scholarly journals Eco-Design of Energy Production Systems: The Problem of Renewable Energy Capacity Recycling

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 4339
Author(s):  
Svetlana Ratner ◽  
Konstantin Gomonov ◽  
Svetlana Revinova ◽  
Inna Lazanyuk
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Wind Power ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Wind Turbines ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Economic Feasibility ◽  
Entire Life ◽  
Entire Life Cycle

Due to the rapid development of recycling technologies in recent years, more data have appeared in the literature on the environmental impact of the final stages of the life cycle of wind and solar energy. The use of these data in the eco-design of modern power generation systems can help eliminate the mistakes and shortcomings when planning wind and solar power plants and make them more eco-efficient. The aim of this study is to extend current knowledge of the environmental impacts of most common renewables throughout the entire life cycle. It examines recent literature data on life cycle assessments of various technologies for recycling of wind turbines and photovoltaic (PV) panels and develops the recommendations for the eco-design of energy systems based on solar and wind power. The study draws several general conclusions. (i) The contribution of further improvements in PV’s recycling technologies to environmental impacts throughout the entire life cycle is insignificant. Therefore, it is more beneficial to focus further efforts on economic parameters, in particular, on achieving the economic feasibility of recycling small volumes of PV-waste. (ii) For wind power, the issue of transporting bulky components of wind turbines to and from the installation location is critical for improving the eco-design of the entire life cycle.

scholarly journals Evaluation Model of Environmental Impacts of Insulation Building Envelopes

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 2258
Author(s):  
Qianmiao Yang ◽  
Liyao Kong ◽  
Hui Tong ◽  
Xiaolin Wang
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Environmental Performance ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Energy Savings ◽  
Building Envelope ◽  
Building Envelopes ◽  
Entire Life ◽  
Entire Life Cycle

Energy consumption during use is the focus of insulation envelope design, but the environmental impact of other stages in the entire life cycle of building envelopes should be of equal concern. In this paper, a model has been developed based on the life-cycle environmental assessment for calculating the environmental impacts of building envelopes. The model proposed will be useful to evaluate the environmental performance of various envelopes to optimize the design of energy-saving envelopes. Consequently, lots of experiments are conducted for environmental impact assessment and analysis for external windows and filler walls with energy-savings in heating areas of China. Four conclusions can be drawn from the analysis. (1) K of building envelope is the design parameter of the greatest impact on environmental performance and has a critical value, which is the value that has the smallest environmental impact over the entire life cycle. (2) The importance of the environmental impact of the building envelope during the life cycle stages is as follows: usage > production > transportation > disposal > construction. The construction process of the thermal insulation wall could be negligible. (3) The choice of regional building materials should consider the distance of transportation, which may be the key factor determining its life cycle environmental performance. (4) Aerated concrete EPS walls and wooden windows are the first choices for envelope construction from the environmental impact throughout the life cycle.

scholarly journals Infrastructure risk-oriented advantages of low-power nuclear power plants

2020 ◽  
Vol 209 ◽  
pp. 05021
Author(s):  
Yu. N. Udyanskiy ◽  
T. D. Shchepetina
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Low Power ◽  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Human Factor ◽  
Entire Life ◽  
Entire Life Cycle ◽  
Small Capacity

Variants of classification of risks of NPP design over the entire life cycle are proposed. The concept of integral risk is introduced and, on its basis, approaches to the creation of a low-risk nuclear power system based on small and medium power units are formulated. The key role of the human factor in the formation of risks is reflected. Comparison of the risks of NPPs of large and small capacity is carried out. .

scholarly journals Selected ecological settlements

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Merve Küçük ◽  
Fehim Findik
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Regional Scale ◽  
Review Article ◽  
Entire Life ◽  
Entire Life Cycle ◽  
Environmental Consequences ◽  
The World

Today, the use of fossil-based fuels and construction activities on a global and regional scale have effective climatic and environmental consequences all over the world, leading to disruption of living spaces. For this reason, it is important that the structures have sustainable properties that will reduce environmental impacts throughout the entire life cycle. Millions of people go to various countries and become refugees due to world wars and migrations. Here, ecological settlements and the criteria for the settlement are needed in order to make these settlements healthy. The ecological settlements in Turkey (Gaziantep, Bursa and Eskisehir) as well as in the world (China, Germany and Spain), listed the criteria that are necessary for these places, are revised in this review article.

scholarly journals Comparative Analysis of Environmental Impacts of Selected Products

2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Fedoryszyn ◽  
M. Brzeziński
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Entire Life ◽  
Entire Life Cycle ◽  
Manufactured Products ◽  
Functional Features ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Cast Products

Abstract The purpose of the present study is to demonstrate that environmental impacts exerted by manufactured products throughout their entire life cycle are major aspects to be considered, alongside their functional features and cost-effectiveness. One of the available methods to evaluate environmental impacts is known to as the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) method. The study summarises the reports from the literature on the subject of environmental impact assessment. In conclusions, the authors indicate the need for assessing the environmental impact of cast products made from conventional and newly introduced alloys.

