Environmental quality evaluation of hard coal using LCA and exergo-ecological cost methodology

Chemical Engineering Transactions

Volumn 42, Issue , 2014, Pages 139-144

  Czarnowska, Lucyna ^a   Stanek, Wojciech ^a   Pikoń, Krzysztof ^a   Nadziakiewicz, Jan ^a  

^a SILESIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Coal mine; Exergy; Fuels; Life Cycle Assessment; Non renewable resources; Thermo Ecological Cost

Indexed keywords

ANTHRACITE; COAL; COAL COMBUSTION; COAL DEPOSITS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS; ECOLOGY; EXERGY; EXTRACTION; FUELING; FUELS; LIFE CYCLE; NATURAL RESOURCES; QUALITY CONTROL; SOLID WASTES; THERMODYNAMICS; WASTE INCINERATION;

CHARACTERIZATION FACTORS; ECOLOGICAL COSTS; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; NON-RENEWABLE NATURAL RESOURCES; NON-RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS;

COAL MINES;

EID: 84913609666     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22839216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3303/CET1442024     Document Type: Article

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