Challenges Facing Engineers in Evaluting Life Cycle Impacts of Emerging Technologies

摘要：

Life cycle analysis has been used to inform the design of existing technologies，but it is not well equipped to support environmental analysis of emerging technologies(e.g.，nanomaterials and molecular medicine). Thus，many of the problems associated with conducting life cycle analyses for existing technologies(e.g.， inventory data availability and unknown health effects) are accentuated when attempting to evaluate technologies that are currently under development and do not have a definite application or known lifetime. The issues and challenges associated with the use of life cycle analysis are explored.Approaches to evaluating the impacts of emerging technologies are also discussed.

关键词： Life Cycle Analysis Emerging Technologies Nanomaterials

作者: Malcolm O.Brown Kad R.Haapala

作者单位: School of Mechanical,Industrial,& Manufacturing Engineering,Oregon State University,USA

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 17th CIRP International Conference on Life Cycle Engineering(国际生产工程科学院(ICRP)第17届生命周期工程会议 LCE 2010)

会议地点: 合肥

会议语种:英文

页码: 17-22

在线出版日期: 2010-05-19（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）