Systems approach to plant-wide energy assessment a peer reviewed publication

Energy Engineering: Journal of the Association of Energy Engineering

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 49-80

  Gopalakrishnan, B ^a   Selvaraj, R ^a   Turton, R ^a   Plummer, R W ^a   Sukumar, S ^a  

^a West Virginia University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS;

ENERGY ASSESSMENT PROCESS; ENERGY CONSUMING SYSTEMS; INDUSTRIAL ENERGY CONSERVATION; PLANT-WIDE ENERGY ASSESSMENT;

ENERGY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 24344443321     PISSN: 01998595     EISSN: 15460118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01998590509509442     Document Type: Article

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