Environmental effects of sewage sludge carbonization and other treatment alternatives

Energies

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 871-883

  Wang, Ning Yi ^a   Shih, Chun Hao ^a   Chiueh, Pei Te ^a   Huang, Yu Fong ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Biocoal; Carbonization; Environmental impact; Life cycle assessment; Sewage sludge

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBONIZATION; COAL CARBONIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUTROPHICATION; FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; INCINERATION; IONIZING RADIATION; LAND FILL; LIFE CYCLE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SLUDGE DIGESTION;

AQUATIC ECOTOXICITY; BIOCOAL; CARBONIZATION PROCESS; CO-INCINERATION; ECOTOXICITY; ENERGY DELIVERY; ENERGY RECOVERY; ENERGY USE; HIGH MOISTURE CONTENTS; INTEGRATION PROCESS; LANDFILLING; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MINERAL EXTRACTION; NON-RENEWABLE ENERGY; SEWAGE SLUDGE TREATMENT; SIMAPRO; SOLID FUELS;

WASTE INCINERATION;

EID: 84874685734     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en6020871     Document Type: Article

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