Terephthalic acid production via greener spray process: Comparative economic and environmental impact assessments with mid-century process

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 823-835

  Li, Meng ^a,b   Ruddy, Thomas ^c   Fahey, Darryl ^b   Busch, Daryle H ^b   Subramaniam, Bala ^a,b  

^a University of Kansas   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c River City Engineering Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative economic analysis; Life cycle assessments; Spray process; Terephthalic acid production

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GLOBAL WARMING; LIFE CYCLE; PH;

4-CARBOXYBENZALDEHYDE; ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; CAPITAL AND OPERATING COSTS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); SPRAY PROCESS; SUSTAINABLE PROCESS; TEREPHTHALIC ACIDS; UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 84897993270     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/sc4004778     Document Type: Article

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