Part of the work SC E3 does includes participating in site visits to perform energy conservation assessments. SC E3 has been involved with several assessments at manufacturing facilities and has developed recommendations that could be implemented at other sites as ways to reduce energy use and save money. Below is a sample recommendation for the … Read more
Dr. Ladner presented “Energy assessment at water resource recovery facilities” at the 2021 South Carolina Environmental Conference in Myrtle Beach on August 9th, 2021. A key component of the presentation was a list of six example recommendations for energy reduction: (1) Utilize existing tank capacity for solids storage to reduce truckload frequency, (2) Replace surface … Read more
Cole Roberts completed his MS thesis with funding from the EPA through the SC E3 program. Cole completed a life cycle assessment (LCA) comparison of hexavalent chromium and titanate and conducted a risk assessment on the environmental and human health impacts of Cr (VI) emissions. Below is the abstract to Cole’s thesis. The full document can … Read more
Ashley Martin completed her MS thesis with funding from the EPA through the SC E3 program. Ashley characterized the relationship between chlorine tablet dissolution and the hydrodynamics of a new chlorinator used in a Haitian drinking water system. Experiments were conducted and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling was performed to optimize the chlorinator design. Below … Read more
This fact sheet highlights the pollution preventionachievements of the South Carolina Economy,Energy and Environment (SC E3) Program operatedby Clemson University. SC E3 provides energy andpollution prevention assessments to the state’smanufacturers and wastewater treatment plants,helping them reduce their environmental impact whilesaving energy and money. USEPA Region 4’s PollutionPrevention Program has supported SC E3 since itsstart in … Read more