Journal
WATER RESEARCH
Volume 81, Issue -, Pages 113-123Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2015.04.033
Keywords
Wastewater treatment; Process control; Energy costs; Energy tariff; Time-of-use; Benchmark Simulation Model (BSM)
Funding
- Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness [RYC-2013-14595, CTM2012-38314-C0201]
- European Union Marie Curie Career Integration Grant [PCIG9-GA-2011-293535]
- EU (FP7) [619093]
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The objective of this paper is to demonstrate the importance of incorporating more realistic energy cost models (based on current energy tariff structures) into existing water resource recovery facilities (WRRFs) process models when evaluating technologies and cost-saving control strategies. In this paper, we first introduce a systematic framework to model energy usage at WRRFs and a generalized structure to describe energy tariffs including the most common billing terms. Secondly, this paper introduces a detailed energy cost model based on a Spanish energy tariff structure coupled with a WRRF process model to evaluate several control strategies and provide insights into the selection of the contracted power structure. The results for a 1-year evaluation on a 115,000 population-equivalent WRRF showed monthly cost differences ranging from 7 to 30% when comparing the detailed energy cost model to an average energy price. The evaluation of different aeration control strategies also showed that using average energy prices and neglecting energy tariff structures may lead to biased conclusions when selecting operating strategies or comparing technologies or equipment. The proposed framework demonstrated that for cost minimization, control strategies should be paired with a specific optimal contracted power. Hence, the design of operational and control strategies must take into account the local energy tariff. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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