Life cycle assessment of overhead and underground primary power distribution

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 5587-5593

  Bumby, Sarah ^a   Druzhinina, Ekaterina ^a   Feraldi, Rebe ^a   Werthmann, Danae ^a   Geyer, Roland ^a   Sahl, Jack ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CABLES; ELECTRIC LOAD DISTRIBUTION; LIFE CYCLE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CABLE FAILURES; ELECTRICAL POWER; END-OF-LIFE MANAGEMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; IMPACT REDUCTION; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; LIFETIME EXTENSION; MEDIUM VOLTAGE; PARAMETER VALUES; POWER CABLES; POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM; POWER DISTRIBUTIONS; PRIMARY DATA; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; UNDERGROUND SYSTEMS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

CABLE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRICAL POWER; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; PARAMETERIZATION; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRADE-OFF; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; ECOTOXICITY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; LIFE CYCLE; METHODOLOGY; POWER SUPPLY; RECYCLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WASTE MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; TIME;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ENVIRONMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77954565460     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es9037879     Document Type: Article

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