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23-Chem-B10 Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)

Worked solutions to 6 past sittings (2013–2018), 30 questions. Pick a sitting, or start from a topic below.

Topics across the sittings

Topics that come up in more than one sitting, taken from the headings of our worked solutions. A topic counts once per sitting.

Questions by sitting

December 2018

  1. Question 1: LCA Fundamentals – Boundaries, Life-Cycle Phases, Impact Assessment, Benchmark Compounds
  2. Question 2: Heat Integration – Pinch Analysis & Heat Exchanger Network
  3. Question 3: Environmental Fate, Risk Assessment and Ecological Impact
  4. Question 4: Streamlined Comparative LCA – Ammonia vs. CFC Refrigerants
  5. Question 5: Industrial Ecology, Environmental Assessment Tiers, Risk, Release Assessment & LCA Applications

May 2017

  1. Question 1: LCA Fundamentals – Boundaries, Life-Cycle Phases, Impact Assessment, Benchmark Compounds
  2. Question 2: Heat Integration – Pinch Analysis & Heat Exchanger Network
  3. Question 3: Environmental Fate, Risk Assessment and Ecological Impact
  4. Question 4: Streamlined Comparative LCA – Pipeline vs. Rail Transportation of Liquid Fuel
  5. Question 5: Industrial Ecology, Environmental Assessment Tiers, Risk, Release Assessment & LCA Applications

May 2016

  1. Question 1: LCA Fundamentals – Boundaries, Life-Cycle Phases, Impact Assessment, Benchmark Compounds
  2. Question 2: Heat Integration – Pinch Analysis & Heat Exchanger Network
  3. Question 3: Environmental Fate, Risk Assessment and Ecological Impact
  4. Question 4: Streamlined Comparative LCA – Municipal Tap Water vs. Disposable Bottled Water
  5. Question 5: Industrial Ecology, Environmental Assessment Tiers, Risk, Release Assessment & LCA Applications

December 2014

  1. Question 1: Industrial Ecology, Environmental Assessment Tiers, Risk, Release Assessment & LCA Applications
  2. Question 2: Heat Integration – Pinch Analysis & Heat Exchanger Network
  3. Question 3: Environmental Fate, Risk Assessment and Ecological Impact
  4. Question 4: Streamlined Comparative LCA – Wood vs. Polymer Construction Materials
  5. Question 5: LCA Fundamentals – Boundaries, Life-Cycle Phases, Impact Assessment, Benchmark Compounds

December 2013

  1. Question 1: LCA Fundamentals – Boundaries, Life-Cycle Phases, Impact Assessment, Benchmark Compounds
  2. Question 2: Heat Integration – Pinch Analysis & Heat Exchanger Network
  3. Question 3: Environmental Fate, Risk Assessment and Ecological Impact
  4. Question 4: Streamlined Comparative LCA – Cloth vs. Disposable Diapers
  5. Question 5: Industrial Ecology, Environmental Assessment Tiers, Risk, Release Assessment & LCA Applications

Undated paper

  1. Question 1: LCA Perspectives, Boundaries, Risk Components, and Refrigerant Families
  2. Question 2: Tier 1 Economic and Environmental Performance Evaluation – TDI Production Routes
  3. Question 3: Estimation of Contaminant Effects – Golf-Course Pond 2,4-D Spill
  4. Question 4: Streamlined LCA Comparison – Gasoline vs. Electric Vehicle
  5. Question 5: Sustainable Engineering Practice