Preface |
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Chapter 1 Warming climate and greenhouse gases |
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1 | (3) |
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1.2 Greenhouse Gases and Global Warming Potential |
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4 | (1) |
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1.3 Generation of CO2 in Wastewater Treatment Plants |
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5 | (2) |
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1.4 Generation of CH4 in Wastewater Treatment Plants |
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7 | (2) |
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1.5 N2O Generation in Wastewater Treatment Facilities |
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9 | (4) |
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1.5.1 N2O emission during nitrification |
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11 | (1) |
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1.5.2 N2O emission during denitrification |
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12 | (1) |
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13 | (1) |
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13 | (4) |
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Chapter 2 Greenhouse gas emissions from wastewater treatment facilities |
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17 | (12) |
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2.1 Direct and Indirect GHG Emissions |
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17 | (2) |
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2.2 GHG Emission and Generation |
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19 | (1) |
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2.3 Emission Factors of GHG Emission |
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20 | (1) |
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2.4 Emissions of Dissolved Gas to the Atmosphere |
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21 | (3) |
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2.5 GHG Generation and Emission in WWTPs |
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24 | (2) |
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26 | (2) |
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28 | (1) |
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Chapter 3 IPCC framework for calculating greenhouse gas emissions from wastewater treatment |
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29 | (24) |
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29 | (1) |
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3.2 Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Wastewater Treatment and Discharge |
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30 | (1) |
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3.3 IPCC Guidelines for the Estimation of National GHG Emissions of Wastewater Treatment |
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31 | (7) |
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3.3.1 CH4 emissions from domestic wastewater treatment |
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33 | (3) |
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3.3.2 CH4 emissions from industrial wastewater treatment |
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36 | (1) |
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37 | (1) |
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3.4 Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Biogas Utilization |
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38 | (2) |
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3.5 Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Sludge Disposal |
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40 | (6) |
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40 | (2) |
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42 | (1) |
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43 | (2) |
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45 | (1) |
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46 | (4) |
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3.6.1 CH4 emissions from domestic wastewater |
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47 | (1) |
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3.6.2 CH4 emissions from industrial wastewater |
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48 | (1) |
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3.6.3 N2O emissions from wastewater treatment facilities |
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48 | (1) |
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3.6.4 Source of uncertainties |
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49 | (1) |
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50 | (1) |
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51 | (2) |
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Chapter 4 Measurement of direct greenhouse gas emissions in WWTPs |
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53 | (26) |
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53 | (1) |
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53 | (11) |
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4.2.1 Enclosed wastewater treatment facilities |
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54 | (2) |
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4.2.2 Off-gas measurement techniques for open aerated tanks |
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56 | (4) |
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4.2.3 Measurement of off-gas in non-aerated tanks |
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60 | (4) |
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4.3 Quantification of N2O Emission Through Measuring Dissolved N2O Concentration in the Liquid Phase |
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64 | (8) |
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4.3.1 N2O emission and generation |
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64 | (2) |
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4.3.2 Dissolved N2O measurement with the air stripping technique |
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66 | (1) |
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4.3.3 Dissolved N2O measurement using N2O sensor |
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67 | (4) |
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4.3.4 Estimation of KLa combining dissolved N2O concentration measurement and off-gas measurement |
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71 | (1) |
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4.4 Measurement of Dissolved Methane Concentration |
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72 | (3) |
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72 | (2) |
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74 | (1) |
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75 | (1) |
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76 | (3) |
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Chapter 5 Methane emission and mitigation in municipal wastewater treatment plants |
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79 | (22) |
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79 | (1) |
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5.2 Methane Emission in WWTPs |
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79 | (11) |
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5.2.1 Total methane emission from municipal wastewater treatment plants |
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80 | (1) |
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80 | (2) |
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5.2.3 Sequencing batch reactor process WWTPs |
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82 | (2) |
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5.2.4 A2O process-based WWTPs |
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84 | (3) |
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5.2.5 Oxidation ditch process-based WWTPs |
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87 | (3) |
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5.3 Parameters Affecting Methane Emissions in WWTPs |
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90 | (3) |
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5.3.1 Effect of temperature and seasonal change |
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90 | (1) |
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5.3.2 Dissolved oxygen concentration |
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91 | (1) |
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5.3.3 COD concentration and effect of C/N ratio |
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92 | (1) |
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93 | (2) |
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5.4.1 Aerobic methane oxidation |
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93 | (1) |
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5.4.2 Anaerobic methane oxidation |
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93 | (1) |
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5.4.3 Chemical oxidation of CH4 |
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94 | (1) |
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5.5 Mitigation Strategies for Methane Emission in WWTPs |
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95 | (1) |
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5.5.1 Electricity generation from methane |
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95 | (1) |
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96 | (1) |
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97 | (4) |
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Chapter 6 N2O emission during biological nitrogen removal |
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101 | (26) |
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6.1 Overview of Nitrogen Cycle |
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101 | (1) |
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6.2 Identification of N2O Emission Pathways In BNR |
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102 | (1) |
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6.3 Factors Affecting N2O Emission During Nitrification |
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102 | (4) |
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103 | (1) |
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104 | (1) |
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105 | (1) |
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6.4 Operating Factors Affecting N2O Emission During Denitrification |
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106 | (4) |
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6.4.1 Organic carbon (types and C/N ratios) |
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106 | (2) |
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108 | (1) |
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109 | (1) |
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109 | (1) |
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110 | (1) |
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6.5 N2O Emission from Different Biological Wastewater Treatment Processes |
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110 | (8) |
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6.5.1 Conventional biological nitrogen removal processes |
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110 | (2) |
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6.5.2 Multiple A/O processes |
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112 | (2) |
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6.5.3 Denitrifying polyphosphate accumulating processes |
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114 | (1) |
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6.5.4 High ammonium wastewater treatment processes |
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115 | (2) |
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6.5.5 N2O emission in autotrophic denitrification process |
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117 | (1) |
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6.6 Summary and Future Trends |
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118 | (2) |
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120 | (7) |
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Chapter 7 Life cycle assessment of a wastewater treatment plant |
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127 | (22) |
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7.1 Direct and Indirect GHG Emissions |
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127 | (1) |
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7.2 Life Cycle Assessment |
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128 | (1) |
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7.3 A Brief History of Life Cycle Assessment |
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129 | (1) |
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7.4 Stages of Life Cycle Assessment |
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129 | (4) |
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7.4.1 Goal and scope definition |
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129 | (1) |
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7.4.2 Life cycle inventory analysis |
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130 | (1) |
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7.4.3 Life cycle impact assessment |
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131 | (2) |
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133 | (1) |
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133 | (3) |
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7.6 Case Study: LCA of a Municipal WWTP in Kunming City, China |
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136 | (6) |
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136 | (1) |
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7.6.2 Materials and methods |
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137 | (5) |
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7.7 Interpretation of Results and Discussion |
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142 | (3) |
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145 | (1) |
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146 | (3) |
Index |
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