Sara Heimersson
Researcher at
Chalmers, Technology Management and Economics, Environmental Systems Analysis
Sara’s research is focusing on life cycle assessment (LCA) applied on wastewater and sewage sludge treatment. This means for example that she uses LCA to compare scenarios where wastewater and sludge treatment and sludge management is handled in different ways. Sara also performs LCA method development within the area, for example on questions arising in connection to utilisation of resources from wastewater or sludge. Sara defended her doctoral thesis ”Improved methods and practices in life cycle assessment of wastewater and sludge management”, in April 2016. Her post-doc project is focusing on how benefits of sludge utilisation, e.g. on arable land, can be assessed in a relevant way in LCAs.
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Showing 29 publications
2019
Opportunities of consequential and attributional modelling in life cycle assessment of wastewater and sludge management
Sara Heimersson, Magdalena Svanström, Tomas Ekvall
Journal of Cleaner Production. Vol. 222, p. 242-251
Journal article
2017
Improved life cycle modelling of benefits from sewage sludge anaerobic digestion and land application
Sara Heimersson, Magdalena Svanström, Christel Cederberg et al
Resources, Conservation and Recycling. Vol. 122, p. 126-134
Journal article
2017
A comparative techno-economic-environmental assessment of full-scale CAS vs MBR technologies
Giorgio Bertanza, Matteo Canato, Giuseppe Laera et al
Other
2017
A comparison between two full-scale MBR and CAS municipal wastewater treatment plants: techno-economic-environmental assessment
Giorgio Bertanza, Matteo Canato, Giuseppe Laera et al
Environmental Science and Pollution Research. Vol. 24 (21), p. 17383-17393
Journal article
2017
Generating LCA partitioning factors for sewage sludge management using a Delphi procedure
Magdalena Svanström, Sara Heimersson, Tomas Ekvall
Conference contribution
2017
Upgrading small wastewater treatment plants with the sequencing batch biofilter granular reactor technology: Techno-economic and environmental assessment
C. Di Iaconi, G. Del Moro, G. Bertanza et al
Journal of Cleaner Production. Vol. 148, p. 606-615
Journal article
2017
Life cycle assessment of sludge management with phosphorus utilisation and improved hygienisation in Sweden
Magdalena Svanström, Sara Heimersson, Gregory Peters et al
Water Science and Technology. Vol. 75 (9), p. 2013-2024
Journal article
2016
Techno-environmental assessment of integrating polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) production with services of municipal wastewater treatment
Fernando Morgan-Sagastume, Sara Heimersson, Giuseppe Laera et al
Journal of Cleaner Production. Vol. 137, p. 1368-1381
Journal article
2016
Improved methods and practices in life cycle assessment of wastewater and sludge management
Sara Heimersson
Doctoral thesis
2016
Life cycle inventory practices for major nitrogen, phosphorus and carbon flows in wastewater and sludge management systems
Sara Heimersson, Magdalena Svanström, Giuseppe Laera et al
International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. Vol. 21 (8), p. 1197-1212
Journal article
2015
Techno-Economic and Environmental Assessment of Upgrading Alternatives for Sludge Stabilization in Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants
Maria Concetta Tomei, Giorgio Bertanza, Matteo Canato et al
Journal of Cleaner Production. Vol. 112 (4), p. 3106-3115
Journal article
2015
Techno-economic and environmental assessment of sewage sludge wet oxidation
Giorgio Bertanza, Matteo Canato, Sara Heimersson et al
Environmental Science and Pollution Research. Vol. 22 (10), p. 7327-38
Journal article
2015
Problem or resource - why it is important for the environment to keep track of nitrogen, phosphorus and carbon in wastewater and sludge management
Magdalena Svanström, Giuseppe Laera, Sara Heimersson
Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Vol. 5, p. 200-
Journal article
2015
Upgrading a wastewater treatment plant with thermophilic digestion of thermally pre-treated secondary sludge: techno-economic and environmental assessment
