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Application of the exergy method to environmental impact estimation: The ammonium nitrate production as a case study

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The exergy method is used to compare different production processes and various methods for emission abatement with respect to their overall environmental impact. Some ammonium nitrate production processes are studied as examples, because the pollutants (ammonia and ammonium nitrate), emitted from these processes into the air and/or into the water, are really a feedstock and a product from the production process. Therefore, the essential result of the waste flows treatment is the recycling of the pollutants (ammonia and ammonium nitrate) back into the production process, decreasing simultaneously the exergy input and cumulative exergy consumption

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  • Kirova-Yordanova, Zornitza, 2010. "Application of the exergy method to environmental impact estimation: The ammonium nitrate production as a case study," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 35(8), pages 3221-3229.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:energy:v:35:y:2010:i:8:p:3221-3229
    DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2010.03.063
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    1. Kirova-Yordanova, Zornitza, 2017. "Exergy-based estimation and comparison of urea and ammonium nitrate production efficiency and environmental impact," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 140(P1), pages 158-169.
    2. Tzanakakis, V.A. & Angelakis, A.N., 2011. "Chemical exergy as a unified and objective indicator in the assessment and optimization of land treatment systems," Ecological Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 222(17), pages 3082-3091.
    3. Liao, Wenjie & Heijungs, Reinout & Huppes, Gjalt, 2012. "Thermodynamic analysis of human–environment systems: A review focused on industrial ecology," Ecological Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 228(C), pages 76-88.
    4. Kirova-Yordanova, Zornitza, 2011. "Application of the exergy method to the environmental impact estimation: The nitric acid production as a case study," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 36(6), pages 3733-3744.

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