Life cycle assessment study of a Chinese desktop personal computer | |
Duan, Huabo ; Eugster, Martin ; Hischier, Roland ; Streicher-Porte, Martin ; Li, Jinhui | |
2010-10-12 ; 2010-10-12 | |
关键词 | LCA Personal computer Environmental impact Electronics China POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS MOBILE PHONE NETWORKS E-WASTE IMPACT ASSESSMENT FLOW Environmental Sciences |
中文摘要 | Associated with the tremendous prosperity in world electronic information and telecommunication industry, there continues to be an increasing awareness of the environmental impacts related to the accelerating mass production, electricity use, and waste management of electronic and electric products (e-products). China's importance as both a consumer and supplier of e-products has grown at an unprecedented pace in recent decade. Hence, this paper aims to describe the application of life cycle assessment (LCA) to investigate the environmental performance of Chinese e-products from a global level. A desktop personal computer system has been selected to carry out a detailed and modular LCA which follows the ISO 14040 series. The LCA is constructed by SimaPro, software version 7.0 and expressed with the Eco-indicator'99 life cycle impact assessment method. For a sensitivity analysis of the overall LCA results, the so-called CML method is used in order to estimate the influence of the choice of the assessment method on the result Life cycle inventory information is complied by ecoinvent 1.3 databases, combined with literature and field investigations on the present Chinese situation. The established LCA study shows that that the manufacturing and the use of such devices are of the highest environmental importance. In the manufacturing of such devices, the integrated circuits (Is) and the Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) are those parts contributing most to the impact. As no other aspects are taken into account during the use phase, the impact is due to the way how the electricity is produced. The final process steps - i.e. the end of life phase - lead to a clear environmental benefit if a formal and modem, up-to-date technical system is assumed, like here in this study. Crown Copyright (C) 2008 Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
语种 | 英语 ; 英语 |
出版者 | ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV ; AMSTERDAM ; PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS |
内容类型 | 期刊论文 |
源URL | [http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/79711] |
专题 | 清华大学 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Duan, Huabo,Eugster, Martin,Hischier, Roland,et al. Life cycle assessment study of a Chinese desktop personal computer[J],2010, 2010. |
APA | Duan, Huabo,Eugster, Martin,Hischier, Roland,Streicher-Porte, Martin,&Li, Jinhui.(2010).Life cycle assessment study of a Chinese desktop personal computer.. |
MLA | Duan, Huabo,et al."Life cycle assessment study of a Chinese desktop personal computer".(2010). |
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