Environmental risk- based ranking of solvents by the combination of multimedia model and multi-criteria decision analysis

Marek Tobiszewski; Jacek Namieśnik; Francisco Pena-Pereira

doi:10.1039/c6gc03424a

Environmental risk- based ranking of solvents by the combination of multimedia model and multi-criteria decision analysis

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A novel procedure for assessing the environmental risk related to solvents emissions has been developed. The assessment of risk is based on hazard and exposure detailed investigations. The potential exposure related to different environmental phases is calculated with basic multimedia model, that gives the percentage distribution of solvent in environmental compartments as a result. Specific hazards– toxicological, environmental persistence or photochemical ozone creation potential data – have been assigned to each compartment. The environmental distribution of solvents gives the weights applied in multicriteria decision analysis, which was applied to obtain full ranking of solvents. The results show that alcohols and esters can be considered as low environmental risk solvents, while chlorinated solvents or aromatic hydrocarbons are the most problematic ones. The assessment procedure holds promise in solvent selection during process design as well as in finding alternatives to hazardous solvents used in existing processes.

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Marek Tobiszewski dr hab. inż.
Jacek Namieśnik prof. dr hab. inż.
Francisco Pena-Pereira
- Department of Analytical and Food Chemistry University of Vigo

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Category:: Articles
Type:: artykuł w czasopiśmie wyróżnionym w JCR
Published in:: GREEN CHEMISTRY edition 4, pages 1034 - 1042,
ISSN: 1463-9262
Language:: English
Publication year:: 2017
Bibliographic description:: Tobiszewski M., Namieśnik J., Pena-Pereira F.: Environmental risk- based ranking of solvents by the combination of multimedia model and multi-criteria decision analysis// GREEN CHEMISTRY. -, iss. 4 (2017), s.1034-1042
DOI:: Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.1039/c6gc03424a
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