Selection of Industrial Coatings Based on Environmental and Societal Impact Characteristics

这项拨款用于开发一种方法，根据不同工业涂料的环境和社会影响及其在给定应用中的性能，快速比较不同的工业涂料选择。该方法将通过开发一套将涂料关键性能标准（硬度、耐腐蚀性、耐化学性等）与环境和社会影响（人类健康影响、资源枯竭、能源利用等）联系起来的表达式，在概念设计期间加快工业涂料的选择。这项研究将寻求对与选择工业涂料有关的可审计的环境特征进行分类；在工业涂料从生产到使用、去除和重新应用的整个生命周期中，权衡环境问题的基本方法；以及在工业涂料选择中使用的关系，以平衡环境影响和成本作为功能的衡量标准。如果成功，这项研究将在设计、环境和审计之间架起一座桥梁；允许这三家公司在单一的环境和社会影响时间表下运作。具体而言，该项目将提供一种快速、定量的方法，以确定最环保的候选涂层应用，从而最大限度地减少能源和资源的利用，而无需对系统进行详尽的分析。经过设计工程师的应用，结果可以减少日常产品对环境的影响。

This grant provides for the development of a method for quickly comparing different industrial coating choices based on their environmental and societal impacts and their performance in a given application. The method will expedite the selection of industrial coatings during conceptual design by developing a set of expressions that relate coating key performance criteria (hardness, corrosion resistance, chemical resistance, etc.) to environmental and societal impacts (human health effects, resource depletion, energy utilization, etc.). The research will seek to produce a taxonomy of auditable environmental characteristics relevant in the selection of industrial coatings; an underlying method for trading off environmental concerns over the entire life-cycle of an industrial coating from its production, through its use, removal, and reapplication; and the relationships used in industrial coatings selection to balance environmental impact and cost as a measure of functionality.If successful, this research will yield a fundamental bridge between design, the environment, and auditing; allowing all three to operate with a single schedule of environmental and societal impact. Specifically, the project will provide a rapid, quantitative methodology for identifying the most environmentally benign candidate for a given coating application, which minimizes energy and resource utilization, without conducting exhaustive analyses of the systems. After application by design engineers, the result could be reduced environmental impact from everyday products.