Environmental and Economic Viability of Chitosan Production in Guayas-Ecuador: A Robust Investment and Life Cycle Analysis.

ABSTRACT: Ecuador is a country where shrimp production is one of its primary industries. It generates annually about 72,000 tons of wastes in the form of shrimp shells. Therefore, using this waste as a raw material resource to produce chitosan, a biopolymer, is established. An environmental and economic performance study is carried out as a possible investment report, where a conceptual design of the process is defined and a financial viability report is obtained. An environmental impact report establishes the degree of harm to the environment. The economic viability study considered costs related to capital and operation to process 5000 tons of shrimp shells each year. On the other hand, a life cycle assessment was performed to obtain the environmental impact for 1 kg of chitosan produce, where a c

SUBMITTER: Riofrio A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8444200 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature