Process systems engineering as an integral part of global systems engineering by virtue of its energy - Environmental nexus

Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 231-237

  Kravanja, Zdravko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARIBOR   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

ECO-COSTS; GLOBAL ENERGY; GLOBAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; INTEGRAL PART; PROCESS SYSTEM ENGINEERING; PROCESS SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; SUSTAINABILITY MEASUREMENTS; SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84867275420     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22113398     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coche.2012.03.007     Document Type: Review

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