Valve train
Parameter changes are treated as process changes with mechanical consequences.
Pilot Modeling
Simulation Workspace
Use the 3D system surface with scenario metrics to pressure-test assumptions before promoting claims into external narratives.
Feedstock basins
Influent composition and solids handling remain central to every model run.
Bench sample
Sandbox assumptions should be checked against measured material behavior.
Process Geometry
Full 3D Plant3D process viewport
Drop a USD/USDZ model at frontend/public/assets/sewage-system.usdz to replace the fallback scene.
Scenario Controls
Incoming Biogenic Carbon
100 kg_C
Product Carbon To Fuel
15 kg_C
Biogenic Co2 From Conversion
45 kg_C
Fugitive Ch4 As Carbon
2 kg_C
Residual Carbon In Solids Effluent
38 kg_C
External Energy Emissions
35 kg_CO2e
Upgrading Emissions
20 kg_CO2e
Avoided Reference Case Emissions
15 kg_CO2e
Parameter Sandbox
Residual carbon (kg C / 100 C in)
38.0
Gross non-biogenic (kg CO2e)
55.0
Net non-biogenic (kg CO2e)
40.0
Monte Carlo Risk Envelope
P10 Net CO2e
36.2
Median Net CO2e
39.9
P90 Net CO2e
43.9
Pr(Net CO2e ≤ 25)
0.0%
Universa Bio Fuel
Universa Bio Fuel Universa Bio Fuel is an exploratory research and decision platform for sewage-to-fuel conversion: treating municipal wastewater sludge as a wet carbon feedstock and evaluating whether it can be converted into usable oil-based fuel intermediates under realistic technical, biological, environmental, and economic boundaries. The current leading architecture is an HTL-centered hybrid: convert wet sludge to biocrude, prove aqueous-phase and residual handling, upgrade representative biocrude through hydrotreating, and compare the result against anaerobic digestion, SCWG/SCWO, HTC, pyrolysis, gasification, and current sludge disposal. The repository does not claim the fuel is ready for use; product quality, biosecurity, contaminants, TEA, LCA, and permitting still require measured validation.
First-Pass Assumptions
First-Pass Assumptions Reference IDs in this file point to the bibliography. Scope This file defines the boundary rules for the first-pass sewage-to-bio-oil carbon ledger. The model is intentionally normalized and boundary-driven.
Reference Case
Reference Case Reference IDs in this file point to the bibliography. Chosen Baseline The current wastewater comparison baseline for this repository is: conventional wastewater solids processing with anaerobic digestion and onsite biogas use Why This Baseline This is the right first comparison because: anaerobic digestion is already a standard and widely used pathway for wastewater solids (R11, R12) it produces recoverable energy in the form of biogas rather than leaving the project to compare only against fossil fuels (R11, R12, R13) full-scale studies show that sludge-line optimization can already move wastewater plants toward higher energy self-sufficiency without creating a new liquid-fuel pathway (R13, R17) What This Baseline Includes wastewater solids stabilization biogas production onsite energy use from biogas nutrient-containing residual solids direct-emission relevance from wastewater handling What This Baseline Does Not Mean It does not mean: every plant operates an optimized digester anaerobic digestion is automatically the best possible wastewater pathway anaerobic digestion and sewage-to-bio-oil target the same final product It means only that AD is the most credible incumbent baseline the new concept must beat or complement. Why Not Use Untreated Sewage as the Reference Using untreated sewage as the main comparison would exaggerate the apparent benefit of the sewage-to-bio-oil concept.
Scenario Definitions
Scenario Definitions Purpose These scenarios define how the first-pass carbon ledger should be interpreted before the repository has validated performance numbers. Current Scenario Values These values are explicit stress-test hypotheses for the sewage-to-bio-oil concept. They are not evidence-backed performance claims.