A. Gianico, G. Bertanza, C. M. Braguglia et al
Journal of Cleaner Production. Vol. 102, p. 353-361
Journal article
2015
Global and local health burden trade-off through the hybridisation of Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment and Life Cycle Assessment to aid water management
Yumi Kobayashi, Gregory Peters, NJ Ashbolt et al
Water Research. Vol. 79, p. 26-38
Journal article
2014
Methodological issues in life cycle assessment of mixed-culture polyhydroxyalkanoate production utilising waste as feedstock
Sara Heimersson, F Morgan-Sagastume, Gregory Peters et al
New Biotechnology (4), p. 383-393
Journal article
2014
Including Pathogen Risk in Life Cycle Assessment of Wastewater Management. 2. Quantitative Comparison of Pathogen Risk to Other Impacts on Human Health
Sara Heimersson, Robin Harder, Gregory Peters et al
Environmental Science & Technology. Vol. 48 (16), p. 9446-9453
Journal article
2014
Method for Technical, Economic and Environmental Assessment of Advanced Sludge Processing Routes
Magdalena Svanström, Giorgio Bertanza, David Bolzonella et al
Water Science and Technology. Vol. 69 (12), p. 2407-2416
Journal article
2014
Technical, economic and environmental assessment of wastewater and sludge management solutions designed to overcome common issues
Magdalena Svanström, Giorgio Bertanza, Giuseppe Laera et al
Proceedings to ECSM 2014 – 4th European Conference on Sludge Management, Izmir, Turkey, May 26-27 2014
Conference contribution
2014
Technical, Economic, and Environmental Assessment of Wastewater and Sludge Management Solutions Designed to Overcome Common Issues
Magdalena Svanström, G. Bertanza, G. Laera et al
Journal of Residuals Science and Technology. Vol. 11 (1), p. 15-20
Journal article
2014
Making the most of LCA in technical inter-organisational R&D projects
Gustav A Sandin, Gunilla Clancy, Sara Heimersson et al
Journal of Cleaner Production. Vol. 70, p. 97-104
Journal article
2014
Including Pathogen Risk in Life Cycle Assessment of Wastewater Management. 1. Estimating the Burden of Disease Associated with Pathogens
Robin Harder, Sara Heimersson, Magdalena Svanström et al
Environmental Science & Technology. Vol. 48 (16), p. 9438-9445
Journal article
2014
Improved life cycle assessment of wastewater and sludge management with resource recovery
Sara Heimersson
Licentiate thesis
2014
How the fate of N, P and C affects the environmental life cycle performance of wastewater and sludge management
Magdalena Svanström, Giuseppe Laera, Sara Heimersson
Proceedings to ECSM 2014 – 4th European Conference on Sludge Management, Izmir, Turkey, May 26-27 2014
Conference contribution
2013
Methodological issues in LCA of wastewater treatment combined with PHA biopolymer production
Sara Heimersson, Magdalena Svanström, Fernando Morgan-Sagastume et al
The proceedings of The 6th International Conference on Life Cycle Management
Conference contribution
2013
Life cycle assessment of sludge processing
Sara Heimersson, Magdalena Svanström, Gregory Peters
Effective Sewage Sludge Management, Minimization, recycling of materials, enhanced stabilization, disposal after recovery, pp. 225-243, Ed. G Mininni, CNR edizioni, Rome, 2013
Book chapter
2013
Technical, economic and environmental benchmarking of advanced sludge processing routes
Magdalena Svanström, Giorgio Bertanza, David Bolzonella et al
The proceedings of The 1st International IWA Conference on Holistic Sludge Management 6-8 May 2013 in Västerås, Sweden
Paper in proceedings
2012
Environmental performance of new wastewater and sludge treatment routes compared to conventional approaches
Sara Heimersson, Magdalena Svanström, Gregory Peters
The proceedings of The 6th European Waste Water Conference & Exhibition, 8-10 October 2013
Conference contribution
2012
Clarifying the role of life cycle assessment in technical research and development projects: Recommendations for project planning.
Gustav A Sandin, Gunilla Clancy, Sara Heimersson et al
SETAC 18th LCA Case Study Symposium (oral presentation and abstract book)
Conference contribution
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