Energy use, energy savings and emission analysis in the Malaysian rubber producing industries

Applied Energy

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2746-2758

  Saidur, R ^a   Mekhilef, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Emission reductions; Energy savings; Energy use; Rubber industry

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSED AIR; COOLING SYSTEMS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DIGITAL STORAGE; ELECTRIC MOTORS; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; EQUIPMENT; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; MACHINERY; RUBBER; VARIABLE SPEED DRIVES;

COMPRESSED AIR SYSTEM; EMISSION REDUCTION; ENERGY AND COST SAVINGS; ENERGY SAVINGS STRATEGIES; ENERGY USE; REDUCE ENERGY CONSUMPTION; REDUCTION OF EMISSIONS; TOTAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION;

RUBBER INDUSTRY;

COOLING; CORPORATE STRATEGY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY USE; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; MACHINERY; RUBBER;

EID: 77953129528     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2009.12.018     Document Type: Article

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