Assessment of the life cycle （LCA--life cycle assessment） of a product, service or technology is one of the most important tools of environmental policy. This method is assumed to be a perspective voluntary instrume...Assessment of the life cycle （LCA--life cycle assessment） of a product, service or technology is one of the most important tools of environmental policy. This method is assumed to be a perspective voluntary instrument for implementation of sustainable development and allows us to assess both the demand for energy and raw materials, as well as the impacts on human life and on the life of ecosystems in the representative phases of product existence. The main objective of the article is presentation of the LCA method application on the standard car tyre which focuses on the impacts of the whole life cycle of tyre, individual phases in life cycle and especially comparison of different methods of treatment with used waste car tyres （cement works, pyrolysis, recycling） with different transport distance. The results were evaluated by elementary flows and impact assessment. Dominative phase in the life cycle of car tyre is extraction of raw materials. The technologies for waste car tyre treatment are comparable in environemntal impacts. The software GaBi 4 Professional and methodology CML 2001 for impact assessment were used.展开更多
With life cycle assessment(LCA) methodology,a life cycle model of coal-based vehicle fuels(CBVFs) including coal-based dimethyl ether(CBDME) and coal-based diesel(CBD) is established.Their primary energy consumption(P...With life cycle assessment(LCA) methodology,a life cycle model of coal-based vehicle fuels(CBVFs) including coal-based dimethyl ether(CBDME) and coal-based diesel(CBD) is established.Their primary energy consumption(PEC) and global warming potential(GWP) from well to wheel including feedstock extraction,fuel production,fuel consumption in vehicle and energy transportation are calculated and compared.Results show that the life cycle PEC and GWP of CBD pathway are 1.17 and 1.34 times as CBDME pathway.Based on the above results,CBDME will become a choice with great potential to replace conventional petroleum-based diesel (CPBD) in China.展开更多
文摘Assessment of the life cycle （LCA--life cycle assessment） of a product, service or technology is one of the most important tools of environmental policy. This method is assumed to be a perspective voluntary instrument for implementation of sustainable development and allows us to assess both the demand for energy and raw materials, as well as the impacts on human life and on the life of ecosystems in the representative phases of product existence. The main objective of the article is presentation of the LCA method application on the standard car tyre which focuses on the impacts of the whole life cycle of tyre, individual phases in life cycle and especially comparison of different methods of treatment with used waste car tyres （cement works, pyrolysis, recycling） with different transport distance. The results were evaluated by elementary flows and impact assessment. Dominative phase in the life cycle of car tyre is extraction of raw materials. The technologies for waste car tyre treatment are comparable in environemntal impacts. The software GaBi 4 Professional and methodology CML 2001 for impact assessment were used.
文摘With life cycle assessment(LCA) methodology,a life cycle model of coal-based vehicle fuels(CBVFs) including coal-based dimethyl ether(CBDME) and coal-based diesel(CBD) is established.Their primary energy consumption(PEC) and global warming potential(GWP) from well to wheel including feedstock extraction,fuel production,fuel consumption in vehicle and energy transportation are calculated and compared.Results show that the life cycle PEC and GWP of CBD pathway are 1.17 and 1.34 times as CBDME pathway.Based on the above results,CBDME will become a choice with great potential to replace conventional petroleum-based diesel (CPBD) in China.
