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Screening Life Cycle Assessment of Thermoacoustic Panels from Agricultural Byproducts

  • Rodrigo Salvador*
  • , Gabriela Aparecida Chapieski
  • , Leandro Inagaki Oshiro
  • , Eduardo Bittencourt Sydney
  • , Antonio Carlos de Francisco
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná

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Abstract

The objective of this study was to identify the main environmental impacts of thermoacoustic panels manufactured from agricultural byproducts and thereafter propose measures to improve the environmental performance of this product system. The life cycle assessment (LCA) technique was used to account for the environmental impacts in 10 impact categories. The environmental hotspots were the consumption of electricity at the manufacturing stage, and the use of wheat bran as main input. To improve the environmental performance of the system it was suggested the use of different feedstocks throughout the year, thus accounting for seasonality of agricultural byproducts. Another suggestion was to acquire more energy-efficient equipment, on their own or share the equipment with a partner, or acquire a specific energy mix from the local energy carrier or a third party.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationManufacturing Driving Circular Economy : Proceedings of the 18th Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing, October 5-7, 2022, Berlin
EditorsHolger Kohl, Günther Seliger, Franz Dietrich
Number of pages7
PublisherSpringer
Publication date2023
Pages678-684
ISBN (Print)978-3-031-28838-8
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-031-28839-5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023
Event18th Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing - Berlin, Germany
Duration: 5 Oct 20227 Oct 2022

Conference

Conference18th Global Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityBerlin
Period05/10/202207/10/2022
SeriesLecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering
ISSN2195-4356

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
    SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
  2. SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
    SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
  3. SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
    SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
  4. SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
    SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production

Keywords

  • LCA
  • Circular economy
  • Circular bioeconomy
  • Sustainable manufacturing
  • Waste valorization

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