• DocumentCode
    1581381
  • Title

    "The most of the most"-study on a new LCA method

  • Author

    Lei, Liu ; Zhifeng, Liu ; Fung, Richard

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Mech. & Automotive Eng., Hefei Univ. of Technol., China
  • fYear
    2003
  • Firstpage
    177
  • Lastpage
    182
  • Abstract
    LCA (life cycle assessment) is a quantitative method to evaluate the environmental impacts involved with a certain product over its whole life cycle by calculating the inputs and outputs of the system. However, it has some limitations: unavoidable hypothesis, incomplete data, weak adaptability and high cost etc. Consequently, several simple LCA methods came into being. In order to make the LCA method more practical, a new evaluation method named "the most of the most" is introduced in this paper, and the feasibility of it is demonstrated through case studies comparing with the traditional method.
  • Keywords
    environmental factors; lead acid batteries; environmental impacts; high cost; incomplete data; lead acid battery; life cycle; life cycle assessment; quantitative method; the most of the most evaluation method; unavoidable hypothesis; weak adaptability; Battery charge measurement; Costs; Engineering management; Inventory management; Manufacturing; Packaging machines; Phase measurement; Refrigerators; Standards development; Technology management;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electronics and the Environment, 2003. IEEE International Symposium on
  • ISSN
    1095-2020
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7743-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISEE.2003.1208070
  • Filename
    1208070