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E3S Web Conf.
Volume 212, 2020
2020 International Conference on Building Energy Conservation, Thermal Safety and Environmental Pollution Control (ICBTE 2020)
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Article Number | 01003 | |
Number of page(s) | 10 | |
Section | Ecology and Energy Saving | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202021201003 | |
Published online | 26 November 2020 |
Energy saving in wastewater treatment plants
Technical University of Moldova, 39 Dacia avenue, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
* Corresponding author: natalia.ciobanu@fua.utm.md, ciobnata@hotmail.com
This paper uses data from the Chisinau Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) (2018 year) to analyze the potential for energy recovery from wastewater treatment plant via anaerobic digestion with biogas utilization with electricity generation. These energy recovery strategies could help offset the electricity consumption of the wastewater treatment plants and represent possible areas for sustainable energy policy implementation. We estimate that anaerobic digestion could save approximately 14, 444, 918 kWh annually in Chisinau WWTP. Anaerobic digestion is widely considered as an environmentally friendly technology for sewerage sludge. This study aims to highlight the potential as well as to provide a starting point for further studies regarding the treatment as sewerage sludge using anaerobic digestion in Republic of Moldova and recovery energy that could further reduce electricity cost and reduction of sludge cake.
Key words: wastewater treatment / energy / sludge / anaerobic digestion / biogas
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