Biorefinery paradigm in wastewater management: resource recovery from aerobic granular sludge systems

废水管理中的生物精炼范例：好氧颗粒污泥系统的资源回收

• 批准号: 580345-2022
• 负责人: Iorhemen, OliverOT
• 金额: $ 1.82万
• 依托单位: University of Northern British Columbia
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Alliance Grants
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2022-01-01 至 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=753315
• 关键词: Biorefinery; paradigm; wastewater; management; resource

Wastewater is no longer considered a pollutant to be treated and discharged, rather it has become a valuable source of renewable energy, clean water and more importantly raw material. Thus, wastewater treatment plants are presently being designed as wastewater-resource factories (WRF) inserted into circular cities to achieve sustainability. The proposed collaboration with Prof. André Bezerra dos Santos (Federal University of Ceará, Brazil) seeks to build Canadian capacity in the recovery of value-added products from aerobic granular sludge treating municipal wastewater, thus facilitating the transition to a circular economy. This collaboration will also train highly qualified personnel (HQP) in critical areas relating to resource recovery. At the end of the training, the HQP will obtain salient skills such as critical thinking, laboratory experimental design, bioreactor operation, wastewater and biomass analyses, system controls and performance analyses, project management, and scientific communication (presentations and technical writing) skills. Long-term impacts of this collaboration may include ground-breaking advances in wastewater treatment plant design and result in the adoption of WRF. The collaboration will focus on sustainable practices in wastewater management that will reduce impacts on the environment and enhance economic prosperity in Canada and beyond. It will provide outstanding opportunities for gaining new knowledge from the international collaborator on resource recovery protocols and sustainable practices in the wastewater management industry that can be utilized in Canadian facilities. Resource recovery will open a new market for economic success and create a competitive advantage for local wastewater management industries. By helping Canada maximize its resource recovery potential, the proposed research will greatly contribute to Canada's efforts in environmental protection and sustainability. The expertise developed will facilitate the development of highly trained HQP who will contribute in significant ways to the Canadian workforce.

废水不再被认为是要处理和排放的污染物，而是它已成为可再生能源，清洁水和更重要的原材料的宝贵来源。这样一来，就呈现了废水处理厂的设计，作为废水资源工厂（WRF）插入圆形城市以实现可持续性。拟议的与安德烈·贝泽拉·多斯·桑托斯（AndréBezerrados Santos）教授（巴西凯萨尔大学）旨在从有氧颗粒状污泥中收回加拿大的能力，以处理市政废水，从而支持向循环经济的过渡。这项合作还将在与资源恢复有关的关键领域中高度合格的人（HQP）。在培训结束时，HQP将获得诸如批判性思维，实验室实验设计，生物反应器操作，废水和生物量分析，系统控制和绩效分析，项目管理以及科学沟通（演示和技术写作）技能等显着技能。这种合作的长期影响可能包括废水处理厂设计的开创性进步，并导致WRF的采用。该合作将着重于废水管理中的可持续实践，以减少对环境的影响并增强加拿大及其他地区的经济繁荣。它将为从加拿大设施中使用的废水管理行业中的国际合作者提供有关资源回收协议和可持续实践的新知识的出色机会。资源恢复将为经济成功打开新市场，并为当地废水管理行业创造竞争优势。通过帮助加拿大最大的资源回收潜力，拟议的研究将极大地为加拿大在环境保护和可持续性方面的努力做出贡献。开发的专业知识将为训练有素的HQP的发展做好准备，他们将以重要的方式为加拿大劳动力做出贡献。