Evaluating the Potential of Renewable Energy Sources in a Full-Scale Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket Reactor Treating Municipal Wastewater in Ghana

Wastewater management remains a major challenge in developing countries due to the lack of adequate infrastructure, making need for economically viable and efficient technologies that can be sustained by emerging economies imperative. The upflow anaerobic sludge blanket (UASB) reactor represents an low-cost technology produces by-products from which valuable resources recovered. This study assessed energy recovery potential form electricity biogas produced full-scale UASB reactor. Biogas production rate composition were monitored determine potential. Dehydrated drying beds was likewise quantified characterised its elemental composition, immediate gross calorific value net estimate average daily found 611 ± 275 Nm3/d, with 65% methane output. Average dry matter determined 358.24 TS kg/d. estimated 534.1 MWh/yr, 36% more than yearly demand (392.7 MWh/yr) entire plant. Conservative at UASB-based municipal wastewater treatment facility could serve as self-supply option support operations.