Comparison of energy efficiencies for advanced anaerobic digestion, incineration, and gasification processes in municipal sludge management

A. Gezer Gorgec; G. Insel; N. Yağci; M. Doğru; A. Erdinçler; D. Sanin; A. Filibeli; B. Keskinler; E. U. Çokgör

doi:10.12783/issn.1544-8053/13/1/8

Comparison of energy efficiencies for advanced anaerobic digestion, incineration, and gasification processes in municipal sludge management

A. Gezer Gorgec, G. Insel^*, N. Yağci, M. Doğru, A. Erdinçler, D. Sanin, A. Filibeli, B. Keskinler, E. U. Çokgör

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Municipal sludge has energy content in the range of (9,000-23,000 kJ/kg) depending upon the organic content. This entrapped energy can be transformed into heat and electrical energies by different technologies combining biological and thermal processes. Recently, the combination of advanced digestion and incineration or gasification was found to be advantageous for energy recovery. The energy balance was based upon a full-scale wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) using conventional and advanced treatment configurations. In this respect, the unit electricity production from sludge was calculated to be in the range of 675-1,240 kWhE per tones of dry solids.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	57-64
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Residuals Science and Technology
Volume	13
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.12783/issn.1544-8053/13/1/8
Publication status	Published - 2016

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Gezer Gorgec, A., Insel, G., Yağci, N., Doğru, M., Erdinçler, A., Sanin, D., Filibeli, A., Keskinler, B., & Çokgör, E. U. (2016). Comparison of energy efficiencies for advanced anaerobic digestion, incineration, and gasification processes in municipal sludge management. Journal of Residuals Science and Technology, 13(1), 57-64. https://doi.org/10.12783/issn.1544-8053/13/1/8

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Comparison of energy efficiencies for advanced anaerobic digestion, incineration, and gasification processes in municipal sludge management

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