Automating Life Cycle Assessment from Chemical Process Simulations
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2024-06
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Advancing sustainability requires knowledge on the environmental impacts of chemicals. For this purpose, life cycle assessment is the preferred method, but usually carried out by manually extracting data from process simulation software and transferring data to life cycle assessment software. This process is very labor-intensive and error-prone.
Here, we bridge the gap between process simulation and life cycle assessment by automated data extraction from process simulators to life cycle assessment software. Our tool currently links the process simulators Aspen Plus, Aspen HYSYS, and AVEVA Process Simulation to the open-source tools Brightway/Activity Browser for life cycle assessment. The tool is exemplified using openly available case studies and simulation files for bio-based and CO2-based processes. Simulation studies can be combined to, e.g., integrated CO2 capture and utilization chains within life cycle assessment software.
Our tool directly integrates process simulations results into life cycle inventory databases with easy workflows and could thereby enable the generation of more life cycle assessments of chemical processes.
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Italian Association of Chemical Engineering & AIDIC Servizi
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34th European Symposium on Computer-Aided Process Engineering (ESCAPE-34) and 15th International Symposium on Process Systems Engineering (PSE-15)
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Chemical process simulation; Life cycle assessment; Automated data extraction; Life cycle inventory
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09696 - Bardow, André / Bardow, André
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Poster presentation. Poster abstract.
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180544 - NCCR Catalysis (phase I) (SNF)