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1 online resource (195 p.) |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Table of contents -- Chapter 1 General Introduction -- 1.1 The Greenhouse Effect, Global Warming and Climate Change -- 1.2 Overview of Major Greenhouse Gases -- 1.2.1 Carbon Dioxide -- 1.2.2 Methane -- 1.2.3 Nitrous oxide -- 1.3 Ghg from the Waste Management Sector -- 1.4 Ghg Production in WWT -- 1.5 Ecotechnologies for Wastewater Treatment -- 1.6 Ghg Emissions from WWT -- 1.6.1 GHG emissions from conventional wastewater treatment -- 1.6.2 GHG emissions from ecotechnologies for wastewater treatment |
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1.6.2.1 Greenhouse gas emissions from anaerobic ponds -- 1.6.2.2 Greenhouse gas emissions from AFPs -- 1.6.2.3 Greenhouse gas emissions from duckweed based ponds -- 1.6.2.4 Greenhouse gas emissions from constructed wetlands -- 1.7 Quantifying Emissions of Greenhouse Gases from Wastewater -- 1.8 Scope and Objectives of this Thesis -- 1.9 Dissertation Outline -- 1.10 References -- Chapter 2 Flux estimation of greenhouse gases from wastewater stabilization ponds using the static chamber technique: Comparison of linear and non-linear model -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Material and Methods |
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2.2.1 Field conditions -- 2.2.2 Closed chamber technique -- 2.2.3 Sampling protocol -- 2.2.4 Analysis of GHG concentration in samples -- 2.2.5 Evaluation of closed static chambers -- 2.3 Results -- 2.3.1 Reproducibility of greenhouse gas measurements using closed static chambers -- 2.3.2 Flux calculation using linear and non-linear regression models -- Model selection to calculate the fluxes -- 2.4 Discussion -- 2.4.1 Reproducibility of greenhouse gas measurements using the closed static chamber measurement technique -- 2.4.2 Model selection and flux estimation -- 2.5 Conclusions |
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2.6 Acknowledgements -- 2.7 References -- Chapter 3 Greenhouse Gas Emissions from an Anaerobic Pond Treating Domestic Wastewater under Tropical Climatic Conditions -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Methodology -- 3.2.1 Site description -- 3.2.2 Wastewater characterization and sludge accumulation -- 3.2.3 Greenhouse gas measurement -- 3.3 Results -- 3.3.1 Wastewater characteristics and removal efficiencies -- 3.3.2 Sludge accumulation -- 3.3.3 Greenhouse gas fluxes -- 3.4 Discussion -- 3.4.1 CH4 and CO2 fluxes -- 3.4.2 N2O fluxes -- 3.4.3 Greenhouse Gas emissions in terms of CO2 equivalent |
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3.5 Conclusions -- 3.6 Acknowledgements -- 3.7 References -- Chapter 4 Influence of the photoperiod on carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide emissions from two pilot-scale stabilisation ponds -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Materials and Methods -- 4.2.1 Experimental set-up -- 4.2.2 Wastewater sampling -- 4.2.3 Greenhouse gas measurements -- 4.2.4 Flux calculation -- 4.2.5 Data analysis -- 4.3 Results -- 4.3.1 Performance of the AFP and DBP -- 4.3.2 Greenhouse gas emissions -- 4.4 Discussion -- 4.4.1 CO2 dynamics -- 4.4.2 CH4 dynamics -- 4.4.3 N2O dynamics -- 4.5 Conclusions -- 4.6 Acknowledgments |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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4.7 References |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781000293326 |
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1000293327 |
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