Manufacturing and Recycling Impact on Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of Innovative Wind Power Plant Part 2/2

Materials

Piotr Doerffer¹  Michał Pysz²  Krzysztof Doerffer³  Patrycja Bałdowska-Witos⁴  Andrzej Tomporowski⁴  Marek Opielak⁵ 

[1] Centre of Flow and Combustion, The Szewalski Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery Polish Academy of Sciences, 80-231 Gdańsk, Poland;Department of Energy and Industrial Apparatus, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Gdansk University of Technology, 80-233 Gdańsk, Poland;Department of Manufacturing and Production Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Gdansk University of Technology, 80-233 Gdańsk, Poland;Department of Technical Systems Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Science and Technology in Bydgoszcz, 85-796 Bydgoszcz, Poland;Department of Transport, Combustion Engines and Ecology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Lublin University of Technology, 20-618 Lublin, Poland;

关键词: Eco-indicator 99;    LCA;    wind energy;    recycling;    innovative wind farm;   

DOI  :  10.3390/ma14010204

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The process of conversion of wind kinetic energy into electricity in innovative wind power plant emits practically no harmful substances into the environment. However, the production stage of its components requires a lot of energy and materials. The biggest problem during production planning process of an innovative wind power plant is selection of materials and technologies and, consequently, the waste generated at this stage. Therefore, the aim of this publication was to conduct an environmental analysis of the life cycle of elements of a wind turbine by means of life cycle assessment (LCA) method. The object of the research was a wind power plant divided into five sets of components (tower, turbine structure, rotors, generators, and instrumentation), made mainly of steel and small amounts of polymer materials. Eco-indicator 99 was used as an analytical procedure. The impact of the subjects of analysis on human health, ecosystem quality and resources was assessed. Among the analyzed components, the highest level of negative impact on the environment was characterized by the life cycle of the wind turbine tower. The application of recycling processes is reducing the negative impact on the environment in the perspective of the entire life cycle of all studied elements of the wind power plant construction.

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