IJESD 2014 Vol.5(5): 435-439 ISSN: 2010-0264
DOI: 10.7763/IJESD.2014.V5.523
DOI: 10.7763/IJESD.2014.V5.523
Life Cycle Assessment of Sajor-caju Mushroom (Pleurotus Sajor-caju) from Different Sizes of Farms in Thailand
S. Ueawiwatsakul, T. Mungcharoen, and R. Tongpool
Abstract—Sajor-caju (Pleurotus sajor-caju) is one of the most famous mushroom in Thailand. Sajor-caju farming uses plastic bags for cultivation. Energy is needed for sterilization of substrate and waste management of spent plastic bag. Thailand has several sizes of sajor-caju farms which have different cultivation management. Therefore, the environmental performance of sajor-caju produced from three farm sizes was evaluated in this study using life cycle assessment approach. It was found that the main impacts came from i) substrate preparation which are the production and transportation of the substrate raw materials and ii) sterilization process. Medium farm showed relatively large impacts in all impact categories. The climate change caused by 1 kg sajor-caju produced from big, medium and small farms were 3.371, 5.003 and 3.0146 kg CO2 eq, respectively.
Index Terms—LCA, Pleurotus sajor-caju, environment.
S. Ueawiwatsakul is with Thailand Advanced Institute of science and Technology and Tokyo Institute of Technology (TAIST-Tokyo Tech), Faculty of Engineering, Kesetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand (e-mail: a_uknow8@hotmail.com).
T. Mungcharoen is with the Faculty of Engineering, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand (e-mail: thumrongrut@nstda.or.th).
R. Tongpool is with the National Metal and Materials Technology Center, Pathumthani, 12120, Thailand (e-mail: rungapt@mtec.or.th).
Index Terms—LCA, Pleurotus sajor-caju, environment.
S. Ueawiwatsakul is with Thailand Advanced Institute of science and Technology and Tokyo Institute of Technology (TAIST-Tokyo Tech), Faculty of Engineering, Kesetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand (e-mail: a_uknow8@hotmail.com).
T. Mungcharoen is with the Faculty of Engineering, Kasetsart University, Bangkok 10900, Thailand (e-mail: thumrongrut@nstda.or.th).
R. Tongpool is with the National Metal and Materials Technology Center, Pathumthani, 12120, Thailand (e-mail: rungapt@mtec.or.th).
Cite:S. Ueawiwatsakul, T. Mungcharoen, and R. Tongpool, "Life Cycle Assessment of Sajor-caju Mushroom (Pleurotus Sajor-caju) from Different Sizes of Farms in Thailand," International Journal of Environmental Science and Development vol. 5, no. 5, pp. 435-439, 2014.
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