Greenhouse gases from wastewater treatment - A review of modelling tools

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 551-552, Issue , 2016, Pages 254-270

  Mannina, Giorgio ^a   Ekama, George ^b   Caniani, Donatella ^c   Cosenza, Alida ^a   Esposito, Giovanni ^d   Gori, Riccardo ^e   Garrido Baserba, Manel ^f   Rosso, Diego ^f,g   Olsson, Gustaf ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^f Irvine   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Carbon footprint; Denitrification; Emission; Greenhouse gas; Methane; Nitrification; Nitrous oxide; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; DATA ACQUISITION; DENITRIFICATION; METHANE; NEUTRON EMISSION; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN OXIDES; RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AUTOTROPHIC BIOMASS; GREENHOUSE GASES (GHG); LITERATURE REVIEWS; MODELLING STUDIES; NITROUS OXIDE; OPERATIONAL TOOLS; PLANT-WIDE MODELLING; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

AMMONIA; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE;

CARBON EMISSION; CARBON FOOTPRINT; DENITRIFICATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; METHANE; NITRIFICATION; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; CARBON FOOTPRINT; DECOMPOSITION; DENITRIFICATION; GREENHOUSE GAS; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; STEADY STATE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER SUPPLY; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WASTE WATER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; METHANE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NITROUS OXIDE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84957824015     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.01.163     Document Type: Review

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