Use of statistical entropy and life cycle analysis to evaluate global warming potential of waste management systems

2008 Proceedings of the 16th Annual North American Waste to Energy Conference, NAWTEC16

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 107-112

  Kaufman, Scott ^a   Kwon, Eilhann ^a   Krishnan, Nikhil ^a   Castaldi, Marco ^a   Themelis, Nickolas ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ENTROPY; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIFE CYCLE; WASTE TREATMENT;

CONCENTRATION EFFECTS; ENTROPY GENERATION; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; GREENHOUSE-GAS FORCING; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE (MSW); STATISTICAL ENTROPY; WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS;

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

EID: 70349110110     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/nawtec16-1915     Document Type: Conference Paper

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