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Abstract
The study aims to identify important challenges that the practitioners and researchers in wastewater collection systems are facing
in order to reduce the emissions of hydrogen sulphide and greenhouse gas emissions. Based on literature review, it identifies the
main technologies used for avoiding and removing odorous compounds from wastewater gas streams. The paper also highlights
issues pertaining to the emission and biofiltration of hydrogen sulphide, methane and nitrous oxide from sewage conveyance
from Bacau city. The results illustrate that the eco-innovative technologies as it is the case in the vacuum system and biofiltration
have an important potential to mitigate the environmental impact of wastewater collection in what concerns the emission of
harmful gases (hydrogen sulphide) and greenhouse gas emissions at the level of lift stations or vacuum stations.
Key words: biofiltration, green-technologies, sewer gas emissions, vacuum sewer system, wastewater conveyance
Received: August, 2015; Revised final: February, 2016; Accepted: February, 2016
1. Introduction
Due to worldwide increasing of urbanization
and large connection to wastewater collecting
systems, the development of economic and effective
techniques to control air emissions are necessary to
fight global warming and other air-related issues. Air
pollution has become a worldwide concern because
different pollutants play an important role in
atmospheric pollution and global warming (Aldabe et
al., 2012; Iordache and Dunea, 2013; Vincze-Csom
et al., 2012). The sustainable design thinking and
operations around the carbon footprint and
greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) abatement
technologies represent an important aspect on
environmental policy agenda (Li et al., 2014).
There are two types of innovations:
incremental and radical (Valle and Vazquez-Bustelo,
2009). Some of the GHG emissions abatement
technologies are labelled as radical innovations, and
it is considered that they have the capacity to
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Author
Daelman et al. (2013)
Czepiel et al. (1993)
Wang and Li (2011)
Lane and Lant (2012)
Guisasola et al. (2009)
Foley et al. (2009)
Liu et al. (2015)
EU (2014)
GWRC (2011)
Liu et al. (2015)
Chaosakul et al. (2014)
Place of emission
WWTP- dissolved methane
WWTP- dissolved methane
WWTP - dissolved methane
WWTP - dissolved methane
WWTP - dissolved methane
WWTP - dissolved methane
sewer sediments- dissolved methane
sewer- dissolved methane
Rising main
Rising main
Gravity sewer
Lift station- gas phase concentration
Sewer - gas phase concentration
Manholes- gas phase concentration
Sewer - gas phase concentration
Emission factors
8.5-11.0 g CH4/kg COD influent
1.6 CH4/kg COD influent
0.8 g CH4/kg COD influent
5 mg/l; 7 mg/l; 12 mg/l
2025 mg/L wastewater
1.26 g CH4/m2-d
0.13 to 2.09 g CH4/ m2-d
0.24 kg CH4/kg COD
5.3 mg/l
4.8 mg/l
10.1 mg/l
7,000-12,000 ppmv
1,400-2,800 ppmv
50,00 ppmv
1,350-12,000 ppmv
Author
Short et al. (2014)
IPCC (2007)
Place of emission
Conventional sewer system
Wastewater treatment plant
Emission factors
0.85 g N2O/person/year to 3.5 g N2O /person/year
3.2 g N2O/person/year
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Author
Cabezas et al. (2005)
Romanian Government (2005)
Place of emission
Conventional sewer system
Conventional sewer system
Emission factors
100 ppm to 1,000ppm
1 ppm
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Fig. 2. General scheme of a biofilter including biofilter media, the air plenum and air ducts that introduce the odorous air
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Table 4. Relation between the vacuum pump capacity, area of biofilter and diameter of air ducts. Dimensioning of the biofilter is
related to the capacity of the vacuum pumps that also determine the diameter of the main air ducts and distribution air ducts
Absorption capacity of vacuum pumps
220 Nm/h
from 220 to 440 Nm/h
from 440 to 660 Nm/h
from 660 to 880 Nm/h
from 880 to 1100 Nm/h
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Lift station
Capacity of
pumps (m3/h)
Dry
weather
flow
(m3/h)
Organic
load
BOD
(mg/L)
EF- CH4
(kg
CH4/kg
BOD)
EF- N2O
(kg N2O/
kg BOD)
EFH2S
(mg/L)
CH4
(to/year)
N2O
(t/year)
H2S
(t/year)
LS1-Serbanesti
District
(combined)
3 pumps
Q=3x 270
135
300
0.24
0.01
85.15
3.55
1.18
LS2-Arcade
Septilici Street
(combined)
2 pumps
Q=2 x 25
(domestic)
3 pumps
Q=3 x 110
(rain water)
2 separate
collection
basins
25
300
0.24
0.01
15.77
0.66
0.22
2 pumps
Q=2 x 80
20
300
0.24
0.01
12.61
0.53
0.18
2 pumps
Q=2 x 50
50
300
0.24
0.01
31.54
1.31
0.44
2 pumps
Q=2 x 65
65
300
0.24
0.01
41.00
1.71
0.57
4 pumps
Q=9-72 mc/h
120
300
0.24
0.01
75.69
3.15
1.05
5 pumps
Q=5 x 36
144
300
0.24
0.01
90.82
3.78
1.26
352.57
88.14
17.63
14.69
3.67
0.73
4.90
1.22
0.24
LS3- Triumfului
Street
(combined)
LS4- Gheraesti
district
(domestic
wastewater)
LS5- Muncii
street (domestic
wastewater)
LS6- Rozelor
street (domestic
wastewater)
LS7- Ciprian
Porumbescu
street (domestic
wastewater)
Total emissions
Minimum efficiency removal- 75% (emissions released into the atmosphere after biofiltration)
Maximum efficiency removal- 95% (emissions released into the atmosphere after biofiltration)
greenhouse
gas
emissions
analysis
when
implementing projects for wastewater collection. In
this respect, GHG mitigation represents the single
largest opportunity for avoiding further depletion of
the ozone layer (N2O).
The introduction of performance standards
and design for technological abatement catch-up for
GHG emissions and other hazardous gases in what
concerns emission level for the new wastewater
collection system might represent a window of
opportunity for greening the wastewater systems and
surpassing the environmental crises.
This study evaluated the available techniques
and technologies for removing odorous and GHG
emissions at the level of wastewater collection
system, providing a different perspective on the
control and pro-active measures and technologies for
avoiding, treating and reducing the air emissions
from wastewater collecting systems.
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