Sustainability metrics for eco-technologies assessment, Part II. Life cycle analysis

Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 459-472

  Monteiro, Juliana Garcia Moretz Sohn ^a   de Queiroz Fernandes Araújo, Ofélia ^a   de Medeiros, José Luiz ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

CO2 sequestration; LCA; Sustainability metrics

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DISTILLATION; ETHYLENE; LIFE CYCLE; UREA;

CO2 SEQUESTRATION; DIMETHYL CARBONATE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; PROCESS SUSTAINABILITY; REACTIVE DISTILLATIONS; SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABILITY METRICS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 72249089086     PISSN: 1618954X     EISSN: 16189558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10098-009-0205-8     Document Type: Article

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