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Project #5271

Balancing Carbon Management, Energy Management, Energy Production, Nutrient Removal and Densification

$665,000
In Progress
Principal Investigator
Leon
Downing
Research Manager
Harry Zhang, PhD, PE
Contractor
Black & Veatch
Climate Change
Energy Optimization
Nutrients
Treatment
Integrated Planning & Water Management

Abstract

The Utility of the Future concept redefines the wastewater industry as not only responsible for protecting human health and the environment, but also for managing our limited resources in a sustainable manner to provide resilient infrastructure solutions. The objective of this research project frames this redefinition of the wastewater industry with a focus on the activated sludge process. Systematic testing of several biological nutrient removal configurations will quantify the impacts of influent carbon use and diversion on energy production, nutrient removal, and densification.