Cradle-to-gate life cycle assessment of precipitated calcium carbonate production from steel converter slag

2014 ◽  
Vol 84 ◽  
pp. 611-618 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannu-Petteri Mattila ◽  
Hannes Hudd ◽  
Ron Zevenhoven
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Calcium Carbonate ◽  
Converter Slag ◽  
Precipitated Calcium Carbonate ◽  
Carbonate Production ◽  
Cradle To Gate ◽  
Steel Converter

Evaluation of cradle to gate environmental impact of frozen green bean production by means of life cycle assessment

2019 ◽  
Vol 236 ◽  
pp. 117638
Author(s):  
Alessio Ilari ◽  
Daniele Duca ◽  
Giuseppe Toscano ◽  
Ester Foppa Pedretti
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Environmental Impact ◽  
Green Bean ◽  
Cradle To Gate

Steel Converter Slag as a Raw Material for Precipitation of Pure Calcium Carbonate

2008 ◽  
Vol 47 (18) ◽  
pp. 7104-7111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sanni Eloneva ◽  
Sebastian Teir ◽  
Justin Salminen ◽  
Carl-Johan Fogelholm ◽  
Ron Zevenhoven
Keyword(s):  
Calcium Carbonate ◽  
Converter Slag ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Steel Converter

scholarly journals The contribution of life-cycle assessment to environmentally preferable concrete mix selection for breakwater applications

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 413-429 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maristela Gomes da Silva ◽  
Vanessa Gomes ◽  
Marcella Ruschi Mendes Saade
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Portland Cement ◽  
Sodium Silicate ◽  
Impact Category ◽  
Cradle To Gate ◽  
Natural Aggregates ◽  
Comprehensive Framework ◽  
Regulation Compliance ◽  
Alkali Activated

Abstract Life cycle assessment (LCA) provides a comprehensive framework for positioning low energy and global warming potential alternatives regarding Portland cement and concrete. Published LCA work on alkali-activated cements is, however, relatively limited. In this paper, we illustrate how LCA critically supports concrete technological studies in the search for low impact concrete mixes. Previous research on breakwater applications explored replacing a low-clinker Portland cement and natural aggregates with seven different alkali-activated blast furnace slag (bfs) binder systems and with coarse and granulated bfs aggregates. Its outcome suggested a sodium silicate-activated bfs formulation as the best match between concrete properties and environmental regulation compliance. To validate this outcome through LCA, our cradle to gate assessments followed ISO 14044 (INTERNATIONAL…, 2006b) and used Ecoinvent v.2.2 and CML baseline 2001 v.2.05. We adopted the ‘net avoided burden approach’ to handle multifunctionality intrinsic to by-product-based AAC. Whilst sodium silicate-activated mixes rivaled the reference regarding GWP, impacts in several categories were increased. LCA highlighted the implications of driving mix selection by focusing on a single environmental impact category.

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