Emergy evaluation of the impact of waste exchanges on the sustainability of industrial systems

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 206-216

  Zhang, XiaoHong ^a   Deng, ShiHuai ^a   Zhang, YanZong ^a   Yang, Gang ^a   Li, Li ^a   Qi, Hui ^a   Xiao, Hong ^a   Wu, Jun ^a   Wang, YingJun ^a   Shen, Fei ^a  

^a SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Emergy indicator; Industrial system; Sustainability; Wastes exchanges

Indexed keywords

ACID PRODUCTION; ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE; EMERGY EVALUATION; EMERGY INDICATOR; GLOBAL PERFORMANCE; INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS; NATURAL ECOSYSTEM; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; RESOURCE RECOVERY; SUSTAINABILITY;

BENCHMARKING; CHEMICAL PLANTS; ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; INDUSTRY; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; SULFURIC ACID; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EMERGY; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SULFURIC ACID; SUSTAINABILITY; TITANIUM;

EID: 78751701031     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2010.10.001     Document Type: Article

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