Essays about: "urban wastewater treatment plants"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the words urban wastewater treatment plants.
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1. A comparative Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) study of centralized and decentralized wastewater heat recovery in Stockholm, Sweden
University essay from KTH/EnergiteknikAbstract : The cities bear a large role in the climate crisis. However, this also means that they have a big potential in the transition towards sustainable communities and a sustainable world. Up to 90 % of energy use within the urban water cycle is allocated to hot water heating for end users. READ MORE
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2. Study of the Dilution of a chemical spill through tracer experiments in The Käppala Association's Sewerage Network, Stockholm
University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknikAbstract : Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) play a vital role in protecting the environment from much of the waste produced by humans. This includes not only human waste, but everything that makes its way into a sewerage system including greywater, stormwater, and potentially hazardous chemicals from, inter alia, chemical spills. READ MORE
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3. Influence of land cover changes on organic carbon and organic nitrogen concentrations in Swedish rivers
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskapAbstract : There is increasing pressure on freshwater systems due to excessive nutrient loading by anthropogenic sources. In Sweden, freshwaters have become browner due to increasing exports of organic matter from soils into streams, rivers, and lakes. READ MORE
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4. Limiting microplastic pollution from municipal wastewater treatment : A circular economic approach
University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknikAbstract : The increasing amount of microplastics found in the environment have underscored the urgency to identify, develop and deploy scenarios in which municipal wastewater treatment plants (MWWTPs) limit the release of urban microplastics into the environment. Simultaneously, the global trend towards a circular economy has defined the conditions for these scenarios in relation to the water-energy- nutrient nexus. READ MORE
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5. Techno-economic evaluation of a floating PV system for a wastewater treatment facility
University essay from KTH/EnergiteknikAbstract : An increasing capacity of floating photovoltaic technology (FPV) has been deployed in the past five years, showing an alternative to countries with small surface areas to take advantage of man-made water bodies to install solar power. Furthermore, regions where land area is primarily geared towards other uses such as agriculture or are located in large urban centers are also a target for these installations, as land costs tend to be a relevant share of the investment on a solar energy project. READ MORE
