RESEARCH ADVANCES ON CARBON EMISSION OF WASTEWATER RESOURCE RECOVERY AND VALORIZATION

LUO Yuli; PAN Yirong; MA Jiaxin; WANG Jiayuan; LI Chunyao; CHEN Zhenpeng; WANG Xu

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LUO Yuli, PAN Yirong, MA Jiaxin, WANG Jiayuan, LI Chunyao, CHEN Zhenpeng, WANG Xu. RESEARCH ADVANCES ON CARBON EMISSION OF WASTEWATER RESOURCE RECOVERY AND VALORIZATION[J]. ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING , 2022, 40(6): 83-91,187. doi: 10.13205/j.hjgc.202206011

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LUO Yuli, PAN Yirong, MA Jiaxin, WANG Jiayuan, LI Chunyao, CHEN Zhenpeng, WANG Xu. RESEARCH ADVANCES ON CARBON EMISSION OF WASTEWATER RESOURCE RECOVERY AND VALORIZATION[J]. ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING , 2022, 40(6): 83-91,187. doi: 10.13205/j.hjgc.202206011

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RESEARCH ADVANCES ON CARBON EMISSION OF WASTEWATER RESOURCE RECOVERY AND VALORIZATION

doi: 10.13205/j.hjgc.202206011

LUO Yuli^1,2,3,
PAN Yirong^1,2,3,
MA Jiaxin^1,2,3,
WANG Jiayuan^1,2,3,
LI Chunyao³,
CHEN Zhenpeng³,
WANG Xu^{3
,
,}

1. Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China;
2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China;
3. State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China

Received Date: 2022-02-10
Available Online: 2022-09-01
Publish Date: 2022-09-01

Abstract

Abstract

Resource scarcity and climate change have become grand challenges affecting human prosperity.How to reuse valuable resources from wastewater is important to achieve circular economy,and low-carbon transformation of wastewater treatment.This review is intended to provide an overview of the current state-of-the-art in research on both direct and indirect carbon emissions of different wastewater resource recovery technologies and processes,with the aim of producing clean water,energy,microbial protein,struvite,and other high value-added products.We found that wastewater resource recovery and valorization could create substantial benefits in reducing unwanted carbon emissions,but the advantages would vary with different end-use practices,which reflects the necessity of the inclusion of contextual scenarios in system analysis.Moreover,we highlighted the importance of data source,system boundary,and functional unit,since they would greatly influence the results of a carbon emission assessment.Last but not the least,we also claimed that many future efforts are still needed to analyze the life cycle carbon reduction effects attributed to wastewater resource recovery and valorization,create novel approaches enabling zero-emission or even negative emissions of greenhouse gases through wastewater resource valorization,and eventually evolve wastewater treatment and resource recovery schemes in a truly carbon-free manner.
- wastewater treatment,
- resource recovery,
- valorization,
- carbon emission,
- life cycle impacts

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