Extended exergy analysis of the economy of Nova Scotia, Canada

Energy

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 878-890

  Bligh, David C ^a   Ismet Ugursal, V ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Energy and exergy efficiency; Exergy analysis; Extended energy analysis

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONVERSION; FLUXES; MATERIALS HANDLING;

END-USES; ENERGY ANALYSIS; ENERGY AND EXERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY FLUXES; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; EXERGY ANALYSIS; EXERGY EFFICIENCIES; FLOW OF ENERGY; HUMAN SOCIETY; MULTIPLE FLOWS; NETHERLANDS; NOVA SCOTIA; RESOURCE EXTRACTION; STRUCTURAL CONNECTIVITY;

EXERGY;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; BIOREMEDIATION; CAPITAL MARKET; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY FLUX; EXERGY; NUMERICAL MODEL;

CANADA; NOVA SCOTIA;

EID: 84864356760     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2012.04.061     Document Type: Article

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