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- Title
Use of wastewater and waste from Colombian pacific for electrical generation.
- Authors
Alonso Molina-Guzmán, Fredy; Andrés Torres-Castillo, Sergio; Arturo López-Martínez, Germán
- Abstract
The Colombian Pacific region has 36 municipalities corresponding to areas not interconnected to the National Interconnected System [1], and a population of 1,332,082 inhabitants [2]. The region's electricity supply is made partially from diesel plants with coverage of 6 to 8 hours a day, [3]. Currently, neither solid waste nor wastewater generated has adequate disposal, which generates great environmental and health impacts. The present study estimated the energy potentials that can be obtained from these wastes produced in the region. The calculated theoretical energy potential was 30 MWh / year and the technical energy potential was 20,589 kWh / year, considering an energy conversion efficiency of 50 % and an effective collection of 70%. These potentials cover 5.2% of the total energy demand in the region for 24 hours a day. To solve a total coverage, we can think about the implementation of hybrid systems of distributed generation using the current diesel plants with the supplement of clean energy sources (other biomass residues, water resources or photovoltaic solar systems).
- Subjects
SOLID waste; SEWAGE; CLEAN energy; ENERGY consumption; WATER supply; PHOTOVOLTAIC power generation
- Publication
Visión Electrónica, 2022, Vol 16, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1909-9746
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.14483/issn.2248-4728