How do different process options and evaluation settings affect economic and environmental assessments? A case study on methyl methacrylate (MMA) production processes

Process Safety and Environmental Protection

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 361-370

  Sugiyama, Hirokazu ^a   Fischer, Ulrich ^a   Antonijuan, Elena ^a   Hoffmann, Volker H ^a   Hirao, Masahiko ^b   Hungerbühler, Konrad ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cumulative Energy Demand (CED); Early design phases; Environmentally conscious process design; Methyl methacrylate (MMA) processes

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL PROCESS; COMMERCIAL PROCESS; CONSCIOUS PROCESS; CUMULATIVE ENERGY DEMANDS; DECISION MAKERS; DESIGN PHASIS; DIFFERENT PROCESS; ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; METHYL METHACRYLATES; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PRODUCTION PROCESS; PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY; REACTION ROUTES;

COMPUTER CRIME; DECISION MAKING; DESIGN; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESTERS; PROCESS DESIGN;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS;

EID: 73549085888     PISSN: 09575820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psep.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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