CO2 emission and mitigation potential estimations of China's primary aluminum industry

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 103, Issue , 2015, Pages 863-872

  Zhang, Wenjuan ^a   Li, Huiquan ^a   Chen, Bo ^a   Li, Qiang ^a   Hou, Xinjuan ^a   Zhang, Hui ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

Author keywords

Calculation model; CO2 emission; Primary aluminum; Scenario analysis

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM METALLOGRAPHY; ALUMINUM METALLURGY; ALUMINUM PLANTS;

ALUMINUM PRODUCTION; ASSESSMENT APPROACHES; CALCULATION MODELS; POTENTIAL ESTIMATION; PRIMARY ALUMINUM; REDUCTION POTENTIAL; REGIONAL POWER GRIDS; SCENARIO ANALYSIS;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84953346248     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.07.066     Document Type: Article

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