AGENDA
8:00 – 8:30 Registration
8:30 – 9:30 Sustainability and Energy Conservation: Silvia Marpicati
Concept of sustainability
Energy use at a WWTP
Factors affecting energy use
Operational and capital improvements
9:30 – 10:15 Renewable Energy/ “Zero Net” Energy Facility: Silvia Marpicati
Wind, PV, hydro, geothermal on-site generation Anaerobic digestion and CHP, co-digestion
10:15 – 10:30 Break
10:45 – 11:30 NYSERDA Tools and materials: Silvia Marpicati
Brief introduction to the NYSERDA Focus program
Best Practices Handbook
Benchmarking and Payback Tools
11:30 – 12:00 Microturbines & Effluent Heat Recovery – Wayne McFarland, S&W GHD
Efficiency & heat required
Effluent temperature
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch
1:00 – 2:00 Solar Power, Wayne McFarland, S&W GHD
Types – advantages & disadvantages
2:00 – 2:45 Motor Systems Program: Ed Evans
Overview of the Motor Replacement Program
2:45 – 3:00 Break
3:00 – 3:45 CHP Clean Energy: Tom Moore, CHP Clean Energy
3:45 – 4:00 Seminar review (course evaluations) and Q&A (15 minutes):
Registration fee ($65 for Members and $145 for Non-Members) includes lunch & AM & PM Breaks
Who Should Attend:
The seminar is formatted to be valuable for design engineers, wastewater facility operators, facility managers, and those who are interested in learning technical details of these widely-applied treatment processes.
Attendees of this training session can expect to gain knowledge and understanding of energy management and conservation at wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). Specific topics include: overview of energy use in the wastewater sector, monitoring energy performance, NYSERDA funding and assistance programs; overview of wind, solar, geothermal and hydro power generation at WWTPs; overview of anaerobic digester gas use for power generation, co-digestion and steps to achieve a “zero net” energy facility. processes.
Available Contact Hours:
Wastewater Contact Hours: 6 Hrs. RTC-14330-11
Professional Engineers: 6 PDHs Applied For
Directions and Complete Program