A life cycle inventory of aluminium die casting Roberts, M., Hu, Eric and Nahavandi, Saeid 2003, A life cycle inventory of aluminium die casting, in Proceedings of the Asia-Pacific Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environmental Technologies, Japan Macro-Engineers Society, [Yokkaichi, Japan], pp. 256-260. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads hu-lifecycle-2003.pdf Published version application/pdf 483.07KB 110 Title A life cycle inventory of aluminium die casting Author(s) Roberts, M. Hu, Eric Nahavandi, Saeid orcid.org/0000-0002-0360-5270 Conference name Asia-Pacific Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environmental Technologies (2003 : Yokkaichi, Japan) Conference location Yokkaichi, Japan Conference dates 8-10 May. 2003 Title of proceedings Proceedings of the Asia-Pacific Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environmental Technologies Editor(s) Akiyoshi, Yuuko Publication date 2003 Series Macro review. Special issue; 16.1 Conference series Asia-Pacific Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environmental Technologies Start page 256 End page 260 Publisher Japan Macro-Engineers Society Place of publication [Yokkaichi, Japan] Summary As part of an ongoing project, a life cycle inventory (LCI) of aluminium high pressure die casting (HPDC) has been collected. This has been conducted from the view of an individual product and also the entire process. The objective of the study was to analyse the process and suggest changes to reduce environmental impacts. One modem aluminium high pressure die casting plant located in Victoria, Australia was evaluated and modelled. Site specific data on energy and materials was gathered and the process was modelled using a typical automotive component. The paper also presents our experience and methodology used in this inventory data collection process from the real industry for LCA purposes. The inventory data collected itself reveals that the HPDC process is energy intensive and as such the major emissions were from the use of natural gas fired furnaces and from the brown coal derived electricity. It is also found the large environmental benefits of using secondary aluminium over primary aluminium in the HPDC process. A detailed LCA is being cal1ied out based on the inventory obtained. Notes Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in Deakin Research Online. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au ISSN 0915-0560 Language eng Field of Research 090702 Environmental Engineering Modelling Socio Economic Objective 970109 Expanding Knowledge in Engineering HERDC Research category E1 Full written paper - refereed Copyright notice ©2003, Japan Macro-Engineers Society Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30015038 Document type: Conference Paper Collections: School of Engineering and Technology Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 16 Feb 2009, 12:18:08 EST Thu, 17 Sep 2009, 12:56:41 EST Wed, 21 Apr 2010, 17:49:04 EST Wed, 21 Apr 2010, 18:10:55 EST Wed, 05 May 2010, 15:53:27 EST Wed, 05 May 2010, 15:54:57 EST Wed, 31 Oct 2012, 11:26:18 EST Thu, 08 Nov 2012, 08:34:32 EST Fri, 30 Nov 2012, 11:17:15 EST Thu, 23 Jan 2014, 07:59:39 EST Sat, 12 Aug 2017, 02:33:52 EST Tue, 05 Dec 2017, 06:27:23 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 14:08:31 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 1037 Abstract Views, 110 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 10 Nov 2008, 12:53:56 EST by Leanne Swaneveld

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