Impacts of residence time during storage on potential of water saving for grey water recycling system

dc.contributor.authorLiu, S.-
dc.contributor.authorButler, D.-
dc.contributor.authorMemon, Fayyaz Ali-
dc.contributor.authorMakropoulos, C.-
dc.contributor.authorAvery, L. M.-
dc.contributor.authorJefferson, Bruce-
dc.date.accessioned2011-04-13T23:09:21Z
dc.date.available2011-04-13T23:09:21Z
dc.date.issued2010-01-01T00:00:00Z-
dc.description.abstractGrey water recycling has been generally accepted and is about to move into practice in terms of sustainable development. Previous research has revealed the bacteria re-growth in grey water and reclaimed municipal water during storage. However, in most present grey water recycling practices, impacts of water quality changes during storage on the system's performance and design regulation have not been addressed. In this paper, performance of a constructed wetland based grey water recycling system was analysed by taking the constraint of residence time during storage into account using an object based household water cycle model. Two indicators, water saving efficiency (WSE) and residence time index (RTI), are employed to reflect the system's performance and residence time during storage respectively. Results show that WSE and RTI change with storage tank volumes oppositely. As both high WSE and RTI cannot be achieved simultaneously, it is concluded that in order to achieve the most cost-effective and safe solution, systems with both small grey and green tanks are needed, whilst accepting that only relatively modest water saving efficiency targets can be achieved. Higher efficiencies will only be practicable if water quality deterioration in the green water tank can be prevented by some means (e.g. disinfection).en_UK
dc.identifier.citationS. Liu, D. Butler, F.A. Memon, C. Makropoulos, L. Avery, B. Jefferson, Impacts of residence time during storage on potential of water saving for grey water recycling system, Water Research, Volume 44, Issue 1, January 2010, Pages 267-277en_UK
dc.identifier.issn0043-1354-
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2009.09.023-
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/4117
dc.language.isoen_UKen_UK
dc.publisherElsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam.en_UK
dc.subjectGrey water recyclingen_UK
dc.subjectResidence timeen_UK
dc.subjectStorage tanken_UK
dc.subjectWater quality degradationen_UK
dc.subjectWater savingen_UK
dc.titleImpacts of residence time during storage on potential of water saving for grey water recycling systemen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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