Thermereconomic Optimum Effective Life Cycle(TOELC)is a new idea.It is used to study the problem of what time to update equipment to achiev good economics.A Mathematical model has been established to study this proble...Thermereconomic Optimum Effective Life Cycle(TOELC)is a new idea.It is used to study the problem of what time to update equipment to achiev good economics.A Mathematical model has been established to study this problem.The TOELC has been applied to calculate the updating of gas turbine blades.It is proved that the result is beneficial.A general idea and a new method developed in this paper will be having some great meanings in practical equipment operation.展开更多
Anthropogenic aluminum cycle in China was analyzed by the aluminum flow diagram based on the life cycle of aluminum products. The whole anthropogenic aluminum cycle consists of four stages： alumina and aluminum produ...Anthropogenic aluminum cycle in China was analyzed by the aluminum flow diagram based on the life cycle of aluminum products. The whole anthropogenic aluminum cycle consists of four stages： alumina and aluminum production, fabrication and manufacture, use and reclamation. Based on the investigation on the 2003-2007 aluminum cycles in China, a number of changes can be found. For instance, resources self-support ratio （RSR） in alumina production dropped from 95.42%to 55.50%, while RSR in the aluminum production increased from 52.45%to 79.25%. However, RSR in the Chinese aluminum industry leveled off at 50%in the period of 2003-2007. The respective use ratios of domestic and imported aluminum scrap in the aluminum industry of 2007 were 5.38% and 9.40%. In contrast, both the net imported Al-containing resources and the lost quantity of Al-containing materials in aluminum cycle increased during the same period, as well as the net increased quantity of Al-containing materials in social stock and recycled Al-scrap. Proposals for promoting aluminum cycle were put forward. The import/export policy and reducing the loss of Al-containing materials for the aluminum industry in China in the future were discussed.展开更多
Substance flow analysis was applied to analyzing the lead emissions in 2010. It turns out that in 2010, for every 1 kg of lead consumed, 0.48 kg lead is lost into the environment. The emissions in 2010 were estimated ...Substance flow analysis was applied to analyzing the lead emissions in 2010. It turns out that in 2010, for every 1 kg of lead consumed, 0.48 kg lead is lost into the environment. The emissions in 2010 were estimated to be 1.89×10^6 t, which were mainly from use （39.20%） and waste management＆recycling （33.13%）. The accumulative lead in 1960-2010 from the anthropogenic flow was estimated and the results show that the total accumulative lead in this period amounted to 19.54×10^6 t, which was equivalent to 14.26 kg and 2.04 g/m^2 at the present population and territory.展开更多
A model with Chinese characterization factors for quantifying the damages to environment by land use in terms of the change in net primary productivity (NPP) of ecosystem was developed in the framework of life cycle a...A model with Chinese characterization factors for quantifying the damages to environment by land use in terms of the change in net primary productivity (NPP) of ecosystem was developed in the framework of life cycle assessment (LCA).In this method,the forms of land utilization were divided into two aspects involving long-term use of land (e.g.,for arable farming),namely "land occupation",and the change of land properties (e.g.,from agricultural area to urban area),namely "land transformation".Furthermore,the land use elementary flows (occupation and transformation) and parameters were linked to the impact indicators,and the characterization formulas of the two forms of land utilization were derived respectively according to the ecological theory.Moreover,based on this method,the characterization factors of both land occupation and land transformation were calculated using Chinese empirical information on NPP,which can be incorporated into LCA framework and applied to Chinese LCA case study to fill up the important gap in life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) of land use.展开更多
The CTB Water Wall project is a maximal product life cycle utilization concept study by members of the space architecture design community.Its function is to demonstrate a human space activity Cargo Transport Bag(CTB)...The CTB Water Wall project is a maximal product life cycle utilization concept study by members of the space architecture design community.Its function is to demonstrate a human space activity Cargo Transport Bag(CTB)that becomes a primary water recycling membrane element after delivery of cargo,and then a permanent architectural building block for sustainable space habitation after its use in water treatment is complete.As such,it is intended as an experiment in radical life cycle product optimization in an extremely mass-constrained application environment(human space operations).It also introduces some fundamentally interesting concepts in architectural use of waste materials in extreme environments.Finally,it is in some ways a simple,tactile and visual demonstration of how far sustainable product design can be taken,if the motivation and technical justification are present.展开更多
The carbon emissions arising from road pavement infrastructures have emerged as critical issue in recent years.The life cycle of a pavement can be divided into five phases,namely raw materials and production,construct...The carbon emissions arising from road pavement infrastructures have emerged as critical issue in recent years.The life cycle of a pavement can be divided into five phases,namely raw materials and production,construction,use,maintenance and end of life.While the use phase generates the highest carbon emissions throughout the pavement's life cycle,it is usually neglected in most pavement life cycle assessment(LCA)studies due to its complexity and uncertainty.Therefore,this review selected 126 relevant references,focuses on quantification methods,influential factors and reduction technologies of carbon emissions in pavement use phase.Among the carbon accounting approached,the LCA approach,remains the most widely used for evaluating the environmental impact of pavements.Second,the primary influential factors on the use phase'carbon emission include pavement-vehicle interaction primarily affected by pavement roughness,pavement albedo and climate change.Most influential factors above indirectly cause changes in carbon emissions by influencing the pavement performance and subsequent vehicle emissions.Finally,the review surveys carbon emission reduction technologies during pavement use phase,focusing mainly on reducing pavement rolling resistance and constructing cool pavements.Reflective pavements and permeable pavements are the most widely used cool pavement technologies.Overall,the aspects involved in this paper hold significant promise for quantifying and reducing carbon emissions in the pavement use phase.展开更多
基金This paper is supported by The Science Foundation of China Aviation
文摘Thermereconomic Optimum Effective Life Cycle(TOELC)is a new idea.It is used to study the problem of what time to update equipment to achiev good economics.A Mathematical model has been established to study this problem.The TOELC has been applied to calculate the updating of gas turbine blades.It is proved that the result is beneficial.A general idea and a new method developed in this paper will be having some great meanings in practical equipment operation.
