Activated carbon and fuel from sewage solids
Conference
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· ACS Symp. Ser.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6488487
Under a NASA development program for a source of carbon for insulation, a new process was conceived for treating wastewater. After bench testing, a trailer mounted unit was brought to the County Sanitation Districts of Orange County, California. After testing this 10,000 gallon per day unit plus some tests on reactors in Belle Meade, New Jersey, Springfield, Ohio and Louisville, Kentucky, the Sanitation Districts decided the system had enough promise to justify a pilot plant scale test. Much of this justification was the elimination of a sludge disposal problem with which all present wastewater treatment systems are confronted. A pilot plant was built and operated to obtain data for design of a full scale plant. The one million gallon a day (MGD) size was considered an intermediate step between the .01 MGD trailer mounted unit and full plant size of 175 MGD. The process and the pilot reactor are described in this article. Reactor products include hydrogen, methane, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, and carbon. Material and energy balances are considered. (DMC)
- OSTI ID:
- 6488487
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-780305-P8
- Conference Information:
- Journal Name: ACS Symp. Ser.; (United States) Journal Volume: 76
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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ACTIVATED CARBON
ADSORBENTS
ALKANES
CARBON
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHEMICAL REACTORS
DECOMPOSITION
DRYING
ELEMENTS
ENERGY
ENERGY BALANCE
FLUIDS
FUNCTIONAL MODELS
GASES
HEAT
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROGEN PRODUCTION
MATERIAL BALANCE
METHANE
NONMETALS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PILOT PLANTS
PROCESS HEAT
PRODUCTION
PYROLYSIS
PYROLYSIS PRODUCTS
PYROLYTIC GASES
REMOVAL
SEWAGE
SEWAGE SLUDGE
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
WASTES
WATER REMOVAL
090122* -- Hydrocarbon Fuels-- Preparation from Wastes or Biomass-- (1976-1989)
140504 -- Solar Energy Conversion-- Biomass Production & Conversion-- (-1989)
ACTIVATED CARBON
ADSORBENTS
ALKANES
CARBON
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHEMICAL REACTORS
DECOMPOSITION
DRYING
ELEMENTS
ENERGY
ENERGY BALANCE
FLUIDS
FUNCTIONAL MODELS
GASES
HEAT
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROGEN PRODUCTION
MATERIAL BALANCE
METHANE
NONMETALS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PILOT PLANTS
PROCESS HEAT
PRODUCTION
PYROLYSIS
PYROLYSIS PRODUCTS
PYROLYTIC GASES
REMOVAL
SEWAGE
SEWAGE SLUDGE
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
WASTES
WATER REMOVAL