In this study, the floating hood technique for gas collection has been coupled with the off-gas method to monitor greenhouse gas emissions from the chlorination unit in a municipal water resource recovery facility located in Italy. Experimental measurements of direct nitrous oxide (N2O) from chlorination step were performed in order to investigate the contribution of this unit on the net carbon footprint. Interesting results were found on the chlorination unit which proved to be the major contributor to direct N2O emissions, due to the chemical interaction between hydroxylamine and the disinfectant agent (i.e. hypochlorite). For the first time, we measured for the chlorination unit a specific emission factor of 0.008 kgCO2,eq kg1 bCOD, proving the innovativeness of our findings.
Disinfection Unit of Water Resource Recovery Facilities: Critical Issue for N2O Emission
CAIVANO, MARIANNA
;PASCALE, RAFFAELLA;Mazzone, G.;MASI, Salvatore;PANARIELLO, SIMONA;CANIANI, Donatella
2017-01-01
Abstract
In this study, the floating hood technique for gas collection has been coupled with the off-gas method to monitor greenhouse gas emissions from the chlorination unit in a municipal water resource recovery facility located in Italy. Experimental measurements of direct nitrous oxide (N2O) from chlorination step were performed in order to investigate the contribution of this unit on the net carbon footprint. Interesting results were found on the chlorination unit which proved to be the major contributor to direct N2O emissions, due to the chemical interaction between hydroxylamine and the disinfectant agent (i.e. hypochlorite). For the first time, we measured for the chlorination unit a specific emission factor of 0.008 kgCO2,eq kg1 bCOD, proving the innovativeness of our findings.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
