Inventory of the exergy resources on Earth including its mineral capital

ECOS 2008 - Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Efficiency, Cost, Optimization, Simulation and Environmental Impact of Energy Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 195-207

  Valero, Alicia ^a   Valero, Antonio ^a   Martínez, Amaya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Energy resources; Exergy; Exergy cost; Minerals; Natural capital

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COSTS; ENERGY RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FUELS; MINERAL RESOURCES; MINERALS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

ENERGY SOURCE; EXERGY COST; EXERGY RESOURCES; FUEL MINERALS; NATURAL CAPITAL; NON-RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; REPLACEMENT COSTS;

EXERGY;

EID: 84922919809     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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