The greenhouse gas and energy balance of different treatment concepts for bio-waste

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 31, Issue 10 SUPPL., 2013, Pages 46-55

  Ortner, Maria E ^a   Müller, Wolfgang ^a   Bockreis, Anke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Bio waste; Composting; Cumulated energy demand; Energy balance; Greenhouse gas balance

Indexed keywords

BIO-WASTE; DIFFERENT TREATMENTS; EMISSION CONTROL MEASURES; ENERGY DEMANDS; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; GREENHOUSE GAS (GHG); GREENHOUSE GAS BALANCE; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES;

COMPOSTING; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GREENHOUSE GASES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

BIOFUEL; BIOMASS; COMPOST; COMPOSTING; DIGESTION; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY BALANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GREENHOUSE GAS;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; COMBUSTION; COMPOST; COMPOSTING; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY RECOVERY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FERMENTATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAW; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIO-WASTE; COMPOSTING; CUMULATED ENERGY DEMAND; ENERGY BALANCE; GREENHOUSE GAS BALANCE;

GASES; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REFUSE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84896894999     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X13500518     Document Type: Article

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