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Comparison of different Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA) methods and software to evaluate improvements in chemical processes
Proceedings 3rd LCA Conference, avniR
— 2013 — avniR
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November 2013
Abstract
Two different Life Cycle Impact Assessment methods (Impact 2002+ and ReCiPe) were applied to evaluate two design alternatives for the ammonia’s production process: a base case design and a new improved design obtained by process retrofitting. Both methods were applied using two LCA software, GaBi and SimaPro, in order to compare the two software. The methods and software tools were compared in terms of their inventories, characterisation factors and single score values. The main contribution of this paper is the comparison of different software. The results obtained from this analysis pointed out the requirement of a careful selection of methods and software tools applied to comparison of design alternatives.
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Ana Filipa Carvalho Mimoso
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Acácio Miguel Nobre Mendes
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Henrique Aníbal Santos de Matos
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avniR
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Proceedings 3rd LCA Conference, avniR
Location of the conference
Lille
Fields of Science and Technology (FOS)
chemical-engineering - Chemical engineering
Publication language (ISO code)
eng - English
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