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Near zero energy wastewater treatment plants for the Greek islands

Gikas Petros, Tsoutsos Theocharis

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URI: http://purl.tuc.gr/dl/dias/5CC29CEE-C79B-4F5E-AA66-7981EA8711FF
Year 2015
Type of Item Peer-Reviewed Journal Publication
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Bibliographic Citation P. Gikas and T. Tsoutsos, "Near zero energy wastewater treatment plants for the Greek islands", Desalinat. Water Treat., vol. 53, no. 12, pp. 3328-3334, 2015. doi:10.1080/19443994.2014.934109 https://doi.org/10.1080/19443994.2014.934109
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Conventional wastewater treatment is an energy-intensive process, requiring electric energy of about 1.1–2.4 MJ/m3, being higher in plants with relatively small hydraulic capacity (<5,000 m3/d). Solar energy can be used to supply electric energy, particularly for the Greek islands; however, the huge energy demand of the wastewater treatment is a drawback for the use of photovoltaic energy, due to the additional capital cost and electricity storage requirements during the night. Here, a novel approach for wastewater treatment is proposed, based on enhanced primary solids removal, by the use of advanced sieving and filtration processes, utilizing a proprietary rotary fabric belt microscreen followed by a proprietary continuous backwash upflow media filter. Raw municipal wastewater treated with the above process results in about 80–90% reduction in TSS and 60–70% reduction in BOD5. The overall electrical power requirements for a novel configuration plant with hydraulic capacity of 1,000 m3/d (typical capacity for small settlements in the Aegean islands) have been calculated to about 10 kW, as compared to over 25 kW for a conventional activated sludge system with the same capacity.

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