ORWARE - A simulation tool for waste management

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 287-307

  Eriksson, O ^a   Frostell, B ^a   Bjorklund A ^a   Assefa, G ^a   Sundqvist, J O ^b   Granath, J ^b   Carlsson, M ^c   Baky, A ^d   Thyselius, L ^d  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b IVL SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d Swedish Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Engineering (JTI)   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Life cycle assessment; Material flow analysis; ORWARE; Simulation model; Systems analysis; Waste management

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSTS; ELECTRICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUTROPHICATION; FERTILIZERS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; RESEARCH;

ORGANIC WASTE RESEARCH (ORWARE);

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MODELING; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST; ELECTRICITY; ENVIRONMENT; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HEATING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0036876170     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-3449(02)00031-9     Document Type: Article

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