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

Ren1624219污水处理厂正在将目前以监管为重点的能源密集型运营转变为综合能源和资源回收设施，即“能源型水资源回收设施”(EPWRRF)。废水中嵌入的能量含量是用于处理的能量的数倍，增值资源也可以回收。然而，缺乏用于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潜在试验台网络的技术评估指标以及结构和一般功能。最近由联邦机构、学术机构、行业团体和自来水公司合作组织的关于正能量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。废水中的能量含量(热量和化学物质)是用于处理的能量的数倍，在这些设施中也可以回收营养物质、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中最紧迫的发现是，由于缺乏废水技术试验台设施，新技术的采用受到阻碍。本研讨会的目标是设想试验台网络的结构和具体的行动计划，以协助从实验室台面一直到演示和部署的技术转让。来自不同领域的与会者将讨论以下主要问题：1)试验床将是什么样子？2)如何建设试验床网络？3)不同的项目将如何进入测试管道？4)如何确保环境合规性？5)如何将成功的示范转化为市场？6)项目和试验床网络的经济、社会和环境影响是什么？EPWRRF是通过降低水处理厂的能源使用量、回收农业和其他工业所需的宝贵资源以及为饮用水和非饮用水提供清洁水来解决食品-水-能源关系中的“临界点”的绝佳方式。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.