Economic, Energetic, and Environmental Impact Evaluation of the Water Discharge Networks from Mining Works

Sustainable development represents an optimistic scenario for the evolution of contemporary civilization. The object of this paper is to define certain evaluation criteria regarding the performances of water discharge networks from mining works, and propose a method for aggregating the specific indi...

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Main Authors: Andrei Cristian Rada, Sabina Irimie, Sabin Ioan Irimie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-01-01
Series:Sustainability
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/1/240
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spelling doaj-be458dcf144e4b1080cedbff7b6b02132020-11-24T23:13:28ZengMDPI AGSustainability2071-10502018-01-0110124010.3390/su10010240su10010240Economic, Energetic, and Environmental Impact Evaluation of the Water Discharge Networks from Mining WorksAndrei Cristian Rada0Sabina Irimie1Sabin Ioan Irimie2Department of Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering and Transportation, Faculty of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, University of Petrosani, Street Institutului, No. 20, 332006 Petrosani, RomaniaDepartment Management and Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Mining, University of Petrosani, Street Institutului, No. 20, 332006 Petrosani, RomaniaDepartment Management and Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Mining, University of Petrosani, Street Institutului, No. 20, 332006 Petrosani, RomaniaSustainable development represents an optimistic scenario for the evolution of contemporary civilization. The object of this paper is to define certain evaluation criteria regarding the performances of water discharge networks from mining works, and propose a method for aggregating the specific indicators for monetary costs, energetic costs, and environmental impact-related costs. The global pollution index (GPI) represents a method for assessing environment health status or pollution levels. The GPI quantitatively expresses this status based on its index, which results from a ratio between the ideal value and the given value of certain quality indices that are considered specific for the analyzed environmental factors at certain moments. The proposed method in this paper tries to perform a synergistic aggregation of the balance sheet of harmfulness and classic balance sheets for matter and energy for an industrial process.http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/1/240sustainable developmentenergyeconomicimpact evaluationenvironment quality indexaggregation methodCAREEC chartmining
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author Andrei Cristian Rada
Sabina Irimie
Sabin Ioan Irimie
spellingShingle Andrei Cristian Rada
Sabina Irimie
Sabin Ioan Irimie
Economic, Energetic, and Environmental Impact Evaluation of the Water Discharge Networks from Mining Works
Sustainability
sustainable development
energy
economic
impact evaluation
environment quality index
aggregation method
CAREEC chart
mining
author_facet Andrei Cristian Rada
Sabina Irimie
Sabin Ioan Irimie
author_sort Andrei Cristian Rada
title Economic, Energetic, and Environmental Impact Evaluation of the Water Discharge Networks from Mining Works
title_short Economic, Energetic, and Environmental Impact Evaluation of the Water Discharge Networks from Mining Works
title_full Economic, Energetic, and Environmental Impact Evaluation of the Water Discharge Networks from Mining Works
title_fullStr Economic, Energetic, and Environmental Impact Evaluation of the Water Discharge Networks from Mining Works
title_full_unstemmed Economic, Energetic, and Environmental Impact Evaluation of the Water Discharge Networks from Mining Works
title_sort economic, energetic, and environmental impact evaluation of the water discharge networks from mining works
publisher MDPI AG
series Sustainability
issn 2071-1050
publishDate 2018-01-01
description Sustainable development represents an optimistic scenario for the evolution of contemporary civilization. The object of this paper is to define certain evaluation criteria regarding the performances of water discharge networks from mining works, and propose a method for aggregating the specific indicators for monetary costs, energetic costs, and environmental impact-related costs. The global pollution index (GPI) represents a method for assessing environment health status or pollution levels. The GPI quantitatively expresses this status based on its index, which results from a ratio between the ideal value and the given value of certain quality indices that are considered specific for the analyzed environmental factors at certain moments. The proposed method in this paper tries to perform a synergistic aggregation of the balance sheet of harmfulness and classic balance sheets for matter and energy for an industrial process.
topic sustainable development
energy
economic
impact evaluation
environment quality index
aggregation method
CAREEC chart
mining
url http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/1/240
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