Environmental Impacts Research for Scroll Compressor Based on Life Cycle Assessment

DOI

10.2991/mebe-15.2015.3How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Life cycle assessment; Scroll compressor; Life cycle inventory analysis; Environmental impact assessment

Abstract

This study intends to quantify the energy consumption and environmental emissions in the entire life cycle of a scroll compressor produced in a Chinese factory and to determine the stage with the largest environmental impact. The results show that energy consumption, CO2 and dust are three predominant impacts along with the entire life cycle of the compressor. The usage process in the compressor life cycle consumes the maximum energy and brings about the largest environmental impacts, followed by raw material acquisition and components manufacturing.

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© 2015, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Junli Shi
AU  - Zhanjie Li
AU  - Zhi Cao
AU  - Han Wang
AU  - Yuqi Lu
AU  - Yu Wang
PY  - 2015/04
DA  - 2015/04
TI  - Environmental Impacts Research for Scroll Compressor Based on Life Cycle Assessment
BT  - Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Materials, Environmental and Biological Engineering
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 9
EP  - 12
SN  - 2352-5401
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/mebe-15.2015.3
DO  - 10.2991/mebe-15.2015.3
ID  - Shi2015/04
ER  -