Energy use of biogas generated in a sewage treatment plant: potential to reduce eletricity costs and atmospheric emissions in northeast Brazil

Interação ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 429-444
Author(s):  
Tuane Nascimento Mendes Aragão ◽  
Gustavo Rafael Collere Possetti ◽  
Ícaro Thiago Andrade Moreira
Keyword(s):  
Energy Use ◽  
Biogas Production ◽  
Sewage Treatment ◽  
Sewage Treatment Plant ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Energy Generation ◽  
Biogas Plant ◽  
Environmental Benefits ◽  
Northeastern Brazil ◽  
Greenhouse Gas Inventories

This research aimed to evaluate the management of a Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) and the existing biogas plant. A mathematical model was used to analyze the behavior of methane, biogas production and energy generation potential for a period of three years at the Jacuípe II Treatment Plant, located in northeastern Brazil. If the biogas plant were in operation, it would be possible to obtain autonomy for energy generation in the years 2016 and 2018. Greenhouse Gas Inventories - GHG, situational diagnosis of the biogas plant and scenario of financial losses with the deactivation of the plant were prepared. The results revealed that the emission of 1,958.38 tCH4 could have been avoided with the use of an energy generator (85% less than that emitted) or 1,151.99 tCH4 (50% less than emitted), if combustion by burner/flare. In addition, the financial loss due to the inactivity of the biogas plant resulted in US$ 154,162.38, about 67% of the actual energy expenditure of the plant in the period from 2016 to 2018. The reactivation of the biogas plant present in this station will bring environmental benefits, since the emission of GHG will be mitigated, in addition to financial benefits, since the energy use of biogas in the plant will provide a reduction in the expenses with electricity from STP Jacuípe II, in line with the aspects of sustainability.

Is sonication effective to improve biogas production and solids reduction in excess sludge digestion?

2008 ◽  
Vol 57 (4) ◽  
pp. 479-483 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. M. Braguglia ◽  
G. Mininni ◽  
A. Gianico
Keyword(s):  
Activated Sludge ◽  
Residence Time ◽  
Energy Input ◽  
Biogas Production ◽  
Sewage Treatment ◽  
Sewage Treatment Plant ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Organic Load ◽  
Ultra Sound

Results of three semi-continuous anaerobic tests were reported and discussed. Each test was carried out by two parallel anaerobic reactors fed with waste activated sludge, either as it was sampled from the sewage treatment plant of Rome North or previously disintegrated by ultra-sound treatment. Activated sludge was sonicated at the energy input of 5,000 or 2,500 kJ kg−1 dry solids corresponding to a disintegration degree of approximately 8 or 4%, respectively. Sonication proved to be effective both in increasing VS destruction and cumulative biogas production. The best increase of VS destruction (from 30 to 35%) was achieved in test #3 carried out at high organic load (10 d residence time) and low energy input (2,500 kJ kg−1 dry solids). The best increase in cumulative biogas production (from 472 to 640 NL after 67 d of tests i.e.) was obtained in test #1 at low organic load (20 d residence time) and high energy input (5,000 kJ kg−1 dry solids). Specific biogas production varied in the tests carried out with untreated sludge (0.55 – 0.67 Nm3 kg−1 VS destroyed) but was practically unchanged for all the tests with sonicated sludge (0.7 Nm3 kg−1 VS destroyed).

scholarly journals The Efficiency of the Biogas Plant Operation Depending on the Substrate Used

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (11) ◽  
pp. 3157
Author(s):  
Janina Piekutin ◽  
Monika Puchlik ◽  
Michał Haczykowski ◽  
Katarzyna Dyczewska
Keyword(s):  
Circular Economy ◽  
Efficient Solution ◽  
Sewage Treatment ◽  
Sewage Treatment Plant ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Biogas Plant ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Material Management ◽  
Biogas Plants ◽  
Real Scale

The study aimed to assess the most efficient solution of raw material management in selected biogas plants into the concept of circular economy and evaluate the most efficient solution of raw material management in selected biogas plants due to the quality and quantity of the feed and the final product obtained, which is biogas, as well at the closed circulation (circular economy). The study evaluated two agricultural biogas plants on a real scale and one at the sewage treatment plant (in real scale) in northeastern Poland. A year-long study showed that in technical terms, the best work efficiency is achieved by agricultural biogas plants processing: silage, manure, apple pomace, potato pulp (biogas plant No. 1), followed by biogas plant No. 3 processing chicken manure, decoction, cattle manure, poultry slaughterhouse waste (sewage sludge, flotate, feathers), and finally, the lowest efficiency biogas plant was No. 2, the sewage treatment plant, which stabilized sewage sludge in the methane fermentation process. Moreover, based on the results, it was found that agricultural biogas gives the best efficiency in energy production from 1 ton of feed.

Upgrading of sewage treatment plant by sustainable and cost-effective separate treatment of industrial wastewater

2010 ◽  
Vol 61 (7) ◽  
pp. 1715-1722 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. R. Abma ◽  
W. Driessen ◽  
R. Haarhuis ◽  
M. C. M. van Loosdrecht
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Wastewater ◽  
Prolonged Exposure ◽  
Biogas Production ◽  
Sewage Treatment ◽  
Sewage Treatment Plant ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Uasb Reactor ◽  
Anammox Bacteria ◽  
Reject Water ◽  
Separate Treatment

The Olburgen sewage treatment plant has been upgraded to improve the effluent quality by implementing a separate and dedicated treatment for industrial (potato) wastewater and reject water. The separate industrial treatment has been realized within a beneficial public-private partnership. The separate treatment of the concentrated flows of industrial wastewater and sludge treatment effluent proved to be more cost-efficient and area and energy efficient than a combined traditional treatment process. The industrial wastewater was first treated in a UASB reactor for biogas production. The UASB reactor effluent was combined with the reject water and treated in a struvite reactor (Phospaq process) followed by a one stage granular sludge nitritation/anammox process. For the first time both reactors where demonstrated on full scale and have been operated stable over a period of 3 years. The recovered struvite has been tested as a suitable substitute for commercial fertilizers. Prolonged exposure of granular anammox biomass to nitrite levels up to 30 mg/l did not result in inhibition of the anammox bacteria in this reactor configuration. The chosen option required a 17 times smaller reactorvolume (20,000 m3 less volume) and saves electric power by approximately 1.5 GWh per year.

