Life cycle assessment of sewage sludge co-incineration in a coal-based power station

Waste Management

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1843-1852

  Hong, Jingmin ^a,b   Xu, Changqing ^c   Hong, Jinglan ^c   Tan, Xianfeng ^d   Chen, Wei ^c  

^a LIAONING SHIHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHENYANG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Lubei Geo engineering Exploration Investigation Institute of Shandong Province   (China)

Author keywords

Coal; Cost benefit; Energy; Environmental potential impact; Sludge

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFITS; ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION; ENERGY; ENERGY PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POTENTIAL IMPACTS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); SLUDGE;

COAL; COAL FUELED FURNACES; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; INCINERATION; LIFE CYCLE; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SLUDGE DISPOSAL; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

WASTE INCINERATION;

COAL;

ASH; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; INCINERATION; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE TECHNOLOGY; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; ASH; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY YIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; INCINERATION; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; SLUDGE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WATER CONTENT; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84881370908     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2013.05.007     Document Type: Article

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