Comparative assessment of technological systems for recycling sludge and food waste aimed at greenhouse gas emissions reduction and phosphorus recovery

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 32, Issue , 2012, Pages 157-172

  Nakakubo, Toyohiko ^a   Tokai, Akihiro ^a   Ohno, Koichi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Food waste; Greenhouse gas emission; Life cycle assessment; Phosphorus recovery; Sludge treatment

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE EXTRACTION; ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES; CALCIUM HYDROXYAPATITE; COMBINED SYSTEM; COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT; DISABILITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; DRY GRANULATION; FOOD WASTE; FUNCTIONAL UNITS; GHG EMISSION; GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS; HEAVY METAL EMISSIONS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LOW TEMPERATURES; LOW-TEMPERATURE CARBONIZATION; MAGNESIUM AMMONIUM PHOSPHATES; MAP METHODS; PHOSPHORUS RECOVERY; RECOVERY TECHNOLOGY; SLUDGE TREATMENT; TECHNOLOGICAL SYSTEM; TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; CARBONIZATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; EMISSION CONTROL; GAS EMISSIONS; GASIFICATION; GREENHOUSE GASES; HEALTH RISKS; INCINERATION; LIFE CYCLE; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHORUS; RECOVERY; SEPARATION; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; SLUDGE DISPOSAL; TECHNOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

WASTE INCINERATION;

EID: 84860279247     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.03.026     Document Type: Article

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