Should we pretreat solid waste prior to anaerobic digestion? An assessment of its environmental cost

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 10306-10314

  Carballa, Marta ^a   Duran, Cecilia ^a   Hospido, Almudena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL METHOD; EFFICIENCY OPTIMIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL BURDENS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES; ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; HOLISTIC APPROACH; KITCHEN WASTE; PRE-TREATMENTS; USING LIFE;

ALKALINITY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LIFE CYCLE; OZONE; OZONIZATION; RATING; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SOLID WASTES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIGESTIBILITY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; HOLISTIC APPROACH; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; OZONE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SOLID WASTE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTE TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; COST; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUTROPHICATION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; OZONATION; SLUDGE; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GARBAGE; REFUSE DISPOSAL;

EID: 83455194585     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es201866u     Document Type: Article

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