An exploration of reliable methods of estimating emergy requirements at the regional scale: Traditional emergy analysis, regional thermodynamic input-output analysis, or the conservation rule-implicit method

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 251, Issue , 2013, Pages 288-296

  Cho, Cheol Joo ^a  

^a Chongju University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Conservation conditions; Emergy; Exergy; Ghosh input output model; Solar transformity; Thermodynamic regional input output framework

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE METHODS; EMERGY; EMERGY ANALYSIS; INPUT OUTPUT MODEL; INPUT-OUTPUT; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; REGIONAL SCALE; RULE BASED; THERMODYNAMIC INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; TRANSFORMITY;

ESTIMATION; EXERGY;

THERMODYNAMICS;

EMERGY; EXERGY; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; LITERATURE REVIEW; SOLAR RADIATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84873829193     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2012.12.025     Document Type: Article

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