To treat or not to treat? Applying chemical engineering tools and a life cycle approach to assessing the level of sustainability of a clean-up technology

Green Chemistry

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 395-400

  Romero Hernandez, Omar ^a  

^a INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO AUTÓNOMO DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,2 DICHLOROETHANE; ACTIVATED CARBON; BENZENE; OZONE;

ADSORPTION; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EVALUATION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEALTH HAZARD; INSTRUMENTATION; LEGAL LIABILITY; LIFE CYCLE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORALITY; OZONE LAYER; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STREAM (RIVER); WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 7044269194     PISSN: 14639262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b401871k     Document Type: Article

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