Wastewater treatment in the pulp-and-paper industry: A review of treatment processes and the associated greenhouse gas emission

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 158, Issue , 2015, Pages 146-157

  Ashrafi, Omid ^a,b   Yerushalmi, Laleh ^a   Haghighat, Fariborz ^a  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^b NATURAL RESOURCES CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contaminants removal; Greenhouse gas emission; Pulp and paper industry; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; IMPURITIES; PAPER AND PULP INDUSTRY; PAPER AND PULP MILLS; PULP; RECLAMATION; REMOVAL;

CONTAMINANT REMOVAL; GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS; OPERATING PARAMETERS; PERFORMANCE; PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY; PULP AND PAPER MILL; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; TREATMENT PROCESS; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; GREENHOUSE GAS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; POLLUTION CONTROL; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT;

AEROBIC REACTOR; ANAEROBIC REACTOR; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BLEACHING; CARBON FOOTPRINT; EFFLUENT; ENERGY COST; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PAPER INDUSTRY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PULP MILL; REVIEW; SLUDGE TREATMENT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; CHEMISTRY; GAS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PAPER; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER;

GAS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; WASTE WATER;

GASES; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMANS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PAPER; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84930182126     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2015.05.010     Document Type: Review

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