Process to planet: A multiscale modeling framework toward sustainable engineering

AIChE Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 3332-3352

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

^a The Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Design; Mathematical modeling; Multiscale modeling; Optimization; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION;

COMPREHENSIVE MODEL; CONNECTED SYSTEMS; ENGINEERING DECISIONS; ENGINEERING MODELS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MULTI-SCALE MODELING; PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY; SUSTAINABLE ENGINEERING;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84940797252     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.14919     Document Type: Article

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