Life-cycle environmental and economic assessment of sewage sludge treatment in China

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 67, Issue , 2014, Pages 79-87

  Xu, Changqing ^a   Chen, Wei ^a   Hong, Jinglan ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Energy recovery; Incineration; Life cycle assessment; Life cycle costing; Sewage sludge

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894081310     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.12.002     Document Type: Article

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