Energy and Resource Recovery from Sludge (eBook)

Table of Contents: General Introduction; Playing Field and Boundaries; Current International Practices, Regulations, Status of Sludge Production, Fate of Sludge end Product, Products Recoverable from Sewage Sludge, Sludge Disposal Situation in Different Countries;  Review of Current Knowledge on Energy and Resource Recovery from Sludge, Categories of Treatment Processes for Resources Recovery, Phosphorus Recovery, Calcium Phosphate Recovery, Building Material Recovery, Energy Recovery, Sludge to Biogas, Sludge-to-Syngas Processes, Sludge-to-Oil Processes, Sludge-to-Liquid Processes, Market Drivers, Sustainability/Environmental Concerns,  Energy Cost and Type, Resource Quality and Quantity, Regulation/Legislation, Feasibility of Energy and Resource Recovery,Technical Feasibility, Economic Feasibility, Social Feasibility; Future Developments/Emerging Technologies, Emerging Technologies for Resource Recovery, Emerging Technologies for Phosphorus Recovery, New Investigations for Building Material Recovery, ARP Technology for Nitrogen Recovery, BIOSOL Process for Low Metal Containing Compost Production, Volatile Acids Production, Bio-Pesticides, Emerging Technologies for Energy Recovery, Emerging Sludge-to-Biogas Processes, Emerging Sludge-to-Oil Processes, Emerging Sludge-to-Liquid Processes, Processes for Energy and Resource Recovery, KTH Two-Stage Acid-Base Leaching Concept, Aqua-ReciTM Technology; International Case Studies; Triple Bottom Line Assessment, Introduction, The TBL Approach, TBL Evaluation, Energy Recovery, Resource Recovery, Limits of the TBL Evaluation, This Report in Wider Context; Gaps in Knowledge, Identification of Gaps, Energy Balance, Capital and O&M Costs, Quantity of Raw Material Used and Resources Produced, Technologies for P Recovery from Iron Precipitates, Technologies for Coagulant Recovery and Recycling, Life Cycle Analysis, Social Acceptance Surveys, Modeling Energy and esource Recovery Technologies,  Optimal Pathway for Sludge Treatment,  Summary of the Knowledge Gaps of the Technologies, Recommendations Resulting from Knowledge Gap Analysis; Appendix A: Literature Review of Anaerobic Digestion and Energy Recovery from Wastewater Sludge; Appendix B: Detailed Descriptions of Existing Energy and Resource Recovery Technologies; Appendix C: Detailed Descriptions of Emerging Energy and Resource Recovery