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JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
Volume 168, Issue -, Pages 1636-1651Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.11.145
Keywords
Sustainability assessment; Sustainability indicators; Green Chemistry; The Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) and Classification labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (CLP); Formic acid; Chemical process design
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- Department of Science and Technology, Government of India (DSTGOI)
- Academy of Finland
- Academy of Finland [129173, 140122]
- Finnish Funding Agency for Innovation, Tekes [40313/09]
- DST
- R.T. Mody Distinguished Professor Endowment
- Academy of Finland (AKA) [140122, 140122, 129173, 129173] Funding Source: Academy of Finland (AKA)
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This paper suggests a 'Sustainability Assessment Tool' that can be used in early design phases of production processes. Green Chemistry principles were considered as a baseline when proposing the sustainability indicators. European chemicals regulations and databases were also applied and used as a baseline in chemicals hazards assessment. The tool is an excel based checklist, with multiple choice answers that are scored based on their severity of impact. This Sustainability Assessment Tool was tested by comparing two formic acid production routes. It is proposed that using the tool as a guideline in the early stages of a chemical process design can provide competitive advantages in research as it provides guidance on the critical target areas of the process that should be further developed. This can further guide researchers and engineers through the piloting and manufacturing stages. In addition it is also expected that the suggested sustainability assessment tool can be used as an educating purpose to foster sustainability in process design work during all the design stages. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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