Energy conservation and emissions reduction strategies in foundry industry

China Foundry

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 392-399

  Yuanyuan, Li ^a   Weiping, Chen ^a   Dan, Huang ^b   Jie, Luo ^a   Zhe, Liu ^a   Yongcheng, Chen ^c   Qiping, Liu ^d   Shifang, Su ^e  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HENAN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Guangdong Shenglu Telecommunication Tech Co   (China)

^d Shaoguan Foundry and Forging Group   (China)

^e SHENYANG RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FOUNDRY   (China)

Author keywords

Emission reduction; Energy conservation; Foundry

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957909575     PISSN: 16726421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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