Life cycle assessment of sponge nickel produced by gas atomisation for use in industrial hydrogenation catalysis applications

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 362-376

  Lavery, Nicholas P ^a,b   Jarvis, David J ^a   Brown, Stephen G R ^b   Adkins, Nicholas J ^c   Wilson, Benjamin P ^b  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Butyraldehyde to butanol reaction; Cast and crush; Celanese Rhone Poulenc process; Gas atomisation; Life cycle assessment; Sponge (Raney) nickel

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BUTANOL; BUTYRALDEHYDE; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; SPONGE NICKEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDIFICATION; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CATALYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GAS ATOMISATION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; HYDROGENATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84878485623     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: 16147502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-012-0478-8     Document Type: Article

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