Life cycle inventory for thermal treatment of waste solvent from chemical industry: A multi-input allocation model

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 13, Issue 13-14, 2005, Pages 1211-1224

  Seyler, Christina ^a   Hofstetter, Thomas B ^b   Hungerbühler, Konrad ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Incineration; Life cycle assessment; Life cycle inventory analysis; Multi input allocation; Waste solvent

Indexed keywords

HEAT TREATMENT; INCINERATION; INVENTORY CONTROL; LIFE CYCLE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOLVENTS;

LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; LIFE CYCLE INVENTORY ANALYSIS; MULTI-INPUT ALLOCATION; WASTE SOLVENTS;

WASTE TREATMENT;

EID: 22644446798     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2005.05.009     Document Type: Article

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