Methane emissions from aerated zones in a full-scale nitrifying activated sludge treatment plant

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 225, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Aboobakar, Amina ^a   Jones, Mark ^b   Vale, Peter ^b   Cartmell, Elise ^a   Dotro, Gabriela ^a,b  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SEVERN TRENT WATER LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activated sludge plant; Carbon footprint; Methane emissions; Methanogenesis

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PLANTS; ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS; LONG RESIDENCE TIME; METHANE EMISSIONS; METHANOGENESIS; NITRIFYING ACTIVATED SLUDGES; OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS; TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; GREENHOUSE GASES; NITRIFICATION; OXYGEN;

METHANE;

CARBON; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; METHANE; OXYGEN;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AERATION; CARBON FOOTPRINT; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EMISSION; METHANE; METHANOGENESIS; NITRIFICATION; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SPATIAL VARIATION;

AERATION; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; INDUSTRIAL SLUDGE; OXYGEN DIFFUSION; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

EID: 84888792628     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-013-1814-8     Document Type: Article

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