Renewability assessment of a production system: Based on embodied energy as emergy

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 57, Issue , 2016, Pages 380-392

  Shao, Ling ^a,b   Chen, G Q ^c,d  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b China University of Geosciences Beijing)   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Embodied energy; Emergy; Renewability assessment; Resources use; Wastewater treatment; Water energy nexus

Indexed keywords

SUPPLY CHAINS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ECOLOGICAL CONCEPTS; EMBODIED ENERGY; EMERGY; INPUT/OUTPUT ANALYSIS; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; RENEWABILITY ASSESSMENT; RESOURCE USE; TRANSFORMITY; WATER ENERGY; WATER-ENERGY NEXUS;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 84953301206     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.12.063     Document Type: Review

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