Life cycle assessment of emerging technologies: The case of milk ultra-high pressure homogenisation

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 142, Issue , 2017, Pages 2209-2217

  Valsasina, Lucia ^a   Pizzol, Massimo ^b   Smetana, Sergiy ^c   Georget, Erika ^d   Mathys, Alexander ^e   Heinz, Volker ^c  

^a Ecoinvent   (Switzerland)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c German Institute of Food Technologies (DIL e V)   (Germany)

^d Buhler Sortex Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Food supply and waste; High pressure based processing; Sterile milk; Upscaling

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON FOOTPRINT; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FOOD SUPPLY;

FULL-SCALE APPLICATIONS; HIGH ENERGY CONSUMPTION; HIGH PRESSURE; INDUSTRIAL-SCALE PRODUCTION; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); STERILE MILK; TECHNOLOGICAL READINESS LEVELS; UPSCALING;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 85006826666     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.11.059     Document Type: Article

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