Thermodynamics and the feasibility of sustainable technology use and abuse of the second law

AIChE Annual Meeting, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 8823-8829

  Lems, S ^a   Van Der Kooi, H J ^a   De Swaan Arons, J ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; RECYCLING; SOLAR ENERGY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BOLTZMANN CONSTANT; MATERIAL RECYCLING; SUSTAINABILITY TECHNOLOGY; THERMODYNAMIC LOSSES;

THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 22544486268     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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