digester gas system Articles
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East Bay Municipal Utility District - 11-MW CHP System - Case Study
Quick Facts LOCATION: Oakland, California MARKET SECTOR: Wastewater Treatment Facility (WWTF) FACILITY SIZE: 65 million gallons per day FACILITY PEAK LOAD: 10 megawatts (MW) EQUIPMENT: 4.6-MW Solar Turbines Mercury 50™ gas turbine and 3 x 2.1-MW Enterprise engines FUEL: Digester gas USE OF THERMAL ENERGY: Digester heating CHP TOTAL EFFICIENCY: 80% ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS: Methane ...
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Turning waste into power
Economic, social and environmental factors dictate the necessity to manage waste to a new level. Wastewater plants, landfills, farms and food plants are all the owners of biomass that can be digested to produce biogas and turned into power. Biogas can be burned directly in boilers for heat recovery and used for manufacturing, heating or cooling; this is the simplest method of direct biogas ...
By Hurll Nu-Way
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Harnessing biogas for energy savings
For Santa Cruz Wastewater Treatment Facility (WWTF), dependability matters. Since 1989, this state-of-the-art WWTF, nestled in a shallow canyon in the coastal city of Santa Cruz, Calif., has been leading the way for renewable energy programs and environmental protection in the West. Santa Cruz WWTF generates its own electric power by using internal combustion engines that burn a mixture of ...
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