Environmental services: energy conservation in wastewater treatment (a case study from the urban consortium)

Technical Report · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1980

OSTI ID:6529781

This pamphlet summarizes efforts on the Federal and local levels to promote energy conservation while maintaining or improving water quality. Some municipalities have been implementing energy conservation strategies in their initial treatment plant designs. Such a case study is described--the Southerly Wastewater Treatment Plant of Cleveland, Ohio. This energy conservation program uses incineration to provide steam for sludge processing, with heat recovery, from clarifier skimmings and sludge. Building heat is supplied in part by the use of heat pumps and energy wheels--devices which transfer building exhaust heat to incoming ventilation air. The heat pumps use the treated wastewater discharge from the plant. The pumps will heat eight buildings with an estimated equivalent savings of 265,000 gallons of fuel oil annually. It is concluded that the program is both workable and cost-effective.

• Research Organization: Public Technology, Inc., Washington, DC (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6529781
• Report Number(s): PB-82-218488
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
320604* -- Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization-- Municipalities & Community Systems-- Municipal Waste Management-- (1980-)
ENERGY CONSERVATION
ENERGY RECOVERY
HEAT EXCHANGERS
HEAT PUMPS
HEAT RECOVERY
INCINERATORS
RECOVERY
SEWAGE
SEWAGE SLUDGE
SLUDGES
STEAM
WASTES
WATER TREATMENT PLANTS