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Life Cycle Analysis (lca) is the study of the life Cycle of a product, process or organisation. A holistic view of the enterprise is proactive, avoids potential problems and is good for image. Industry - mainly (cautious) multinationals to identify areas of improvement, working with suppliers to obtain better quality or greener >> inputs.
Life Cycle Analysis (lca) is the study of the life Cycle of a product, process or organisation. A holistic view of the enterprise is proactive, avoids potential problems and is good for image. Industry - mainly (cautious) multinationals to identify areas of improvement, working with suppliers to obtain better quality or greener >> inputs.
Life Cycle Analysis (lca) is the study of the life Cycle of a product, process or organisation. A holistic view of the enterprise is proactive, avoids potential problems and is good for image. Industry - mainly (cautious) multinationals to identify areas of improvement, working with suppliers to obtain better quality or greener >> inputs.
Benjamin Warr LCA Part I History of LCA Early 1970s US Net Energy Analysis (NEA) and Materials-Process-Product Models (MPP) Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC-Europe or US) US environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) International Standards Organisation (ISO) Promote consensus on framework Define inventory methodology Provide accreditation for enterprises and organisations ISO14000 and ISO19000 series Who uses LCA? (see Methods and Standards\ISO Survey 2003.pdf) Industry Mostly (cautious) multinationals to identify areas of improvement, working with suppliers to obtain better quality or greener inputs. Less is best for useable comparisons Do not go beyond regulatory compliance But, a holistic view of the enterprise is proactive, avoids potential problems and is good for image Governments (for France see \DGEMP2003.pdf) Defining public policy lag behind industry US DOE Life Cycle Costing , Greening of Industry , (FRED) Framework for Responsible Environmental Decision Making) From Cradle to Grave 1. Many materials and energy combinations (exergy) 2. Complex and linked processes (linked unit processes) 3. Consideration of outputs (allocation to air, sea, freshwater, soil) 4. Considering manufacture, use + disposal implies a temporal horizon Partnerships and policies that encourage LCA 4 main steps of LCA - (SETAC) 1. Goal Definition and Scoping 2. Inventory Analysis 3. Impact Assessment Classification Characterisation Valuation 4. Interpretation Iteration Refinement Generic Goals Education and communication Product design (design for environment) Product development and improvement Pollution prevention Assessment and reduction of potential liability Strategic planning Assessing and improving environmental programs Development of policy and regulations Individual and organisational purchase and procurement Labeling Developing market strategies Environmental management systems Description of environmental performance of products - ISO14040 Improvement of environmental performance of products ISO 14062 Information about environmental aspects of performance ISO14020 Communication of environmental performance ISO 14063 Description of environmental performance of organisations ISO14030 Information about the environmental management system ISO19011 1. Goal and Definition Scoping ISO14041 states The goal of any study shall unambiguously state the intended application, reasons for the study target audience Recognise limitations of LCA (non-spatial at present) Identify, justify rules and conventions (data, averages etc.) Consider qualitative impacts (i.e. social) Involve interested parties early in process (feedback) Evaluation of LCA via peer review (check assumptions) Goal and Scope: Functional Units A functional unit must be defined. A reference to which input and output data are related (intensive variable) Product systems must be comparable It is the service/performance that is compared, NOT the product itself Example: cant compare 1L paint with any other paint, BUT can compare 1m painted surface with Xmm coating and service life of 10 years Stages I m p a c t s Agricultural Life Cycle Index Matrix Functional unit is YIELD (rendement) It can be expressed as an intensive variable relative to quantitative measures (indices) of the system state Alternative Product Evaluation (APE) : a product system (or service) is described by a fixed functional unit that serves as a reference. Alternative products are then compared on the basis of their relative environmental impact. Example: What is the environmental impact associated with the activity of driving different vehicles 1km carrying 1 tonne of goods? Environmental functional demand (EFD): Based on an an acceptable environmental impact (quota) divided by the function output. Quotas are then goals which serve as the starting point for the assessment procedure. Different technical solutions that satisfy the quota are then identified. What vehicles can be used to carry 1ton of goods 1km if the acceptable environmental consequence is limited to a certain environmental impact? Goal and Scope: Functional Units Alternative Functional Units Service rather than product Can consider two valid approaches 1. Service lifetime 2. Raw material life cycle The System Functional Units Defining the functional unit, permits answers to a series of simple questions: What needs to be accomplished? Why does it need to be done? When does it need to be done? What conditions must be considered? The TEAM must 1. Understand mechanical, physical, chemical performance and cost requirements (need) 2. Develop environmental requirements and goals (desire or wish list) Industrial Goals driven by R&D Defining the System Boundaries So that product and service systems can be subdivided into a set of unit processes. Inputs and outputs at the boundaries should be elementary flows linked to unit processes There are 2 ways to define the system boundaries (always considering the goals!) narrow system boundaries: 1. extraction 2. disposal 3. manufacture 4. use extended system boundaries: cradle to grave Proposing Engineering Technologies and Options Once requirements and goals are defined, the team should Identify technologies that combine to form different options to provide the desired function Technologies include materials and equipment. Keywords: Reduce Recover Maintain Upgrade And Technology Life Cycles Linking Technologies to Requirements and Goals LCA of Aluminium Sponsor: International Aluminium Institute Stated objectives: Increase use of Al in transportation systems reduce energy consumption and associated GHG emissions of Al production Increase use of recycled Al. First task: quantification