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. 2021 Oct 27;11(55):34870–34897. doi: 10.1039/d1ra06736b

Estimated data (*) to calculate the influent of sewage and wastewater to Chirnside's HTC plant in 2041.

Term Value Unit
Wet faecal mass produced by an average person per day99 128 g per day
Wet faecal sludge produced by Chirnside residents in 2041* 105.12 t per year
Moisture content of faecal sludge100 8.17 %
Dry basis mass of wet faecal sludge* 96.53 t per year
Mass of water in wet faecal sludge* 8.59 t per year
Dry basis biomass to water ratio* 0.145
Total mass of dry biomass (dry food and dry faecal sludge)* 168.79 t per year
Total mass of water entering plant* 1164.07 t per year
Total mass of water added to wet faecal sludge (sewage water)* 960.60 t per year
Total mass of water in primary sewage sludge* 969.19 t per year
Total mass of primary sewage sludge (sewage water and wet faecal sludge)* 1065.72 t per year