Identifying key sources of uncertainty in the modelling of greenhouse gas emissions from wastewater treatment

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 4652-4665

  Sweetapple, Christine ^a   Fu, Guangtao ^a   Butler, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benchmark model; Greenhouse gas; Model identification; Sensitivity; Uncertainty; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

EFFLUENTS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RECLAMATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

ANALYSIS TOOLS; BENCHMARK MODELS; GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSES GAS; MODEL IDENTIFICATION; ONE-FACTOR; PARAMETER INTERACTIONS; SENSITIVITY; SOURCES OF UNCERTAINTY; UNCERTAINTY;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BENCHMARKING; EFFLUENT; GREENHOUSE GAS; NITROUS OXIDE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; EFFLUENT; NITROUS OXIDE EMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

EID: 84879030482     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.05.021     Document Type: Article

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