From processes to life cycles to technology networks - New challenges for LCA in chemical engineering

Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 282-285

  Narodoslawsky, Michael ^a  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

ECOLOGICAL EVALUATION; ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES; ENGINEERING CHALLENGES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATION; INDUSTRIAL PROCESSS; OIL AND NATURAL GAS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84899933989     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22113398     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coche.2013.06.002     Document Type: Review

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