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Identifiying cost savings through energy conservation measures in mechanically aerated activated sludge treatment processes in southeast Florida
| Title: | Identifiying cost savings through energy conservation measures in mechanically aerated activated sludge treatment processes in southeast Florida. |
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| Name(s): |
Stanley, Eric. College of Engineering and Computer Science Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatics Engineering |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Genre: | Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation | |
| Issuance: | monographic | |
| Date Issued: | 2012 | |
| Publisher: | Florida Atlantic University | |
| Physical Form: | electronic | |
| Extent: | xv, 272 p. : ill. (some col.) | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Summary: | This thesis presents a model which estimates energy and cost savings that can be realized by implementing Energy Conservation Measures (ECMs) at mechanically aerated wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) in southeast Florida. Historical plant monitoring data is used to estimate savings achieved by implementing innovative aeration technologies which include : 1) Fine Bubble DIffusers ; 2) Single-Stage Turbo Blowers ; 3) Automatic Dissolved Oxygen (DO) Control. Key assumptions for modeling performance of each technology are researched and discussed, such as trends in the future cost of electricity, efficiency of blowers, and practical average DO levels for each scenario. Capital cost estimates and operation maintenance (O&M) costs are estimated to complete life-cycle cost and payback analyses. The benefits are quantified on an individual and cumulative basis, to identify which technologies are cost-beneficial. The results demonstrate that levels of payback of 20 years or less are available at the three WWTPs studied. | |
| Identifier: | 810904851 (oclc), 3352885 (digitool), FADT3352885 (IID), fau:3921 (fedora) | |
| Note(s): |
by Eric Stanley. Thesis (M.S.C.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2012. Includes bibliography. Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, Fla., 2012. Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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| Subject(s): |
Ecological engineering Sewage -- Purification Sewage disposal plants -- Energy conservation -- Florida |
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| Held by: | FBoU FAUER | |
| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3352885 | |
| Use and Reproduction: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | |
| Host Institution: | FAU |
