Life cycle assessment of surface treatment processes of materials : Carrying out the inventory, elements to be taken into account

Carrying out the inventory, elements to be taken into account
Life cycle assessment of surface treatment processes of materials

Author : Arnaud MOIGN

Review date: September 2, 2020 | Lire en français

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3. Carrying out the inventory, elements to be taken into account

The family of surface treatment processes is vast. The aim of this section is not to give an exhaustive list of all the consumption, emissions and waste generated by each process, but to provide manufacturers with a basis for reflection that will enable them to draw up as complete an inventory as possible.

3.1 Data collection: a difficult task

The data used as a basis for LCA studies are classified according to two types:

primary data are field data, i.e. data specific to a particular actor in the technosphere;
secondary data are generic data, often derived from bibliographic research.

Collecting inventory data is a time-consuming task, requiring...

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