Analysis of energy savings potential of China's nonferrous metals industry

doi:10.1016/j.resconrec.2015.09.015

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	Analysis of energy savings potential of China's nonferrous metals industry
	Shao, Yanmin 1,2
	2017-02-01
发表期刊	RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND RECYCLING
ISSN	0921-3449
卷号	117 页码:25-33
摘要	China is one of the world's leading producers of refined copper, primary aluminum, lead, refined zinc, refined nickel, antimony, primary magnesium, manganese ore, tin ore, tungsten, and molybdenum. The production of the nonferrous metals industry is also energy-intensive, its energy consumption increased from 31.5 million tons of oil equivalent in 2000 to 112 million tons of oil equivalent in 2012, which is almost the same as Australia's total energy consumption (133 million tons of oil equivalent) in 2012. Thus, it is imperative for the industry to reduce its energy consumption. This study tries to analyze the energy savings potential of China's nonferrous metals industry by employing the directional distance function approach to model the nonferrous metals industry's production system. Further, the energy savings ratios and energy savings amounts of the 27 administrative regions of China during 2003-2009 are also discussed. The results show that the nonferrous metals industry, overall, can save more than 20% in energy consumption, and that none of the 27 regions show a year-on-year decrease in their energy savings ratios. In addition, the study finds that the regions with a high proportion of output of secondary nonferrous metals have low energy savings ratio. Another key finding of this study is that the energy savings potential significantly differed according to regional characteristics, and the energy savings opportunities are great in the central and western regions of China. Finally, this study provides several recommendations to improve the energy efficiency of the nonferrous metals industry. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
关键词	Nonferrous metals industry Efficiency Energy savings Directional distance function
DOI	10.1016/j.resconrec.2015.09.015
语种	英语
资助项目	National Natural Science Foundation of China[71573251] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[71103177]
WOS研究方向	Engineering ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
WOS类目	Engineering, Environmental ; Environmental Sciences
WOS记录号	WOS:000390073600003
出版者	ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://ir.amss.ac.cn/handle/2S8OKBNM/24413
专题	中国科学院数学与系统科学研究院
通讯作者	Shao, Yanmin
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Acad Math & Syst Sci, Beijing 100190, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Ctr Forecasting Sci, Beijing 100190, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Shao, Yanmin. Analysis of energy savings potential of China's nonferrous metals industry[J]. RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND RECYCLING,2017,117:25-33.
APA	Shao, Yanmin.(2017).Analysis of energy savings potential of China's nonferrous metals industry.RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND RECYCLING,117,25-33.
MLA	Shao, Yanmin."Analysis of energy savings potential of China's nonferrous metals industry".RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND RECYCLING 117(2017):25-33.