A comparison of repaired, remanufactured and new compressors used in Western Australian small- and medium-sized enterprises in terms of global warming

Journal of Remanufacturing

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Biswas, Wahidul K ^a   Duong, Victor ^b   Frey, Peter ^c   Islam, Mohammad Nazrul ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Otraco International Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^c Recom Engineering   (Australia)

Author keywords

End of life product; Global warming; Life cycle assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 85018816967     PISSN: 2210464X     EISSN: 22104690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2210-4690-3-4     Document Type: Article

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