The current barrier to acquisition and utilization of viable waste-to-energy (WTE) technologies at remote or deployed expeditionary sites requires high capital and operation & maintenance costs. The impacts to env...The current barrier to acquisition and utilization of viable waste-to-energy (WTE) technologies at remote or deployed expeditionary sites requires high capital and operation & maintenance costs. The impacts to environment and human health of differing expeditionary waste management strategies were compared using the Life Cycle Assessment software SimaPro 8.0. Emissions of individual waste management scenarios were compiled from peer-reviewed literature, converted to values compatible with SimaPro’s waste scenario inputs, and the calculated impacts compared using SimaPro’s pre-loaded methodologies. These calculated impacts and the economic impacts confirm that open-air burning of waste is not only dangerous to humans and the environment, but is also not cost-effective. Considering the economic effects and the mitigated human and environmental health impacts, WTE technologies may be a viable waste management strategy for the future.展开更多
The main driver for recycling cable wastes is the high value of the conducting metal, while the plastic with its lower value is often neglected. New improved cable plastic recycling routes can provide both economic an...The main driver for recycling cable wastes is the high value of the conducting metal, while the plastic with its lower value is often neglected. New improved cable plastic recycling routes can provide both economic and environmental incentive to cable producers for moving up the “cable plastic waste ladder”. Cradle-to-gate life cycle assessment, LCA, of the waste management of the cable scrap is suggested and explained as a method to analyze the pros and cons of different cable scrap recycling options at hand. Economic and environmental data about different recycling processes and other relevant processes and materials are given. Cable producers can use this data and method to assess the way they deal with the cable plastic waste today and compare it with available alternatives and thus illuminate the improvement potential of recycling cable plastic waste both in an environmental and in an economic sense. The methodology applied consists of: cradle-to-gate LCA for waste material to a recycled material (recyclate);quantifying the climate impact for each step on the waste ladder for the specific waste material;the use of economic and climate impact data in parallel;climate impact presented as a span to portray the insecurities related to which material the waste will replace;and possibilities for do-it-yourself calculations. Potentially, the methodology can be useful also for other waste materials in the future.展开更多
The whole process of biofuel production from Desmodesmus sp.EJ 8-10 cultivated in anaerobic digested wastewater(ADW)under the optimal temperature was evaluated by using the method of Life Cycle Assessment(LCA).The ene...The whole process of biofuel production from Desmodesmus sp.EJ 8-10 cultivated in anaerobic digested wastewater(ADW)under the optimal temperature was evaluated by using the method of Life Cycle Assessment(LCA).The energy efficiency and environment emissions were under considerable for the corresponding parametric study.The functional unit was 1 kg microalgae.It was concluded that the harvest stage was responsible for the main energy consumption during the microalgal whole pyrolysis process.The energy conversion efficiency of the whole process was larger than 1,which indicated that the process was profitable.The environmental impact of the whole process was 1165.67 mPET2000,among which the primary impact on the environment was eutrophication that accounts for 57.36%,followed by photochemical ozone synthesis(22.56%),acidification(17.36%);and global warming(2.73%),respectively.展开更多
The life cycle assessment of the mobile phone housing in Motorola(China) Electronics Ltd. was carried out, in which materials flows and environmental emissions based on a basic production scheme were analyzed and asse...The life cycle assessment of the mobile phone housing in Motorola(China) Electronics Ltd. was carried out, in which materials flows and environmental emissions based on a basic production scheme were analyzed and assessed. In the manufacturing stage, such primary processes as polycarbonate molding and surface painting are included, whereas different surface finishing technologies like normal painting, electroplate, IMD and VDM etc. were assessed. The results showed that housing decoration plays a significant role within the housing life cycle. The most significant environmental impact from housing production is the photochemical ozone formation potential. Environmental impacts of different decoration techniques varied widely, for example, the electroplating technique is more environmentally friendly than VDM. VDM consumes much more energy and raw material. In addition, the results of two alternative scenarios of dematerialization showed that material flow analysis and assessment is very important and valuable in selecting an environmentally friendly process.展开更多
文摘The current barrier to acquisition and utilization of viable waste-to-energy (WTE) technologies at remote or deployed expeditionary sites requires high capital and operation & maintenance costs. The impacts to environment and human health of differing expeditionary waste management strategies were compared using the Life Cycle Assessment software SimaPro 8.0. Emissions of individual waste management scenarios were compiled from peer-reviewed literature, converted to values compatible with SimaPro’s waste scenario inputs, and the calculated impacts compared using SimaPro’s pre-loaded methodologies. These calculated impacts and the economic impacts confirm that open-air burning of waste is not only dangerous to humans and the environment, but is also not cost-effective. Considering the economic effects and the mitigated human and environmental health impacts, WTE technologies may be a viable waste management strategy for the future.
