Fossil organic carbon in wastewater and its fate in treatment plants

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 5270-5281

  Law, Yingyu ^a,c   Jacobsen, Geraldine E ^b   Smith, Andrew M ^b   Yuan, Zhiguo ^a   Lant, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Biogenic carbon dioxide; Carbon footprint; Fossil carbon dioxide; Fugitive emissions; Greenhouse gas accounting; Wastewater treatment plant

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOASSAY; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; ISOTOPES; ORGANIC CARBON; RECLAMATION; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; SLUDGE DIGESTION; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ACTIVATED-SLUDGE TREATMENT; FUGITIVE EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GAS ACCOUNTINGS; ISOTOPIC MASS BALANCE; MASS BALANCE ANALYSIS; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; ORGANIC CARBON FRACTION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CARBON; CARBON 13; CARBON 14; CARBON DIOXIDE; ORGANIC CARBON;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ADSORPTION; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOGENIC EMISSION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CHEMICAL MASS BALANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; FOSSIL; GREENHOUSE GAS; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ORGANIC CARBON; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WASTE FACILITY; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ADSORPTION; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; FOSSIL; GREENHOUSE GAS; NUTRIENT CONTENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

BIOGENIC CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; FOSSIL CARBON DIOXIDE; FUGITIVE EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GAS ACCOUNTING; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT;

ANAEROBIOSIS; AUSTRALIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPES; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; FOSSILS; GASES; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84883278918     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.06.002     Document Type: Article

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