Greenhouse gas emission by wastewater treatment plants of the pulp and paper industry - Modeling and simulation

International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control

Volumn 17, Issue , 2013, Pages 462-472

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

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Energy consumption; Greenhouse gas emission; Modeling; Nitrous oxide generation; Pulp and paper industry; Wastewater treatment plant

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOGAS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMBUSTION; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; MODELS; NITROGEN OXIDES; NITROGEN REMOVAL; PAPER AND PULP INDUSTRY; PAPER AND PULP MILLS; PULP; RECLAMATION; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; SLUDGE DIGESTION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

CARBONACEOUS COMPOUNDS; MASS AND ENERGY BALANCE; NITRIFICATION/DENITRIFICATION; NITROGEN REMOVAL PROCESS; NITROUS OXIDE; PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESS;

SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOGAS; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENITRIFICATION; EFFLUENT; EMISSION; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY USE; GREENHOUSE GAS; MASS BALANCE; METHANE; MODELING; NITRIFICATION; NITROUS OXIDE; OXIC CONDITIONS; PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY; SLUDGE; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC PROCESS; BIOGAS; CARBON DIOXIDE; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EMISSION; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; GREENHOUSE GASES; NITROGEN OXIDES; PAPER INDUSTRY; TOXICITY; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84880312946     PISSN: 17505836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2013.06.006     Document Type: Article

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