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Manufacturing and Recycling Impact on Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of Innovative Wind Power Plant Part 2/2

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Department of Technical Systems Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Science and Technology in Bydgoszcz, 85-796 Bydgoszcz, Poland
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Department of Manufacturing and Production Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Gdansk University of Technology, 80-233 Gdańsk, Poland
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Department of Energy and Industrial Apparatus, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Gdansk University of Technology, 80-233 Gdańsk, Poland
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Centre of Flow and Combustion, The Szewalski Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery Polish Academy of Sciences, 80-231 Gdańsk, Poland
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Department of Transport, Combustion Engines and Ecology, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Lublin University of Technology, 20-618 Lublin, Poland
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Materials 2021, 14(1), 204; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14010204
Received: 30 November 2020 / Revised: 28 December 2020 / Accepted: 30 December 2020 / Published: 4 January 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Developments in Pro-ecological Materials and Processes)
The process of conversion of wind kinetic energy into electricity in innovative wind power plant emits practically no harmful substances into the environment. However, the production stage of its components requires a lot of energy and materials. The biggest problem during production planning process of an innovative wind power plant is selection of materials and technologies and, consequently, the waste generated at this stage. Therefore, the aim of this publication was to conduct an environmental analysis of the life cycle of elements of a wind turbine by means of life cycle assessment (LCA) method. The object of the research was a wind power plant divided into five sets of components (tower, turbine structure, rotors, generators, and instrumentation), made mainly of steel and small amounts of polymer materials. Eco-indicator 99 was used as an analytical procedure. The impact of the subjects of analysis on human health, ecosystem quality and resources was assessed. Among the analyzed components, the highest level of negative impact on the environment was characterized by the life cycle of the wind turbine tower. The application of recycling processes is reducing the negative impact on the environment in the perspective of the entire life cycle of all studied elements of the wind power plant construction. View Full-Text
Keywords: Eco-indicator 99; LCA; wind energy; recycling; innovative wind farm Eco-indicator 99; LCA; wind energy; recycling; innovative wind farm
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Bałdowska-Witos, P.; Doerffer, K.; Pysz, M.; Doerffer, P.; Tomporowski, A.; Opielak, M. Manufacturing and Recycling Impact on Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of Innovative Wind Power Plant Part 2/2. Materials 2021, 14, 204. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14010204

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Bałdowska-Witos P, Doerffer K, Pysz M, Doerffer P, Tomporowski A, Opielak M. Manufacturing and Recycling Impact on Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of Innovative Wind Power Plant Part 2/2. Materials. 2021; 14(1):204. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14010204

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Bałdowska-Witos, Patrycja, Krzysztof Doerffer, Michał Pysz, Piotr Doerffer, Andrzej Tomporowski, and Marek Opielak. 2021. "Manufacturing and Recycling Impact on Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of Innovative Wind Power Plant Part 2/2" Materials 14, no. 1: 204. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14010204

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