The carbon-sequestration potential of municipal wastewater treatment

Chemosphere

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1468-1475

  Rosso, Diego ^a   Stenstrom, Michael K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogas; Carbon sequestration; Energy recovery; Global warming; Greenhouse gases; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

BIOGAS; BIOMASS; CARBON; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY CONSERVATION; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; LACKING TREATMENT;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

BIOGAS; BIOMASS; CARBON; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY CONSERVATION; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOGAS; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; EMISSIONS TRADING; ENERGY CONSERVATION; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; KYOTO PROTOCOL; MITIGATION; URBAN AREA; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; ENERGY RECOVERY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; EUROPE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; NORTH AMERICA; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

CARBON; CITIES; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 38049018401     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.08.057     Document Type: Article

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