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Ligia Tiruta-Barna
Other affiliations: Mines ParisTech, Institut national de la recherche agronomique, Institut national des sciences appliquées de Toulouse ...read more
Bio: Ligia Tiruta-Barna is an academic researcher from University of Toulouse. The author has contributed to research in topics: Life-cycle assessment & Emergy. The author has an hindex of 21, co-authored 62 publications receiving 1195 citations. Previous affiliations of Ligia Tiruta-Barna include Mines ParisTech & Institut national de la recherche agronomique.
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TL;DR: Results demonstrated that the coupled USS + EPC scenario and its combinations with agricultural spreading of N-rich effluent and nitritation/anaerobic deammonification could present an energy-positive balance with respectively 27% and 33% lower energy requirements and an increase in biogas production of 23%, compared to the reference scenario.
112 citations
TL;DR: A methodology based on three experimental tests and a behavioral model was developed for the assessment of inorganic contaminant release from cement-based waste materials placed in an "immersed scenario" as discussed by the authors.
67 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide a detailed analysis and comparison of global and local scale impact assessment methods used in LCA and EcoRA, and finally an inventory of LCA studies already completed, to serve as a basis for further research.
Abstract: In the industrial practice, the choice and evaluation of strategies of recycling and reuse of solid mineral wastes (thermal process residues, mining and quarrying wastes, construction and demolition wastes) could be based on ecological risk assessment (EcoRA) and life cycle assessment (LCA) studies also because of the substantial lack of regulations. Several methods and approaches of EcoRA and LCA have been developed so far and it is not always evident to consider a pertinent method for each application case. Furthermore, it is even less trivial to combine local and global scale results so to identify the best scenario from different alternatives. After a comprehensive review of recycling and reuse routes of mineral waste and relative legislation, this study addresses these issues by providing a detailed analysis and comparison of global and local scale impact assessment methods used in LCA and EcoRA, and finally an inventory of LCA and EcoRA studies already completed, to serve as a basis for further research.
63 citations
TL;DR: The feasibility of using an integrated earth system dynamic modeling perspective to retrieve time- and scenario-dependent CFs that consider the complex interlinkages between natural processes delivering ES is demonstrated.
61 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide a consistent and up-to-date assessment based on detailed operation and infrastructure design data at unit process level for two complex drinking water production systems located in France.
60 citations
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TL;DR: A review of recent developments of LCA methods, focusing on some areas where there has been an intense methodological development during the last years, and some of the emerging issues.
2,683 citations
TL;DR: A tiered approach is provided to allow the end user to balance between the specificity of the release estimate, the amount of testing knowledge required, a priori knowledge, and resources required to complete an evaluation.
Abstract: A framework for the evaluation of inorganic constituent leaching from wastes and secondary materials is presented. The framework is based on the measurement of intrinsic leaching properties of the material in conjunction with mathematical modeling to estimate release under field management scenarios. Site-specific and default scenarios are considered, which may be selected based on the evaluation context. A tiered approach is provided to allow the end user to balance between the specificity of the release estimate, the amount of testing knowledge required, a priori knowledge, and resources required to complete an evaluation. Detailed test methodologies are provided for a suite of laboratory leaching tests.
520 citations
TL;DR: New possibilities for this waste reuse in a short-term, in a wide range of fields, resulting in great advantages in waste minimization as well as resources conservation are shown.
424 citations
TL;DR: In this article, an overview is presented on possible mechanisms that control the leaching behavior of oxyanion forming elements in cementituous systems and alkaline solid wastes, such as municipal solid waste incinerator bottom ash, fly ash, and air pollution control residues, coal fly ash and metallurgical slags.
357 citations
TL;DR: According to the detected relationships between urbanization and TES, the economic and population urbanization should be strengthened accompanied by slowing or even reducing land urbanization, so as to achieve urban ecological sustainability with less ecosystem services degradation.
343 citations