Economic Analysis of Electroplating Discharges to Sewage Treatment Plants

1990 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-108
Author(s):  
Norman D. Looker ◽  
Edward .A. McBean ◽  
Grahame J. Farquhar
Keyword(s):  
Economic Analysis ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Sewage Treatment ◽  
Sewage Treatment Plant ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Sensitivity Analyses ◽  
Net Benefit ◽  
Sludge Disposal ◽  
Plating Plant

Abstract A comparison of costs of implementing an advanced wastewater treatment system for a cadmium plating plant, versus the sludge disposal costs of the sewage treatment plant to which the plating plant is discharging its effluent, is described. An economic analysis spreadsheet approach using Lotus 1-2-3 is employed. A case study application demonstrates for overall society net benefit that it is cost-effective to initiate pretreatment at electroplating facilities which allows a municipal facility to dispose of its sludge on agricultural land rather than be required for landfilling. Sensitivity analyses to market interest rate, sludge production, sludge disposal fees and drag-out rates are explored.

Estrogenic compounds in Tunisian urban sewage treatment plant: occurrence, removal and ecotoxicological impact of sewage discharge and sludge disposal

Ecotoxicology ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (10) ◽  
pp. 1849-1857 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dalel Belhaj ◽  
Khaled Athmouni ◽  
Bouthaina Jerbi ◽  
Monem Kallel ◽  
Habib Ayadi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sewage Treatment ◽  
Sewage Treatment Plant ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Estrogenic Compounds ◽  
Sewage Discharge ◽  
Urban Sewage ◽  
Sludge Disposal

Future proof decentralised sludge recycling Elodry-pro®

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 840-848
Author(s):  
B. Geraats ◽  
M. Parnowska ◽  
L. Kox
Keyword(s):  
Sewage Sludge ◽  
Modular Design ◽  
Sewage Treatment ◽  
Sewage Treatment Plant ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Available Phosphorus ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Nox Formation

Abstract At Linz-Unkel (Germany) sewage treatment plant the first full scale state-of-art EloDry-Pro® plant for sewage sludge has been constructed, consisting of the PYREG® reactor and the EloDry® belt dryer. The system is characterised by small footprint, flexibility, modular design and efficient energy management. The sludge dried using an EloDry® belt dryer undergoes staged combustion using the PYREG® module at around 6,500°C. This reduces the sludge to a fraction of its original volume while disinfecting it and removing micro-pollutants such as pharmaceutical residues. The residual ash, which has a high percentage of plant-available phosphorus, is then supplied to the fertiliser industry as a recycled raw material. The working principle of EloDry-Pro® installation, including heat flows of the system, is presented. The paper describes Pyreg®'s advanced emission control systems, preventing NOx formation and removing harmful substances such as mercury and sulphur. The EloDry-Pro® technology is an innovative and cost-effective approach to decentralised thermal recycling of sewage sludge. Both sewage sludge volumes and transportation costs are reduced by up to 90%, therefore making it a low carbon cost-effective alternative to the transportation of sludge and allowing local sludge processing at plants under 100 k population.

The Change of Environmental in Sewage Sludge Compost

2015 ◽  
Vol 733 ◽  
pp. 334-337
Author(s):  
Ang Li ◽  
Li Na Sun
Keyword(s):  
Moisture Content ◽  
Ph Value ◽  
Sewage Treatment ◽  
Sewage Treatment Plant ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Sludge Disposal ◽  
Early Rise ◽  
Value Changes ◽  
Sludge Composting ◽  
Maturity Parameters

By aerobic composting bin type of sewage treatment plant sludge composting, through periodic sampling, research composting process temperature, moisture content, PH value changes and study the changes in compost maturity parameters of the DH. The results show that the compost temperature increased rapidly in the early rise in the first two days when fast to 50 degrees Celsius, in the tenth day decreased to room temperature; moisture content than the original sludge reduced by 40 percent to compost indicators; PH by reaction initial 6.2, and gradually becomes neutral and alkaline 7.8 biased. Experiments show that after aerobic sludge composting in temperature, moisture content, PH value terms have been reached sludge disposal requirements.

A Certain City Public Building Energy Consumption and Energy Saving of Economic Research and Statistics

2012 ◽  
Vol 512-515 ◽  
pp. 2842-2847
Author(s):  
Wei Yu ◽  
Wei Teng Li ◽  
Mei Juan Huo
Keyword(s):  
Economic Analysis ◽  
Statistical Power ◽  
Sewage Treatment ◽  
Sewage Treatment Plant ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Economic Research ◽  
Pump System ◽  
Heat Pump System ◽  
Site Monitoring ◽  
The City

In this paper, the main public buildings, Lang fang City, Hebei province, the research summary and statistical power to the city building a sewage treatment plant sewage source heat pump system operating on-site monitoring, the monitoring results of economic analysis with traditional heating methods from the initial investment and operation of both comprehensive economic analysis and comparison.

scholarly journals Relationship between centrifugation and drying of sludge and the organic halogens

2010 ◽  
Vol 58 (5) ◽  
pp. 185-190
Author(s):  
Karel Hrich ◽  
Bořivoj Groda
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Sewage Treatment ◽  
Sewage Treatment Plant ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Cement Kiln ◽  
Reject Water ◽  
Sludge Drying ◽  
Dried Sludge ◽  
Organic Halogens

This work is focused on determination of adsorbable organic halogens (AOX) concentration in the digested sludge from the sewage treatment plant and the losses of this component during dewatering and drying of sludge. Drying of the sludge from wastewater treatment plant is not extended too much in Czech Republic. In this work, the AOX are monitored, because AOX is one of the limits restraining use of the sludge on an agricultural land. Another reason is technological demand for using the sludge in cement processing, because chlorine in AOX can cause decrease in a heat transfer effect in a cement kiln. It is clear from the results that both centrifuged and dried sludge from the sewage treatment plant Brno fulfilled limits for using sludge on agriculture land. They can also be composted, in case they meet other requirements. If not, it is a possibility of co-incineration in cement kiln. In such case, limit for total chlorine including the AOX is required too. This limit was not exceeded. Another aim was to calculate a mass balance of AOX during the centrifugation and drying processes. It was found out, that after centrifugation the main part of AOX remained in the centrifuged sludge (96.4 %). The rest was drawn-off with reject water. 60 % of AOX in the reject water were dissolved compounds. A similar situation occurred during the drying process. More than 99 % of AOX was bound in the dried sludge. The air and vaporised water contained such quantity of AOX, which corresponded with the amount of the dust in the air and the amount of particles of sludge in vaporised water.

