Navigating wastewater energy recovery strategies: A life cycle comparison of anaerobic membrane bioreactor and conventional treatment systems with anaerobic digestion

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 5972-5981

  Smith, Adam L ^a   Stadler, Lauren B ^a   Cao, Ling ^a   Love, Nancy G ^a   Raskin, Lutgarde ^a   Skerlos, Steven J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOREACTORS; EFFLUENTS; GLOBAL WARMING; LIFE CYCLE; METHANE; RECLAMATION; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AEROBIC MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS; ANAEROBIC MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; CONVENTIONAL ACTIVATED SLUDGES; CONVENTIONAL TREATMENTS; DOMESTIC WASTE WATER TREATMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING IMPACT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESS;

ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY;

BIOGAS; METHANE;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOREACTOR; DOMESTIC WASTE; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GLOBAL WARMING; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE; POWER GENERATION; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AEROBIC MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; AEROBIC REACTOR; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ANAEROBIC MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; ANAEROBIC REACTOR; ARTICLE; EFFLUENT; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY COST; ENERGY RECOVERY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MEMBRANE REACTOR; PROCESS TECHNOLOGY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIOREACTORS; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; GLOBAL WARMING; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEWAGE; UNCERTAINTY; WASTE WATER; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84901044571     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es5006169     Document Type: Article

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