Course overview
This course introduces core principles of water footprint analysis and thermodynamics for use in life cycle assessment (LCA). Tailored for professionals in process and product design, it blends industrial expertise with academic knowledge to support sustainability evaluations in fields such as metallurgy, hydrometallurgy, and inorganic chemistry.
What you will learn:
- Fundamentals of LCA with a focus on carbon and water footprints.
- How to perform mass and energy balances in mineral and metal processes.
- Methods for assessing water use and emissions to approach closed-loop systems.
- Simulation techniques using tools like ChemSheet, Calphad, and Pitzer model.
- Low- and high-temperature thermodynamic predictions for sustainable process design.
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