Chemical exergy as a unified and objective indicator in the assessment and optimization of land treatment systems

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 222, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 3082-3091

  Tzanakakis, V A ^a   Angelakis, A N ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Chemical exergy; Exergy; Land application; Unified indicators; Wastewater management

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS PRODUCTIONS; CHEMICAL EXERGY; COMMON PLATFORM; DOMESTIC WASTEWATER; EFFLUENT QUALITY; EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS; EXERGETIC INDICATOR; EXERGY FLOW; HOLISTIC APPROACH; LAND APPLICATIONS; LAND TREATMENT SYSTEMS; LAWS OF THERMODYNAMICS; OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT; PLANT BIOMASS; PLANT SPECIES; POPULUS; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; SOIL PROPERTY; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; TREATMENT EFFICIENCY; UNIFIED INDICATORS; WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY STANDARD; WATER REQUIREMENTS; WEIGHTED FACTORS;

BIOMASS; EFFICIENCY; EFFLUENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FORESTRY; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); LAND RECLAMATION; OPTIMIZATION; RATING; SOIL POLLUTION; SOILS; THERMODYNAMICS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY;

EXERGY;

BIOINDICATOR; DICOTYLEDON; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXERGY; HOLISTIC APPROACH; LAND RECLAMATION; OPTIMIZATION; PHYTOMASS; SOIL POLLUTION; THEORETICAL STUDY; THERMODYNAMICS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

ACACIA; ACACIA SALIGNA; ARUNDO DONAX; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS; POPULUS NIGRA;

EID: 80051921269     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2011.06.019     Document Type: Article

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