A Material Flow-based Approach to Enhance Resource Efficiency in Production and Recycling Networks

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 5-19

  Fröhling, Magnus ^a   Schwaderer, Frank ^a   Bartusch, Hauke ^a   Schultmann, Frank ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecological assessment; German iron and steel industry; Industrial ecology; Techno economic assessment; Thermodynamic modeling; Zinc recycling

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; ECOLOGY; EMISSION CONTROL; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; RECYCLING; THERMODYNAMICS; ZINC;

ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT; ECONOMIC BARRIERS; EFFICIENCY MEASURE; ENERGY PRICES; GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL PLANNING; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; MATERIAL AND ENERGY FLOWS; POINT OF VIEWS; RECYCLING NETWORKS; RECYCLING PROCESS; RESOURCE EFFICIENCIES; SINGLE PROCESS; TECHNO-ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT; TECHNO-ECONOMICS; TECHNOLOGICAL ASPECTS; THERMODYNAMIC MODELING; THERMODYNAMIC PROCESS; ZINC INDUSTRY;

COMPETITION;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GREENHOUSE GAS; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; LANDFILL; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RECYCLING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; THERMODYNAMICS;

GERMANY;

EID: 84874209972     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-9290.2012.00502.x     Document Type: Article

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