Life cycle assessment comparison of industrial effluent management strategies

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 79, Issue , 2014, Pages 168-181

  O'Connor, Matthew ^a   Garnier, Gil ^a   Batchelor, Warren ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Energy; Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions; Process water; Wastewater treatment; Water quality; Water reuse

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CLARIFICATION; COMMERCE; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUTROPHICATION; FLOTATION; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIFE CYCLE; SEWAGE; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER RECYCLING; ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; GAS EMISSIONS; RECYCLING; WATER TREATMENT;

DISSOLVED AIR FLOTATIONS; ENERGY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); PROCESS WATER; PULP AND PAPER EFFLUENTS; REVERSE OSMOSIS TREATMENTS; UP-FLOW ANAEROBIC SLUDGE BLANKET REACTORS; WATER REUSE;

EFFLUENTS;

EID: 84905102507     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.05.066     Document Type: Article

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