Life Cycle Analysis in Manufacturing Industry - A Case Study

Authors(3) :-Rao Pratik, Pradeep Kumar, Dr. Kailash Chaudhary

The method used in this project is LCA and the study is performed from gate (beginning of the company) to gate (end of the Company). LCA is a method to assess the potential environmental impacts associated with a specific product or service. All stages in the life cycle are taken into account and use of natural resources, transportation, energy consumption, waste and emissions are considered. LCA can be used for identification of improvement possibilities, decision-making etc. but has also an important application in learning about environmental impacts caused by substances and processes used in the life cycle. This is mainly what is done in this study.

Authors and Affiliations

Rao Pratik
Assistant Engineer, PHED
Pradeep Kumar
Assistant Professor, MBM Engineering College, Jodhpur, India
Dr. Kailash Chaudhary
Assistant Professor, MBM Engineering College, Jodhpur, India

Environmental Impacts, NBC, ISO, LCIA, LCA, GWP, LCI

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Publication Details

Published in : Volume 3 | Issue 8 | November-December 2017
Date of Publication : 2017-12-31
License:  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Page(s) : 74-81
Manuscript Number : IJSRSET173825
Publisher : Technoscience Academy

Print ISSN : 2395-1990, Online ISSN : 2394-4099

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Rao Pratik, Pradeep Kumar, Dr. Kailash Chaudhary , " Life Cycle Analysis in Manufacturing Industry - A Case Study, International Journal of Scientific Research in Science, Engineering and Technology(IJSRSET), Print ISSN : 2395-1990, Online ISSN : 2394-4099, Volume 3, Issue 8, pp.74-81, November-December-2017. Citation Detection and Elimination     |     
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