Mathematical modelling as a tool for environmental evaluation of industrial sectors in Colombia

Waste Management

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 617-623

  Castillo, E F ^a   Mora, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD INDUSTRIAL DE SANTANDER   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Environmental modelling; Exergy; LCA; Nitric acid; Process environmental evaluation

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; LIFE CYCLE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NITRIC ACID; PROCESS ENGINEERING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

INTEGRATED PRODUCTION CHAIN (IPC); LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); PROCESS ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

AMMONIA; NITRIC ACID;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; MODELING;

COLOMBIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; INDUSTRY; LIFE CYCLE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNOLOGY;

COLOMBIA;

EID: 0033811326     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0956-053X(00)00054-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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