Sustainability evaluation of a steel production system in China based on emergy

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 112, Issue , 2016, Pages 1498-1509

  Pan, Hengyu ^a   Zhang, Xiaohong ^a   Wu, Jun ^a   Zhang, Yanzong ^a   Lin, Lili ^a   Yang, Gang ^a   Deng, Shihuai ^a   Li, Li ^a   Yu, Xiaoyu ^a   Qi, Hui ^a   Peng, Hong ^a  

^a SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Emergy; Emissions' impact; Indicator; Steel production; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ENERGY UTILIZATION; INDICATORS (INSTRUMENTS); INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS; IRON RESEARCH; PLANNING; STEEL METALLURGY; STEELMAKING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

COMPREHENSIVE PERFORMANCE; DISABILITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; EMERGY; EMISSIONS' IMPACTS; ENVIRONMENTAL LOADINGS; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; STEEL PRODUCTION; SUSTAINABILITY EVALUATIONS;

IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY;

EID: 84930347255     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.05.019     Document Type: Article

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