Life cycle analysis for water and wastewater pipe materials

Journal of Environmental Engineering (United States)

Volumn 139, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 703-711

  Du, Fei ^a   Woods, Gwendolyn J ^a   Kang, Doosun ^b   Lansey, Kevin E ^a   Arnold, Robert G ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b Suwon University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Global warming potential; Life cycle analysis; Pipe materials; Wastewater collection systems; Water distribution systems

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENE(HDPE); LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; PIPE MATERIAL; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE (PVC); WASTEWATER COLLECTION SYSTEMS; WATER AND WASTEWATER; WATER DISTRIBUTIONS;

CONCRETES; ENERGY DISSIPATION; GLOBAL WARMING; LIFE CYCLE; MATERIALS; NODULAR IRON; PIPING SYSTEMS; REINFORCED CONCRETE; SANITARY SEWERS; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

POLYVINYL CHLORIDES;

GLOBAL WARMING; IRON; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; PIPE; POLYMER; REINFORCED CONCRETE; WASTEWATER; WATER SUPPLY;

ARIZONA; TUCSON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876234936     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EE.1943-7870.0000638     Document Type: Article

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