Technical economic analysis of stabilization ponds

1995 ◽  
Vol 31 (12) ◽  
pp. 103-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xian-wen Li
Keyword(s):  
Economic Analysis ◽  
Influencing Factor ◽  
Sewage Treatment ◽  
Sewage Treatment Plant ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Capital Outlay ◽  
Stabilization Pond ◽  
Pond System ◽  
Stabilization Ponds ◽  
Land Cost

Employing stabilization pond systems to treat wastewater has the advantages of being economical of energy, easy to operate, and low in operation costs. However, stabilization pond systems have the problem of occupying large areas of land. Therefore, only after an overall technical economic analysis is made can an assessment be made of whether it is feasible to employ a stabilization pond systems to treat wastewater. During the period of the Seventh Five-year Plan of China, the “Study on the Technology of Stabilization Ponds” was set as one of the national scientific and technological key items. Seven experimental bases were established ranging from the north down to the south of China. With the great numbers of operational data obtained from both these bases and the existing stabilization pond systems, an analysis of the composition of the capital outlay in the stabilization pond system construction was made. The analysis shows that the land purchase cost accounts for approximately 60% of the capital outlay in construction and is the most important influencing factor. A comparison between the various costs of stabilization pond systems and those of conventional sewage treatment plant was made. Thereupon two new parameters were put forward: “equal capital land cost” and “upper limit of feasible land cost”. At the same time, a nationwide isogram of these two parameters was plotted. This isogram may be useful for preliminary design and planning purposes, and may be helpful to the users to assess comparatively easily whether its feasible to employ stabilization pond system.

Reducing nutrient enrichment of waterways through public education: a tale of two cities

2000 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 351-358 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathon Howard ◽  
Daryl McGregor
Keyword(s):  
Public Education ◽  
Nutrient Enrichment ◽  
Sewage Treatment ◽  
Local Treatment ◽  
Sewage Treatment Plant ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Community Support ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Murray Darling Basin ◽  
Phosphorus Loads

Eutrophication of waterways, expressed as excess growth of cyanobacteria, is frequently caused by excessive inputs of phosphorus. Human activities are often the origin of such nutrient enrichment and so many governments have addressed the issue by implementing a range of technological, legislative and biological measures. By contrast, Australia has taken a different approach and also relied heavily on public education. This paper compares the success of two of these ‘Phoswatch’ public education programmes. One campaign occurred within the Murray-Darling Basin in a country town called Albury-Wodonga. The other occurred within the Hawkesbury-Nepean Basin in the western suburbs of Sydney. The campaigns were evaluated using a series of community surveys and by monitoring phosphorus loads at a sewage treatment plant. The Albury-Wodonga campaign was the most effective of the two campaigns with increases in the number of people reporting a range of behaviours and these resulted in a decrease in phosphorus loads entering the local treatment plant. The comparison suggests that clear simple messages, a diversity of media exposure, and some form of feedback are critical to programme success. It is concluded that campaigns such as Phoswatch can provide a long term, cost effective way of addressing eutrophication by focusing on the problem at source and creating community support for an integrated strategy.

Performance evaluation and sustainable, cost-effective and energy-efficient process enhancement measures for Pagla sewage treatment plant, Bangladesh

2020 ◽  
pp. 150-164
Author(s):  
Arfaa Feezanul Islam ◽  
Faria Tabassum ◽  
Nadim Reza Khandaker
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficient ◽  
Theoretical Calculations ◽  
Sewage Treatment ◽  
Sewage Treatment Plant ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Flow Diagram ◽  
Original Design ◽  
Functional Problems

At present, Pagla Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) is the only sewage treatment plant in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh, with a capacity to treat 120 million litres per day (MLD) of sewage. Evidence suggests that the plant is overburdened and cannot by itself handle the wastewater generated in Dhaka. Furthermore, the treatment plant is hampered by a number of functional problems which limit both its capacity to treat wastewater, and the efficiency of the treatment process. Rectifying the functional problems of the plant and implementing enhancement measures would greatly improve the functionality of Pagla STP. A thorough evaluation was carried out on the performance of the plant and a detailed process flow diagram developed. Several functional problems were identified, mostly pertaining to the primary sedimentation tanks and the unused sludge lagoons. The influent and effluent characteristics of Pagla STP were also assessed using BOD5 values as the primary criteria. It was found that the influent BOD5 value was 832 mg/L and effluent BOD5 was 497.5 mg/L, against design values of 120 mg/L and 50 mg/L respectively. Based on the evaluation, theoretical analysis was done, and a sustainable, cost and energy efficient retrofit was proposed whereby the sludge lagoons would be converted to anaerobic lagoons to facilitate biological pretreatment. It is estimated that implementing such an enhancement would increase the treatment capacity of the plant beyond its original design. Furthermore, theoretical calculations show up to 5,000 m3 of methane gas can be generated daily from the plant, which is enough to power 6,000 homes with renewable energy.

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