Methane emission from sewers

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 524-525, Issue , 2015, Pages 40-51

  Liu, Yiwen ^a   Ni, Bing Jie ^a   Sharma, Keshab R ^a   Yuan, Zhiguo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emission; Greenhouse gas; Methane; Mitigation; Sewer

Indexed keywords

GREENHOUSE GASES; METHANOGENS; NEUTRON EMISSION; SEWAGE; SEWAGE AERATION; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; SEWERS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; MITIGATION; OXIDATION OF METHANE; PRODUCTION MECHANISMS; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIA; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

METHANE;

METHANE; ORGANIC MATTER; SULFIDE; AIR POLLUTANT; WASTE WATER;

EMISSION; GREENHOUSE GAS; METHANE; SEWER NETWORK;

ATMOSPHERE; BIOFILM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; HYDRAULIC RETENTION TIME; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; METHANOGEN; OXIDATION; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEDIMENT; SEWAGE; SEWER; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SANITATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; WASTE WATER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BIOFILMS; DRAINAGE, SANITARY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METHANE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SULFIDES; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84927752573     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.029     Document Type: Review

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