Assessment of comprehensive effects and optimization of a circular economy system of coal power and cement in Kongtong District, Pingliang City, Gansu Province, China

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2017, Pages

  Dong, Suocheng ^a   Wang, Zhe ^a,b   Li, Yu ^a   Li, Fujia ^a   Li, Zehong ^a   Chen, Feng ^a,b   Cheng, Hao ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Cement; China; Circular economy; Coal power; Effects assessment; System dynamics

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CEMENT; COAL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; MANUFACTURING; MINERAL RESOURCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; POWER PLANT; SOLID WASTE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CHINA; GANSU; PINGLIANG;

EID: 85019057503     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su9050787     Document Type: Article

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