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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...

CHAR Technologies Ltd.

Technology Spotlight
Andrew White
09/11/2020

What is your technology? CHAR Technologies Ltd. (“CHAR”) (YES -TSXV) High Temperature Pyrolysis (HTP) technology heats feedstocks to temperatures as high as 900°C (1,600°F) in an oxygen-free environment, where the...

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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 #4931

Subcontract to Assist PNNL in the Characterization POTW Infrastructure

In Progress

This subcontract will support Pacific Northwest National Laboratory’s (PNNL) Department of Energy Bioenergy Technology Office (BETO)-funded project "Waste to Energy: Cost-Benefit Analysis of Upgrades to POTW Waste Aggregation...

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Project #4900

Unlocking the Potential of Mixed-Microbial Fermentation for Enhancing Carbonaceous Resource Recovery from Organic "Wastes"

In Progress

Recovery of commodity materials from wastewater is a key function of water resource recovery facilities (WRRFs) of the future, in which wastewater treatment is coupled with recovery of...

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Project #5062

A Distributed Renewable Energy Opportunities and Workshop

In Progress

This project will build on the results of project 4625 by holding a science to policy workshop connecting research, industry, and policy. It will bring together various partners...

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