Greenhouse gas emission quantification from wastewater treatment plants, using a tracer gas dispersion method
| Autor: | Charlotte Scheutz, Jacob Mønster, Antonio Delre |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Environmental Engineering
0208 environmental biotechnology Nitrous Oxide 02 engineering and technology Scandinavian and Nordic Countries Wastewater 010501 environmental sciences Emission factor 01 natural sciences Methane Water Purification Greenhouse Gases chemistry.chemical_compound Anaerobic digestion TRACER SDG 13 - Climate Action Environmental Chemistry Waste Management and Disposal 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Sewage Nitrous oxide Pollution 020801 environmental engineering Ground-based remote sensing IPCC guideline Waste Disposal Facilities chemistry Environmental chemistry Greenhouse gas Remote Sensing Technology Sewage sludge treatment Sewage treatment Nitrous oxides Gas dispersion Environmental Monitoring |
| Zdroj: | Delre, A, Mønster, J & Scheutz, C 2017, ' Greenhouse gas emission quantification from wastewater treatment plants, using a tracer gas dispersion method ', Science of the Total Environment, vol. 605-606, pp. 258-268 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.06.177 |
| ISSN: | 0048-9697 |
| Popis: | Plant-integrated methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) emission quantifications were performed at five Scandinavian wastewater treatment plants, using a ground-based remote sensing approach that combines a controlled release of tracer gas from the plant with downwind concentration measurements. CH4 emission factors were between 1 and 21% of CH4 production, and between 0.2 and 3.2% of COD influent. The main CH4 emitting sources at the five plants were sludge treatment and energy production units. The lowest CH4 emission factors were obtained at plants with enclosed sludge treatment and storage units. N2O emission factors ranged from < 0.1 to 5.2% of TN influent, and from < 0.1 to 5.9% of TN removed. In general, measurement-based, site-specific CH4 and N2O emission factors for the five studied plants were in the upper range of the literature values and default emission factors applied in international guidelines. This study showed that measured CH4 and N2O emission rates from wastewater treatment plants were plant-specific and that emission rates estimated using models in current guidelines, mainly meant for reporting emissions on the country scale, were unsuitable for Scandinavian plant-specific emission reporting. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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