The aim of this model is to understand numerically the effect of aluminium utilization and practical use of recycled aluminium. The model consists of material flow calculation part from raw material production to car scrapping and recycle and CO2 emission calculation part. CO2 emission from domestic passenger cars was calculated on the base of transition scenario from standard car to aluminium car. The results showed that for the weight reduction of 20.5 % of initial value CO2 emission due to production, driving and scrapping reduced 22 % of initial value and this amount of reduction corresponded to about 1 % of total CO2 emission in Japan. The results also revealed that contribution of car to car recycle to CO2 reduction was 13.2 % of initial value and practical use of recycled aluminium was shown to be very effective for CO2 emission reduction.
Effect of weight reduction by aluminum utilization for passenger cars calculated using CO2 emission estimation tool
Berechnung des Einflusses der Massenreduktion durch den Aluminiumeinsatz bei Personenkraftwagen auf die CO2-Emission
2004
4 Seiten, 8 Bilder, 2 Quellen
Conference paper
English
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