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Life Cycle Assessment in Chemical and Micro Reaction Engineering
Author(s) -
Zschieschang E.,
Pfeifer P.,
Schebek L.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
chemical engineering and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.403
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1521-4125
pISSN - 0930-7516
DOI - 10.1002/ceat.201200635
Subject(s) - life cycle assessment , biochemical engineering , chemical reaction engineering , process engineering , chemical industry , engineering , process (computing) , manufacturing engineering , environmental science , waste management , computer science , chemistry , environmental engineering , organic chemistry , production (economics) , catalysis , economics , macroeconomics , operating system
Life cycle assessment (LCA) has become increasingly popular in chemical industry as a standardized methodology for analysis of the environmental impact of products during their whole life cycle. Changes in process design by novel approaches like micro reaction engineering and the respective influence on the use of life cycle assessment are reviewed. The available literature on LCA in early research and development is comprehensively explored for conventional chemical and micro reaction engineering.