[HTML][HTML] Net-zero carbon condition in wastewater treatment plants: A systematic review of mitigation strategies and challenges

M Maktabifard, HE Al-Hazmi, P Szulc… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
The wastewater sector accounts for up to 7 and 10% of anthropogenic CH 4 and N 2 O
emissions, respectively. Nowadays wastewater treatment plants are going through a …

Extended water-energy nexus contribution to environmentally-related sustainable development goals

XC Wang, P Jiang, L Yang, Y Van Fan… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Challenges of high energy efficiency, water saving, low-carbon emissions, waste
management and food saving have been considerable pressures on both regional and …

[HTML][HTML] Insights into the removal of microplastics and microfibres by Advanced Oxidation Processes

NO Dos Santos, R Busquets, LC Campos - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Water treatment plants' effluents are hotspots of microplastics (MPs) and microfibres (MFs)
released into the aquatic environment because they were not designed to capture these …

[HTML][HTML] Application of a hybrid mechanistic/machine learning model for prediction of nitrous oxide (N2O) production in a nitrifying sequencing batch reactor

MJ Mehrani, F Bagherzadeh, M Zheng, P Kowal… - Process Safety and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nitrous oxide (N 2 O) is a key parameter for evaluating the greenhouse gas emissions from
wastewater treatment plants. In this study, a new method for predicting liquid N 2 O …

[HTML][HTML] Mapping research on carbon neutrality in WWTPs between 2001 and 2021: a scientometric and visualization analysis

XL Yu, ZT Zhao, HB Zhao, SS He, CH Cui, HJ Sun… - Sustainable …, 2022 - Elsevier
Carbon neutrality is a globally established research topic in wastewater treatment plants
(WWTPs); carbon-neutral operations of WWTPs have already started. Carbon neutrality …

Optimal control towards sustainable wastewater treatment plants based on multi-agent reinforcement learning

K Chen, H Wang, B Valverde-Pérez, S Zhai, L Vezzaro… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are designed to eliminate pollutants and alleviate
environmental pollution resulting from human activities. However, the construction and …

Insights into Global Water Reuse Opportunities

VA Tzanakakis, AG Capodaglio, AN Angelakis - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
The growing population, intensified anthropogenic pressures and climate variability have
increased the demands on available water resources, and water reuse has become a high …

Economic, environmental and social efficiency and effectiveness development in the sustainable crop agricultural sector: A systematic in-depth analysis review

H Taoumi, K Lahrech - Science of the Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Multi-dimensional inclusion of economic, environmental, and social sustainability spheres
together are the most global concerns of the agricultural crop sector. Therefore, optimizing …

Deciphering carbon emissions in urban sewer networks: Bridging urban sewer networks with city-wide environmental dynamics

J Chen, HC Wang, WX Yin, YQ Wang, J Lv, AJ Wang - Water Research, 2024 - Elsevier
As urbanization accelerates, understanding and managing carbon emissions from urban
sewer networks have become crucial for sustainable urban water cycles. This review …

Full-scale partial nitritation and anammox (PN/A) application in removing nitrogen from industrial wastewater: Performance and life cycle assessment

X Gao, W Xing, X Bao, H Wang, Y Chen, N Mei… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) is an innovative nitrogen removal process that
is widely used in wastewater treatment due to its energy-saving potential and ability to …