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- Title
Sustainability for wastewater treatment: bioelectricity generation and emission reduction.
- Authors
Ahmad, Anwar; Senaidi, Alaya Said
- Abstract
This review covers the technological measures of a self-sustainable anaerobic up-flow sludge blanket (UASB) system compared with an aerobic activated sludge process (ASP) for wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). The ASP requires a huge amount of electricity and chemicals and also results in the emission of carbon. The UASB system, instead, is based on greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction and is associated with biogas production for cleaner electricity. WWTPs including the ASP system are not sustainable due to the massive financial power required for clean wastewater. When the ASP system was used, the amount of production was estimated to be 10658.98 tonnes CO2eq-d- of carbon dioxide. Whereas it was 239.19 tonnes CO2eq-d-1 with the UASB. The UASB system is advantageous over the ASP system as it has a high production of biogas, needs low maintenance, yields a low amount of sludge, and is also a source of electricity that can be used as a power source for the WWTPs. Also, the UASB system produces less biomass, and this helps in reducing costs and maintaining work. Moreover, the aeration tank of the ASP needs 60% of energy distribution; on the other hand, the UASB consumes less energy, approximately 3–11%.
- Subjects
RENEWABLE energy sources; WASTEWATER treatment; GREENHOUSE gas mitigation; ACTIVATED sludge process; SEWAGE disposal plants; UPFLOW anaerobic sludge blanket reactors
- Publication
Environmental Science & Pollution Research, 2023, Vol 30, Issue 17, p48703
- ISSN
0944-1344
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11356-023-26063-9