Comparison of different modeling approaches to better evaluate greenhouse gas emissions from whole wastewater treatment plants

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 109, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2854-2863

  Corominas, Lluís ^a,b   Flores Alsina, Xavier ^a,c   Snip, Laura ^a   Vanrolleghem, Peter A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b CATALAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH ICRA   (Spain)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Activated sludge modeling; Anaerobic digestion; Benchmarking; Global warming; Model based evaluation; Nitrous oxide; Plant wide model; Sustainability; Whole plant modeling

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ADM1 MODELS; ANAEROBIC DIGESTER; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION MODEL 1; BIOLOGICAL REACTOR; C/N RATIO; COMPREHENSIVE MODEL; GHG EMISSION; MODEL INTERFACE; MODEL-BASED EVALUATION; MODELING APPROACH; NITROUS OXIDE; PROCESS-BASED MODELS; SIMULATION MODEL; STEADY-STATE ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WHOLE PLANTS;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BENCHMARKING; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTIMATION; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; METHANE; NITROGEN OXIDES; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL REACTOR; CARBON FOOTPRINT; NITROUS OXIDE EMISSION; NONHUMAN; PLANT; REACTOR; SIMULATION; STEADY STATE; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

BIOREACTORS; CARBON DIOXIDE; GASES; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; METHANE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROUS OXIDE; WASTE WATER; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84866746304     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.24544     Document Type: Article

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