| Project Detail |
Barwon Regional Water Corporation (BRWC) will design and trial the utilisation of oxygen (a byproduct of electrolysis) at its wastewater treatment plant (WWTP), the Northern Water Plant (NWP) sourced from Viva Energy’s 2.5 MW Nel electrolyser. Need This project seeks to determine the technical and commercial feasibility of injecting pure oxygen into the treatment process for improved efficiency of wastewater treatment. This would result in capital expenditure savings (increased throughput and deferring an otherwise needed upgrade to treatment capacity) and reducing operating costs (primarily electricity costs). Action In Stage1, BRWC will complete a front-end engineering and design (FEED) study, to further determine the technical and economic feasibility of utilising the oxygen byproduct at the NWP. Stage 2 will primarily involve a two-year long demonstration of the use of oxygen at the NWP sourced from Viva Energy’s electrolyser at the Viva Energy Hub. This stage includes the detailed design and construction of infrastructure to collect oxygen from the oxygen vent stack on the electrolyser and transfer dried and compressed oxygen to a storage vessel at the NWP via a new build underground pipeline. |
