Environmental assessment of waste-solvent treatment options. Part I: The ecosolvent tool

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 26-38

  Capello, Christian ^a   Hellweg, Stefanie ^a   Badertscher, Beat ^b   Betschart, Hugo ^b   Hungerbühler, Konrad ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b CIBA GEIGY LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cement kiln; Distillation; Hazardous waste solvent incinerator; Industrial ecology; Life cycle inventory (lci); Stochastic modeling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DISTILLATION; ECOLOGY; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; HEAT TREATMENT; RANDOM PROCESSES;

CEMENT KILN; HAZARDOUS WASTE-SOLVENT INCINERATOR; LIFE-CYCLE INVENTORY; STOCHASTIC MODELING; WASTE-SOLVENT TREATMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISTILLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE; SOLVENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE TREATMENT;

EID: 36849079780     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jiec.2007.1231     Document Type: Review

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