물환경 연구재단(WERF, Water Environment Research Foundation)이 최근 다양하고 혁신적인 프로세스 탐구를 목적으로 하는 세 개의 새로운 계약을 체결했다고 발표했다. 첫 번째 프로젝트는 “폐수에서 에너지 수확을 위한 탄소 포집 및 운영전략(U3R14)”으로, 어바인(Irvine)에 위치한 캘리포니아 대학교에서 실시될 예정이다.

이 프로젝트의 전체 목표는 탄소 포집의 기술사용에 필요한 도구를 개발하고, 기존 인프라의 개조 과정에서 허가 기준을 준수하면서 에너지 회수를 극대화하는 것이다.

 

 

 

The Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF) recently announced that it has awarded three new contracts with the intent to explore various innovative processes.

 

The first project, "Carbon Capture and Management Strategies for Energy Harvest from Wastewater (U3R14)," will be conducted by the University of California, Irvine. The overall goal of this project is to develop the tools necessary to use carbon capture technologies, whether existing or retrofitted into existing infrastructure, to maximize energy recovery while still maintaining permit compliance.

 

The intent is to develop process controllers and models that can be applied to all carbon capture technologies regardless of influent conditions and effluent requirements. Two pilot sites at DC Water and Hampton Roads Sanitation District will be used for this research.

 

The second project, "Balancing Flocs and Granules for Activated Sludge Process Intensification in Plug Flow Configurations (U1R14)." involves the University of Kansas being awarded a contract to move forward with research on the program. This study will provide strategies and design criteria to stimulate granulation in existing activated sludge processes to improve overall settleability and allow for simultaneous nutrient removal.

 

The research team includes eight municipal utilities in three countries, eight engineering firms, and three universities to perform pilot-scale and full-scale trials, process modeling and more.

 

The third project, "Phase-3 Development of Wastewater Pipeline Deterioration Model (U4R14)," involves a contract awarded to Virginia Tech to develop a wastewater pipe deterioration model. Phase I and II of this project were previously completed under WERF's Strategic Asset Management Challenge.

 

In Phase I, the research team identified wastewater pipe, failure modes and mechanisms, consequences of failure, and developed data structures and data collection protocols and methodologies. Phase II developed a standard procedure for rating the performance/condition of wastewater pipes.

 

The final task will explore mathematical modeling methodologies including advanced artificial intelligence techniques to provide utility managers with a practical and efficient technique for predicting wastewater pipeline performance and estimating end of remaining life using deterioration curves to assist in decision making.

 

[출처 = Desalination & Water Reuse / 2015년 4월 29일]