Integrating local solar energy and water recovery : Operating experiences of a systemic approach
(2023) In Water Practice and Technology 18(12). p.3291-3298- Abstract
The key message is the importance of a systemic approach to handling water and energy together, both in design and in oper-ation. The paper demonstrates how renewable energy, solar photovoltaic (PV) and solar thermal, in combination with a small nutrient removal plant, provides a reliable solution for small-scale decentralized water recovery operations. The system is automated and can operate outside the power grid and is designed to be a fully circular system in terms of both energy and water. The system has been installed on an island in the archipelago outside Stockholm, Sweden, to replace an old-fashioned septic tank. The effluent must satisfy rather strict effluent quality criteria for the Baltic Sea. The paper describes design... (More)
The key message is the importance of a systemic approach to handling water and energy together, both in design and in oper-ation. The paper demonstrates how renewable energy, solar photovoltaic (PV) and solar thermal, in combination with a small nutrient removal plant, provides a reliable solution for small-scale decentralized water recovery operations. The system is automated and can operate outside the power grid and is designed to be a fully circular system in terms of both energy and water. The system has been installed on an island in the archipelago outside Stockholm, Sweden, to replace an old-fashioned septic tank. The effluent must satisfy rather strict effluent quality criteria for the Baltic Sea. The paper describes design considerations, instrumentation aspects, automation features, and operation experiences.
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- Gillblad, Thomas LU and Olsson, Gustaf LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2023-12-01
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- automated water resource recovery, circular resource recovery, decentralized water resource recovery, solar energy, Sweden, systemic approach
- in
- Water Practice and Technology
- volume
- 18
- issue
- 12
- pages
- 8 pages
- publisher
- IWA Publishing
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85181667027
- ISSN
- 1751-231X
- DOI
- 10.2166/wpt.2023.204
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
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- 86e80d35-e4b8-42e9-b1bb-d1cf67e5b865
- date added to LUP
- 2024-01-31 13:02:07
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- 2024-01-31 13:04:02
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title = {{Integrating local solar energy and water recovery : Operating experiences of a systemic approach}},
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