This chapter addresses the complex and critical task of optimizing the environmental
performance of processes under development. A systematic approach is necessary to jointly …

Life cycle assessment (LCA) analysts are increasingly being asked to conduct life cycle‐
based systems level analysis at the earliest stages of technology development. While early …

Sustainability assessment can be quite advantageous in the early stages of process design,
where a vast number of alternatives are screened and changes are easier to implement …

The sustainable future of the world challenges engineers to develop chemical process
designs that are not only technically and economically feasible but also environmental …

To design environmentally responsible chemical products and processes, the impacts they
have across their entire lifetime need to be considered—from production to end of life and …

Abstract Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is an analytic tool for quantifying the environmental
impacts of all processes used in converting raw materials into a final product. The LCA …

Spurred by European Union directives along with increased interest among US initiatives,
life cycle assessment (LCA) is becoming a common tool used in the measurement and …

A methodology is described for developing a gate-to-gate life cycle inventory (LCI) of a
chemical manufacturing process to support the application of life cycle assessment in the …

Life-cycle assessment is a methodology used to evaluate the environmental impacts of a
product, process, or service during its life cycle, and risk assessment is a tool to evaluate …

Given a fixed product system model, with the current computational framework of Life Cycle
Assessment (LCA) the potential environmental impacts associated to demanding one …