Design Support for VOC Control in SMEs by Simulation-Based Life-Cycle Engineering Part 1: Framework

JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING OF JAPAN

Masahiko Hirao²  Tsutomu Odagiri¹  Junichi Doi¹  Takao Wada³  Emi Kikuchi-Uehara²  Yasunori Kikuchi² 

[1] Japan Industrial Conference on Cleaning;Department of Chemical System Engineering, The University of Tokyo;Mizuho Information & Research Institute, Inc.

关键词: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises;    Life Cycle Assessment (LCA);    Risk Assessment (RA);    Activity Model;    Process Design;   

DOI  :  10.1252/jcej.15we249

来源: Maruzen Company Ltd

【 摘 要 】

References(40)Although small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play an important role in the economy and use a significant amount of chemicals in their manufacturing processes, little support has been offered to improve the processes they use for chemicals management. In this series of two papers, we propose a design support framework for strategic chemicals management in SMEs, and the supporting mechanisms in the framework have been informatized as a software tool developed on the basis of a case study of metal cleaning. In Part 1, the rationale of design support for chemicals management in SMEs based on process analysis by life-cycle assessment and risk assessment is conceptually analyzed and presented as a design support framework. Supporting mechanisms required for process analysis are revealed through the analysis of existing activities toward process improvement aimed at controlling volatile organic compounds in industry. A process model for data collection and the generation of alternative candidates for risk reduction has been designed for the open-system processes employed by many SMEs.

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