Techno-economic assessment of chp systems in wastewater treatment plants

Derall M. Riley; Jiashen Tian; Gamze Güngör-Demirci; Patrick Phelan; J. Rene Villalobos; Ryan J. Milcarek

doi:10.3390/environments7100074

Techno-economic assessment of chp systems in wastewater treatment plants

Derall M. Riley, Jiashen Tian, Gamze Güngör-Demirci, Patrick Phelan, J. Rene Villalobos, Ryan J. Milcarek

Engineering, Ira A. Fulton Schools of (IAFSE)

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Wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) utilization of combined heat and power (CHP) systems allows for the efficient use of on-site biogas production, as well as increased annual savings in utility costs. In this paper, a review of biogas energy recovery options, CHP prime mover technologies, and the costs associated with biogas cleaning give a broad summary of the current state of CHP technology in WWTPs. Even though there are six different prime mover technologies, the main ones currently being implemented in WWTPs are micro turbines, fuel cells and reciprocating engines. Different prime movers offer varying efficiencies, installation costs, and biogas impurity (H₂ S, siloxanes, HCl) tolerances. To evaluate the long-term savings capabilities, a techno-economic assessment of a CHP installation at a case study WWTP shows the payback, annual savings, and initial costs associated with the installation of a CHP system. In this case, a study a payback of 5.7 years and a net present value of USD 709,000 can be achieved when the WWTP generates over 2,000,000 m³ of biogas per year and utilizes over 36,000 GJ of natural gas per year.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	74
Pages (from-to)	1-32
Number of pages	32
Journal	Environments - MDPI
Volume	7
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/environments7100074
State	Published - Oct 2020

Keywords

Anaerobic digestion (AD)
Biogas
Combined heat and power (CHP)
Fuel cells
Gas turbines
Internal combustion engine
Wastewater treatment plant

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Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
General Environmental Science

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