Asset Management for Enhancing Energy Efficiency in Water and Wastewater Systems
24-26 April 2013
Marbella, Spain
Website: http://iceam2013.es/
Important dates
Deadline for sending the abstracts: 15 September 2012
Deadline to send answer from the Scientific Committee: 30 October 2012
Deadline for sending the papers of the accepted abstracts: 15 January 2013
Deadline for communicating changes: 15 February 2013
Early registration: 15 December 2012
Hotel reservation: 15 March 2013
Water supply and wastewater utilities have to meet the challenges of cost saving/minimization, reduction of carbon footprint and high performance of their services. Effective asset management contributes into these goals through design of energy efficient infrastructure and processes, implementation of monitoring and control schemes and utilization and/or generation of renewable energy carriers. Enhancement of energy efficient water and wastewater systems is a multi disciplinary task, bringing together scientists from different fields (engineers, economists, chemists, environmentalists etc) and sectors (academic, public and private). To this end, the conference on “Asset management for enhancing energy efficiency in water and wastewater systems” will focus on the following topics:
• Energy auditing and performance assessment
• Cost and energy efficiency of infrastructure (e.g. pumping equipment, buildings)
• Optimal redesign of existing water and wastewater systems for energy efficiency with minimal carbon footprint
• Instrumentation, monitoring and real-time control strategies for efficient water and wastewater systems operation.
• Hydroenergy generation
• Co-generation and biogas production in wastewater treatment plants
• Process design to improve carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus removal with less aeration requirements, less sludge production and enhanced nutrient recovery
• New technologies for energy supply and recovery in water and wastewater systems (e.g. use of wind and solar energy, electricity production from wastewaters through microbial fuel cells)
• Cost benefit analysis of energy efficient water and wastewater systems
Contact: Conference Secretariat
