Evaluation of EHS hazard and sustainability metrics during early process design stages using principal component analysis

Process Safety and Environmental Protection

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 8-26

  Banimostafa, Alireza ^a   Papadokonstantakis, Stavros ^a   Hungerbühler, Konrad ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chemical route selection; Environmental; Factor analysis; Health; Multicriteria assessment; Safety index

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ROUTES; ENVIRONMENTAL; FACTOR ANALYSIS; MULTI-CRITERIA ASSESSMENT; SAFETY INDEX;

ACRYLIC MONOMERS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; ESTERS; HAZARDS; HEALTH; PHENOLS; PROCESS DESIGN; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84855229561     PISSN: 09575820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psep.2011.06.014     Document Type: Article

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