Minimizing Chlorine Use: Assessing the Trade-offs between Cost and Chlorine Reduction in Chemical Manufacturing

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 111-134

  Chang, Dennis ^a,c   Allen, David T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c ABT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical manufacturing; Chlorine; Linear programming; Material flows; Multiobjective decision making; Technology assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001338011     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jiec.1997.1.2.111     Document Type: Article

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