Prospects of source-separation-based sanitation concepts: A model-based study

Water (Switzerland)

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1006-1035

  Tervahauta, Taina ^a,b   Hoang, Trang ^b   Hernández, Lucía ^a   Zeeman, Grietje ^b   Buisman, Cees ^a,b  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR SUSTAINABLE WATER TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Centralized sanitation; Chemical use; Effluent quality; Energy balance; Land area requirement; Nutrient recovery; Source separation based sanitation; Water balance

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; EFFLUENTS; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY UTILIZATION; KITCHENS; NUTRIENTS; RECOVERY; SANITATION; SEPARATION; SLUDGE DIGESTION; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER QUALITY;

CHEMICAL USE; EFFLUENT QUALITY; LAND AREAS; NUTRIENT RECOVERY; WATER BALANCE;

SOURCE SEPARATION;

DIGESTIBILITY; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY USE; LAND USE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SANITATION; WASTEWATER; WATER BUDGET; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84885346323     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/w5031006     Document Type: Article

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