Konrad Hungerbühler
Biographic Data
| ID | 6546703 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Konrad Hungerbühler |
| GIVEN NAMES | Konrad |
| FAMILY NAME | Hungerbühler |
| SIGNATURE | HUNGERBÜHLER K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Use Patterns of Leave-on Personal Care Products among Swiss-German Children, Adolescents, and Adults
In order to model exposure to ingredients contained in personal care products (PCPs) and assess their potential risks to human health, access to reliable PCP use data, including co-use patterns, is essential. A postal questionnaire survey was conducted to determine the use patterns of eight leave-on PCP categories among the German-speaking population of Switzerland (N = 1,196; ages 0-97 years), providing for the first time in Europe PCP use data …
The Environmental Importance of Energy Use in Chemical Production
Environmental Assessment of Waste‐Solvent Treatment Options: Part II: General Rules of Thumb and Specific Recommendations
A comparison of various waste‐solvent treatment technologies, such as distillation (rectification) and incineration in hazardous‐waste‐solvent incinerators and cement kilns, is presented for 45 solvents with respect to the environmental life‐cycle impact. The environmental impact was calculated with the ecosolvent tool that was previously described in Part I of this work. A comprehensive sensitivity analysis was performed, and uncertainties were …
Environmental Assessment of Waste‐Solvent Treatment Options
The software tool ecosolvent is presented that allows for comparative environmental assessment of treatment technologies for specific, user‐defined, waste‐solvent mixtures. The tool is composed of models for waste‐solvent distillation as well as for thermal treatment in hazardous waste‐solvent incinerators and cement kilns. It was designed with a tiered structure in order to allow for a high flexibility regarding informational needs. The life‐cyc…
Ecological footprint accounting in the life cycle assessment of products
Assessing the Eco‐efficiency of End‐of‐Pipe Technologies with the Environmental Cost Efficiency Indicator
The concept of eco‐efficiency is increasingly being applied to judge the combined environmental and economic performance of product systems, processes, and/or companies. Ecoefficiency is often defined as the ratio of economic value added to environmental impact added. This definition is not appropriate for end‐of‐pipe treatment technologies because these technologies aim at improving the environmental performance of technical processes at the cos…
Comparing the Environmental Performance of Fluorescent Whitening Agents with Peroxide Bleaching of Mechanical Pulp
The use of fluorescent whitening agents (FWAs) instead of oxidative bleaching agents such as peroxide is an alternative for the bleaching of mechanical pulp. By this approach, the chromophores of the wood components in the pulp are not destroyed chemically but the brightness of the pulp is achieved by increased re‐emission of blue light in the range of 400–500 nm. In this study, a typical FWA and peroxide bleaching chemicals are compared with res…
Comparing the Environmental Performance of Fluorescent Whitening Agents with Peroxide Bleaching of Mechanical Pulp
The use of fluorescent whitening agents (FWAs) instead of oxidative bleaching agents such as peroxide is an alternative for the bleaching of mechanical pulp. By this approach, the chromophores of the wood components in the pulp are not destroyed chemically but the brightness of the pulp is achieved by increased re‐emission of blue light in the range of 400–500 nm. In this study, a typical FWA and peroxide bleaching chemicals are compared with res…
Assessing the Eco‐efficiency of End‐of‐Pipe Technologies with the Environmental Cost Efficiency Indicator
The concept of eco‐efficiency is increasingly being applied to judge the combined environmental and economic performance of product systems, processes, and/or companies. Ecoefficiency is often defined as the ratio of economic value added to environmental impact added. This definition is not appropriate for end‐of‐pipe treatment technologies because these technologies aim at improving the environmental performance of technical processes at the cos…
Environmental Assessment of Waste‐Solvent Treatment Options
The software tool ecosolvent is presented that allows for comparative environmental assessment of treatment technologies for specific, user‐defined, waste‐solvent mixtures. The tool is composed of models for waste‐solvent distillation as well as for thermal treatment in hazardous waste‐solvent incinerators and cement kilns. It was designed with a tiered structure in order to allow for a high flexibility regarding informational needs. The life‐cyc…
Ecological footprint accounting in the life cycle assessment of products
Environmental Assessment of Waste‐Solvent Treatment Options: Part II: General Rules of Thumb and Specific Recommendations
A comparison of various waste‐solvent treatment technologies, such as distillation (rectification) and incineration in hazardous‐waste‐solvent incinerators and cement kilns, is presented for 45 solvents with respect to the environmental life‐cycle impact. The environmental impact was calculated with the ecosolvent tool that was previously described in Part I of this work. A comprehensive sensitivity analysis was performed, and uncertainties were …
The Environmental Importance of Energy Use in Chemical Production
Use Patterns of Leave-on Personal Care Products among Swiss-German Children, Adolescents, and Adults
In order to model exposure to ingredients contained in personal care products (PCPs) and assess their potential risks to human health, access to reliable PCP use data, including co-use patterns, is essential. A postal questionnaire survey was conducted to determine the use patterns of eight leave-on PCP categories among the German-speaking population of Switzerland (N = 1,196; ages 0-97 years), providing for the first time in Europe PCP use data …
Environmental Science (6 works) · Sustainability (5 works) · Industrial ecology (4 works) · Life-cycle assessment (4 works) · Chemistry (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Ecology (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Engineering (3 works) · Environmental economics (3 works)