Integrated System Approach to Sustainability: Bio-Fuels and Bio-Refineries

Autor/inn/en	Elnashaie, Said S. E. H.; Fateen, Seif-Eddeen; El-Ahwany, Ahmed; Moustafa, Tarek M.
Titel	Integrated System Approach to Sustainability: Bio-Fuels and Bio-Refineries
Quelle	In: Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society, 28 (2008) 6, S.510-520 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0270-4676
DOI	10.1177/0270467608317218
Schlagwörter	Information Theory; Fuels; Investigations; Thermodynamics; Sustainable Development; Engineering Technology; Power Technology; Biotechnology; Technological Advancement + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Informationstheorie; Treibstoff; Untersuchung; Thermodynamik; Nachhaltige Entwicklung; Maschinenbautechnik; Antriebstechnik; Biotechnologie; Technological development; Technologische Entwicklung
Abstract	The ISA, based on system theory, is the best way to organize knowledge and exchange it. It depends on defining every system through its boundary, main processes within this boundary, and exchange with the environment through this boundary. It relies upon thermodynamics and information theory and is, therefore, applicable to all kinds of systems, which makes it most suitable for cross-disciplinary investigations and innovation. SD is complex and cross-disciplinary by its very nature and, therefore, the ISA is the best way to investigate its different subsystems. Among the most important subsystems of SD are integrated bio-refineries and bio-fuels, both of which are investigated in this article. (Contains 2 tables and 6 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10