The characteristics of the exergy reference environment and its implications for sustainability-based decision-making

Energies

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2197-2213

  Gaudreau, Kyrke ^a   Fraser, Roydon A ^a   Murphy, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Exergy; Resource value; Sustainability assessment; Waste impact

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CRITICAL ANALYSIS; ENGINEERING OPTIMIZATION; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; REFERENCE ENVIRONMENTS; RESOURCE CONSUMPTION; RESOURCE VALUE; SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT; WASTE IMPACTS;

EXERGY;

EID: 84866538127     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en5072197     Document Type: Article

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