Economic evaluation of the industrial solar production of lime

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 905-926

  Meier, Anton ^a   Gremaud, Nicolas ^b,c   Steinfeld, Aldo ^a,b  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Schindlet Lifts Ltd   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

CO2 mitigation; Economic assessment; Solar calcination; Solar energy; Solar lime

Indexed keywords

CALCINATION; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; DRUG PRODUCTS; ECONOMICS; FOSSIL FUELS; LIME;

ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT; SOLAR CALCINATION; SOLAR LIME;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 10444261074     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2004.06.005     Document Type: Article

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