ON THE ESTIMATION OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT ENERGY CONSUMPTION

Ramona Zgavarogea^1,2, Violeta Niculescu^1*, Marius Miricioiu^1,3, Corina Ciucure¹

¹National Research and Development Institute for Cryogenics and Isotopic Technologies - ICSI Rm. Valcea, Uzinei Street no. 4, P.O. Box Râureni 7, 240050, Râmnicu Vâlcea, Romania; ²Politehnica University of Bucharest, Faculty of Engineering and Management of Technological Systems, 313 Splaiul Independentei, sector 6, postal code 060042,

CD 003 Building, Bucharest, Romania; ³Politehnica University of Bucharest, Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science, 1-7 Polizu Str., 011061, Bucharest, Romania 

ABSTRACT

Waste and wastewater can reduce used energy by promoting water efficiency, resulting the reduction of the amount of energy required for water treatment. This paper provides information on improving the efficiency of water use but focusing primarily on energy efficiency.

Keywords: energy, environment, unconventional technologies, wastewater treatment