Energy Life-Cycle Assessment
Energy Life-Cycle Assessment of Fruit Products
... the assessment of production processes and the rationalization of energy ...an Energy Life-Cycle Assessment (ELCA) was carried out through energy efficiency indicators, ...
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Sustainable procurement & major events: life cycle assessment as a tool for consumer choices
... for land management, for the relationship between the human beings and the natural world, and sent out the first major warning on the importance of sustain- able consumption, a premise that went on to shape the global ...
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PRODUCTION OF PALM OIL WITH METHANE AVOIDANCE AT PALM OIL MILL: A CASE STUDY OF CRADLE-TO-GATE LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT
... The results of this study showed that the improved milling process enabled the total utilization of palm fruit and reduced the GHG emission from the production of CPO. The approach of methane avoidance by preventing the ...
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Decision Model for Life Cycle Assessment of Power Transformer during Load Violation
... Use Up: It means using the power transformer until the end of its financial designed life. It is operated with its rated capacity after load violation. It cannot serve the increased load demand beyond its rated ...
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Comparison of life cycle assessment for different volume polypropylene jars
... less energy and ma- kes less pollution during the production, application and removal than other materials with the same ...the life cycle impacts on the environment, a relatively new method, called ...
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Prod. vol.24 número4
... This article is a result of a cell phone collection obtained at the Center for Information Technology Renato Archer (CTI) under the AMBIENTRONIC Program, an initiative that supports the Brazilian electronic sector in the ...
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LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT FOR OIL PALM BASED PLYWOOD: A GATE-TO-GATE CASE STUDY
... Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is an important tool for identifying potential environmental impacts associated with the production of palm based ...the life cycle inventory for gate- ...
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LIFE-CYCLE GREENHOUSE GAS ASSESSMENT OF PORTUGUESE CHESTNUT
... [1] F. Figueiredo, É. Castanheira, M. Feliciano, A. M. Rodrigues, A. Peres, F. Maia, A. Ramos, J. Carneiro, V. Coroama, F. Freire, “Carbon footprint of apple and pear: Orchards, storage and distribution ”. Energy ...
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A Life Cycle Assessment study of iron ore mining
... on energy, it is expected that most of these processes contribute in some way to this category of impact, either by the consumption of fuels (diesel, natural gas or fuel oil) or by the national grid electricity ...
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Framework for life cycle sustainability assessment of additive manufacturing
... The increasing awareness about environmental protection among society is causing a growing number of research initiatives in the field of manufacturing to make it more sustainable for society and the environment. One of ...
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Environmental assessment of the integrated bio-combustion process: A life cycle energy balance / Avaliação ambiental do processo integrado de bio-combustão: balanço energético do ciclo de vida
... thermal energy generation system, composed of refractory material, equipped with electrical resistors (600W), and with a central combustion chamber of the primary fuel, the petroleum ...
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Key issues in estimating energy and greenhouse gas savings of biofuels: challenges and perspectives
... includes energy and greenhouse gas (GHG) saving along with environmental and social ...acceptability. Life cycle assessment (LCA) is an internationally recognized tool for determining the ...
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Building life cycle applied to refurbishment of a traditional building from Oporto, Portugal
... and energy use for site ...– Life Cycle Assessment methods ...building, energy consumption, water use, and environmental waste ...of life, that includes the energy ...
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Global warming potential assessment for operation of thermoelectric power plant in Manaus
... emissions. Previous study has pointed out similar contribution, such as 89.1 % for TPP (burning fuel to produce energy) (Phumpradab et al, 2009). Despite the decrease in the plant contribution other processes had ...
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The contribution of life-cycle assessment to environmentally preferable concrete mix selection for breakwater applications
... ife cycle assessment (LCA) provides a comprehensive framework for positioning low energy and global warming potential alternatives regarding Portland cement and ...
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Editorial
... Argentina: Life Cycle Assessment of a jean produced in ...the energy consumption, both in the agricultural and industrial phases, as the critical process of jeans production, in addition to ...
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Rui ZHAO1 , Yao XU2 , Xiangyu WEN1 , Ning ZHANG
... whole life cycle, by identifying environmental emissions of all materials and energy, to seek opportunities on improvement of product environmental performances (Huysveld et ...definition, ...
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LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT IN HEALTHCARE SYSTEM OPTIMIZATION. INTRODUCTION
... the assessment is to be made with identification of the en- vironmental effects inside system ...of energy, water, materials usage and environ- mental releases ...the assessment of potential human ...
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Avaliação do sistema de gestão de resíduos sólidos urbanos de Quito - Equador através de análise de ciclo de vida
... as energy with the smallest loads on the environment (Klöpffer, Grahl ...through life cycle assessment approach, focusing on the management of domestic and commercial waste, because they are ...
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The influence of functional unit on life cycle assessment of lamps: a review of results
... life cycle. According to OSRAM (2009), less than 2% of the consumed energy is related to manufacturing step and final disposal (treatment) of obsolete ...largest energy consumption point in ...
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