Comparative sustainability assessment of warm-mix asphalts: A thermodynamic based hybrid life cycle analysis

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 58, Issue , 2012, Pages 18-24

  Tatari, Omer ^a   Nazzal, Munir ^b   Kucukvar, Murat ^a  

^a University of Central Florida   (United States)

^b Ohio University   (United States)

Author keywords

Life cycle assessment; Pavement sustainability; Pavements; System analysis; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

ASPHALT MIXTURE; ATMOSPHERIC EMISSION; CRITICAL INPUTS; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; HOT MIX ASPHALT; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT MODEL; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS; RESOURCE CONSUMPTION; SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT;

AIR POLLUTION; ASPHALT; ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXERGY; LIFE CYCLE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PAVEMENTS; RATING; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ASPHALT;

ASPHALT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PAVEMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; THERMODYNAMICS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BUILDING MATERIAL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; HYBRIDIZATION; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; REDUCTION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 80855147624     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2011.07.005     Document Type: Article

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