On boundaries and 'investments' in Emergy Synthesis and LCA: A case study on thermal vs. photovoltaic electricity

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 227-235

  Brown, Mark T ^a   Raugei, Marco ^b   Ulgiati, Sergio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Emergy Synthesis; Emergy Yield Ratio; LCA; Performance indicators; Photovoltaics

Indexed keywords

CDTE; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; COMPETING SYSTEMS; EMERGY YIELD RATIO; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; LCA; OPERATIONAL DEFINITION; PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; PHOTOVOLTAIC ELECTRICITIES; PHOTOVOLTAICS; PV SYSTEM; SYSTEM BOUNDARY; TECHNOLOGICAL PROCESS; THERMAL ELECTRICITY; THERMAL PLANTS;

BENCHMARKING; ELECTRICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LIFE CYCLE; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; EMERGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; POWER PLANT; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMAL POWER;

EID: 81755184750     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.09.021     Document Type: Article

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