Sustainability in the Design, Synthesis and Analysis of Chemical Engineering Processes

Chapter Thirteen

Challenges for Model-Based Life Cycle Inventories and Impact Assessment in Early to Basic Process Design Stages

S. Papadokonstantakis     Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden

P. Karka     National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece

Y. Kikuchi     The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

A. Kokossis     National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece

Abstract

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. Among various sustainability assessment frameworks for process design, the life cycle assessment (LCA) is widely used for the environmental impact of normal process operation ...