Necessity and Inefficiency in the Generation of Waste: A Thermodynamic Analysis

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 113-123

  Baumgärtner, Stefan ^a,b   De Swaan Arons, Jakob ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Entropy; Exergy; Industrial metabolism; Joint production; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; PROCESS ENGINEERING; PRODUCTION; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

THERMODYNAMIC EFFICIENCY;

INDUSTRIAL WASTES;

EID: 10744220218     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/108819803322564389     Document Type: Article

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