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2016 | 16 | 1(37) | 147-158

Article title

Life cycle assessment of industrial and urban wastewater treatment plant

Content

Title variants

PL
Ocena cyklu życia w oczyszczalni ścieków komunalnych i przemysłowych

Languages of publication

EN

Abstracts

EN
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a technique to assess environmental impacts associated with all the stages of a product's life from cradle to grave. With raising human population and the increasing industrialization, there has been very substantial increase in waste products too. Nowadays the importance of the wastewater treatment (domestic and industrial wastewater) need more attention in terms of the ecological balance. In this article a study was conducted and focused on the comprehension of the methods which are used for life cycle assessment and evaluation of environmental effects. In the proceeding sections of this study, Life Cycle Assessment method was used for evaluation the environmental advantages and expenses of other different wastewater treatment technologies and standards. An inventory of the input (chemical substances, electrical energy etc.) and output (emissions releases into the water, earth and the air, amount of sludge etc.) of the plants, where wastewater is treated, was documented. Potential environmental effects of the input and the output was assessed too. Finally, the obtained results were interpreted with regard to the objectives of LCA. With regard to these studies, attention was drawn to the importance of wastewater treatment plants which are regularly managed. Utilization of treatment systems resources and its effects on human health and ecology were assessed, finally the most suitable methods of wastewater treatment methods were tried to be explained with best examples.
PL
Ocena cyklu życia (LCA) jest techniką mającą na celu identyfikację potencjalnych zagrożeń środowiska związanych ze wszystkimi etapami życia produktu „od kołyski do grobu”. Wraz z rozwojem cywilizacji nastąpił znaczny wzrost ilości powstających ścieków i odpadów. Obecnie oczyszczanie ścieków zarówno bytowych jak i przemysłowych wymaga uwzględnienia zasad równowagi ekologicznej i zrównoważonego rozwoju. W niniejszym artykule przeprowadzono badania dotyczące zastosowania oceny cyklu życia produktu w odniesieniu do technologii oczyszczania ścieków. Z interpretacją LCA wiąże się także ocena oddziaływania na środowisko danego układu bądź obiektu oczyszczania ścieków. W początkowej części opracowania zaprezentowano metodę oceny cyklu życia, która została wykorzystana do analizy korzyści i kosztów różnych technologii oczyszczania ścieków. Uzyskane wyniki zinterpretowano w odniesieniu do celów polityki LCA. Szczególną uwagę zwrócono na znaczenie oczyszczalni ścieków oraz ich wpływ na środowisko naturalne i zdrowie ludzi. Celem pracy było także przedstawienie w użyciu narzędzia LCA poprzez dokonanie analizy dwóch wariantów oczyszczania ścieków pochodzących z różnych fabryk produkujących opakowania kartonowe.

Year

Volume

16

Issue

Pages

147-158

Physical description

Dates

published
2016-03

Contributors

author
  • Białystok University of Technology, Poland
  • Białystok University of Technology, Poland
  • Białystok University of Technology, Poland
  • Białystok University of Technology, Poland
author
  • Harran University, Turkey

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Document Type

Publication order reference

Identifiers

ISSN
2081-8319

YADDA identifier

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