Sustainability indicators for chemical processes: II. Data needs

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 2329-2353

  Ruiz Mercado, Gerardo J ^a   Smith, Raymond L ^a   Gonzalez, Michael A ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL PROCESS; DATA GAP; DATA REQUIREMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; MANUFACTURING PLANT; MATHEMATICAL DEFINITIONS; MATHEMATICAL FORMULAS; MULTI OBJECTIVE; PROCESS SUSTAINABILITY; PROCESS TECHNOLOGIES; SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS; SUSTAINABLE PROCESS;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; MANUFACTURE; RATING; RETROFITTING;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84863078690     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie200755k     Document Type: Article

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