Environmental and economic life cycle assessment of aluminum-silicon alloys production: A case study in China

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 24, Issue , 2012, Pages 11-19

  Hong, Jinglan ^c   Hong, Jingmin ^a,b   Zhou, Jing ^b   Xu, Xu ^c  

^a LIAONING SHIHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHENYANG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Life cycle assessment; Life cycle costing; Primary aluminum; Secondary aluminum; Silicon aluminum alloy

Indexed keywords

ALLOY PRODUCTION; ALUMINUM SCRAPS; ALUMINUM SILICON ALLOYS; CHARCOAL CONSUMPTION; ECONOMIC LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC IMPACTS; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; HIGH COSTS; KEY FACTORS; LIFE CYCLE COSTING; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; PRIMARY ALUMINUM; RAW MATERIAL CONSUMPTION; RED MUD; SECONDARY ALUMINUM; SODIUM HYDROXIDES; TRANSPORT DISTANCES;

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; BUILDING MATERIALS; CHARCOAL; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; PETROLEUM COKE; RATING; SILICON ALLOYS; SODIUM;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 82955222929     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2011.11.003     Document Type: Article

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