文摘The main driver for recycling cable wastes is the high value of the conducting metal, while the plastic with its lower value is often neglected. New improved cable plastic recycling routes can provide both economic and environmental incentive to cable producers for moving up the “cable plastic waste ladder”. Cradle-to-gate life cycle assessment, LCA, of the waste management of the cable scrap is suggested and explained as a method to analyze the pros and cons of different cable scrap recycling options at hand. Economic and environmental data about different recycling processes and other relevant processes and materials are given. Cable producers can use this data and method to assess the way they deal with the cable plastic waste today and compare it with available alternatives and thus illuminate the improvement potential of recycling cable plastic waste both in an environmental and in an economic sense. The methodology applied consists of: cradle-to-gate LCA for waste material to a recycled material (recyclate);quantifying the climate impact for each step on the waste ladder for the specific waste material;the use of economic and climate impact data in parallel;climate impact presented as a span to portray the insecurities related to which material the waste will replace;and possibilities for do-it-yourself calculations. Potentially, the methodology can be useful also for other waste materials in the future.
基金This research was supported by the Beijing Municipal Natural Science Fund-Key project of science and technology plan of Beijing Education Committee(KZ201810011017)Beijing Municipal Education Commission General Project(KM201810011002)+4 种基金Chinese National 13th five-year Plan for Key R&D Projects(2018YFD0400804)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51806242 and No.41942006)Public Opening Project of the Key Laboratory of Development and Application of Rural Renewable Energy,Ministry of Agriculture,China(Grant No.2017008)the Chinese Universities Scientific Fund(Grant No.2019TC010)and the Chinese Universities Scientific Fund-Special Project for“Double First-Class”Initiative of College of Engineering-Agricultural Mechanization and Equipment Engineering,China Agricultural University.We also appreciate for the supports from Beijing Municipal Key Discipline of Biomass Engineering.
文摘The whole process of biofuel production from Desmodesmus sp.EJ 8-10 cultivated in anaerobic digested wastewater(ADW)under the optimal temperature was evaluated by using the method of Life Cycle Assessment(LCA).The energy efficiency and environment emissions were under considerable for the corresponding parametric study.The functional unit was 1 kg microalgae.It was concluded that the harvest stage was responsible for the main energy consumption during the microalgal whole pyrolysis process.The energy conversion efficiency of the whole process was larger than 1,which indicated that the process was profitable.The environmental impact of the whole process was 1165.67 mPET2000,among which the primary impact on the environment was eutrophication that accounts for 57.36%,followed by photochemical ozone synthesis(22.56%),acidification(17.36%);and global warming(2.73%),respectively.
文摘The life cycle assessment of the mobile phone housing in Motorola(China) Electronics Ltd. was carried out, in which materials flows and environmental emissions based on a basic production scheme were analyzed and assessed. In the manufacturing stage, such primary processes as polycarbonate molding and surface painting are included, whereas different surface finishing technologies like normal painting, electroplate, IMD and VDM etc. were assessed. The results showed that housing decoration plays a significant role within the housing life cycle. The most significant environmental impact from housing production is the photochemical ozone formation potential. Environmental impacts of different decoration techniques varied widely, for example, the electroplating technique is more environmentally friendly than VDM. VDM consumes much more energy and raw material. In addition, the results of two alternative scenarios of dematerialization showed that material flow analysis and assessment is very important and valuable in selecting an environmentally friendly process.
