Treatment of biomass-gasification wastewater
One way of utilizing biomass as a renewable energy resource is to thermochemically convert it into a gaseous fuel. During conversion, wastewaters are generated that will require treatment prior to reuse in the production process or discharge to the environment. Development of cost-effective wastewater treatment technologies is necessary at the pilot plant stage of production technology development. The principal task of this research effort has been to assess the technical feasibility and cost effectiveness of several promising process technologies for the treatment of biomass gasification wastewaters (BGW) by conducting bench-scale treatability studies. In addition to conventional treatment process options, innovative process technologies have been investigated that promise to dramatically reduce treatment time, cost, energy consumption, and/or sludge production while preserving the simplicity of operation and mechanical reliability of conventional treatment process options. This paper reports results obtained recently in innovative biological wastewater treatment process studies.
- Research Organization:
- Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-76RL01830
- OSTI ID:
- 6510379
- Report Number(s):
- PNL-SA-9388; CONF-810360-3
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 12. biomass thermochemical conversion contractors meeting, Washington, DC, USA, 18 Mar 1981
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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