Life cycle assessment of fuel selection for power generation in Taiwan

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1387-1395

  Yang, Ying Hsien ^a   Lin, Sue Jane ^a   Lewis, Charles ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FUEL PURIFICATION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LIFE CYCLE; POWER PLANTS; SOLID WASTES; STEAM TURBINES;

FUEL SELECTION; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); WATERBORNE EMISSION; WINTER SMOG;

POWER GENERATION;

COAL;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LIFE CYCLE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID WASTE; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 36349011289     PISSN: 10962247     EISSN: 21622906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3155/1047-3289.57.11.1387     Document Type: Article

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