A Self Sustaining Solar-Bio-Nano Based Wastewater Treatment System for Forward Operating Bases

Abstract

The goal of this project was to integrate solar, biological, and nano technologies into wastewater treatment concept to create a novel small-scale wastewater treatment system that can significantly reduce mass of the wastewater, and simultaneously generate potable water for FOBs. Combining solar energy collection and biological methane generation provides sufficient and stable energy for small size wastewater treatment operations (fixed film anaerobic digestion, water reclamation, and nano-filtration of water purification), and overcomes the disadvantages of individual technologies such as unsteady energy flow for solar power generation, low efficiency of conventional anaerobic digestion, and higher energy requirement of water purification.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 21, 2017
Accession Number
AD1037952

Entities

People

  • Abraham Engeda
  • Ilsoon Lee
  • Wei Liao

Organizations

  • Michigan State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alkenes
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Climate Change
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Dielectric Gases
  • Drinking Water
  • Energy Consumption
  • Heat Transfer
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Measurement
  • Nanotechnology
  • Solar Energy
  • Water Purification

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Engineering.
  • Environmental Engineering.
  • Nanoscale Plasmonic Nanotechnology