Contribution of prokaryotes and eukaryotes to CO2 emissions in the wastewater treatment process
Reduction of the greenhouse effect is primarily associated with the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Carbon dioxide (CO2) is one of the gases that increases the greenhouse effect - it is responsible for about half of the greenhouse effect. Significant sources of CO2 are wastewater treatm...
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| author | Katarzyna Jaromin-Gleń Roman Babko Tatiana Kuzmina Yaroslav Danko Grzegorz Łagód Cezary Polakowski Joanna Szulżyk-Cieplak Andrzej Bieganowski |
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| description | Reduction of the greenhouse effect is primarily associated with the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Carbon dioxide (CO2) is one of the gases that increases the greenhouse effect - it is responsible for about half of the greenhouse effect. Significant sources of CO2 are wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) and waste management, with about 3% contribution to global emissions. CO2 is produced mainly in the aerobic stage of wastewater purification and is a consequence of activated sludge activity. Although the roles of activated sludge components in the purification process have been studied quite well, their quantitative contribution to CO2 emissions is still unknown. The emission of CO2 caused by prokaryotes and eukaryotes over the course of a year (taking into account subsequent seasons) in model sequencing batch reactors (SBR) is presented in this study. In this work, for the first time, we aimed to quantify this contribution of eukaryotic organisms to total CO2 emissions during the WWTP process. It is of the order of several or more ppm. The contribution of CO2 produced by different components of activated sludge in WWTPs can improve estimation of the emissions of GHGs in this area of human activity. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-80bbfb478b91470582f107f3e4ebd3572023-12-03T06:52:21ZengPeerJ Inc.PeerJ2167-83592020-06-018e932510.7717/peerj.9325Contribution of prokaryotes and eukaryotes to CO2 emissions in the wastewater treatment processKatarzyna Jaromin-Gleń0Roman Babko1Tatiana Kuzmina2Yaroslav Danko3Grzegorz Łagód4Cezary Polakowski5Joanna Szulżyk-Cieplak6Andrzej Bieganowski7Institute of Agrophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lublin, PolandSchmalhausen Institute of Zoology, National Academy of Sciences, Kiev, UkraineSumy State University, Sumy, UkraineSumy Makarenko State Pedagogical University, Sumy, UkraineEnvironmental Engineering Faculty, Lublin University of Technology, Lublin, PolandInstitute of Agrophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lublin, PolandFundamentals of Technology Faculty, Lublin University of Technology, Lublin, PolandInstitute of Agrophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lublin, PolandReduction of the greenhouse effect is primarily associated with the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Carbon dioxide (CO2) is one of the gases that increases the greenhouse effect - it is responsible for about half of the greenhouse effect. Significant sources of CO2 are wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) and waste management, with about 3% contribution to global emissions. CO2 is produced mainly in the aerobic stage of wastewater purification and is a consequence of activated sludge activity. Although the roles of activated sludge components in the purification process have been studied quite well, their quantitative contribution to CO2 emissions is still unknown. The emission of CO2 caused by prokaryotes and eukaryotes over the course of a year (taking into account subsequent seasons) in model sequencing batch reactors (SBR) is presented in this study. In this work, for the first time, we aimed to quantify this contribution of eukaryotic organisms to total CO2 emissions during the WWTP process. It is of the order of several or more ppm. The contribution of CO2 produced by different components of activated sludge in WWTPs can improve estimation of the emissions of GHGs in this area of human activity.https://peerj.com/articles/9325.pdfCO2 emissionEukaryotesProkaryotesSequencing batch reactor |
| spellingShingle | Katarzyna Jaromin-Gleń Roman Babko Tatiana Kuzmina Yaroslav Danko Grzegorz Łagód Cezary Polakowski Joanna Szulżyk-Cieplak Andrzej Bieganowski Contribution of prokaryotes and eukaryotes to CO2 emissions in the wastewater treatment process PeerJ CO2 emission Eukaryotes Prokaryotes Sequencing batch reactor |
| title | Contribution of prokaryotes and eukaryotes to CO2 emissions in the wastewater treatment process |
| title_full | Contribution of prokaryotes and eukaryotes to CO2 emissions in the wastewater treatment process |
| title_fullStr | Contribution of prokaryotes and eukaryotes to CO2 emissions in the wastewater treatment process |
| title_full_unstemmed | Contribution of prokaryotes and eukaryotes to CO2 emissions in the wastewater treatment process |
| title_short | Contribution of prokaryotes and eukaryotes to CO2 emissions in the wastewater treatment process |
| title_sort | contribution of prokaryotes and eukaryotes to co2 emissions in the wastewater treatment process |
| topic | CO2 emission Eukaryotes Prokaryotes Sequencing batch reactor |
| url | https://peerj.com/articles/9325.pdf |
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