Epoxidation of juvenile hormone was a key innovation improving insect reproductive fitness

2021 ◽  
Vol 118 (45) ◽  
pp. e2109381118
Author(s):  
Marcela Nouzova ◽  
Marten J. Edwards ◽  
Veronika Michalkova ◽  
Cesar E. Ramirez ◽  
Marnie Ruiz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Juvenile Hormone ◽  
Reproductive Performance ◽  
Reproductive Fitness ◽  
Fitness Cost ◽  
Evolutionary Significance ◽  
Methyl Farnesoate ◽  
Entire Life ◽  
Entire Life Cycle ◽  
Key Innovation

Methyl farnesoate (MF) plays hormonal regulatory roles in crustaceans. An epoxidated form of MF, known as juvenile hormone (JH), controls metamorphosis and stimulates reproduction in insects. To address the evolutionary significance of MF epoxidation, we generated mosquitoes completely lacking either of the two enzymes that catalyze the last steps of MF/JH biosynthesis and epoxidation, respectively: the JH acid methyltransferase (JHAMT) and the P450 epoxidase CYP15 (EPOX). jhamt−/− larvae lacking both MF and JH died at the onset of metamorphosis. Strikingly, epox−/− mutants, which synthesized MF but no JH, completed the entire life cycle. While epox−/− adults were fertile, the reproductive performance of both sexes was dramatically reduced. Our results suggest that although MF can substitute for the absence of JH in mosquitoes, it is with a significant fitness cost. We propose that MF can fulfill most roles of JH, but its epoxidation to JH was a key innovation providing insects with a reproductive advantage.

Rice metabolic regulatory network spanning its entire life cycle

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chenkun Yang ◽  
Shuangqian Shen ◽  
Shen Zhou ◽  
Yufei Li ◽  
Yuyuan Mao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Regulatory Network ◽  
Entire Life ◽  
Entire Life Cycle

Assessment of driving quality and its impact on changes in the technical condition of self-driving cars

2020 ◽  
pp. 24-26
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Computer Technology ◽  
Technical Condition ◽  
Entire Life ◽  
Entire Life Cycle ◽  
Machine Maintenance ◽  
Current Task ◽  
Self Driving Cars

The article describes the current task of developing and improving existing technologies for machine maintenance throughout the entire life cycle. The use of modern achievements in the field of computer technology, digitization of information, as well as the development of artificial intelligence technologies, will allow you to get new scientific and engineering results aimed at managing the technical condition of machines in operation.

scholarly journals Assessment of the Logistic System of Fuel Life Cycle Using the LCA Method

2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 125-134
Author(s):  
Aleksander Marek ◽  
Piotr Kardasz ◽  
Mikolaj Karpinski ◽  
Volodymyr Pohrebennyk
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Rapeseed Oil ◽  
Functional Unit ◽  
Operation Time ◽  
Diesel Oil ◽  
Butyl Alcohol ◽  
Oil Refining ◽  
Entire Life ◽  
Entire Life Cycle ◽  
Management Processes

AbstractThis paper presents the logistic system of fuel life cycle, covering diesel oil and the mixture of rapeseed oil and butanol (2:3 ratio), using the Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA) method. This method is a technique in the field of management processes with a view to assessing the potential environmental hazards. Our intention was to compare the energy consumption needed to produce each of the test fuels and emissions of selected substances generated during ithe production process. The study involved 10,000 liters of diesel and the same amount of rapeseed oil and butanol mixture (2:3 ratio). On the basis of measurements the following results were obtained. To produce a functional unit of diesel oil (i.e. 10,000 liters) it is necessary to extract 58.8 m3 of crude oil. The entire life cycle covering the consumption of 10,000 liters of diesel consumes 475.668 GJ of energy and causes the emission to air of the following substances: 235.376 kg of COx, 944.921 kg of NOx, 83.287 kg of SOx. In the ease of a functional unit, to produce a mixture of rapeseed oil and butanol (2:3 ratio) 10,000 kg of rapeseed and 20,350 kg of straw should be used. The entire life cycle of 10,000 liters of a mixture of rapeseed oil and butyl alcohol (2:3 ratio) absorbs 370.616 GJ of energy, while emitting the following air pollutants: 105.14832 kg of COx, 920.03124 kg of NOx, 0.162 kg of SOx. Analysis of the results leads to the conclusion that it is oil refining which is the most energy-intensive and polluting process in the life cycle of diesel. The process consumes 41.4 GJ of energy, and causes a significant emission of sulfur oxides (50 kg). In the production of fuel that is a mixture of rapeseed oil and butyl alcohol (2:3 ratio), rape production is the most energy-intensive manufacturing process is (absorbs 53.856 GJ of energy). This is due to the long operation time of the farm tractor and combine harvester. The operation of these machines leads also to the emission of a significant amount of pollution in the form of COx (2.664 kg) and NOx (23.31 kg).

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