Geographical and technological differences in life cycle inventories: Shown by the use of process models for waste incinerators. Part I. Technological and geographical differences

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 295-300

  Ciroth, Andreas ^a   Hagelüken, Marcel ^b   Sonnemann, Guido W ^c   Castells, Francesc ^c   Fleischer, Günter ^b  

^a GreenDeltaTC GmbH   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Geographical differences; LCA; LCI; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Life cycle inventory (LCI); Modular model; MSWI; Municipal solid waste incinerator (MSWI); Technological differences; Uncertainty assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GEOGRAPHY; INCINERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID WASTE; TECHNOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0036381702     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02978891     Document Type: Article

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