LCAMER: An Assessment Tool for Managing Cost-Effective Energy Recovery from Anaerobically Digested Wastewater Solids

Abstract

LCAMER (Life Cycle Assessment Manager for Energy Recovery) is a spreadsheet-based tool developed for comparing the benefits and costs of onsite energy recovery alternatives throughout the lifetime of a wastewater treatment facility. LCAMER was updated to focus on new technical and economical information related to the use of fuel cell and Stirling engine technology operating with anaerobic digester gas from wastewater treatment plants. This document includes the background material and derivation of the cost algorithms included in the updated tool. Published by WERF. 56 pages. Online PDF. (2012)

Originally funded as WERF project OWSO4R07i.

Resources

Public Plus

LCAMER: An Assessment Tool for Managing Cost-Effective Energy Recovery from Anaerobically Digested Wastewater Solids

Report

#4R07IPDF

06/30/2009

Related Projects

Recently

Project #1457

Optimization of Wastewater Lift Stations for Reduction of Energy Usage and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Completed

Demonstrates an energy-efficient control method of lift station system operation that utilizes hydraulic modeling results generated from site-specific conditions to optimize pumping units and reduce simultaneous running cycles...

View more details

Project #1549

Life Cycle Assessment Manager for Energy Recovery (LCAMER) Spreadsheet User's Manual:Version 2

Completed

This comprehensive user’s manual provides step-by-step instructions for working with the updated LCAMER spreadsheet tool OWSO4R07T. It accompanies the spreadsheet model, guiding users through the cells in which...

View more details

Project #1779

Flare Efficiency Estimator and Case Studies

Completed

This research increases awareness about the combustion efficiency of candlestick flares and advances understanding of the fugitive emissions from gas flaring operations. As part of this work, WERF...

View more details

Project #5108

Acid+ Digestion

In Progress

Water resource recovery facilities (WRRFs) are striving to maintain highly sustainable operations while minimizing impacts to rate payers. Recovering nutrients from wastewater solids can help WRRFs achieve this...

View more details

Project #5189

Quantifying the Impact of Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning-Based Approaches to Utility Performance

In Progress

The purpose of this project is to survey the water industry and identify the use cases for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), quantify their benefits, and...

View more details

Project #5148

Transforming Aeration Energy in Water Resource Recovery Facilities (WRRFs) through Suboxic Nitrogen Removal

In Progress

This project will advance suboxic nitrogen removal (SNR) by (1) expanding the model predictive aeration control (MPAC) technology DO/Nmaster towards full-scale integration and commercialization; (2) filling fundamental knowledge...

View more details

Your Water System is Not Isolated - Interdependencies are Important

LCAMER: An Assessment Tool for Managing Cost-Effective Energy Recovery from Anaerobically Digested Wastewater Solids

Abstract

Resources

LCAMER: An Assessment Tool for Managing Cost-Effective Energy Recovery from Anaerobically Digested Wastewater Solids

Optimization of Wastewater Lift Stations for Reduction of Energy Usage and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Life Cycle Assessment Manager for Energy Recovery (LCAMER) Spreadsheet User's Manual:Version 2

Flare Efficiency Estimator and Case Studies

Acid+ Digestion

Quantifying the Impact of Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning-Based Approaches to Utility Performance

Transforming Aeration Energy in Water Resource Recovery Facilities (WRRFs) through Suboxic Nitrogen Removal

Your Water System is Not Isolated - Interdependencies are Important