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Life cycle assessment of Australian automotive door skins 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Prateek Puri Paul Compston Victor Pantano 《The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment》2009,14(5):420-428
Background, aim, and scope Policy initiatives, such as the EU End of Life Vehicle (ELV) Directive for only 5% landfilling by 2015, are increasing the
pressure for higher material recyclability rates. This is stimulating research into material alternatives and end-of-life
strategies for automotive components. This study presents a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) on an Australian automotive component,
namely an exterior door skin. The functional unit for this study is one door skin set (4 exterior skins). The material alternatives
are steel, which is currently used by Australian manufacturers, aluminium and glass-fiber reinforced polypropylene composite.
Only the inputs and outputs relative to the door skin production, use and end-of-life phases were considered within the system
boundary. Landfill, energy recovery and mechanical recycling were the end-of-life phases considered. The aim of the study
is to highlight the most environmentally attractive material and end-of-life option.
Methods The LCA was performed according to the ISO 14040 standard series. All information considered in this study (use of fossil
and non fossil based energy resources, water, chemicals etc.) were taken up in in-depth data. The data for the production,
use and end-of-life phases of the door skin set was based upon softwares such as SimaPro and GEMIS which helped in the development
of the inventory for the different end-of-life scenarios. In other cases, the inventory was developed using derivations obtained
from published journals. Some data was obtained from GM-Holden and the Co-operative research Centre for Advanced Automotive
Technology (AutoCRC), in Australia. In cases where data from the Australian economy was unavailable, such as the data relating
to energy recovery methods, a generic data set based on European recycling companies was employed. The characterization factors
used for normalization of data were taken from (Saling et. al. Int J Life Cycle Assess 7(4):203–218 2002) which detailed the method of carrying out an LCA.
Results The production phase results in maximum raw material consumption for all materials, and it is higher for metals than for the
composite. Energy consumption is greatest in the use phase, with maximum consumption for steel. Aluminium consumes most energy
in the production phase. Global Warming Potential (GWP) also follows a trend similar to that of energy consumption. Photo
Oxidants Creation Potential (POCP) is the highest for the landfill scenario for the composite, followed by steel and aluminium.
Acidification Potential (AP) is the highest for all the end-of-life scenarios of the composite. Ozone Depletion Potential
(ODP) is the highest for the metals. The net water emissions are also higher for composite in comparison to metals despite
high pollution in the production phases of metallic door skins. Solid wastes are higher for the metallic door skins.
Discussion The composite door skin has the lowest energy consumption in the production phase, due to the low energy requirements during
the manufacturing of E-glass and its fusion with polypropylene to form sheet molding compounds. In general, the air emissions
during the use phase are strongly dependent on the mass of the skins, with higher emissions for the metals than for the composite.
Material recovery through recycling is the highest in metals due to efficient separation techniques, while mechanical recycling
is the most efficient for the composite. The heavy steel skins produce the maximum solid wastes primarily due to higher fuel
consumption. Water pollution reduction benefit is highest in case of metals, again due to the high efficiency of magnetic
separation technique in the case of steel and eddy current separation technique in the case of aluminium. Material recovery
in these metals reduces the amount of water needed to produce a new door skin set (water employed mainly in the ingot casting
stage). Moreover, the use of heavy metals, inorganic salts and other chemicals is minimized by efficient material recovery.
Conclusions The use of the studied type of steel for the door skins is a poor environmental option in every impact category. Aluminium
and composite materials should be considered to develop a more sustainable and energy efficient automobile. In particular,
this LCA study shows that glass-fiber composite skins with mechanical recycling or energy recovery method could be environmentally
desirable, compared to aluminium and steel skins. However, the current limit on the efficiency of recycling is the prime barrier
to increasing the sustainability of composite skins.
Recommendations and perspectives The study is successful in developing a detailed LCA for the three different types of door skin materials and their respective
recycling or end-of-life scenarios. The results obtained could be used for future work on an eco-efficiency portfolio for
the entire car. However, there is a need for a detailed assessment of toxicity and risk potentials arising from each of the
four different types of door skin sets. This will require greater communication between academia and the automotive industry
to improve the quality of the LCA data. Sensitivity analysis needs to be performed such as the assessment of the impact of
varying substitution factors on the life cycle of a door skin. Incorporation of door skin sets made of new biomaterials need
to be accounted for as another functional unit in future LCA studies.
Discussion contributions to this article from the readership would the highly welcome. The authors 相似文献
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The digestibility of a starch-polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH) biopolymer insulated cardboard coolbox was investigated under a defined anaerobic digestion (AD) system with key parameters characterized. Laboratory results were combined with industrial operational data to develop a site-specific life cycle assessment (LCA) model. Inoculated with active bacterial trophic groups, the anaerobic biodegradability of three starch-PVOH biopolymers achieved 58-62%. The LCA modeling showed that the environmental burdens of the starch-PVOH biopolymer packaging under AD conditions on acidification, eutrophication, global warming and photochemical oxidation potential were dominated by atmospheric emissions released from substrate degradation and fuel combustion, whereas energy consumption and infrastructure requirements were the causes of abiotic depletion, ozone depletion and toxic impacts. Nevertheless, for this bio-packaging, AD of the starch-PVOH biopolymer combined with recycling of the cardboard emerged as the environmentally superior option and optimization of the energy utilization system could bring further environmental benefits to the AD process. 相似文献
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