Environmental assessment of digestate treatment technologies using LCA methodology

Waste Management

Volumn 43, Issue , 2015, Pages 442-459

  Vázquez Rowe, Ian ^a,b,c   Golkowska, Katarzyna ^a   Lebuf, Viooltje ^d   Vaneeckhaute, Céline ^e   Michels, Evi ^e   Meers, Erik ^e   Benetto, Enrico ^a   Koster, Daniel ^a  

^a LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^d Flemish Coordination Centre for Manure Processing (VCM)   (Belgium)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Digestate spreading; Digestate treatment; Dried digestate; Flanders; Life Cycle Assessment

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; CROPS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; FERTILIZERS; MANURES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CONVERSION TECHNOLOGY; CONVERSION TREATMENT; DIFFERENT TREATMENTS; DIGESTATE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FLANDERS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES;

LIFE CYCLE;

AMMONIA; NITROGEN; BIOFUEL; MANURE; OZONE; SOIL;

AMMONIA; BIOGAS; ENERGY CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FERTILIZER; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; TRADE-OFF; WASTE TECHNOLOGY; WASTE TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BELGIUM; BIOMASS CONVERSION; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; COMPOSTING; DIGESTATE TREATMENT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAND USE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MANURE; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC NUTRIENT; ORGANIC WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; STORAGE; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENT; EUTROPHICATION; OSMOSIS; PROCEDURES; SOIL; TECHNOLOGY; WASTE DISPOSAL;

BELGIUM; FLANDERS;

ANIMALIA;

AMMONIA; BELGIUM; BIOFUELS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENT; EUTROPHICATION; MANURE; OSMOSIS; OZONE; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOIL; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84938738342     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2015.05.007     Document Type: Article

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