Identifying lowest-emission choices and environmental Pareto frontiers for wastewater treatment wastewater treatment input-output model based linear programming

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 367-380

  Lin, Chen ^a,b  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Emission reduction; Environmental load; Industrial ecology; Input output model; Sewage sludge; Waste incineration

Indexed keywords

DEWATERED SLUDGE; EMISSION REDUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL LOADS; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; INPUT-OUTPUT; INPUT-OUTPUT MODEL; LINEAR PROGRAMMING MODELS; PARETO FRONTIERS; TRADE-OFF RELATIONSHIP;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; GLOBAL WARMING; GROUND VEHICLE PARTS AND EQUIPMENT; INCINERATION; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; PARETO PRINCIPLE; RECLAMATION; SEWAGE SLUDGE; WASTE INCINERATION; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EMISSION CONTROL; GLOBAL WARMING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INCINERATION; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; LANDFILL; LINEARITY; METROPOLITAN AREA; NUMERICAL MODEL; SLUDGE; TRADE-OFF; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 79957977212     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-9290.2011.00339.x     Document Type: Article

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