Energy efficiency of small waste water treatment plants in the Baltic Sea region – a comparative case study

Abstract

Presented study will compare energy efficiency indexes [1] for three exemplary waste water treatment plants (WWTP) in the Baltic Sea region. Exemplary WWTPs include Goleniów Water Treatment Plant (Location 1 - Poland), Rőnne -  Bornholm (Location 3 - Denmark) and Hőőr (Location 2 – Sweden, WWTP of Lyby and Ormanäs). Their geographical position is presented in Fig. 1. Time evolution of energy efficiency indexes and the influence of renewable energy sources on energy efficiency indexes will be analysed. 

Keywords

• energy efficiency,waste water

References

1. [1] World Population Prospects: The 2015 Revision; United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs,Population Division: New York, NY, USA, 2015.[2] Mountford, H.Water: The Environmental Outlook to 2050. In Proceeding of the OECD Global Forum on Environment: MakingWater Reform Happen, Paris, France, 25–26 October 2011.[3] Miranda A. Schreurs: “The Paris Climate Agreement and the Three Largest Emitters: China, the United States, and the European Union”, Politics and Governance (ISSN: 2183-2463) 2016, Volume 4, Issue 3, Pages 219-223 doi: 10.17645/pag.v4i3.666.[4] Deborah Panepinto, Silvia Fiore, Mariantonia Zappone, Giuseppe Genon, Lorenza Meucci: “Evaluation of the energy efficiency of a large wastewater treatment plant in Italy”, Applied Energy, Volume 161, 2016, Pages 404-411, ISSN 0306-2619.[5] Stenstrom, M., and Diego Rosso. "Aeration and mixing." Biological Wastewater Treatment: Principles, Modelling, and Design (2008): 245-272.[6] Alejandro Gallego, Almudena Hospido, Maria Teresa Moreira, Gumersindo Feijoo: “Environmental performance of wastewater treatment plants for small populations”, Resources, Conservation and Recycling 52 (2008), pp. 931–940,