Net-zero greenhouse gas emission from wastewater treatment: Mechanisms, opportunities and perspectives

Y He, Y Li, X Li, Y Liu, Y Wang, H Guo, J Hou… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Net-zero emission and self-sustaining carbon-neutral have been widely encouraged and
intensively explored in wastewater treatment, as the wastewater industry accounts for …

The application of life cycle assessment (LCA) to wastewater treatment: A best practice guide and critical review

L Corominas, DM Byrne, JS Guest, A Hospido, P Roux… - Water Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Life cycle assessment (LCA) has been widely applied in the wastewater industry, but
inconsistencies in assumptions and methods have made it difficult for researchers and …

A review on nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions during biological nutrient removal from municipal wastewater and sludge reject water

TM Massara, S Malamis, A Guisasola, JA Baeza… - Science of the Total …, 2017 - Elsevier
Nitrous oxide (N 2 O) is an important pollutant which is emitted during the biological nutrient
removal (BNR) processes of wastewater treatment. Since it has a greenhouse effect which is …

Underestimation of sector-wide methane emissions from United States wastewater treatment

DP Moore, NP Li, LP Wendt… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
An increasing percentage of US waste methane (CH4) emissions come from wastewater
treatment (10% in 1990 to 14% in 2019), although there are limited measurements across …

A decade of nitrous oxide (N2O) monitoring in full-scale wastewater treatment processes: a critical review

V Vasilaki, TM Massara, P Stanchev, F Fatone… - Water research, 2019 - Elsevier
Direct nitrous oxide (N 2 O) emissions during the biological nitrogen removal (BNR)
processes can significantly increase the carbon footprint of wastewater treatment plant …

Insights into nitrous oxide mitigation strategies in wastewater treatment and challenges for wider implementation

H Duan, Y Zhao, K Koch, GF Wells… - Environmental …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions account for the majority of the carbon footprint of wastewater
treatment plants (WWTPs). Many N2O mitigation strategies have since been developed …

A comprehensive carbon footprint analysis of different wastewater treatment plant configurations

Z Wu, H Duan, K Li, L Ye - Environmental Research, 2022 - Elsevier
With the growing concern of global warming, many water utilities are pioneering in mitigating
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, with some water utilities aiming to achieve net-zero …

Mitigating nitrous oxide emissions at a full-scale wastewater treatment plant

H Duan, B van den Akker, BJ Thwaites, L Peng… - Water research, 2020 - Elsevier
Mitigation of nitrous oxide (N 2 O) emissions is of primary importance to meet the targets of
reducing carbon footprints of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). Despite of a large …

Insight into greenhouse gases emissions from the two popular treatment technologies in municipal wastewater treatment processes

TKL Nguyen, HH Ngo, W Guo, SW Chang… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
Due to the impact of methane, carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide on global warming, the
quantity of these greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions from municipal wastewater treatment …

N2O emission in full-scale wastewater treatment: Proposing a refined monitoring strategy

W Gruber, K Villez, M Kipf, P Wunderlin… - Science of The Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Nitrous oxide (N 2 O) emissions from wastewater treatment contribute significantly to
greenhouse gas emissions. They have been shown to exhibit a strong seasonal and daily …