Preliminary evaluation of enviornmental impacts for carpet tile manufacturing in Thailand using life cycle assessment tool

Name: Wichit Sanguannam

keyword: Evalution

; Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)

; Carpet

; Carpet Tile Production

Abstract: This study was to determine the environmental impact from carpet tile manufacturing (PVC backing carpet tile product) using LCA approach. The life cycle inventory (LCI) analysis was focused on the gate-to-gate environmental information for one square meter of carpet tile. This was a partial of entire production chain as gate-to-gate module supporting to the LCA. This may also later be linked in their appropriate production chain to form a complete cradle-to-gate evaluation in supporting to entire LCA of the product accordingly. Six impact categories studied in this work were based on the major impacts from carpet tile manufacturing; Abiotic Depletion Potential (ADP), Acidification Potential (AP), Eutrophication Potential (EP), Global Warming Potential (GWP), Human Toxicity Potential (HTP), and Photochemical Ozone Creation Potential (POCP). The results of this LCA study of carpet tile manufacturing at one square meter which were shown the impacts as per capita per year as following; GWP (2.99x1015 kg CO2 eq.) was greatest in amount among the impacts, and followed by the HTP (4.93x1014 kg1,4-DCB eq.) which was higher than AP (1.20x1014 kg SO2 eq.), followed by EP (3.30x1012 kg N eq.), then POCP (2.49x1012 kg C2H4 eq.) , and then ADP (1.89x1010 kg antimony eq.) respectively. The major contributions were from the use and the generations of energy. These substances from the energy generation were; the CO2 , CH4 , and PM10 etc. This preliminary evaluation could help to determine the environmental impacts for making a decision to seek the environmentally friendly raw materials such as post-industrial recycled raw materials, non-hazardous chemicals, bio-based fiber etc. as well as improving the machines and manufacturing processes as appropriate.

Burapha University. Library

Address: CHONBURI

Email: buulibrary@buu.ac.th

Name: Emma Asnachinda

Role: Principal advisor

Created: 2017

Modified: 2020-03-05

Issued: 2020-03-05

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eng

DegreeName: Master of Engineering

Level: Master's Degree

Descipline: Chemical and Environmental Engineering

Grantor: Burapha University

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