Development of a methodological procedure for environmental assessment and monitoring of manufacturing processes based on Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)

• Grant number: 13/06736-9
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: July 01, 2013
• End date: June 30, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Production Engineering
• Principal Investigator: Aldo Roberto Ometto
• Grantee: Diogo Aparecido Lopes Silva
• Host Institution: Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos (EESC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Sustainable manufacturing has become an important area of research, where the use of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) has relevant potential application. Recently, the single global methodology based on LCA developed for the Life Cycle Inventory(LCI) analysis of manufacturing processes was the CO2PE! Inititiative UPLCI. However, this methodology is limited just to the LCI of manufacturing processes and does not incorporate the Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA) and Interpretation phases, which constitute an LCA study. Also, the use of LCA for sustainable manufacturing still faces other problems, like does not include the whole Life Cycle (LC) perspective and the uncertainties of the LCI data of manufacturing processes, which should be collected and analyzed in real-time production, through adequate supervision systems. Thus, in order to overcome such problems cited, this project aims to develop a methodological procedure for environmental assessment and monitoring of manufacturing processes based on LCA. According to literature and documents research step, a methodological procedure for evaluating environmental impacts of manufacturing processes will be developed, and its structure will be organized into three levels: product's LC, stratification and selection of manufacturing relevant processes, and the study of the selected processes's LC. For environmental monitoring, a remote system will be used for the processes monitoring in real-time that will be developed in NUMA center, together with LAPRAS lab. This monitoring system will be integrated with the methodological procedure, and subsequently applied to a case study for a process of rectification from LAPRAS-NUMA. The main result of the present project will be the methodological procedure designed to overcome the main problems mentioned above about the use of LCA in the field of sustainable manufacturing. The methodological procedure will allow the analysis of environmental performance of manufacturing processes at many levels, from the product's LC to the manufacturing process's LC and vice versa. (AU)

Scientific publications

(15)

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

LOPES SILVA, DIOGO APARECIDO; ROCCO LAHR, FRANCISCO ANTONIO; VARANDA, LUCIANO DONIZETI; CHRISTOFORO, ANDRE LUIS; OMETTO, ALDO ROBERTO. Environmental performance assessment of the melamine-urea-formaldehyde (MUF) resin manufacture: a case study in Brazil. JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION, v. 96, n. SI, p. 299-307, JUN 1 2015. (13/06736-9, 11/03816-6)

FILLETI, REMO AUGUSTO PADOVEZI; LOPES SILVA, DIOGO APARECIDO; DA SILVA, ERALDO JANNONE; OMETTO, ALDO ROBERTO. Productive and environmental performance indicators analysis by a combined LCA hybrid model and real-time manufacturing process monitoring: A grinding unit process application. JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION, v. 161, p. 510-523, SEP 10 2017. (13/06736-9)

LOPES SILVA, DIOGO A.; DE OLIVEIRA, JOSE AUGUSTO; PADOVEZI FILLETI, REMO AUGUSTO; GOMES DE OLIVEIRA, JOAO FERNANDO; DA SILVA, ERALDO JANNONE; OMETTO, ALDO ROBERTO. Life Cycle Assessment in automotive sector: A case study for engine valves towards cleaner production. JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION, v. 184, p. 286-300, MAY 20 2018. (13/06736-9)

LOPES SILVA, DIOGO APARECIDO; DE OLIVEIRA, JOSE AUGUSTO; SAAVEDRA, YOVANA M. B.; OMETTO, ALDO ROBERTO; RIERADEVALL I PONS, JOAN; GABARRELL DURANY, XAVIER. Combined MFA and LCA approach to evaluate the metabolism of service polygons: A case study on a university campus. RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND RECYCLING, v. 94, p. 157-168, JAN 2015. (13/06736-9)

DIOGO APARECIDO LOPES SILVA; ERALDO JANNONE DA SILVA; ALDO ROBERTO OMETTO. Green manufacturing: uma análise da produção científica e de tendências para o futuro. Production, v. 26, n. 3, p. 642-655, 2015-02-23. (13/06736-9)

GONZALEZ-GARCIA, SARA; FERRO, FABIANE SALLES; LOPES SILVA, DIOGO APARECIDO; FEIJOO, GUMERSINDO; ROCCO LAHR, FRANCISCO ANTONIO; MOREIRA, MARIA TERESA. Cross-country comparison on environmental impacts of particleboard production in Brazil and Spain. RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND RECYCLING, v. 150, NOV 2019. (11/03816-6, 13/06736-9)

