Page 8 - Materials Chemistry, Second Edition

CONTENTS

Exergy Analysis and its Connection to Life Cycle Assessment 185
Marc A. Rosen, Ibrahim Dincer and Ahmet Ozbilen
8.1 Introduction 185
8.2 Life Cycle Assessment 187
8.2.1 Goal and Scope Definition 188
8.2.2 Life Cycle Inventory Analysis 188
8.2.3 Life Cycle Impact Assessment 188
8.2.4 Life Cycle Interpretation (Improvement Analysis) 190
8.3 Exergy and Exergy Analysis 190
8.3.1 Characteristics of Exergy 190
8.3.2 Exergy Analysis 191
8.4 Exergetic Life Cycle Assessment (ExLCA) 192
8.4.1 Linkages between Exergy Analysis and LCA 192
8.4.2 Rationale of ExLCA 194
8.4.3 ExLCA Methodology and Approach 195
8.4.4 Applications of ExLCA 196
8.4.5 Advantages of ExLCA 199
8.5 Case Study 199
8.5.1 System Description and Data Analysis 201
8.5.1.1 Hydrogen Production Plant Based on a Cu-Cl
Thermochemical Cycle 202
8.5.1.2 Nuclear Plant 204
8.5.1.3 Fuel (Uranium) Processing 204
8.5.2 Analysis 205
8.5.2.1 LCA of Overall System 205
8.5.2.2 ExLCA of Overall System 206
8.5.3 LCA and ExLCA Results and Discussion 208
8.6 Conclusions 211
Acknowledgements 212
Nomenclature 212
Acronyms 212
References 213

Accounting for Ecosystem Goods and Services in Life Cycle Assessment
and Process Design 217
Erin F. Landers, Robert A. Urban and Bhavtk R. Baksht
9.1 Motivation 217
9.2 Life Cycle Assessment Background 219
9.3 Ecologically-Based Life Cycle Assessment 220
9.4 Case Study Comparing Process-Based and Hybrid Studies
Based on EIO-LCA and Eco-LCA 222
9.5 Overview of the Role of Ecosystems in Sustainable Design 226
9.6 Design Case Study: Integrated Design
of a Residential System 227
9.7 Conclusions 229
References 230