Life cycle assessment of introducing an anaerobic digester in a municipal wastewater treatment plant in Spain

Anaerobic digestion (AD) is being established as a standard technology to recover some of the energy contained in the sludge in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) as biogas, allowing an economy in electricity and heating and a decrease in climate gas emission. The purpose of this study was to quant...

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Veröffentlicht in:Water science and technology : a journal of the International Association on Water Pollution Research. - 1986. - 73(2016), 4 vom: 10., Seite 835-42
1. Verfasser: Blanco, David (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Collado, Sergio, Laca, Adriana, Díaz, Mario
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2016
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Water science and technology : a journal of the International Association on Water Pollution Research
Schlagworte:Evaluation Study Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Biofuels Gases Sewage Waste Water Carbon Dioxide 142M471B3J
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