Life Cycle Assessment of an intensive sewage treatment plant in Barcelona (Spain) with focus on energy aspects

2011 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 440-447 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Bravo ◽  
I. Ferrer
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Anaerobic Digestion ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Biogas Production ◽  
Sewage Treatment ◽  
Sewage Treatment Plant ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Pre Treatment ◽  
Energy Aspects

Life Cycle Assessment was used to evaluate environmental impacts associated to a full-scale wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) in Barcelona Metropolitan Area, with a treatment capacity of 2 million population equivalent, focussing on energy aspects and resources consumption. The wastewater line includes conventional pre-treatment, primary settler, activated sludge with nitrogen removal, and tertiary treatment; and the sludge line consists of thickening, anaerobic digestion, cogeneration, dewatering and thermal drying. Real site data were preferably included in the inventory. Environmental impacts of the resulting impact categories were determined by the CLM 2 baseline method. According to the results, the combustion of natural gas in the cogeneration engine is responsible for the main impact on Climate Change and Depletion of Abiotic Resources, while the combustion of biogas in the cogeneration unit accounts for a minor part. The results suggest that the environmental performance of the WWTP would be enhanced by increasing biogas production through improved anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge.

scholarly journals Biogas Production From Co Digestion of Automotive Wastewater And Synthetic Wastewater in Anaerobic Reactor

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 1954-1959
Author(s):  
Uzana Ismail ◽  
Zaifah Che Wil ◽  
Syazwani Idrus
Keyword(s):  
Ph Value ◽  
Biogas Production ◽  
Sewage Treatment ◽  
Sewage Treatment Plant ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Cod Removal ◽  
Synthetic Wastewater ◽  
Organic Loading Rate ◽  
Anaerobic Reactor ◽  
Mechanical Agitator

The purpose of this study is to investigate the biogas potential from automotive wastewater codigested with Synthetic wastewater treated in anaerobic reactor. This experiment was run by continuously mixed with mechanical Agitator stirring tank reactor and were established under mesophilic condition at temperature of 38°C. The source of inoculum used in this study were obtained from sewage treatment plant. The experiment was analyzed based on COD removal and biogas production in relation with parameters such as pH, organic loading rate, alkalinity and effect of Zinc and Copper which runs on automotive wastewater. From the result obtains, the reactor condition was unstable during mono digestion of automotive wastewater which aligned with indication of decreasing biogas production, low pH value below 6.0 and low COD removal with value of 63.4%. However, the reactors become stable during co digestion of automotive wastewater with Synthetic wastewater with 0.12 g/L/d OLR and with highest methane production 0.140 L of CH4 / day. The findings illustrate the nutrient available in Synthetic wastewater could enhance the synergistic effect in co digestion with automotive wastewater and therefore resulted with the highest COD removal rates.

Analysis and balance of phosphorous removal from wastewater at urban wastewater treatment plant

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 142-151
Author(s):  
Peter Lukac ◽  
Lubos Jurik
Keyword(s):  
Wastewater Treatment ◽  
Wastewater Treatment Plant ◽  
Wastewater Treatment Plants ◽  
Sewage Treatment ◽  
Sewage Treatment Plant ◽  
Treatment Plant ◽  
Phosphorus Recovery ◽  
Anaerobic Sludge ◽  
Biological Phosphorus Removal ◽  
The Mean

Abstract:Phosphorus is a major substance that is needed especially for agricultural production or for the industry. At the same time it is an important component of wastewater. At present, the waste management priority is recycling and this requirement is also transferred to wastewater treatment plants. Substances in wastewater can be recovered and utilized. In Europe (in Germany and Austria already legally binding), access to phosphorus-containing sewage treatment is changing. This paper dealt with the issue of phosphorus on the sewage treatment plant in Nitra. There are several industrial areas in Nitra where record major producers in phosphorus production in sewage. The new wastewater treatment plant is built as a mechanicalbiological wastewater treatment plant with simultaneous nitrification and denitrification, sludge regeneration, an anaerobic zone for biological phosphorus removal at the beginning of the process and chemical phosphorus precipitation. The sludge management is anaerobic sludge stabilization with heating and mechanical dewatering of stabilized sludge and gas management. The aim of the work was to document the phosphorus balance in all parts of the wastewater treatment plant - from the inflow of raw water to the outflow of purified water and the production of excess sludge. Balancing quantities in the wastewater treatment plant treatment processes provide information where efficient phosphorus recovery could be possible. The mean daily value of P tot is approximately 122.3 kg/day of these two sources. The mean daily value of P tot is approximately 122.3 kg/day of these two sources. There are also two outflows - drainage of cleaned water to the recipient - the river Nitra - 9.9 kg Ptot/day and Ptot content in sewage sludge - about 120.3 kg Ptot/day - total 130.2 kg Ptot/day.

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