Life-cycle assessment of wastewater treatment plants
Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2012.
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| author | Dong, Bo, M. Eng. Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| author2 | Eric E. Adams. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/737832019-04-12T20:25:04Z Life-cycle assessment of wastewater treatment plants Dong, Bo, M. Eng. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Eric E. Adams. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Civil and Environmental Engineering. Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2012. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (p. 57-58). This thesis presents a general model for the carbon footprints analysis of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), using a life cycle assessment (LCA) approach. In previous research, the issue of global warming is often related to traditional industries with high carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, such as power plants and transportation. However, the analyses of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) have drawn increasing attention, due to the intensive greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from WWTPs. WWTPs have been listed in the 7 th place for both methane (CH 4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) total emissions. In addition, WWTPs indirectly contribute to a huge amount of CO2 emissions. The final results have shown that more than half of the carbon footprints from the La Gavia WWTP are from the indirect emissions of CO2, which is caused by the intensive energy consumption. The direct emissions of CH4 and N2O combined contribute more than 30 percent of GHG emission. The finally section of the thesis compares the environmental impacts of the La Gavia WWTP with case of no WWTP at all. It has been concluded that although the La Gavia WWTP increased the total carbon footprints, it has much better control of eutrophication potential (EP). by Bo Dong. M.Eng. 2012-10-10T15:44:51Z 2012-10-10T15:44:51Z 2012 2012 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/73783 810191582 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 65 p. application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Civil and Environmental Engineering. Dong, Bo, M. Eng. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Life-cycle assessment of wastewater treatment plants |
| title | Life-cycle assessment of wastewater treatment plants |
| title_full | Life-cycle assessment of wastewater treatment plants |
| title_fullStr | Life-cycle assessment of wastewater treatment plants |
| title_full_unstemmed | Life-cycle assessment of wastewater treatment plants |
| title_short | Life-cycle assessment of wastewater treatment plants |
| title_sort | life cycle assessment of wastewater treatment plants |
| topic | Civil and Environmental Engineering. |
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