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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Stillwell, Ashlynn S
• Hoppock, David C
• Webber, Michael E

Titel

Energy Recovery from Wastewater Treatment Plants in the United States: A Case Study of the Energy-Water Nexus

Ist Teil von

• Sustainability, 2010-04, Vol.2 (4), p.945-962

Ort / Verlag

Basel: MDPI, Open Access Journal

Erscheinungsjahr

2010

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Quelle

Electronic Journals Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This manuscript uses data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to analyze the potential for energy recovery from wastewater treatment plants via anaerobic digestion with biogas utilization and biosolids incineration with electricity generation. These energy recovery strategies could help offset the electricity consumption of the wastewater sector and represent possible areas for sustainable energy policy implementation. We estimate that anaerobic digestion could save 628 to 4,940 million kWh annually in the United States. In Texas, anaerobic digestion could save 40.2 to 460 million kWh annually and biosolids incineration could save 51.9 to 1,030 million kWh annually.