The application of life cycle assessment to process optimisation

Computers and Chemical Engineering

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1509-1526

  Azapagic, A ^a   Clift, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BATNEEC; Boron; BPEO; LCA; Multicriteria decision analysis; Multiobjective optimisation; System analysis

Indexed keywords

BORON DERIVATIVE;

ALGORITHM; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; LIFE ASSESSMENT; OPTIMIZATION;

ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033238161     PISSN: 00981354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0098-1354(99)00308-7     Document Type: Article

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