Nitrous oxide emissions from wastewater treatment processes

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 367, Issue 1593, 2012, Pages 1265-1277

  Law, Yingyu ^a   Ye, Liu ^a   Pan, Yuting ^a   Yuan, Zhiguo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emissions; Greenhouse gases; Nitrogen removal; Nitrous oxide; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; DESIGN; EMISSION INVENTORY; GREENHOUSE GAS; NITROUS OXIDE; OXIDATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NITROSOMONADALES;

EID: 84859073634     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0317     Document Type: Review

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