Comparative life cycle assessment of end-of-life options for reverse osmosis membranes

Desalination

Volumn 357, Issue , 2015, Pages 45-54

  Lawler, Will ^a   Alvarez Gaitan, Juan ^a   Leslie, Greg ^a   Le Clech, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Desalination; Life cycle assessment; Manufacturing; Recycling; Reuse; Reverse osmosis

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DESALINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; INCINERATION; LAND FILL; LIFE CYCLE; MANUFACTURE; MEMBRANES; POTABLE WATER; RECYCLING; REVERSE OSMOSIS; WASTE INCINERATION; WATER TREATMENT;

COMPARATIVE LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; DECISION MAKING PROCESS; END-OF-LIFE OPTIONS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION; REUSE; TRANSPORTATION DISTANCE;

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; DECISION MAKING; DESALINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MANUFACTURING; MEMBRANE; OSMOSIS; RECYCLING;

EID: 84910129500     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2014.10.013     Document Type: Article

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