Analysis of sustainability metrics and application to the catalytic production of higher alcohols from ethanol

Catalysis Today

Volumn 239, Issue , 2015, Pages 56-79

  Patel, Akshay D ^a   Telalović, Selvedin ^b   Bitter, Johannes H ^b,c   Worrell, Ernst ^a   Patel, Martin K ^a,d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

2 Ethyl 1 hexanola; Catalysis; Early stage assessment; Guerbet reaction; Sustainability analysis

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CHAINS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ETHANOL; LIFE CYCLE;

2-ETHYL-1-HEXANOLA; CHEMICAL PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; EARLY-STAGE ASSESSMENT; GUERBET REACTION; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); PROCESS SIMULATION MODEL; SUSTAINABILITY ANALYSIS; TECHNO- ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; 2-ETHYL-1-HEXANOL; CATALYTIC PRODUCTION; HIGHER ALCOHOLS; SUSTAINABILITY METRICS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; CATALYSIS;

EID: 84908246802     PISSN: 09205861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2014.03.070     Document Type: Article

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