Overview
- Explores the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of chemical processes at the lab and industrial scale
- Collects methodologies, approaches and tools for modelling chemicals in a LCA
- Discusses the limitations of modelling the environmental and social impacts of chemical processes
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Transversal Modelling Issues in LCA for Chemicals
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Application of LCA in Chemicals Process Modelling
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About this book
This book outlines the methodologies, approaches and tools for modelling chemicals in a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) perspective, and also covers the main advantages and drawbacks of applying LCA to chemical processes. In the first part of this book, authors pay close attention to the limitations of modelling the environmental and social impacts of chemical processes, providing valuable insights to the problems of the Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) analysis for chemical processes. In the second part of this book, readers will learn about the LCA application to chemical processes in the laboratory and industrial scale. In each chapter of this book, readers will also find specific case studies on the modelling and application of LCA in the chemical industry.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Carlo Brondi is a senior researcher at the Institute for Industrial Technologies and Automation (STIIMA - CNR) in Italy and team leader in project tasks in European, national and regional research initiatives. His research focuses on the life cycle assessment (LCA) of advanced technologies and LCA approaches in the manufacturing industry, and he has been involved in research on improvements in LCA application, in particular on adaptation to emerging industrial paradigms like the circular economy or Industry 4.0 and on the implementation of mathematical methods to support LCA effectiveness. He is also a panel member and reviewer for ISO, EPD and PEF schemes.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Life Cycle Assessment in the Chemical Product Chain
Book Subtitle: Challenges, Methodological Approaches and Applications
Editors: Simone Maranghi, Carlo Brondi
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34424-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-34423-8Published: 06 February 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-34426-9Published: 06 February 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-34424-5Published: 05 February 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 165
Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations, 31 illustrations in colour
Topics: Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering, Industrial Pollution Prevention, Green Chemistry, Industrial and Production Engineering, Environmental Chemistry, Sustainable Development