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http://dx.doi.org/10.9713/kcer.2016.54.6.800

Life Cycle Assessment for the Fabrication Process of Superhydrophilic Oil/Water Separator  

Park, Sungmook (Department of Chemical Engineering, Kwangwoon University)
Kim, Jieun (Department of Chemical Engineering, Kwangwoon University)
Yeom, Changju (Department of Chemical Engineering, Kwangwoon University)
Lee, Heyjin (Department of Chemical Engineering, Kwangwoon University)
Yang, Sungik (Department of Applied Chemistry, Kyunghee University)
Eom, Ig-chun (Environmental Health Research Department, National Institute of Environmental Research)
Kim, Pil-je (Environmental Health Research Department, National Institute of Environmental Research)
Kim, Younghun (Department of Chemical Engineering, Kwangwoon University)
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Korean Chemical Engineering Research / v.54, no.6, 2016 , pp. 800-805 More about this Journal
Abstract
Rapid growth in nanotechnologies promises novel benefits through the exploitation of their unique industrial applications. However, as the production volume of nanomaterials increases, their unintentional exposure to the environment has been occured. Potential impacts of nanoproducts on the environment can be evaluated in the life cycle assessment (LCA). LCA is the systematic analysis of the resource usages and emissions over the life time from the primary resources to the moment of disposal. In this study, we performed LCA for fabrication processes of superhydrophilic oil/water separator using nano-$TiO_2$. $TOTAL^{TM}$ freeware was used to analyze for all fabrication processes, and 6-environmental impact factors (resource depletion, climate change, ozone depletion, acidification, eutropication, and photochemical oxidation) were introduced. In addition, the use of nano-$TiO_2$ in the fabrication of superhydrophilic oil/water separator was actively contributed to the environmental impact factors, compared to the bulk-$TiO_2$.
Keywords
Life cycle assessment; Nanomaterials; Nanoparticles; Environmental impact; $TiO_2$;
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