Chemical exergy assessment of organic matter in a water flow

Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 77-84

  Martínez, Amaya ^a   Uche, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Exergy assessment; Exergy of organic matter; Physical Hydronomics

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DEGRADATION; FLOW OF WATER; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; OXYGEN; RIVERS;

BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL EXERGY; EXERGY ANALYSIS; EXERGY ASSESSMENT; FRESH WATER RESOURCES; PHYSICAL HYDRONOMICS; SPECIFIC EXERGY; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

EXERGY;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EXERGY; NATURAL RESOURCE; ORGANIC MATTER; RESOURCE USE; RIVER WATER; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WATER FLOW;

EID: 70749106558     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2009.08.032     Document Type: Article

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