Net-zero greenhouse gas emission from wastewater treatment: Mechanisms, opportunities and perspectives

Y He, Y Li, X Li, Y Liu, Y Wang, H Guo, J Hou… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
Net-zero emission and self-sustaining carbon-neutral have been widely encouraged and
intensively explored in wastewater treatment, as the wastewater industry accounts for …

The application of life cycle assessment (LCA) to wastewater treatment: A best practice guide and critical review

L Corominas, DM Byrne, JS Guest, A Hospido, P Roux… - Water Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Life cycle assessment (LCA) has been widely applied in the wastewater industry, but
inconsistencies in assumptions and methods have made it difficult for researchers and …

A methanotrophic bacterium to enable methane removal for climate mitigation

L He, JD Groom, EH Wilson… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
The rapid increase of the potent greenhouse gas methane in the atmosphere creates great
urgency to develop and deploy technologies for methane mitigation. One approach to …

Methanotrophs: discoveries, environmental relevance, and a perspective on current and future applications

S Guerrero-Cruz, A Vaksmaa, MA Horn… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Methane is the final product of the anaerobic decomposition of organic matter. The
conversion of organic matter to methane (methanogenesis) as a mechanism for energy …

Methane emissions from municipal wastewater collection and treatment systems

C Song, JJ Zhu, JL Willis, DP Moore… - … science & technology, 2023 - ACS Publications
Municipal wastewater collection and treatment systems are critical infrastructures, and they
are also identified as major sources of anthropogenic CH4 emissions that contribute to …

Life cycle assessment of wastewater treatment in develo** countries: a review

A Gallego-Schmid, RRZ Tarpani - Water research, 2019 - Elsevier
Within develo** countries, wastewater treatment (WWT) has improved in recent years but
remains a high priority sustainability challenge. Accordingly, life cycle assessment (LCA) …

Underestimation of sector-wide methane emissions from United States wastewater treatment

DP Moore, NP Li, LP Wendt… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
An increasing percentage of US waste methane (CH4) emissions come from wastewater
treatment (10% in 1990 to 14% in 2019), although there are limited measurements across …

Sustainable disposal of excess sludge: Incineration without anaerobic digestion

X Hao, Q Chen, MCM van Loosdrecht, J Li, H Jiang - Water research, 2020 - Elsevier
Handling excess sludge produced by wastewater treatment is a common problem
worldwide. Due to limited space available in landfills, as well as difficulties involved in using …

Greenhouse gases emissions from wastewater treatment plants: minimization, treatment, and prevention

JL Campos, D Valenzuela-Heredia… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The operation of wastewater treatment plants results in direct emissions, from the biological
processes, of greenhouse gases (GHG) such as carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and …

Methane emissions along biomethane and biogas supply chains are underestimated

S Bakkaloglu, J Cooper, A Hawkes - One Earth, 2022 - cell.com
Although natural gas generates lower CO 2 emissions, gas extraction, processing, and
distribution all release methane, which has a greater global warming potential than CO 2 …