BE: MUSES: Life Cycle and Economic Impacts of Bio-Based Production

BE：MUSES：生物基生产的生命周期和经济影响

• 批准号: 0329359
• 负责人: Thomas Theis
• 金额: $ 9.97万
• 依托单位: University of Illinois at Chicago
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-09-01 至 2005-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0329359&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: MUSES; Life; Cycle; Economic; Impacts

This BE: MUSES planning process is aimed at the investigation of the life cycle environmental and economic impacts of the manufacture and development of products manufactured from plant-based materials, referred to as bioproducts. Key questions revolve around understanding the design, efficiency and capacity of biorefineries, the material and energy cycles of bioproduction, and the durability of bioproducts during the product use stage. To gain a better understanding of these aspects of bio-based production, modeling the complex interplay of economics and policy with other factors such as technical innovations, scientific breakthroughs, and advances in design and product development will be necessary. The overall goals of this planning project are to create a foundation for a holistic approach to bio-based production and to construct a viable framework for evaluating future advances in sustainable bioproduction. The project has three parts. First, a rigorous life cycle assessment (LCA) will be conducted for a promising biomolecule, polylactic acid (PLA) inclusive of the agricultural, processing, and product use cycles. Conducting an LCA at this time can help to focus on those processing steps or components of the system that offer the greatest potential for environmental benefit and are the most sensitive to economic and policy considerations. Second, a workshop will be convened with experts from both technical/scientific and economic/policy areas. This workshop is envisioned as complimentary to previous workshops and symposia on the topic (Dartmouth 2001, AIChE 2002, Oklahoma 2003) in that emphasis will be placed on the inclusion of economics and policy elements and how these inform and in turn are informed by scientific and technical findings. Third, the results of the LCA and workshop will be incorporated into educational materials through involvement with the Chicago Academy of Sciences' Nature Museum, a facility with extensive educational outreach programs in the community

这是：Muses规划过程旨在调查由植物材料制成的产品（称为生物产品）的制造和开发的生命周期环境和经济影响。关键问题围绕着理解生物炼制的设计，效率和能力，生物生产的材料和能量循环，以及产品使用阶段生物产品的耐用性。为了更好地了解生物基生产的这些方面，有必要对经济和政策与其他因素（如技术创新，科学突破以及设计和产品开发的进步）的复杂相互作用进行建模。该规划项目的总体目标是为生物基生产的整体方法奠定基础，并为评估可持续生物生产的未来进展建立一个可行的框架。 该项目有三个部分。首先，将对一种有前途的生物分子聚乳酸（PLA）进行严格的生命周期评估（LCA），包括农业，加工和产品使用周期。此时进行生命周期评估有助于将重点放在系统中最具环境效益潜力、对经济和政策考虑最敏感的那些加工步骤或组成部分上。第二，将举办一次由技术/科学和经济/政策领域专家参加的讲习班。这次讲习班是对以前关于这一主题的讲习班和专题讨论会（达特茅斯，2001年; AIChE，2002年;俄克拉荷马州，2003年）的补充，因为重点将放在纳入经济和政策要素，以及这些要素如何为科学和技术成果提供信息，并反过来为科学和技术成果提供信息。第三，生命周期评估和讲习班的结果将通过参与芝加哥科学院自然博物馆的活动而纳入教育材料，该博物馆是一个在社区开展广泛教育推广计划的设施