Environmental and economic assessment of a cracked ammonia fuelled alkaline fuel cell for off-grid power applications

Cox, B.; Treyer, Karin

doi:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2014.11.023

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“…The authors already warned that the impacts of the injection molding process are high due to the presence of solvents in the EcoInvent dataset, which specially influences the results of the ozone layer depletion. Some other examples of studies where EcoInvent's injection molding dataset is used are LCAs of agricultural machinery (Bortolini et al, 2014), road lighting luminaires (T€ ahk€ am€ o and Halonen, 2015) and fuel cells (Cox and Treye, 2015). The injection molding process should be studied in detail and measured in all LCA studies where plastic components are a significant part of the product.…”

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Environmental impact analysis of the injection molding process: analysis of the processing of high-density polyethylene parts

Elduque

Javierre

et al. 2015

Journal of Cleaner Production

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Section: Hdpe Parts Results and Comparisonmentioning

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Environmental impact analysis of the injection molding process: analysis of the processing of high-density polyethylene parts

Elduque

Javierre

et al. 2015

Journal of Cleaner Production

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“…LCA has been already carried out on stationary energy-storage systems on both battery-based [40,41] and fuel cell-based systems [42][43][44]. The novelty of this study is given by a comparison between the two different solutions, sized for the same conditions for the stationary application.…”

Section: Life Cycle Assessmentmentioning

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Case Studies of Energy Storage with Fuel Cells and Batteries for Stationary and Mobile Applications

Belmonte

Luetto²,

Staulo³

et al. 2017

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Abstract:In this paper, hydrogen coupled with fuel cells and lithium-ion batteries are considered as alternative energy storage methods. Their application on a stationary system (i.e., energy storage for a family house) and a mobile system (i.e., an unmanned aerial vehicle) will be investigated. The stationary systems, designed for off-grid applications, were sized for photovoltaic energy production in the area of Turin, Italy, to provide daily energy of 10.25 kWh. The mobile systems, to be used for high crane inspection, were sized to have a flying range of 120 min, one being equipped with a Li-ion battery and the other with a proton-exchange membrane fuel cell. The systems were compared from an economical point of view and a life cycle assessment was performed to identify the main contributors to the environmental impact. From a commercial point of view, the fuel cell and the electrolyzer, being niche products, result in being more expensive with respect to the Li-ion batteries. On the other hand, the life cycle assessment (LCA) results show the lower burdens of both technologies.

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“…At the same time, the off-grid RBS sites were around one million [2], potentially using around 7-17 TWh (one ninth of total wireless usage) electricity annually worldwide. The Indian telecom network required 860,000 operational RBS towers to handle 894 million connections in 2011 and 25% were off-grid [3].…”

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Comparative Screening Life Cycle Impact Assessment of Renewable and Fossil Power Supply for a Radio Base Station Site

Anders¹,

Ab²

2018

Int. J. Green Technol.

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Abstract:The global energy usage driven by Information and Communication Technology (ICT) cloud services is set to soar, with the wireless cloud computing being at the core of the radio technology trend. At the same time the market for renewable energy supply is growing fast. In this context the aim of a new radio base station (RBS) site solution concept (i-Site) is to optimize energy costs, speed of deployment, and site equipment such as the number of photovoltaic (PV) modules. The present study provides the first example of a screening Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA) estimating the future eco-environmental benefits of i-Site for support of an RBS in a South African radio access network. This study uses advanced attributional life cycle assessment (AALCA) showing the effect of changing battery type and diesel fuel markets on the results. Despite high uncertainty and best case scenario, the LCIA confirms the hypothesis that the environmental loadings and potential eco-environmental impacts will decrease when changing from traditional Site (tSite) to i-Site. Avoiding diesel combustion and introducing an electricity efficient air cooling solution for i-Site (loop thermosyphon and DC Fan) explain the results. The AALCA based sensitivity check, including battery and diesel fuel markets, do not change the conclusion that i-Site seemingly is a better solution than t-Site from an eco-environmental point of view.

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Environmental and economic assessment of a cracked ammonia fuelled alkaline fuel cell for off-grid power applications

Cited by 32 publications

References 38 publications

Environmental impact analysis of the injection molding process: analysis of the processing of high-density polyethylene parts

Environmental impact analysis of the injection molding process: analysis of the processing of high-density polyethylene parts

Case Studies of Energy Storage with Fuel Cells and Batteries for Stationary and Mobile Applications

Comparative Screening Life Cycle Impact Assessment of Renewable and Fossil Power Supply for a Radio Base Station Site

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