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Energy Efficiency

Water infrastructure isn’t aging, it is old. Much of it represents a time when energy costs were low and water systems were independent of energy systems. The Energy Efficiency Focus Group was formed to identify practices and technologies to improve energy efficiency and lower energy use in process treatment and utility operations.  This group is collaboratively investigating several energy conservation technologies to help utilities achieve net-neutrality or energy-positive operations.

Chair: Ya-Chi Tsao, Staff Engineer - Planning & Research, Philadelphia Water

Vice-Chair: Vacant

7 Projects
Energy Optimization
Energy Recovery

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Energy Production & Efficiency

06/01/2020

Energy is usually the second-highest cost item of a water utility’s operating budget. Many opportunities exist for the design and operational optimization of electricity use for water supply and treatment...

Pasteurization Technology Group

Technology Spotlight
06/17/2019

Pasteurization Technology Group (PTG) applies cogeneration principals to the problem of disinfecting wastewater using a process that is safe, toxic free, and has a low carbon footprint. First off, PTG’s...

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Related Research Projects

Project #1560

Decision Support System for Sustainable Energy Management

Completed

The Water RF and WERF collaborated in this project to provide better decisions on reducing non-renewable energy use and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the water and wastewater...

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Project #1544

Sustainable Energy Optimization Tool - Carbon Heat Energy Assessment Plant Evaluation Tool (CHEApet)

Completed

A web-based plant-wide energy model that considers all forms of energy (calorific, electric, thermal, and recovered biogas from cogeneration) as well as Greenhouse Gas emission predictions is part...

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Project #1417

Energy Performance Benchmarking Summaries and Recommendations for Energy Neutrality Opportunities at Three New York Water Resource Recovery Facilities

Completed

WERF is working collaboratively with the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority to advance implementation of energy-efficient best practices in the industry. This research contributes to...

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Project #4879

Carbon Capture and Management Strategies for Energy Harvest from Wastewater

In Progress

This project examined the impact of wastewater characteristics on the performance and operation of high-rate carbon removal processes. The research focused on evaluating the improvements or deterioration of...

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Project #4932
Aquatic plants in a laboratory

Bay Area Biosolids to Energy (Bab2E) Project Peer Review

In Progress

The Bay Area Biosolids to Energy (BAB2E) Coalition is a consortium of sixteen San Francisco Bay Area public agencies seeking innovative, local, sustainable solutions to biosolids management by...

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Project #4812

Controlled Laboratory Investigation of Siloxane Adsorption Media and Variables Impacting Performance

In Progress

Understanding how siloxane mass transfer is affected by biogas and process characteristics can lead to more cost effective digester gas treatment processes and improved energy recovery process performance...

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