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Combining Environmental and Economic Performance for Bioprocess Optimization

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Ögmundarson, Ólafur, Sukumara, Sumesh, Herrgård, Markus J., Fantke, Peter·2020·Trends in Biotechnology

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Biochemical production faces economic and environmental challenges that need to be overcome to enable a viable and sustainable bioeconomy. We propose an assessment framework that consistently combines environmental and economic indicators to support optimized biochemical production at early development stages. We define internally consistent system boundaries and a comprehensive set of quantitative indicators from life cycle assessment (LCA) and techno-economic assessment (TEA) to combine environmental and economic performance in a single score. Our framework enables the identification of trade-offs across environmental and economic aspects over the entire biochemical life cycle. This approach provides input for the optimization of future biochemicals in terms of overall sustainability, to overcome prevailing obstacles in the development of biochemical production processes.

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Authors
Ögmundarson, Ó., Sukumara, S., Herrgård, M. J., & Fantke, P.
Affiliations
  • Novo Nordisk Foundation (DK)
  • Technical University of Denmark (DK)
Corresponding author
  • Ögmundarson, Ólafur
  • Fantke, Peter
Venue
Trends in Biotechnology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2020-11
Volume
38
Issue
11
Pages
1203-1214
ISSN
0167-7799 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3024228537
Cited by
110
References
78
Citations by year
2026: 17 · 2025: 20 · 2024: 18 · 2023: 19 · 2022: 18 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 7
FWCI
1.13
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Trends in biotechnology (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Technical University of Denmark, DTU Orbit (Technical University of Denmark, DTU) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Funders
Novo Nordisk Fonden (NNF10CC1016517)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Engineering › Environmental Impact and Sustainability
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › General Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Bioeconomy and Sustainability Development
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Chemistry › Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Keywords
bioprocess optimization, biochemical production, bioeconomy, sustainability assessment, life cycle assessment, techno-economic analysis, system boundaries, economic-environmental trade-off, early developmental stages, sustainability score
MeSH terms
Sustainable Development, Biochemical Phenomena, Biochemistry, Chemical Industry, Economics, Environment, Humans

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