Abstract:
Fermented rice noodle is one of business that still grow up steadily. Due to the needs of the consumers, it has to increase the production capacity. The wastewater generated from the process if not treated properly will affect the environmental due to the high contents of organic compounds. The use of wastewater from the process is an alternative to produce electricity using biogas generated by anaerobic treatment. In this study, we aim to use the Life cycle assessment (LCA) as a tool to analyze the impact of biogas production from fermented rice noodle plant for generating the electricity. The impacts including global warming, ozone depletion, ozone formation human, ozone formation vegetation and acidification were considered in the LCA for biogas production from fermented rice noodle plant. The results showed that the electricity produced by biogas has affected to the global warming in comparison to other impacts.