Are all membrane reactors equal from an environmental point of view?

Desalination

Volumn 285, Issue , 2012, Pages 263-270

  Hospido, Almudena ^a   Sanchez, Inmaculada ^a   Rodriguez Garcia, Gonzalo ^a   Iglesias, Angela ^a   Buntner, Dagmara ^a   Reif, Ruben ^a   Moreira, Maria Teresa ^a   Feijoo, Gumersindo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Impact assessment methodologies; Life Cycle Assessment (LCA); Pilot scale; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICITY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; HOLISTIC APPROACH; IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; INVERSE RELATIONSHIP; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE REACTOR; PILOT SCALE; TREATMENT CAPACITY; TREATMENT PROCESS;

BIOREACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LIFE CYCLE; RATING; SEWAGE SLUDGE; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

BIOREACTOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84855192919     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2011.10.011     Document Type: Article

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