Integrated ecological optimization of processes with the sustainable process index

Waste Management

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 599-603

  Narodoslawsky, M ^a   Krotscheck, C ^a  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; SOCIAL ASPECTS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; ENERGY CONSERVATION; INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT; LAND FILL; ORE TREATMENT; POLLUTION CONTROL; RECYCLING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ECOCOMPATIBILITY; SUSTAINABLE PROCESS INDEX (SPI); EIREV; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); WASTE ALLOCATION PLANNING (WAP); WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT; WATER-OXYGEN PINCH ANALYSIS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; OPTIMIZATION; SUSTAINABILITY;

ALGORITHM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ECOLOGY; ENERGY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033820959     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0956-053X(00)00044-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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