FILLETI, REMO A. P.; SILVA, DIOGO A. L.; SILVA, ERALDO J.; OMETTO, ALDO R.; LIEN, TK. Dynamic System for Life Cycle Inventory and Impact Assessment of Manufacturing Processes. 11TH CIRP CONFERENCE ON INTELLIGENT COMPUTATION IN MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING, v. 15, p. 6-pg., 2014-01-01. (13/06736-9)

IRITANI, D. R.; SILVA, D. A. L.; SAAVEDRA, Y. M. B.; GRAEL, P. F. F.; OMETTO, A. R.. Sustainable strategies analysis through Life Cycle Assessment: a case study in a furniture industry. JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION, v. 96, n. SI, p. 308-318, JUN 1 2015. (13/06736-9, 11/03816-6)

LOPES SILVA, DIOGO APARECIDO; ROCCO LAHR, FRANCISCO ANTONIO; RAYMUNDO PAVAN, ANA LAURA; SAAVEDRA, YOVANA M. B.; MENDES, NATALIA CRESPO; SOUSA, SABRINA RODRIGUES; SANCHES, ROBERTA; OMETTO, ALDO ROBERTO. Do wood-based panels made with agro-industrial residues provide environmentally benign alternatives? An LCA case study of sugarcane bagasse addition to particle board manufacturing. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT, v. 19, n. 10, p. 1767-1778, OCT 2014. (13/06736-9, 11/03816-6)

LOPES SILVA, DIOGO APARECIDO; DELAI, IVETE; DELGADO MONTES, MARY LAURA; OMETTO, ALDO ROBERTO. Life cycle assessment of the sugarcane bagasse electricity generation in Brazil. RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS, v. 32, p. 532-547, APR 2014. (13/06736-9)

PIEKARSKI, CASSIANO MORO; DE FRANCISCO, ANTONIO CARLOS; DA LUZ, LEILA MENDES; KOVALESKI, JOAO LUIZ; LOPES SILVA, DIOGO APARECIDO. Life cycle assessment of medium-density fiberboard (MDF) manufacturing process in Brazil. Science of The Total Environment, v. 575, p. 103-111, JAN 1 2017. (13/06736-9, 11/03816-6)

LOPES SILVA, DIOGO APARECIDO; RAYMUNDO PAVAN, ANA LAURA; DE OLIVEIRA, JOSE AUGUSTO; OMETTO, ALDO ROBERTO. Life cycle assessment of offset paper production in Brazil: hotspots and cleaner production alternatives. JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION, v. 93, p. 222-233, APR 15 2015. (13/06736-9, 11/03816-6)

SOUZA, AMOS M.; NASCIMENTO, MARIA F.; ALMEIDA, DIEGO H.; LOPES SILVA, DIOGO A.; ALMEIDA, TIAGO H.; CHRISTOFORO, ANDRE L.; LAHR, FRANCISCO A. R.. Wood-based composite made of wood waste and epoxy based ink-waste as adhesive: A cleaner production alternative. JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION, v. 193, p. 549-562, AUG 20 2018. (13/06736-9)

IRITANI, D. R.; SILVA, D. A. L.; SAAVEDRA, Y. M. B.; GRAEL, P. F. F.; OMETTO, A. R.. Sustainable strategies analysis through Life Cycle Assessment: a case study in a furniture industry. JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION, v. 96, p. 11-pg., 2015-06-01. (11/03816-6, 13/06736-9)

LOPES SILVA, DIOGO APARECIDO; ROCCO LAHR, FRANCISCO ANTONIO; VARANDA, LUCIANO DONIZETI; CHRISTOFORO, ANDRE LUIS; OMETTO, ALDO ROBERTO. Environmental performance assessment of the melamine-urea-formaldehyde (MUF) resin manufacture: a case study in Brazil. JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION, v. 96, p. 9-pg., 2015-06-01. (11/03816-6, 13/06736-9)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

SILVA, Diogo Aparecido Lopes. Life cycle management of products through the evaluation and monitoring of manufacturing processes: methodological framework and case studies. 2016. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos (EESC/SBD) São Carlos.