The need to integrate mass- and energy-based metrics with life cycle impacts for sustainable chemicals manufacture
Elysia Lucas, Antonio J. Martín, Sharon Mitchell, Abhinandan Nabera, Lucas F. Santos, Javier Pérez‐Ramírez, Gonzalo Guillén‐Gosálbez
Abstract
Analysis of over 700 chemical production routes showing that decision making towards more environmentally sustainable pathways is enhanced by combining mass- and energy-based process metrics with simplified life cycle impact indicators.
Topics & Concepts
Life-cycle assessmentSustainable energyEnergy (signal processing)Environmental economicsBiochemical engineeringProcess engineeringComputer scienceRisk analysis (engineering)Environmental scienceBusinessProduction (economics)EngineeringRenewable energyMathematicsEconomicsMacroeconomicsStatisticsElectrical engineeringChemistry and Chemical EngineeringProcess Optimization and IntegrationSustainable Industrial Ecology