Academic Journal of Environment & Earth Science, 2024, 6(5); doi: 10.25236/AJEE.2024.060502.
Hao Liu1, Qinghua Liang2
1Beijing Degu Jiamei Environmental Technology Co., Ltd., Beijing, China
2Baotou Iron and Steel Vocational and Technical College, Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China
Barium chloride is an important industrial raw material that can be used to produce other barium-containing compounds. This study focuses on a barium chloride production project at a chemical company, collecting and organizing data on materials and energy for different processes to obtain a lifecycle inventory for barium chloride production. A lifecycle impact assessment was conducted to clarify the environmental impacts of various process flows. The research confirms that industrial water usage is a significant environmental impact factor throughout the lifecycle of barium chloride production, followed by freshwater consumption and primary energy consumption. Within different production processes, coal consumption has a significant contribution to various indicators, followed by the consumption of concentrated mother liquor.
Barium chloride; Lifecycle; LCA method; Normalization
Hao Liu, Qinghua Liang. Environmental Impact of Barium Chloride Production Using LCA Method. Academic Journal of Environment & Earth Science (2024), Vol. 6, Issue 5: 7-11. https://doi.org/10.25236/AJEE.2024.060502.
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