TY - GEN
T1 - A comparative study for water reuse in an urban WWTP with a novel non-thermal plasma technology
AU - Marinheiro, Luís
AU - Baptista, Inês
AU - Jorge, Ruben
AU - Manaia, Célia
AU - Löblich, Stefan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Currently, the scarcity of potable water is a worldwide problem that makes it necessary to explore alternative sources for non-potable uses, such as the reuse of treated wastewater. The present study aimed to investigate and compare the application of several tertiary treatment technologies, and its combinations, in the production of reusable wastewater (RWW). A novel advanced oxidation technology in the water treatment field, Non-Thermal Plasma (NTP), was also studied and included in this comparative study. Pilot and industrial scale tests were carried out under real conditions in an urban WWTP. RWW were obtained with diverse qualities fitted to different urban uses. NTP applied in best operating optimized conditions allowed for a 3.2 log-reduction in Escherichia coli present in secondary effluent. A comparative cost analysis also showed that NTP is a competitive technology for disinfection in comparison with the other tested.
AB - Currently, the scarcity of potable water is a worldwide problem that makes it necessary to explore alternative sources for non-potable uses, such as the reuse of treated wastewater. The present study aimed to investigate and compare the application of several tertiary treatment technologies, and its combinations, in the production of reusable wastewater (RWW). A novel advanced oxidation technology in the water treatment field, Non-Thermal Plasma (NTP), was also studied and included in this comparative study. Pilot and industrial scale tests were carried out under real conditions in an urban WWTP. RWW were obtained with diverse qualities fitted to different urban uses. NTP applied in best operating optimized conditions allowed for a 3.2 log-reduction in Escherichia coli present in secondary effluent. A comparative cost analysis also showed that NTP is a competitive technology for disinfection in comparison with the other tested.
KW - Disinfection
KW - Non-thermal plasma
KW - Water reuse
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-031-48532-9_62
DO - 10.1007/978-3-031-48532-9_62
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85191456313
SN - 9783031485312
SN - 9783031485343
T3 - Springer Proceedings in Earth and Environmental Sciences
SP - 669
EP - 676
BT - Proceedings of the 3rd international conference on water energy food and sustainability (ICoWEFS 2023)
A2 - Galvão, João Rafael da Costa Sanches
A2 - Brito, Paulo
A2 - Neves, Filipe dos Santos
A2 - Almeida, Henrique de Amorim
A2 - Mourato, Sandra de Jesus Martins
A2 - Nobre, Catarina
PB - Springer Nature
T2 - 3rd International Conference on Water Energy Food and Sustainability
Y2 - 10 May 2023 through 12 May 2023
ER -