of CO 2 and PFC greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the worldwide aluminium industry Second Task: estimates of the implications (in terms of Greenhouse Gas Emissions) of the increased use of aluminium for the manufacture of cars and trucks. Data from over 80% of the worldwide industry including estimates from Russia and China. AL LCA: System Boundaries Bauxite Mining and Benefication Bauxite is washed, ground and dissolved in caustic soda (sodium hydroxide) at high pressure and temperature. The resulting liquor contains a solution of sodium aluminate and undissolved bauxite residues containing iron, silicon, and titanium. These residues sink gradually to the bottom of the tank and are removed. They are known colloquially as "red mud". Clear sodium aluminate solution is pumped into a huge tank called a precipitator. Fine particles of alumina are added to seed the precipitation of pure alumina particles as the liquor cools. The particles sink to the bottom of the tank, are removed, and are then passed through a rotary or fluidised calciner at 1100C to drive off the chemically combined water. The result is a white powder, pure alumina. The caustic soda is returned to the start of the process and used again. The BAYER PROCESS The BAYER PROCESS in REFINERY The Bayer process can be considered in three stages: Extraction The hydrated alumina is selectively removed from the other (insoluble) oxides by transferring it into a solution of sodium hydroxide (caustic soda): Al2O3.xH2O + 2NaOH ---> 2NaAlO2 + (x+1)H2O The process is far more efficient when the ore is reduced to a very fine particle size prior to reaction. This is achieved by crushing and milling the pre-washed ore. This is then sent to a heated pressure digester. Conditions within the digester (concentration, temperature and pressure) vary according to the properties of the bauxite ore being used. Although higher temperatures are theoretically favoured these produce several disadvantages including corrosion problems and the possibility of other oxides (other than alumina) dissolving into the caustic liquor. After the extraction stage the liquor (containing the dissolved Al2O3) must be separated from the insoluble bauxite residue and purified as much as possible and filtered before it is delivered to the decomposer. The mud is thickened and washed so that the caustic soda can be removed and recycled. Decomposition Crystalline alumina trihydrate is extracted from the digestion liquor by hydrolysis: 2NaAlO2 + 4H2O ---> Al2O3.3H2O + 2NaOH This is basically the reverse of the extraction process, except that the product's nature can be carefully controlled by plant conditions (including seeding or selective nucleation, precipitation temperature and cooling rate). The alumina trihydrate crystals are then classified into size fractions and fed into a rotary or fluidised bed calcination kiln. Calcination Alumina trihydrate crystals are calcined to remove their water of crystallisation and prepare the alumina for the aluminium smelting process. The mechanism for this step is complex but the process, when carefully controlled, dictates the properties of the final product. Additional Info. on the Bayer Process The amount of residue red mud generated, per tonne of alumina produced, varies greatly depending on the type of bauxite used, from 0.3 tonnes for high grade bauxite to 2.5 tonnes for very low grade. The following data gives some idea of the wide range in chemical composition that can be found in residue fromdifferent bauxites. Fe 2 O 3 30 - 60% Al2O3 10 - 20% SiO2 3 - 50% Na2O 2 - 10% CaO2 - 8% TiO2 Trace - 10% Apart from the alkalinity that is imparted by liquors in the process, the residue is chemically stable and non-toxic. Bauxite residue is most often disposed of on land using one of a variety of methods. Once such land has been decommissioned is can be used to grow crops or other vegetation. Alternatively the land can be used for building, depending upon the moisture of the residue. Al Smelting: the Hall-Heroult Process Alumina is dissolved in an electrolytic bath of molten cryolite (sodium aluminium fluoride) within a large carbon or graphite lined steel container known as a "pot". An electric current is passed through the electrolyte at low voltage, but very high current, typically 150,000 amperes. The electric current flows between a carbon anode (positive), made of petroleum coke and pitch, and a cathode (negative), formed by the thick carbon or graphite lining of the pot. Molten aluminium is deposited at the bottom of the pot and is siphoned off periodically, taken to a holding furnace, often but not always blended to an alloy specification, cleaned and then generally cast. Across all technologies, electricity consumption averaged 15.95 kWh per kg of molten metal. The consumption of fuels to produce this electricity generated 5.8 metric tonnes of CO2 per tonne of metal. An additional 1.6 metric tonnes of CO2 per metric tonne are generated in the electrolytic process. Smelting System Diagram Incremental improvements have reduced energy intensity. 2Al 2 O 3 + 3C -----> 4Al + 3CO 2 PFC emissions at 0.30 kg of CF 4 and 0.03 kg of C 2 F 6 per mt per metric tonne of Al. Equivalent to 2.2 metric tonnes of CO 2 for every tonne of Al. Thermodynamic inefficiency in smelter 2Al 2 O 3 + 3C -----> 4Al + 3CO 2 LCA Results: For a target audience? Estimates from car manufacturers and others range from 5-10% of fuel economy savings per 10% weight reduction for today's average vehicles. Thus an automobile driven for 200,000 km could save 6-13 litres of gasoline for every kg of aluminium used to replace 2 kg of heavier materials Modelling indicates the potential to save over 20 metric tonnes of CO2 equivalents for each tonne of additional automotive aluminium products from enhanced vehicle fuel efficiency over the vehicle's lifetime. Modelling was also conducted to quantify the effect of using either all recycled or all primary aluminium. The table below shows that even with all virgin (primary) metal, net carbon dioxide savings are substantial. 26.7 22.9 18.1 13.9 Tonnes CO2e saved per tonne of Al 95% Recycled 60% Recycled 30% Recycled All Primary Metal Used Future Efforts Easier dismantling of aluminium components from cars to improve the recovery of aluminium. Recycling rates for transport applications range from 60-90 per cent. Close to 40% of the global demand for aluminium in all markets is based on recycled metal from process scrap and scrap from old products. Increasing use of recycled metal saves on both energy and mineral resources needed for primary production. Recycling of aluminium requires only 5% of the energy to produce secondary metal as compared to primary metal and generates only 5% of the green house gas emissions.