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Item type:Thesis, Access status: Restricted , Ocena cyklu życia, wybranej technologii przetwarzania ubocznych produktów spalania.(Data obrony: 2021-01-26) Zbylut, Arkadiusz
Wydział Energetyki i PaliwItem type:Article, Access status: Open Access , Screening study of life cycle assessment (LCA) of the electric kettle with SimaPro software(2011) Grzesik, Katarzyna; Guca, KingaLife cycle assessment is an important tool to evaluate possible impacts associated with products. LCA is a 'cradle-to-grave' approach, it addresses the environmental aspects and potential impacts throughout a product's life cycle from raw material acquisition through production, use, end of life treatment, recycling and final disposal. The goal of this paper is conducting the screening LCA of the popular electric kettle, Zelmer model 17013, manufactured, used and disposed in Poland. Data on the kettle structure and its components was obtained from service manual and from the technical data on this model published by the manufacturer. The screening LCA was conducted with SimaPro software, a professional tool to collect, analyze and monitor the environmental performance of products, in which life cycles could be modeled in a systematic way, following the ISO 14040 standards. The LCA results show that 99% of the total environmental impact during the entire life cycle of the electric kettle has the use stage of the product, that is consumption of electricity produced in Poland. All efforts to improve the environmental performance of this product should be put in optimising the use phase that is to minimize the electric energy consumption. The presented LCA is a screening study using already available data in SimaPro databases. Conducting the extensive study was not possible due to the lack of exact and detailed data. The study results have some limitations and definitely cannot be used to compare products.Item type:Thesis, Access status: Restricted , SimaPro jako uniwersalne narzędzie do oceny cyklu życia(Data obrony: 2021-01-26) Mysłowska, Monika
Wydział Energetyki i Paliw