Life cycle assessment of nutrient removal technologies for the treatment of anaerobic digestion supernatant and its integration in a wastewater treatment plant

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 490, Issue , 2014, Pages 871-879

  Rodriguez Garcia, G ^a   Frison, N ^b   Vazquez Padin J R ^c   Hospido, A ^a   Garrido, J M ^a   Fatone, F ^d   Bolzonella, D ^d   Moreira, M T ^a   Feijoo, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^c Aqualia R+D Department EDAR Lagares   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

CANON; Modeling; Nitrite short cut; Side stream treatment; Struvite crystallization process

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUTROPHICATION; LIFE CYCLE; MODELS; NITROGEN REMOVAL; NUTRIENTS; PILOT PLANTS; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; TECHNOLOGY; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

CANON; CRYSTALLIZATION PROCESS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); NITRITE SHORT-CUT; SIDE STREAMS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES;

ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY;

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; WASTE WATER;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CRYSTALLIZATION; EUTROPHICATION; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; NITRITE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ACIDIFICATION; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EUTROPHICATION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; NITRITE SHORTCUT; PARTIAL NITRITATION ANAMMOX; PHOTOOXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRUVITE CRYSTALLIZATION PROCESSES; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIOREACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84901825776     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.05.077     Document Type: Article

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