Evaluación del potencial energético de las aguas residuales urbanas generadas en ciudades de altura

Abstract

The growing energy demand of modern society and the high dependence on non-renewable energy sources, as well as the associated environmental problems, necessitate the search for new options for energy sources. This thesis analyzes the energy utilization of urban wastewater. Their use is studied considering that they are submitted to the organic matter contained in them to a process of anaerobic digestion, under the conditions that have the cities of height, in order to obtain biogas. The urban wastewater generated in the city of Cuenca is taken as an example for this evaluation and the use of the biogas obtained in two applications, the cogeneration of electric energy and heat and as fuel for urban buses in the city of Cuenca is proposed. The environmental analysis of the two options is done in order to determine the feasibility of each alternative.