A critical comparison between thermoeconomic and emergy analyses algebra

Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2196-2205

  Lazzaretto, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Emergy; Exergy; Thermoeconomic accounting

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRA; COST ACCOUNTING; EXERGY;

BASIC CONCEPTS; EMERGY; EMERGY ANALYSIS; ENERGY SYSTEMS; MATERIAL AND ENERGY FLOWS; PRODUCTION STREAMS; SINGLE COMPONENTS; SYSTEM PRODUCTS; THERMOECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EMERGY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 77949539714     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2008.10.020     Document Type: Article

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