Mathematical modeling of nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from full-scale wastewater treatment plants

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 7795-7803

  Ni, Bing Jie ^a   Ye, Liu ^a   Law, Yingyu ^a   Byers, Craig ^b   Yuan, Zhiguo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Water Corporation Leederville   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIA; CONFIDENCE REGION; FULL-SCALE PLANTS; HETEROTROPHIC DENITRIFIERS; METABOLIC PATHWAYS; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR SYSTEMS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BACTERIA; DENITRIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITROGEN OXIDES; SEWAGE LAGOONS; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

AMMONIA; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROUS OXIDE; WASTE WATER;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BACTERIUM; CALIBRATION; DATA SET; DESIGN; EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NITROUS OXIDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXIDATION; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NITROUS OXIDE EMISSION; SEQUENCING BATCH REACTOR; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; CALIBRATION; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNCERTAINTY; WASTE WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CALIBRATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITROUS OXIDE; UNCERTAINTY; WASTE WATER; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84880541071     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es4005398     Document Type: Article

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