Application of dynamic models to estimate greenhouse gas emission by wastewater treatment plants of the pulp and paper industry

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1858-1869

  Ashrafi, Omid ^a   Yerushalmi, Laleh ^a   Haghighat, Fariborz ^a  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dynamic model; Energy generation; Greenhouse gas; Impact of process parameters; Wastewater treatment plants

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOGAS; COAGULATION; DENITRIFICATION; FLOCCULATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POWER GENERATION; PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84874314194     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-012-1310-5     Document Type: Article

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