A life cycle approach to environmental assessment of wastewater and sludge treatment processes

• Published in: Water and environment journal : WEJ Vol. 36; no. 3; pp. 412 - 424
• Main Authors: Patel, Kulvendra, Singh, Santosh Kumar
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.08.2022
• Subjects: Activated sludge; Activated sludge process; Anaerobic digestion; Anaerobic processes; Anaerobic treatment; Artificial wetlands; Batch reactors; batch systems; computer software; electricity; energy; Energy consumption; Energy recovery; environment; Environmental assessment; Environmental effects; Environmental impact; Environmental Impact Assessment; Evaluation; global warming potential; Impact analysis; Life cycle; Life cycle analysis; Life cycle assessment; Life cycles; Reactors; sequential batch reactor; Simapro; Sludge; Sludge digestion; Sludge treatment; upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor; wastewater; Wastewater treatment; Wastewater treatment plants; water

Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a tool for determining a product or a process's environmental effects. In this study, LCA evaluates the critical sources of environmental impacts in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). The aim of the study is to conduct a comparative LCA of four wastewater treatm...