Carbon footprint of sludge treatment reed beds

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue , 2012, Pages 298-302

  Uggetti, Enrica ^a   Ferrer, Ivet ^a   Arias, Carlos ^b   Brix, Hans ^b   García, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Climate change; Constructed wetlands; Global Warming Potential; Methane; Nitrous oxide

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; DENMARK; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MAINTENANCE COST; METHANE EMISSIONS; NITROUS OXIDE; NITROUS OXIDE EMISSIONS; RECYCLED CONCRETES; REED BED; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM;

ANESTHETICS; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIFE CYCLE; METHANE; NITROGEN OXIDES; TECHNOLOGY;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CONCRETE; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE; RECYCLING; REEDBED; SLUDGE; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

NORTHERN EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 84860532234     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2012.04.020     Document Type: Article

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