A
''unit process
'' is one or more grouped operations in a manufacturing system that can be defined and separated from others.
In
life-cycle assessment
Life cycle assessment or LCA (also known as life cycle analysis) is a methodology for assessing environmental impacts associated with all the stages of the life cycle of a commercial product, process, or service. For instance, in the case ...
(LCA) and
ISO 14040,
ISO Online Browsing Platform (OBP)-ISO 14040:2006(en)
/ref> a unit process is defined as "smallest element considered in the life cycle inventory analysis for which input and output data are quantified".
See also
* Unit operation
References
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