A prediction of the exergy loss of the world's mineral reserves in the 21st century

Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1848-1854

  Valero, Al ^a   Valero, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

21st Century; Depletion; Energy scenarios; Exergy; Exergy cost; Fuels; Minerals

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; EXERGY; FOSSIL FUELS; MINERAL RESOURCES; SILICATE MINERALS;

21ST CENTURY; ASSESSMENT TOOL; BELL-SHAPED CURVES; DEPLETION; ENERGY SCENARIOS; EXERGY ANALYSIS; EXERGY COST; EXERGY LOSS; FUEL MINERALS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGES; MINERAL DEMAND; MINERAL RESERVES; PHYSICAL FEATURES; SPECIAL REPORT ON EMISSIONS SCENARIOS;

MINERALS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; COAL; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXERGY; HEAVY METAL; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MINERAL; NATURAL GAS; NATURAL RESOURCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OIL; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

EID: 79952814823     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2010.02.041     Document Type: Article

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