The quest for sustainable nitrogen removal technologies.
In this paper the sustainability of current available and future nitrogen removal systems has been investigated. For the assessment of the sustainability six indicators were used; sludge production; energy consumption, resource recovery; area requirement and N2O-emission. For the evaluation of the position of the individual nitrogen removal systems in the anthropogenic nitrogen cycle a broad outline for a life-cycle analysis has been presented.
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Amecon Environmental Consultancy, P.O. Box 606, 2600 AP Delft, The Netherlands. arnoldmulder@amecon.nl
D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D004787:Environmental Pollution / Q000517:prevention & control; D056890:Eukaryota; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid / Q000379:methods*; D018508:Water Purification / Q000379:methods*
D009584:Nitrogen