
Chemical Plants ◽  
Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor ◽  
Moving Bed ◽  
Biofilm Reactors ◽  
Control Authority

In 1988 the State Pollution Control Authority in Norway made recommendations regarding process designs for small wastewater treatment plants. Amongst these were recommendations for biological/chemical plants where biofilm reactors were used in combination with pretreatment in large septic tanks and chemical post treatment. At the same time the socalled “moving bed biofilm reactor” (MBBR) was developed by a Norwegian company. In this paper, experiences from a small wastewater treatment plant, based on the MBBR and on the recommendations mentioned, will be presented.

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