Carbon footprint of automotive ignition coil

2015 Global Conference on Polymer and Composite Materials

材料科学;化学

Chang, Huey-Ling^1 ; Chen, Chih-Ming^2 ; Sun, Chin-Huang^3 ; Lin, Hung-Di^1

Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, National Chin Yi University of Technology, Taichung, Taiwan^1

Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Chin Yi University of Technology, Taichung, Taiwan^2

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Fuzhou Polytechnic, Fuzhou, Fujian

350108, China^3

关键词: Automotive ignition coils;    Carbon emissions;    CO2 emissions;    Environmental issues;    Ignition coils;    Industrial societies;    Manufacturing process;    Production cost;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/87/1/012016/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/87/1/012016

学科分类：材料科学（综合）

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

In recent years, environmental issues, such as climate change and global warming due to the excessive development of industry, have attracted increasing attention of citizens worldwide. It is known that CO2accounts for the largest proportion of greenhouse gases. Therefore, how to reduce CO2emissions during the life cycle of a product to lessen its impact on environment is an important topic in the industrial society. Furthermore, it is also of great significance to cut down the required energy so as to lower its production costs during the manufacturing process nowadays. This study presents the carbon footprint of an automotive ignition coil and its partial materials are defined to explore their carbon emissions and environmental impact. The model IPCC GWP100acalculates potential global greenhouse effect by converting them into CO2equivalents. In this way, the overall carbon footprint of an ignition coil can be explored. By using IPCC GWP100a, the results display that the shell has the most carbon emissions. The results can help the industry reduce the carbon emissions of an ignition coil product.