Evaluation of new alternatives in wastewater treatment plants based on dynamic modelling and life cycle assessment (DM-LCA)

Water Research

Volumn 84, Issue , 2015, Pages 99-111

  Bisinella de Faria, A B ^a,b,c   Sperandio M ^a,b,c   Ahmadi, A ^a,b,c   Tiruta Barna, L ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b UMR792 INGÉNIERIE DES SYSTÈMES BIOLOGIQUES ET DES PROCÉDÉS   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Dynamic modelling; Enhanced primary clarification; Integrated LCA; Struvite; Urine separation; WWTP

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIOGAS; BODY FLUIDS; CLARIFIERS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA HANDLING; DYNAMIC MODELS; EFFLUENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GLOBAL WARMING; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; SOURCE SEPARATION; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

CONTRIBUTION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; INTEGRATED LCA; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); REALISTIC EVALUATIONS; STRUVITES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WWTP;

LIFE CYCLE;

BIOGAS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

AERATION; BIOGAS; DATABASE; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; EFFLUENT; ENERGY BALANCE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; STRUVITE; URINE; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

AERATION; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ANAEROBIC DEAMMONIFICATION; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ANAEROBIC FERMENTATION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; DYNAMIC MODELLING; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENHANCED PRIMARY CLARIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EVALUATION STUDY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PLANT NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; STEADY STATE; URINE SOURCE SEPARATION; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 84937927550     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2015.06.048     Document Type: Article

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