Journal
WATER
Volume 6, Issue 8, Pages 2436-2448Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/w6082436
Keywords
energy recovery; anaerobic treatment; grey water sludge; black water; heavy metals
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Funding
- Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs
- Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment
- European Union
- Province of Fryslan
- Northern Netherlands Provinces
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This study presents the potential of combining anaerobic grey water sludge treatment with black water in an up-flow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor to improve energy recovery within source-separated sanitation concepts. Black water and the mixture of black water and grey water sludge were compared in terms of biochemical methane potential (BMP), UASB reactor performance, chemical oxygen demand (COD) mass balance and methanization. Grey water sludge treatment with black water increased the energy recovery by 23% in the UASB reactor compared to black water treatment. The increase in the energy recovery can cover the increased heat demand of the UASB reactor and the electricity demand of the grey water bioflocculation system with a surplus of 0.7 kWh/cap/y electricity and 14 MJ/cap/y heat. However, grey water sludge introduced more heavy metals in the excess sludge of the UASB reactor and might therefore hinder its soil application.
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