Ligia BARNA
Department of sustainable chemical engineering, SOPHYE team
+33 (0) 5 61 55 97 88
ligia.barna @ insa-toulouse.fr
INSA de Toulouse
135 avenue de Rangueil
31077 Toulouse cedex 4 - FRANCE
ORCID 0000-0003-1266-8051
CV
Chemical Engineering degree
Ph.D. and post-doctoral degree (HDR) in Process engineering and environment, University Lyon I
Research Topics
Current professional interest and research activity in chemical engineering especially in relation with environmental goals, eco-design of bio-chemical processes, impact and risk assessment and pollutant emission modelling.
Sustainable bio-chemical technologies through environmental assessment and eco-design approaches:
- Development of integrated modelling platforms for predictive and parameterized LCA dedicated to eco-design of bio-chemical processes. Platforms couple specialized and homemade IT tools for
Process Modelling & Simulation - LCA - Efficient Multi-Objective Optimization
Methodological developments, new models and IT tools in Sustainability science:
- Building a new Life Cycle Assessment method (dynamic LCA) by including time dimension in value chains’ representation and dynamic functioning of processes;
- Thermodynamics-based assessment methods (Emergy, Exergy) - development and application in the field of industrial processes.
Environmental impact and risk assessment of materials:
Application of thermodynamic, geochemical and mass transfer modelling to assess the environmental behaviour of materials under various environmental conditions - modelling of pollutants emission from materials, wastes and soils, and of the impact of pollutant release on water sources.
TEACHING
Teaching activity in the department of Process Engineering and Environment, INSA Toulouse. Teaching areas:
-chemical engineering
-environmental assessment tools (LCA) and eco-design of processes.
Recent Publications
https://scholar.google.fr/scholar?as_sdt=0,5&q=tiruta-barna&hl=fr
Several publications
L Tiruta-Barna, E Benetto, A conceptual framework and interpretation of emergy algebra., Ecol. Engineering. (53) 2013, 290-298
Y. Mery, L. Tiruta-Barna, E. Benetto, I. Baudin, An integrated Process Modeling-Life Cycle Assessment approach for process evaluation and eco-design, Int J of LCA, 18,(5) (2013), 1062-1070
Maria Lupsea, Ligia Tiruta-Barna, Nicoleta Schiopu, Ute Schoknecht, Modelling inorganic and organic biocide leaching from CBA-amine (Copper–Boron–Azole) treated wood based on characterisation leaching tests, Science of the Total Environment 461–462 (2013) 645–654
A B Bisinella de Faria, M. Spérandio, A. Ahmadi, L. Tiruta-Barna, Evaluation of new alternatives in wastewater treatment plants based on Dynamic Modelling and Life Cycle Assessment (DM-LCA), Water Research 84 (2015) 99-111
L Tiruta-Barna, Y Pigné, T. Navarrete Gutiérrez, E. Benetto, Framework and computational tool for the consideration of time dependency in Life Cycle Inventory: proof of concept. Journal of Cleaner Production, 116 (2016) 198-206
A H Shimako, L Tiruta-Barna, Y Pigné, E Benetto, T Navarrete Gutiérrez, P Guiraud, A Ahmadi, Environmental assessment of bioenergy production from microalgae based systems, Journal of Cleaner Production, 139, 2016, 51-60
A H Shimako, L Tiruta-Barna, A Ahmadi, Operational integration of time dependent toxicity impact category in dynamic LCA, Science of the Total Environment, 599–600, 2017, 806-819
Ahmadi, A., Severac, E., Monties, N., Claverie, M., Remaud-Simeon, M., Moulis C., Tiruta-Barna, L., 2019, Eco-design approach for an innovative production process of low molar mass dextran. Green Chemistry, 21, 2019, 4512 – 4531
Negishi, K., Lebert, A., Almeida D., Chevalier J., Tiruta-Barna, L., 2019, Evaluating climate change pathways through a building's lifecycle based on Dynamic Life Cycle Assessment, Building and Environment, 164, 2019, 106377
Pigné, Y., Navarrete Gutiérrez T., Gibon T., Schaubroeck T., Popovici E., Shimako A.H., Benetto E., Tiruta-Barna L., 2019, A tool to operationalize dynamic LCA, including time-differentiation on the complete background database, Int JLCA, 25 (2019) 267-279
Example of research projects
ANR international, DyPLCA - Environmental assessment of Dynamic Processes – considering time dependency in Life Cycle Assessment). 2014-2018
Région-Université Fédérale Toulouse, ECOMEM - Ecoconception des membranes pour le traitement de l’eau. 2015-2018.
3BCar, ECOTRANSFORM - Evaluation environnementale et Ecoconception de procédés immatures de transformation de bio-ressources. 2017-2018
FNR Luxembourg, OASIS - optimization based integrated process modelling – LCA. Application to potable water production. C13/SR/5871061 FNR, 2013-2016
H2020, 2G BIOPIC Second Generation BIoethanol sustainable production based on Organosolv Process at atmospherIc Conditions. 2015-2019
ANR, EVALEAU Evaluation des performances environnementales et économiques intégrées de procédés de production d’eau potable, 2009-2013