Life cycle impact assessment of various waste conversion technologies

Waste Management

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1892-1900

  Khoo, Hsien H ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATING FLUIDIZED BEDS; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIALS; LIFE CYCLE IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; LIFE-CYCLE COSTS; NATIONAL EMISSION INVENTORIES; ORGANIC WASTES; SINGAPORE; STEAM GASIFICATION]; THERMAL CRACKINGS; THERMAL TREATMENTS; WASTE CONVERSIONS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUTROPHICATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUIDIZATION; FLUIDIZED BED PROCESS; FLUIDIZED BEDS; GAS GENERATORS; GLOBAL WARMING; HEAT TREATMENT; LIFE CYCLE; OXIDATION; OZONE; PHOTOCHEMICAL FORMING; PYROLYSIS; SEWAGE; STEAM CRACKING; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

GASIFICATION;

CARBON MONOXIDE; DIOXIN; HEAVY METAL; HYDROGEN; METHANE; OZONE;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; OZONE; PYROLYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WASTE TECHNOLOGY; WASTE TREATMENT;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE ELECTRODE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EUTROPHICATION; GASIFICATION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; ORGANIC WASTE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROLYSIS; THERMAL ANALYSIS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER VAPOR; WOOD;

ENVIRONMENT; EUTROPHICATION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 63149166449     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2008.12.020     Document Type: Article

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