Sustainable process design by the process to planet framework

AIChE Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 3320-3331

  Hanes, Rebecca J ^a   Bakshi, Bhavik R ^a  

^a The Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Design; Green engineering; Optimization; Process; Simulation

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; ECODESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIFE CYCLE; OPTIMIZATION; PROCESSING;

COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS; DESIGN CASE STUDIES; GREEN ENGINEERING; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE-CYCLE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIFE-CYCLE INFORMATION; SIMULATION; SUSTAINABLE PROCESS;

PROCESS DESIGN;

EID: 84940784749     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.14918     Document Type: Article

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