Streamlined life cycle approaches for use at oil refineries and other large industrial facilities

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1624-1636

  Weston, Neil ^a,b   Clift, Roland ^a   Holmes, Philip ^a   Basson, Lauren ^a   White, Neil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b Chevron Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE LEVEL; DECISION MAKERS; ECONOMIC CRITERIA; INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES; LIFE CYCLE APPROACH; LIFE CYCLE THINKING; MULTIPLE CRITERIA; NEW APPROACHES; OIL INDUSTRIES; OIL REFINERIES; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; PROCESS ENGINEER; REAL PROBLEMS; STRATEGIC DECISIONS;

DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INDUSTRY; LIFE CYCLE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

PETROLEUM REFINERIES;

EID: 79952787579     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie1007272     Document Type: Article

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