Eco-Energetical Life Cycle Assessment of Materials and Components of Photovoltaic Power Plant

Piasecka, Izabela; Bałdowska-Witos, Patrycja; Piotrowska, Katarzyna; Tomporowski, A.

doi:10.3390/en13061385

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“…Life cycle interpretation identifies in quantitative terms the relevance of findings from LCA, specifically, the disaggregation of results obtained at the LCI stage, characterization, normalization, grouping, or weighting, to specific components [30,36]. The data for the analysis were acquired directly from the car tire manufacturer and a recycling company, whereas the remaining data was derived from the SimaPro databases (PréConsultants, Amersfoort, The Netherlands).…”

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“…Therefore, the notion of seeking methods to minimize the environmental impact of products and services throughout their entire life cycle is consistent with the policies of the European Commission. The basic assumption is to implement intervention measures predominantly at the life cycle stages that exhibit the highest potential for reducing the negative impact on the environment [29][30][31][32]. Therefore, the focus of this work is on establishing which stages and factors of the car tire life cycle display the biggest potential for sustainability-driven improvement.…”

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“…This method cuts off and limits the considered groups of species because, theoretically, all species could be in danger of extinction. Three impact categories are considered in damage to ecosystem quality: ecotoxicity, acidification/eutrophication, and land use [30].…”

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LCA as a Tool for the Environmental Management of Car Tire Manufacturing

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Car tire manufacturing can be the cause of numerous environmental hazards. Harmful emissions from the production process are an acute danger to human health as well as the environment. To mitigate these unwanted consequences, manufacturers employ the eco-balance analysis at the product designing and development stage, when formulating general development strategies, and increasingly when investigating the entire product lifecycle management process. Since the negative effects of products are considered in a broader range of implications, it has become necessary to extend the traditional scope of analytical interest onto the production, use, and end-of-life stages. This work investigates the manufacturing of passenger car tires executed with traditional and modern manufacturing technologies. The Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of tires reported in this study involved three LCA methods: Eco-Indicator 99, Cumulative Energy Demand (CED) and the scientific assessment methods developed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Global Warming Potential (IPCC). LCA as a tool for environmental analysis can be carried out for the entire life cycle or its individual phases. The implementation of the work made it possible to demonstrate that as a result of the identification of the main sources of negative impacts, it is possible to propose ways to minimize these impacts in the car tire manufacturing process. The results indicate that the most damaging impact is the depletion of natural resources, which play a key role in the production process of car tires.

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“…The LCA process was carried out in accordance with the ISO 14,000 family of standards guidelines [ 24 ]. The main research task was to determine the level of negative (or positive) impact of the life cycle of the tested object on human health, ecosystem quality, and depletion of natural resources [ 24 , 25 ].…”

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Manufacturing and Recycling Impact on Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of Innovative Wind Power Plant Part 1/2

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Wind power plants are considered as an ecologically-clean source of energy. However, manufacturing processes cannot be treated that way. Manufacturing processes consume huge amounts of electrical and thermal energy and significant amount of materials, e.g., steel, polymers, oils, and lubricants. All of the above could be potentially harmful for environment. There are not many works and publications regarding life-cycle analysis of wind power plants. This study’s objective is to use LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) to the manufacturing and utilization of a specific drag force-driven wind turbine. The discussed innovative wind turbine is of the type that assures safety for prosumer application. Drag force-driven turbines become more heavy than other types of lift driven turbines, but at the same time, their characteristic provides opportunity to use easily recyclable materials instead of materials like plastics or composites. The wider look through LCA tools, may change the perspective of view at that type of wind turbines. Analyzed turbine has capacity of 15 kW and is located in Poland. LCA was carried out using Eco-indicator 99 method in eleven impact categories. Among all of the turbine components, the highest negative impact was noted in the case of the tower. The wind turbine under consideration is characterized by high recycling potential. According to the presented research, recycling provides around 30% reduction of the environmental impact.

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“…The last stage, characterized in Section 2.5 , consisted of the interpretation of the results obtained. Its details are in both Section 3.1 , Section 3.2 , Section 3.3 and Section 4 [ 26 , 27 , 28 ].…”

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Control the System and Environment of Post-Production Wind Turbine Blade Waste Using Life Cycle Models. Part 1. Environmental Transformation Models

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Controlling the system—the environment of power plants is called such a transformation—their material, energy and information inputs in time, which will ensure that the purpose of the operation of this system or the state of the environment, is achieved. The transformations of systems and environmental inputs and their goals describe the different models, e.g., LCA model groups and methods. When converting wind kinetic energy into electricity, wind power plants emit literally no harmful substances into the environment. However, the production and postuse management stages of their components require large amounts of energy and materials. The biggest controlling problem during postuse management is wind power plant blades, followed by waste generated during their production. Therefore, this publication is aimed at carrying out an ecological, technical and energetical transformation analysis of selected postproduction waste of wind power plant blades based on the LCA models and methods. The research object of control was eight different types of postproduction waste (fiberglass mat, roving fabric, resin discs, distribution hoses, spiral hoses with resin, vacuum bag film, infusion materials residues, surplus mater), mainly made of polymer materials, making it difficult for postuse management and dangerous for the environment. Three groups of models and methods were used: Eco-indicator 99, IPCC and CED. The impact of analysis objects on human health, ecosystem quality and resources was controlled and assessed. Of all the tested waste, the life cycle of resin discs made of epoxy resin was characterized by the highest level of harmful technology impact on the environment and the highest energy consumption. Postuse control and management in the form of recycling would reduce the negative impact on the environment of the tested waste (in the perspective of their entire life cycle). Based on the results obtained, guidelines and models for the proecological postuse control of postproduction polymer waste of wind power plants blades were proposed.

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Eco-Energetical Life Cycle Assessment of Materials and Components of Photovoltaic Power Plant

Cited by 50 publications

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LCA as a Tool for the Environmental Management of Car Tire Manufacturing

LCA as a Tool for the Environmental Management of Car Tire Manufacturing

Manufacturing and Recycling Impact on Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of Innovative Wind Power Plant Part 1/2

Control the System and Environment of Post-Production Wind Turbine Blade Waste Using Life Cycle Models. Part 1. Environmental Transformation Models

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