Life cycle assessment of High Speed Rail in China

Yue, Ye; Wang, Tao; Liang, Sai; Yang, Jie; Hou, Ping; Qu, Shen; Zhou, Jun; Jia, Xiaoping; Wang, Hongtao; Xu, Min

doi:10.1016/j.trd.2015.10.005

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“…He came to the conclusion that impacts of railway infrastructure construction and raw materials production on the environment were significant, accounting for between 9.45-73.55% [4]. Yue et al [15] used scenario analysis to determine several key factors of life cycle environmental impacts of the Chinese HSR system and made some proposals to improve the effect of the environment according to the results, such as reducing the number of bridges, tunnels, and subgrades as much as possible.…”

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Life Cycle Cost, Energy and Carbon Assessments of Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway

2019

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The Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway (HSR) is one of the most important railways in China, but it also has impacts on the economy and the environment while creating social benefits. This paper uses a life cycle assessment (LCA) method and a life cycle cost (LCC) analysis method to summarize the energy consumption, carbon emissions and costs of the Beijing-Shanghai HSR from the perspective of life cycle, and proposes some corresponding suggestions based on the results. The research objective of this paper is to analyse the carbon emissions, energy consumption, and costs of the rail system which includes the structure of the track and earthwork of the Beijing-Shanghai HSR during four stages: conception stage, construction stage, operation and maintenance stage, and disposal stage. It is concluded that the majority of the carbon emissions and energy consumption of the entire rail system are from the construction stage, accounting for 64.86% and 54.31% respectively. It is followed by the operation and maintenance stage with 31.60% and 35.32% respectively. In contrast, the amount of carbon emissions and energy consumption from the conception stage is too small to be considered. Furthermore, cement is the major contributor to the carbon emissions and energy consumption during the construction stage. As for the cost, the construction stage spends the largest amount of money (US$4614.00 million), followed by the operation and maintenance stage (US$910.61 million). Improving production technologies and choosing construction machinery are proposed to reduce the cost and protect the environment.

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Life Cycle Cost, Energy and Carbon Assessments of Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway

2019

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“…Carbon emissions during the planning and design stage are small in absolute terms compared with other stages. vehicle manufacture also is a small part (about 3 percent) of the total vehicle-related emissions (Yue et al 2015). However, HSR infrastructure construction consumes a large amount of material and energy.…”

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China's High-Speed Rail Development

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Bullock²,

Liu³

2019

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This work is a product of the staff of The World Bank with external contributions. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this work do not necessarily reflect the views of The World Bank, its Board of Executive Directors, or the governments they represent. The World Bank does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this work. The boundaries, colors, denominations, and other information shown on any map in this work do not imply any judgment on the part of The World Bank concerning the legal status of any territory or the endorsement or acceptance of such boundaries. Nothing herein shall constitute or be considered to be a limitation upon or waiver of the privileges and immunities of The World Bank, all of which are specifically reserved.

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“…The vehicle used in this study is the Shikansen 700 train, manufactured in Japan. However, due to lack of information on the Japan's vehicle inventory this assessment considers similar size train manufactured in German, which inventory is available in the ecoinvent 3.3 database, as per the approach used California and China [3,4] study. Data for energy and material used for construction was retrieved from published report of Dallas -Houston HSR Environmental Impact Statement sponsored by the Department of Transportation and by the Texas Central Railroad (TCRR) engineers [5].…”

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Lifecycle Environmental Impact of High-Speed Rail System in the Houston-Dallas I-45 Corridor

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Texas has the highest rate of the U.S energy related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and transportation is one of the major contributors. The Houston-Dallas corridor is the busiest routes in Texas. Recently, the development of an intercity High-Speed Rail System (HSR) with Shinkansen N700 series trains has commenced. This study builds the life cycle inventories for vehicles and infrastructure in the HSR system, and conducts a preliminary environmental life cycle assessment. Results indicate that over the design life of the HSR system the total GHG emissions from the vehicle life-time are 9.695 kgCO2eq/VKT, and fossil-fuel usage during vehicle operation is the primary contributor (97%). For the infrastructure, total life-time GHG emissions are 239 kgCO2eq/VKT, out of which, 94% are from the construction stage. Infrastructure is the dominant contributor to end-point impacts in human health category, with 58% of total impact across all damage categories.

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Life cycle assessment of High Speed Rail in China

Cited by 89 publications

References 16 publications

Life Cycle Cost, Energy and Carbon Assessments of Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway

Life Cycle Cost, Energy and Carbon Assessments of Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway

China's High-Speed Rail Development

Lifecycle Environmental Impact of High-Speed Rail System in the Houston-Dallas I-45 Corridor

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