Reduction of CO2 emission from the transport sector, especially from automobiles, is an important theme for overall reduction of CO2 emission in Japan. As the weight reduction of automobiles is an effective way to reduce CO2 emission, utilization of aluminium is being examined for this purpose. As part of the investigation of LCI data, which are needed for a quantitative estimation of aluminium's effect on CO2 emission reduction at each stage of automobile's life cycle, LCI data for hoods and bumper reinforcements of aluminium and steel were calculated by using the process analysis method. One bar shows the LCCO2 when both the scrap from processing and the scrap from discarded bumper reinforcement are treated as equivalent of pure aluminium and deducted at the rate of 95 %, considering the market price of scrap aluminium. If both the scrap from processing and from discarded bumper reinforcement are deducted, LCCO2 is smaller than that of steel bumper reinforcement regardless of the scrap content.


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    Title :

    Comparison of the LCI of hoods and bumper reinforcements for automobiles made from aluminium and steel, under considering for open loop recycling


    Additional title:

    Vergleich der Lebenszyklusbewertung von Motorhauben- und Stoßfänger-Verstärkungen für Kraftfahrzeuge aus Aluminium und Stahl unter Einbeziehung des offenen Recycling


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    2004


    Size :

    4 Seiten, 9 Bilder, 1 Tabelle, 8 Quellen


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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