Author(s): Julian Bennett
Advisor(s): Michael Timko and Aidin Panahi
Category: Graduate
Abstract: Municipal Waste Treatment Plants typically collect sewage from our homes and industry and treat them to remove pollutants before dumping them in rivers or oceans, however, there is the possibility to extract energy from the treated sewage via hydrothermal liquefaction to obtain biocrude, a renewable biofuel, some of which can be used to power the municipal plant, and the rest channeled towards supplying power to neighboring homes. The purpose of this project is to explore the feasibility of a commercially viable energy conversion system that can be installed within the municipal plant to extract the biocrude.
UN SDGs: SDG 6 – Clean Water and Sanitation, SDG 7 – Affordable and Clean Energy
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