Table 2 Default GHG emission factors of biological treatment technologies in this study and in IPCC 2019.

From: Greenhouse gas emissions from municipal wastewater treatment facilities in China from 2006 to 2019

No.

Biological treatment technology

IPCC 2019

This study

CH4

N2O

CH4

N2O

CO2

g CH4/kg COD

g N2O /kg TN influent

g CH4/kg COD removed (No. 1–11); g CH4/kg COD (No, 12–27)

g N2O /kg TN influent

g CO2/kg COD removed

1

Aerobic Biological Treatment

7.50

25.00

0.70

1.20

560.00

2

Activated sludge

7.50

25.00

0.70

1.20

560.00

3

AO

7.50

25.00

0.74

13.94

365.75

4

A2O

7.50

25.00

2.66

6.19

375.53

5

OD

7.50

25.00

4.27

2.18

510.65

6

SBR

7.50

25.00

1.76

43.60

531.80

7

AB

7.50

25.00

0.70

1.20

560.00

8

Biofilm

0.00

25.00

0.00

11.67

436.20

9

Biofilter

0.00

25.00

0.00

11.67

436.20

10

Rotating Biological Contactor

0.00

25.00

0.00

11.67

436.20

11

Biological Contact Oxidation

0.00

25.00

0.00

11.67

436.20

12

Anaerobic Biological Treatment

200.00

0.00

200.00

0.00

380.50

13

Anaerobic Hydrolysis

200.00

0.00

200.00

0.00

380.50

14

Typical Anaerobic Reactors

200.00

0.00

200.00

0.00

380.50

15

Anaerobic Biofilter

200.00

0.00

200.00

0.00

380.50

16

Other Anaerobic Biological Treatment

200.00

0.00

200.00

0.00

380.50

17

Stabilization Pond, Constructed Wetland and Land Treatment

68.06

11.98

68.06

11.98

502.91

18

Stabilization Lagoon

66.25

18.75

66.25

18.75

515.13

19

Oxidation Lagoon

7.50

25.00

7.50

25.00

560.00

20

Anaerobic Lagoon

200.00

0.00

200.00

0.00

380.50

21

Facultative Lagoon

50.00

25.00

50.00

25.00

560.00

22

Aerated Lagoon

7.50

25.00

7.50

25.00

560.00

23

Constructed Wetland

42.50

4.94

42.50

4.94

482.54

24

Subsurface Flow Constructed Wetland

13.75

6.39

13.75

6.39

482.54

25

Surface Flow Constructed Wetland

100.00

2.04

100.00

2.04

482.54

26

Land Infiltration

125.00

0.70

125.00

0.70

502.91

27

Biological Treatment

7.50

25.00

7.50

25.00

560.00

  1. Note: The CH4, N2O and CO2 emission factors of different biological treatment processes adopted in this study were obtained from the literature. Some emission factors were from studies on GHG emission factors of Chinese WWTPs. However, because of a lack of studies on emission factors of full-scale wastewater treatment processes in China, emission factors of some specific treatment technologies were adopted from the IPCC 2019 report (CH4 and N2O emission factors of anaerobic biological treatment processes (12–16) and stabilization pond, constructed wetland and land treatment method (17–26)), laboratory-based studies (N2O emission factors of biofilm processes (8–11)) or other models (CO2 emission factors of aerobic biological treatment process (1), activated sludge process (2), biofilm processes (8–11), and CO2 and CH4 emission factors of anaerobic biological treatment processes (12–16)).