A comprehensive environmental assessment of petrochemical solvent production

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 467-479

  Capello, Christian ^a   Wernet, Gregor ^a   Sutter, Jürgen ^a   Hellweg, Stefanie ^a   Hungerbühler, Konrad ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chemical unit process operations; Cumulative energy demand; Energy profiles; Life cycle inventories (LCI); Organic solvents . Petrochemical solvent production routes

Indexed keywords

4 METHYL 2 PENTANONE; ACETONE; ACETYLENE; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; BUTANEDIOL; ESTER; FORMALDEHYDE; FORMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; INDICATOR; KETONE; METHANOL; NATURAL GAS; ORGANIC SOLVENT; PETROCHEMICAL AGENT; PETROLEUM; TETRAHYDROFURAN;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; CARBONYLATION; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DEHYDROGENATION; ELECTRONICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ESTERIFICATION; FOSSIL ENERGY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HYDROFORMYLATION; HYDROGENATION; HYDROLYSIS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; METAL INDUSTRY; OXIDATION; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 67650759440     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-009-0094-4     Document Type: Article

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