An overview of biogas production and utilization at full-scale wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) in the United States: Challenges and opportunities towards energy-neutral WWTPs

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 50, Issue , 2015, Pages 346-362

  Shen, Yanwen ^a   Linville, Jessica L ^a   Urgun Demirtas, Meltem ^a   Mintz, Marianne M ^a   Snyder, Seth W ^a  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abbreviations AD anaerobic digestion; AG MTM acid methane mesophilic thermophilic mesophilic process; AWWTP advanced wastewater treatment plant; CHP combined heat and power; COD chemical oxygen demand; CSTR continuous stirred tank reactor; FOG fats, oil and grease; GHG greenhouse gas; GPD gallons per day; HRT hydraulic retention time; HSW high strength waste; IC internal combustion; MBTU million British thermal unit; MGD million gallons per day (1 MGD=3785 m3 day); MGY million gallons per year; N A not available; OFMSW organic fraction of municipal solid waste; PFR plug flow reactor; PS primary sludge; PSA pressure swing adsorption; RFS2 the new renewable fuel standard; RIN renewable identification numbers; scfm standard cubic feet per minute; THP thermal hydrolysis process; TS total solids; VS volatile solids; WAS waste activated sludge; WWTP wastewater treatment plant; WWTW wastewater treatment work

Indexed keywords

BIOGAS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOSOLIDS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COGENERATION PLANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; FEEDSTOCKS; GREENHOUSE GASES; METHANE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; RECLAMATION; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; SLUDGE DIGESTION; WASTE INCINERATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ABBREVIATION AD ANEROBIC DIGESTION; AG-MTM ACID-METHANE MESOPHILIC-THERMOPHILIC-MESOPHILIC PROCESS; AWWTP ADVANCED WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT; BRITISH THERMAL UNITS; CHEMICAL-OXYGEN DEMANDS; CHP COMBINED HEAT AND POWER; COD CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COMBINED-HEAT AND POWER; CONTINUOUS STIRRED TANK REACTOR; CSTR CONTINUOUS STIRRED TANK REACTOR; FOG FAT, OIL AND GREASE; GALLONS PER DAYS; GHG GREENHOUSE GAS; GPD GALLON PER DAY; GREENHOUSES GAS; HIGH STRENGTH WASTE; HRT HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; HSW HIGH-STRENGTH WASTE; HYDRAULIC RETENTION; IC INTERNAL COMBUSTION; IDENTIFICATION NUMBER; INTERNAL COMBUSTION; MBTU MILLION BRITISH THERMAL UNIT; MESOPHILIC; MESOPHILIC PROCESS; MGY MILLION GALLON PER YEAR; MILLION GALLON PER DAY MILLION GALLON PER DAY (1 MILLION GALLON PER DAY=3785 M3/DAY); MILLIONS GALLONS PER DAYS; N/A NOT AVAILABLE; OFMSW ORGANIC FRACTION OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; OIL AND GREASE; ORGANIC FRACTION OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTES; PFR PLUG FLOW REACTOR; PLUG FLOW REACTOR; PRESSURE SWING ADSORPTION; PRIMARY SLUDGE; PS PRIMARY SLUDGE; PSA PRESSURE SWING ADSORPTION; RENEWABLE FUELS; RETENTION TIME; RFS2 THE NEW RENEWABLE FUEL STANDARD; RIN RENEWABLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER; SCFM STANDARD CUBIC FOOT PER MINUTE; STANDARD CUBIC FOOT PER MINUTES; THERMAL HYDROLYSIS PROCESS; THERMOPHILICS; THP THERMAL HYDROLYSIS PROCESS; TOTAL SOLIDS; TS TOTAL SOLID; VOLATILE SOLID; VS VOLATILE SOLID; WAS WASTE ACTIVATED SLUDGE; WASTE ACTIVATED SLUDGES; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORKS; WWTW WASTEWATER TREATMENT WORK;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

EID: 84930209948     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.04.129     Document Type: Review

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