A chemical process design framework including different stages of environmental, health and safety (EHS) assessment

Computer Aided Chemical Engineering

Volumn 21, Issue C, 2006, Pages 1021-1026

  Sugiyama, Hirokazu ^a   Fischer, Ulrich ^a   Hirao, Masahiko ^b   Hungerbühler, Konrad ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

chemical processes; integrated approach; MMA case study; multiple objectives; stage by stage design

Indexed keywords

EID: 52749083765     PISSN: 15707946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1570-7946(06)80180-X     Document Type: Article

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