Life cycle assessment of sewage sludge treatment and disposal based on nutrient and energy recovery: A review

A Ding, R Zhang, HH Ngo, X He, J Ma, J Nan… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
With the acceleration of urbanization, the production of urban sludge is increasing rapidly.
To minimize resource input and waste output, it is crucial to execute analyses of …

Iron-based advanced oxidation processes for enhancing sludge dewaterability: State of the art, challenges, and sludge reuse

J Liang, Y Zhou - Water Research, 2022 - Elsevier
The increasing amount of sewage sludge produced in wastewater treatment plants
(WWTPs) poses a great challenge to both environment and economy globally. As a requisite …

[HTML][HTML] Life cycle assessment of nutrient recycling from wastewater: A critical review

KL Lam, L Zlatanović, JP van Der Hoek - Water research, 2020 - Elsevier
Recovering resources from wastewater systems is increasingly being emphasised. Many
technologies exist or are under development for recycling nutrients such as nitrogen and …

An economic and global warming impact assessment of common sewage sludge treatment processes in North America

Z Zhuang, BA Mohamed, LY Li, O Swei - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
This study details a probabilistic life cycle assessment model to evaluate the environmental
(ie, global warming potential) and economic impact of four common sewage sludge …

Risk evaluation by FMEA of supercritical water gasification system using multi-granular linguistic distribution assessment

R Nie, Z Tian, X Wang, J Wang, T Wang - Knowledge-Based Systems, 2018 - Elsevier
The sustainability challenge is increasingly driving the adoption of supercritical water
gasification (SCWG) technology to ensure the elimination and recovery of pollution …

[HTML][HTML] Life cycle environmental impacts of sewage sludge treatment methods for resource recovery considering ecotoxicity of heavy metals and pharmaceutical and …

RRZ Tarpani, C Alfonsín, A Hospido… - Journal of environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Sewage sludge handling is becoming a concern in Europe due to its increasing amount and
the presence of contaminants, such as heavy metals and pharmaceutical and personal care …

Sidestream characteristics in water resource recovery facilities: A critical review

P Devos, A Filali, P Grau, S Gillot - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
This review compiles information on sidestream characteristics that result from anaerobic
digestion dewatering (conventional and preceded by a thermal hydrolysis process) …

Environmental impacts of phosphorus recovery from a “product” Life Cycle Assessment perspective: Allocating burdens of wastewater treatment in the production of …

M Pradel, L Aissani - Science of the Total Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Since phosphorus (P) is a non-renewable element essential for life, it is extremely important
to explore any potential supply of P, including that recovered from human excreta and urban …

The evaluation of greenhouse gas emissions from sewage treatment with urbanization: Understanding the opportunities and challenges for climate change mitigation …

C Xian, C Gong, F Lu, H Wu, Z Ouyang - Science of the Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Sewage treatment provides a pathway for anthropogenic water purification that can address
the growth in domestic sewage volumes due to urbanization and protect the aquatic …

Systematical analysis of sludge treatment and disposal technologies for carbon footprint reduction

Y Zhao, Z Yang, J Niu, Z Du, C Federica, Z Zhu… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study aims to comprehensively analyze the Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) emissions from
current sewage sludge treatment and disposal technologies (building material, landfill, land …