基金Projects (71003018,71373003) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaProjects (N110402003,N120302004) supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,ChinaProject (13YJCZH172) supported by the Ministry of Education of China of Humanities and Social Sciences
文摘Anthropogenic aluminum cycle in China was analyzed by the aluminum flow diagram based on the life cycle of aluminum products. The whole anthropogenic aluminum cycle consists of four stages： alumina and aluminum production, fabrication and manufacture, use and reclamation. Based on the investigation on the 2003-2007 aluminum cycles in China, a number of changes can be found. For instance, resources self-support ratio （RSR） in alumina production dropped from 95.42%to 55.50%, while RSR in the aluminum production increased from 52.45%to 79.25%. However, RSR in the Chinese aluminum industry leveled off at 50%in the period of 2003-2007. The respective use ratios of domestic and imported aluminum scrap in the aluminum industry of 2007 were 5.38% and 9.40%. In contrast, both the net imported Al-containing resources and the lost quantity of Al-containing materials in aluminum cycle increased during the same period, as well as the net increased quantity of Al-containing materials in social stock and recycled Al-scrap. Proposals for promoting aluminum cycle were put forward. The import/export policy and reducing the loss of Al-containing materials for the aluminum industry in China in the future were discussed.
基金Project (41171361) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China
文摘Substance flow analysis was applied to analyzing the lead emissions in 2010. It turns out that in 2010, for every 1 kg of lead consumed, 0.48 kg lead is lost into the environment. The emissions in 2010 were estimated to be 1.89×10^6 t, which were mainly from use （39.20%） and waste management＆recycling （33.13%）. The accumulative lead in 1960-2010 from the anthropogenic flow was estimated and the results show that the total accumulative lead in this period amounted to 19.54×10^6 t, which was equivalent to 14.26 kg and 2.04 g/m^2 at the present population and territory.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.50525413)National High Technology Research and Development Program of China ("863" Program)(Grant No.2007AA03Z432)+2 种基金National Basic Research Program of China ("973" Program)(Grant No.2007CB613706)National Key Technology Research and Development Program of China (Grant No.2006BAF02A23)Beijing Natural Science Foundation (Grant No.2081001)
文摘A model with Chinese characterization factors for quantifying the damages to environment by land use in terms of the change in net primary productivity (NPP) of ecosystem was developed in the framework of life cycle assessment (LCA).In this method,the forms of land utilization were divided into two aspects involving long-term use of land (e.g.,for arable farming),namely "land occupation",and the change of land properties (e.g.,from agricultural area to urban area),namely "land transformation".Furthermore,the land use elementary flows (occupation and transformation) and parameters were linked to the impact indicators,and the characterization formulas of the two forms of land utilization were derived respectively according to the ecological theory.Moreover,based on this method,the characterization factors of both land occupation and land transformation were calculated using Chinese empirical information on NPP,which can be incorporated into LCA framework and applied to Chinese LCA case study to fill up the important gap in life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) of land use.
文摘The CTB Water Wall project is a maximal product life cycle utilization concept study by members of the space architecture design community.Its function is to demonstrate a human space activity Cargo Transport Bag(CTB)that becomes a primary water recycling membrane element after delivery of cargo,and then a permanent architectural building block for sustainable space habitation after its use in water treatment is complete.As such,it is intended as an experiment in radical life cycle product optimization in an extremely mass-constrained application environment(human space operations).It also introduces some fundamentally interesting concepts in architectural use of waste materials in extreme environments.Finally,it is in some ways a simple,tactile and visual demonstration of how far sustainable product design can be taken,if the motivation and technical justification are present.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under the project numbers of 51861145402 and 51778478.
文摘The carbon emissions arising from road pavement infrastructures have emerged as critical issue in recent years.The life cycle of a pavement can be divided into five phases,namely raw materials and production,construction,use,maintenance and end of life.While the use phase generates the highest carbon emissions throughout the pavement's life cycle,it is usually neglected in most pavement life cycle assessment(LCA)studies due to its complexity and uncertainty.Therefore,this review selected 126 relevant references,focuses on quantification methods,influential factors and reduction technologies of carbon emissions in pavement use phase.Among the carbon accounting approached,the LCA approach,remains the most widely used for evaluating the environmental impact of pavements.Second,the primary influential factors on the use phase'carbon emission include pavement-vehicle interaction primarily affected by pavement roughness,pavement albedo and climate change.Most influential factors above indirectly cause changes in carbon emissions by influencing the pavement performance and subsequent vehicle emissions.Finally,the review surveys carbon emission reduction technologies during pavement use phase,focusing mainly on reducing pavement rolling resistance and constructing cool pavements.Reflective pavements and permeable pavements are the most widely used cool pavement technologies.Overall,the aspects involved in this paper hold significant promise for quantifying and reducing carbon emissions in the pavement use phase.
