The utility of Life Cycle Assessment in the ready meal food industry

Calderón, Luis Alberto; Iglesias, Loreto; Laca, Adriana; Herrero, Mónica; Dı́az, Mario

doi:10.1016/j.resconrec.2010.03.015

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“…• Exhaust gas purification in the cement factory and the absorption of sulfur in the clinker were not considered. worldwide and is used as a professional tool in the analysis of the environmental aspects of goods or services (Calderon et al, 2010). We used the mentioned software to analyze LCA and applied Eco-invent 2.0 and ETH 1 -ESU 2 96 databases to the processes of production, preparation, and transportation of raw materials, electricity, gas, and mazut.…”

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Life cycle assessment of clinker production using refuse‐derived fuel: A case study using refuse‐derived fuel from Tehran municipal solid waste

Panahandeh

Asadollahfardi

Mirmohammadi

2017

Environmental Quality Mgmt

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One of the techniques used to dispose of 4,000 tons per day (TPD) of non‐recyclable waste from Tehran is to burn it as an alternative fuel in cement kilns. This practice reduces emissions from landfills, prevents the loss of waste energy, and conserves fossil fuel resources. The aim of our study was to conduct a life cycle assessment (LCA) of clinker production in cement kilns using a combination of natural gas, mazut, a form of heavy, low‐quality fuel oil, and refuse‐derived fuel (RDF) from Tehran. We used SimaPro 7.1 software to perform an LCA of 1 kilogram (kg) of clinker produced using the following fuel combinations: the first scenario involved natural gas consumption alone, the second scenario involved a combination of natural gas and mazut, with the mazut providing 5% to 30% of the heating value needed to produce cement clinker in the kiln, and the third scenario involved a combination of natural gas and RDF (providing 5% to 30% of the heating needed in the kiln). The impact categories in the LCA of global warming, eutrophication, and acidification were assessed by the Center of Environmental Science of Leiden University (Centrum voor Milieukunde Leiden—CML) CML 2000 method. The results indicated that the third scenario, involving natural gas and RDF, reduced acidification by 2.14–11.5% and global warming by 0–1.3% relative to the first scenario involving the use of only natural gas. In addition, we observed a 0.65–3.81% reduction in acidification and a 0.9–3.8% reduction in global warming under the third scenario compared with the second scenario (co‐firing of natural gas and mazut). The amount of nitrogen oxides (NOX) emitted from the combustion of the Tehran RDF was greater than that was emitted when burning mazut. Therefore, reduction of nitrogen from the RDF composition is necessary. This study indicates that the use of Tehran RDF (with reduced nitrogen) in Tehran cement kilns does not increase cement kiln NOX, sulfur dioxide (SO2), and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions; however, we need to conduct additional investigation into the chemical composition of the Tehran waste before using solid waste in place of fossil fuels.

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Life cycle assessment of clinker production using refuse‐derived fuel: A case study using refuse‐derived fuel from Tehran municipal solid waste

Panahandeh

Asadollahfardi

Mirmohammadi

2017

Environmental Quality Mgmt

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“…The food system has to be treated as part of a whole, together with water and energy uses [81]the wish to grow crop biofuels can obviously conflict with the need to grow food. Methodologies such as life cycle analysis, developed in other sectors, can be applied to food chain problems both at a whole [82] or part-sector [83] level.…”

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Food Engineering at Multiple Scales: Case Studies, Challenges and the Future—A European Perspective

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A selection of Food Engineering research including food structure engineering, novel emulsification processes, liquid and dry fractionation, Food Engineering challenges and research with comments on European Food Engineering education is covered. Food structure engineering is discussed by using structure formation in freezing and dehydration processes as examples for mixing of water as powder and encapsulation and protection of sensitive active components. Furthermore, a strength parameter is defined for the quantification of material properties in dehydration and storage. Methods to produce uniform emulsion droplets in membrane emulsification are presented as well as the use of whey protein fibrils in layerby-layer interface engineering for encapsulates. Emulsion particles may also be produced to act as multiple reactors for food applications. Future Food Engineering must provide solutions for sustainable food systems and provide technologies allowing energy and water efficiency as well as waste recycling. Dry fractionation provides a novel solution for an energy and water saving separation process applicable to protein purification. Magnetic separation of particles advances protein recovery from wastewater streams. Food Engineering research is moving toward manufacturing of tailor-made foods, sustainable use of resources and research at disciplinary interfaces. Modern food engineers contribute to innovations in food processing methods and utilization of structure-property relationships and reverse engineering principles for systematic use of information of consumer needs to process innovation. Food structure engineering, emulsion engineering, micro-and nanotechnologies, and sustainability of food processing are examples of significant areas of Food Engineering research and innovation. These areas will contribute to future Food Engineering and novel food processes to be adapted by the food industry, including process and product development to achieve improvements in public health and quality of life. Food Engineering skills and real industry problem solving as part of academic programs must show increasing visibility besides emphasized training in communication and other soft skills.

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“…P-LCA captures the environmental discharges by quantifying energy and material use from all life cycle processes (Ewing et al, 2011). P-LCA has been applied to various research fields such as ready meals (Calderón et al, 2010), fisheries (Vá zquez-Rowe et al, 2010;Lozano et al, 2010), agriculture (Mohammadi et al, 2013;Vá zquez-Rowe and Villanueva-Rey, 2012), dairy farm (Iribarren et al, 2011;Eide, 2002), energy (Iribarren et al, 2014;Barba-Gutié rrez et al, 2008) and construction (Tatari and Kucukvar, 2011). But these works pay specific attention to the limited phases of the life cycle such as onsite (process impacts) where the indirect impacts associated with supply chains were not considered.…”

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TRACI Assessment of Transportation Manufacturing Nexus in the U.S.: A Supply Chain-linked Cradle-to-Gate LCA

Eğilmez

Park

2015

EMSD

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Sustainable transportation is an inevitable component of sustainable development intitiatives for mitigating the climate change impacts and stabilizing the rising carbon emissions thus global temperature. In this context, comprehensive analysis of the environmental impact of transportation can play a critical role towards quantifying the midpoint environmental and human health related impacts associated with the transportation activities triggered by manufacturing sectors. This study traces the life cycle impact of the U.S. transportation and manufacturing sectors' nexus using Tool for the Reduction and Assessment of Chemicals and Other Environmental Impacts (TRACI) in the context of the Economic Input-Output Life Cycle Assessment (EIO-LCA) framework considering the following midpoint impact categories: 'global warming', 'particulate matter', 'eutrophication', 'acidification', and 'smog air'. Both direct (onsite) and indirect (supply chain) industries' relationships with transportation industry are considered as the main scope. Results indicated that top ten contributor manufacturing sectors accounted for over 55% total environmental impacts on each impact category. Additionally, based on the decomposition analysis, food manufacturing sector was found to be the major contributor to smog air with an approximate share of 21% in the entire supply chain. Automobile related manufacturing sectors also have significant impact on all five life cycle impact categories that the environmental impact of transportation Environmental Management and Sustainable Development

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The utility of Life Cycle Assessment in the ready meal food industry

Cited by 92 publications

References 8 publications

Life cycle assessment of clinker production using refuse‐derived fuel: A case study using refuse‐derived fuel from Tehran municipal solid waste

Life cycle assessment of clinker production using refuse‐derived fuel: A case study using refuse‐derived fuel from Tehran municipal solid waste

Food Engineering at Multiple Scales: Case Studies, Challenges and the Future—A European Perspective

TRACI Assessment of Transportation Manufacturing Nexus in the U.S.: A Supply Chain-linked Cradle-to-Gate LCA

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