生命周期评估,以评估工业供应中的完整水循环:一个真实的案例研究
Jorge Rodríguez-Chueca1, Asier Criado Bañuelos1, Javier Pérez Rodríguez1
1Department of Industrial Chemical & Environmental Engineering, Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Industriales, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, C/José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain.
The Science of the total environment
|May 2, 2024
概括
废水回收系统往往比传统的环境影响更大,主要是由于能源和化学品的使用. 生命周期评估 (LCA) 对于评估这些影响和改善水资源管理至关重要.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 水资源管理 水资源管理
- 工业生态学 工业生态学
背景情况:
- 水的稀缺性推动了废水回收技术的发展.
- 欧盟的政策越来越多地促进水的再利用,以减轻对环境的影响.
- 这些技术的实际环境性能需要具体的案例分析.
研究的目的:
- 评估废水回收技术对环境的实际影响.
- 使用生命周期评估 (LCA) 将传统供水系统的环境性能与废水再生装置进行比较.
- 确定影响不同水资源管理系统对环境影响的关键因素.
主要方法:
- 使用了生命周期评估 (LCA) 方法.
- 一个案例研究分析了西班牙北部的完整水循环.
- 两种系统进行了比较:传统的供水系统 (系统I) 和废水再生装置 (系统II).
主要成果:
- 与系统I相比,系统II对大多数类别的环境影响显著增加 (1.2至37倍).
- 系统II显示,土地利用减少了53%.
- 系统II中更高的能源和化学品消耗是增加环境影响的主要驱动因素.
结论:
- 废水再生厂可以产生更大的环境影响,主要是由于能源和化学品的消耗.
- 在这两种系统的大部分影响类别中,能源消耗是主要因素.
- 水资源评估是水资源管理决策的重要工具,强调需要具体案例评估.
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