Nitrous oxide emissions from wastewater treatment plants -- improving measurement data quality

authored by

Yvonne Schneider, Maike Beier, Karl-Heinz Rosenwinkel

Abstract

Various studies have been performed to determine the nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from biological nitrogen removal processes during wastewater treatment but standard sampling protocols do not exist for those measurements and very broad ranges of values have been reported. To close this gap this study focuses on the identification of factors influencing the results of full-scale N2O-measurements with different meas-urement techniques. Not only measurable boundary conditions (pH, O2, etc.) but also spatial and temporal effects are taken into account For the calculation of the overall emission The aim of the study is to lay a foundation for more reliable quantification of N2O emissions.

Organisation(s)

Institute of Sanitary Engineering and Waste Management

Type

Other contribution published within the context of a conference

Publication date

2010

Publication status

Published

Peer reviewed

Yes