Framework for evaluating the "greenness" of chemical processes: Case studies for a novel VOC recovery technology

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 21, 2004, Pages 5815-5823

  Lapkin, Alexei ^a   Joyce, Lucy ^a   Crittenden, Barry ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORBENTS; ADSORPTION; ASSEMBLY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL);

ADSORPTION PROCESS; MONOLITHIC ADSORBENTS; SYSTEM BOUNDARIES;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ADSORBENT; ORGANIC COMPOUND; VOLATILE AGENT;

RECOVERY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADSORPTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLOW; INCINERATION; TECHNOLOGY;

ADSORPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EVALUATION STUDIES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; POLYMERS; POROSITY; VOLATILIZATION; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 7444267964     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es035414h     Document Type: Article

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