Life cycle GHG emissions of sewage sludge treatment and disposal options in Tai Lake Watershed, China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 447, Issue , 2013, Pages 361-369

  Liu, Beibei ^a,b   Wei, Qi ^a   Zhang, Bing ^a   Bi, Jun ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b The Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

Greenhouse gas emission; Life cycle analysis; Sewage sludge management

Indexed keywords

CEMENT MANUFACTURING; CO-INCINERATION; COMPOSTED SLUDGES; ECONOMIC CHALLENGES; ENERGY RECOVERY; GHG EMISSION; LAKE WATERSHEDS; LANDFILLING; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE INVENTORY; LIFE-CYCLE GHG EMISSIONS; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; METHANE LEAKS; SEWAGE SLUDGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL; URBAN GREENING; VARIOUS SLUDGES; WASTE GAS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

FERTILIZERS; GAS EMISSIONS; INCINERATION; LAKES; LIFE CYCLE; MANUFACTURE; METHANE; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SLUDGE DISPOSAL; WASTE INCINERATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATERSHEDS;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

FERTILIZER; METHANE;

GREENHOUSE GAS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CEMENT INDUSTRY; CHINA; COMPOSTING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENERGY RECOVERY; GAS WASTE; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEALTH STATUS; INCINERATION; LAKE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE DRYING; SLUDGE TREATMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER CONTENT; WATER VAPOR; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

CHINA; FERTILIZERS; GASES; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INCINERATION; LAKES; METHANE; SEWAGE; SOIL; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

CHINA; TAIHU LAKE;

EID: 84873615406     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.01.019     Document Type: Article

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