Paper Info
Title
Comparative evaluation of life cycle assessment software programs - a case study for biodiesel and diesel fuel.
Abstract
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) software programs are presumably to support users to facilitate the comple x work of compiling an inventory and assessing impacts. However, not all computer programs provide tools to supp ort the interpretation phase. This phase is the final of a LC A study, which should be conclusions and recommendations, especially when a third-party report from comparative s tudies is made, or when a weak-point analysis is ai med at. The objective of this paper is to verify the feasibilit y of performing the three main quality checks ‐ completeness, sensitivity and consistency ‐ to elaborate the conclusio ns and recommendations. A comparison was made among three software programs employing LCAs between Brazilian sunflower biodiesel and diesel fuel, as case study. The expectation in relation to the evaluation of the three s oftware programs was not completely attended. In sp ite of the fact that is possible to access and to view most necessa ry data to carry out the checks, the use of softwar e program do not exclude further data process and the expert’s criti c point of view.
Year
Venue
DocType
2011
EnviroInfo
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
0
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Rogério Rodrigues Sallaberry100.34
Katia Nunes200.34
Luiz Fernando Cybis300.34
Liselotte Schebek401.69