Industrial metabolism
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industrial-metabolism-182-4863239
title:
Industrial metabolism
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Industrial metabolism is a concept to describe the material and energy turnover of industrial systems. It was proposed by Robert Ayres in analogy to the biological metabolism as "the whole integrated collection of physical processes that convert raw materials and energy, plus labour, into finished products and wastes..." In analogy to the biological concept of metabolism, which is used to describe the whole of chemical reactions in, for example, a cell to maintain its functions and reproduce its
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Concept describing the material and energy turnover of industrial systems
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_metabolism
date created:
2008-02-03T10:16:32Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T11:10:37Z
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