Practical method of assessing local and global impacts for risk-based decision making: A case study of metal degreasing processes

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 4527-4533

  Kikuchi, Yasunori ^a   Hirao, Masahiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; CARBON; CHEMICAL CLEANING; COMPUTER NETWORKS; ENHANCED RECOVERY; LIFE CYCLE; METAL RECOVERY; METAL REFINING; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISKS; SAFETY ENGINEERING; STABILIZERS (AGENTS); VENTILATION; WASHERS;

AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY (ACS); APPLIED (CO); CASE STUDIES; CHLORINATED SOLVENTS; DE-GREASING; DECISION MAKER (DM); EVALUATION RESULTS; GLOBAL IMPACTS; INDUSTRIAL CLEANING; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA)); PRACTICAL METHODS; PROCESS DATA; RECOVERY SYSTEMS; TRADE-OFF-RELATIONSHIP; VENTILATION SYSTEMS;

DECISION MAKING;

ACTIVATED CARBON; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRADE-OFF;

ARTICLE; CHLORINATION; CLEANING; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; METAL INDUSTRY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

DECISION MAKING; METALS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 45249088773     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es7024164     Document Type: Article

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