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

这就是：缪斯的规划过程旨在调查以植物为基础的材料制造和开发的产品，即生物制品，对生命周期、环境和经济的影响。关键问题围绕着了解生物精炼厂的设计、效率和能力、生物生产的材料和能量循环以及生物产品在产品使用阶段的耐用性。为了更好地理解生物生产的这些方面，有必要对经济和政策与其他因素(如技术创新、科学突破和设计和产品开发方面的进步)的复杂相互作用进行建模。这一规划项目的总体目标是为以生物为基础的生产建立一个整体办法的基础，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。该项目包括三个部分。首先，将对一种有前景的生物分子--聚乳酸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对环境效益潜力最大、对经济和政策考虑最敏感的处理步骤或系统组件上。第二，将举办一次有技术/科学和经济/政策领域专家参加的讲习班。根据设想，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、AIChE 2002、俄克拉荷马州2003)的补充，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方面。第三，生命周期评估和研讨会的结果将通过与芝加哥科学院自然博物馆的参与被纳入教育材料中，该博物馆是一个在社区拥有广泛教育推广计划的设施

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