Workshop for Developing an Energy Positive Water Resource Recovery Facility Test Bed Network

Ren 1624219污水处理厂正在将当前的能源密集型、以监管为重点的运营转变为综合能源和资源回收设施，即“正能量水资源回收设施”（EPWRRF）。废水中所含的能量是处理所用能量的数倍，而且还可以回收增值资源。然而，缺乏技术开发和实施的测试设施是这一转变的主要障碍。本次研讨会将重点讨论技术评估指标以及潜在试验台网络的结构和一般功能。最近由联邦机构、学术机构、工业团体和水务公司合作组织的关于能源积极水资源回收的研讨会为未来的水资源回收设施铺平了道路。废水中所含的能量（热量和化学物质）是处理所用能量的数倍，并且在这些设施中还可以回收营养物、贵金属、化学品和清洁水等增值资源。 最近这些讲习班和活动得出的最紧迫的结论是，由于缺乏废水技术试验台设施，阻碍了新技术的采用。本次研讨会的目标是设想一个试验台网络的结构和具体的行动计划，以协助从实验室工作台到演示和部署的技术转让。来自不同领域的参与者将讨论以下主要问题：1）测试平台是什么样的？2)如何构建试验台网络？3)不同的项目将如何进入测试管道？4)如何确保环境合规？5)如何将成功的示范转化为市场？6)项目和试验台网络的经济、社会和环境影响是什么？EPWRRF是解决食品-水-能源关系中的“临界点”的一个很好的方法，可以降低水处理厂的能源使用，回收农业和其他工业所需的宝贵资源，并为饮用水和非饮用水提供清洁水。 使这些新技术能够转移到市场上是解决水质问题以及粮食和能源可持续性问题的关键。

Ren1624219Wastewater treatment plants are transforming the current energy intensive, regulatory focused operations into integrated energy and resource recovery facilities, or "Energy-Positive Water Resource Recovery Facilities" (EPWRRF). The energy content embedded in wastewater is multiple times the energy used for treatment, and value-added resources can be recovered as well. However, the lack of access to test facilities for technology development and implementation is a major impediment for this transformation. This workshop will focus on evaluation metrics for technologies and the structure and general functions for a potential test bed network.Recent workshops on energy-positive water resource recovery, organized collaboratively by federal agencies, academic institutions, industry groups, and water utilities, paved a pathway toward the water resource recovery facilities of the future. The energy content (heat and chemical) embedded in wastewater is multiple times the energy used for treatment, and value-added resources such as nutrients, precious metals, chemicals, and clean water can be recovered as well at such facilities. The most pressing the finding of these recent workshops and activities was the hindrance of new technology adoption due to the lack of test-bed facilities for wastewater technologies. The objective of this workshop focuses on envisioning the structure of a test bed network and specific action plans to assist with technology transfer from laboratory benchtops all the way through demonstration and deployment. The participants from different fields will discuss the following major questions: 1) What will the testbeds look like? 2) How can a testbed network be built? 3) How will different projects will enter the testing pipeline? 4) How can environmental compliance be assured? 5) How can successful demonstrations be translated to the market place? 6) What are the economic, social, and environmental impacts of the projects and testbed network? EPWRRFs are an excellent way to address "tipping points" in the food-water-energy nexus by lowering energy usage at water treatment plants, by recovering valuable resources required by agriculture and other industries, and by providing clean water for both potable and non-potable uses. Enabling these new technologies to transfer to the marketplace is key to solving water quality issues as well as food and energy sustainability problems.