Industrial process system assessment: Bridging process engineering and life cycle assessment through multiscale modeling

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 90, Issue , 2015, Pages 142-152

  Sengupta, Debalina ^a   Abraham, John P ^b   Ceja, Manuel ^c   Gonzalez, Michael A ^b   Ingwersen, Wesley W ^b   Ruiz Mercado, Gerardo J ^b   Smith, Raymond L ^b  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allocation; Industrial process systems assessment (IPSA); Life cycle assessment (LCA); Life cycle inventory analysis (LCI); Multiscale modeling; Process engineering

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FACILITIES; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; PROCESS ENGINEERING;

ALLOCATION; INDUSTRIAL PROCESSS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE CYCLE INVENTORY ANALYSIS; MULTI-SCALE MODELING;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84923063256     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.11.073     Document Type: Article

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