Multi-objective optimization of waste and resource management in industrial networks - Part II: Model application to the treatment of sewage sludge

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 89, Issue , 2014, Pages 41-51

  Vadenbo, Carl ^a   Guillén Gosálbez, Gonzalo ^b   Saner, Dominik ^a,c   Hellweg, Stefanie ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^c Swiss Post Communications Politics and Social Responsibility   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biosolids; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Material flow analysis (MFA); Multi objective optimization; Phosphorous; Sewage sludge

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; BIOSOLIDS; CEMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY RESOURCES; INDUSTRIAL WASTE TREATMENT; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; LIFE CYCLE; MINERAL RESOURCES; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; PHOSPHORUS; RECOVERY; SEWAGE SLUDGE; TOXICITY; WASTE INCINERATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL OBJECTIVES; FOSSIL ENERGY RESOURCES; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; MIXED INTEGER LINEAR PROGRAM; PHOSPHOROUS;

MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION;

CEMENT; PHOSPHORUS;

BIOSOLID; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; PHOSPHORUS; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE; SOLID WASTE; TOXICITY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOTOXICITY; FLOW MEASUREMENT; FOSSIL ENERGY; HEAT TREATMENT; INCINERATION; INDUSTRY; LANDFILL; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SWITZERLAND; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

SWITZERLAND; ZURICH [SWITZERLAND];

EID: 84904396057     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2014.05.009     Document Type: Article

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