Plant-integrated measurement of greenhouse gas emissions from a municipal wastewater treatment plant

Water Research

Volumn 61, Issue , 2014, Pages 108-118

  Yoshida, Hiroko ^a   Mønster, Jacob ^a   Scheutz, Charlotte ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestion; Biological nitrogen removal; Greenhouse gas; Methane; Nitrous oxide; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GAS EMISSIONS; GAS PLANTS; GREENHOUSE GASES; METHANE; NITROGEN OXIDES; NITROGEN REMOVAL; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; SLUDGE DIGESTION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

BIOLOGICAL NITROGEN REMOVAL; GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSES GAS; INTEGRATED MEASUREMENTS; MEASUREMENT CAMPAIGN; MEASUREMENTS OF; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; NITROUS OXIDE; OPTIMAL OPERATION; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION;

METHANE; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; AIR POLLUTANT; GAS;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; EMISSION; GREENHOUSE GAS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; LIMIT OF DETECTION; PLANT; PLANT INTEGRATED EMISSION MEASUREMENT METHOD; PLUME DISPERSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE STABILIZATION; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GASES; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; METHANE; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 84901651500     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.05.014     Document Type: Article

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