Input-dependent life-cycle inventory model of industrial wastewater-treatment processes in the chemical sector

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 5515-5522

  Köhler, Annette ^a   Hellweg, Stefanie ^b   Recan, Ercan ^b   Hungerbühler, Konrad ^b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXTRACTION; INVENTORY CONTROL; LIFE CYCLE; NANOFILTRATION; PURIFICATION; BIOREMEDIATION;

GENERIC INVENTORY MODEL; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER PURIFICATION; WASTEWATER COMPOSITION;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT; INVENTORY CONTROL;

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXTRACTION; INVENTORY CONTROL; LIFE CYCLE; NANOFILTRATION; PURIFICATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; OXIDATION; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; ENERGY; EXTRACTION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; NANOFILTRATION; OXIDATION; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

AIR; CARBON; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; FILTRATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PRESSURE; RESEARCH DESIGN; WATER PURIFICATION;

CAUSAL RELATIONSHIPS; CHEMICAL SECTOR; DATA GAP; DATA RANGES; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATERS; INVENTORY MODELS; LIFE CYCLE INVENTORIES; LIFE CYCLE INVENTORY; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; MECHANICAL-BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; PRIMARY DATA; PROCESS PARAMETERS; SITE-SPECIFIC; TECHNOLOGY CHOICES; TREATMENT SYSTEMS; WASTEWATER COMPOSITION; WET AIR OXIDATION;

EID: 34547681495     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0617284     Document Type: Article

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