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Manufacturing and Recycling Impact on Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of Innovative Wind Power Plant Part 2/2
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The process of conversion of wind kinetic energy into electricity in innovative wind power plant emits practically no harmful substances into the environment. However, the production stage of its components requires a lot of energy and materials. The biggest problem during production plan-ning process of an innovative wind power plant is selection of materials and technologies and, consequently, the waste generated at this stage. Therefore, the aim of this publication was to conduct an environmental analysis of the life cycle of elements of a wind turbine by means of life cycle assessment (LCA) method. The object of the research was a wind power plant divided into five sets of components (tower, turbine structure, rotors, generators, and instrumentation), made mainly of steel and small amounts of polymer materials. Eco-indicator 99 was used as an analytical procedure. The impact of the subjects of analysis on human health, ecosystem quality and re-sources was assessed. Among the analyzed components, the highest level of negative impact on the environment was characterized by the life cycle of the wind turbine tower. The application of recycling processes is reducing the negative impact on the environment in the perspective of the entire life cycle of all studied elements of the wind power plant construction.
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Patrycja Bałdowska-Witos mgr inż.
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Piotr Doerffer
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Andrzej Tomporowski dr hab. inż.
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Marek Opielak Prof. dr hab. inż.
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Materials
no. 14,
ISSN: 1996-1944 - Language:
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- 2021
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- Bałdowska-Witos P., Doerffer K., Pysz M., Doerffer P., Tomporowski A., Opielak M.: Manufacturing and Recycling Impact on Environmental Life Cycle Assessment of Innovative Wind Power Plant Part 2/2// Materials -Vol. 14,iss. 1 (2021), s.204-
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- Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.3390/ma14010204
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- Gdańsk University of Technology
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