Comparison of Oleo- vs Petro-Sourcing of Fatty Alcohols via Cradle-to-Gate Life Cycle Assessment

Journal of Surfactants and Detergents

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1333-1351

  Shah, Jignesh ^a   Arslan, Erdem ^a   Cirucci, John ^b   O’Brien, Julie ^a   Moss, Dave ^a  

^a Air Products   (United States)

^b Spatial Analytics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol ethoxylates; Cradle to gate analysis; Environmental impacts; Fatty alcohol; Greenhouse gases; LCA; Life cycle assessment; Malaysian palm; Oleochemicals; Palm kernel oil

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CULTIVATION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; ETHYLENE; EUTROPHICATION; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; LAND USE; LIFE CYCLE; PALM OIL; PETROCHEMICALS; RECONFIGURABLE HARDWARE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ALCOHOL ETHOXYLATES; CRADLE-TO-GATE ANALYSIS; FATTY ALCOHOLS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MALAYSIANS; OLEOCHEMICALS; PALM KERNEL OIL;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

EID: 84991067411     PISSN: 10973958     EISSN: 15589293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11743-016-1867-y     Document Type: Article

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