Quantification of the environmental benefits of ultrafine/nanotitanium dioxide photocatalyst coatings for concrete pavement using hybrid life-cycle assessment

Journal of Infrastructure Systems

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 160-166

  Hassan, Marwa M ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Life cycle assessment; Life cycle inventory; Sustainable concrete pavement construction; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANTS; BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; COATING TECHNOLOGIES; CONCENTRATION OF; CONCRETE PAVEMENT CONSTRUCTION; CRITERIA AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; FOSSIL ENERGY; HUMAN HEALTH; IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; LIFE CYCLE INVENTORY; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; LIFECYCLE IMPACT ASSESSMENT; OZONE DEPLETION; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROCESS; PRODUCTION PHASIS; SMOG FORMATION; SUSTAINABLE CONCRETE PAVEMENT CONSTRUCTION; SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS; TIO; ULTRAFINE; WATER INTAKES;

AIR QUALITY; BUILDING MOVING; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; CONCRETE PAVEMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EUTROPHICATION; FOSSIL FUELS; GLOBAL WARMING; INORGANIC COATINGS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; OXIDES; OZONE; OZONE LAYER; ROADS AND STREETS; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

LIFE CYCLE;

CATALYST; COATING; CONCRETE STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; PAVEMENT; TITANIUM;

EID: 77954025375     PISSN: 10760342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)IS.1943-555X.0000016     Document Type: Article

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