Conceptual Design of Inventory Analysis Software to Support the Life Cycle Assessment in Palm Oil Production

Abstract

Life cycle assessment is a quantitative method to analyze the environmental impact that consists of four main activities: goal and scope definition, life cycle inventory, life cycle impact assessment, and interpretation. The application of the life cycle in palm oil industry are very important and already conducted by many researchers. However, the most difficult task in life cycle assessment are the life cycle inventory. In this research, this study proposed the software to support the life cycle inventory in palm oil production. The result of the study was the conceptual design of the life cycle inventory software.

Development Software to Evaluate Environmental Impact for Palm Oil (Elaeis guineensis Jacq) Industry using Life Cycle Assessment Approach in Indonesia

“…Regarding to the database, In Indonesia there are effort to develop national database by Indonesian Life Cycle Assessment Network (ILCAN) [8]. In the previous study inventory analysis software for palm oil industry was developed by authors [9]. However, there is limited software can calculate and utilized integrated with management system in palm oil industry.…”