Parametric data input

Question

I am searching for a way to parameterize the characteristic of a beam model as an input for LCA analysis. to be more specific, I have thousands of data on the weight, height, width, material of a beam. i wonder if I can use them all in open LCA. Do you think is possible now? if not, do. you know other platform to be able to do it ?

Thank you

Answer 1

Hi Shirin,

openLCA allows you to fully parametrized any LCA model. You can as well use the scripting capability if you need to analyse a lot of datasets.

Check out the openLCA manual for more details.

Regards,

François

Comments

Thank you. by parameterization I mean, to be able to change the data they gathered in Open LCA. like being able to parametrize the characteristic of the beam already they have in eco invent. for example. like the height of the beam that is already set and decided with all the info about the factory and location of it

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You can edit (or copy and edit) an ecoinvent process and replace the values you have interest in with parameters or formula.
You can also introduce the same product inputs multiple time, connect them to providers from different locations, and use a location parameter (boolean) to ON/OFF a specific input.

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can you send me a link or instruction for that? I could not find any youtube or something to learn how to do it. Thank you

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Is there any add-on in Matlab to connect it with any LCA software to calculate life cycle assessments (LCA)s similar to OpenLCA one.

Thanks in advance

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You can check the openLCA manual for using the parameters (https://greendelta.github.io/openLCA2-manual/parameters/parameter_sets.html).
There is a case study video where parameters are used to switch from different location: https://youtu.be/4iwIvqn-d3c?t=1434.
You might also be interested in interacting with openLCA with Python: https://greendelta.github.io/openLCA-ApiDoc/ipc/examples/pyipc_from_scratch.html.