Thermodynamic metrics for measuring the "sustainability" of design for recycling

JOM

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 39-46

  Reuter, Markus ^a,b   van Schaik, Antoinette ^c  

^a Ausmelt Limited   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MARAS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); AUTOMOBILE ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC TOOLS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; EXERGY; FORECASTING; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PROCESS ENGINEERING; PRODUCT DESIGN; SIZE SEPARATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; THERMODYNAMICS;

COMPLETE SYSTEMS; CONSUMER MARKETS; DESIGN FOR RECYCLING; ENERGY RECOVERIES; MATERIAL PRODUCTIONS; MATERIAL RECYCLING; NETHERLANDS; PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; PHYSICAL SEPARATIONS; PROCESS DYNAMICS; RECYCLING SYSTEMS;

RECYCLING;

EID: 56249111675     PISSN: 10474838     EISSN: 15431851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11837-008-0106-z     Document Type: Review

References (9)

1. M.A. Reuter et al., The Metrics of Material and Metal Ecology (Amsterdam: Elsevier Science, 2005).
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3. C. Meskers et al., "A Fundamental Metric for Metal Recycling Applied to Coated Magnesium," Metallurgical Transactions B (in press).
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8. M.A. Reuter, A. van Schaik, and O. Ignatenko, "Fundamental Limits for the Recycling of End-of-Life Vehicles," Minerals Engineering, 19 (5) (2006), pp. 433-449.
9. M.A. Reuter, "The Fundamental Limits of Recycling" (Doctorate of Engineering Thesis, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, 2006).