Linking Simulation-Based LCA to Manufacturing Decision Support [Elektronisk resurs] An Iron Foundry Case Study

• In recent years, an increasing number of legislations have mandated environmental impact evaluations of products from a life cycle perspective. This study applies a discrete-event simulation-based life cycle assessment to study the environmental consequences that respond to system configuration changes in production processes. The proposed method allows capturing the dynamic links in production processes, which is lacking in conventional static LCA modelling. This approach is demonstrated via a real-world case study of a Swedish foundry production line, where its environmental impacts’ hotspots are identified. These environmental consequences are further analyzed to link to the respective production decision domains for providing suggestions on potential improvements. This study demonstrates the value of combining DES and LCA for revealing the hidden environmental consequences of production processes that are difficult to uncover with traditional LCA studies. Moreover, the strengths and difficulties of the proposed method are also discussed. 

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Engineering and Technology  (hsv)

Mechanical Engineering  (hsv)

Production Engineering, Human Work Science and Ergonomics  (hsv)

Teknik och teknologier  (hsv)

Maskinteknik  (hsv)

Produktionsteknik, arbetsvetenskap och ergonomi  (hsv)

Engineering and Technology  (hsv)

Environmental Engineering  (hsv)

Other Environmental Engineering  (hsv)

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Naturresursteknik  (hsv)

Annan naturresursteknik  (hsv)

Natural Sciences  (hsv)

Earth and Related Environmental Sciences  (hsv)

Environmental Sciences  (hsv)

Naturvetenskap  (hsv)

Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap  (hsv)

Miljövetenskap  (hsv)

Engineering and Technology  (hsv)

Environmental Engineering  (hsv)

Environmental Management  (hsv)

Teknik och teknologier  (hsv)

Naturresursteknik  (hsv)

Miljöledning  (hsv)

Production and Automation Engineering  (his)

Produktion och automatiseringsteknik  (his)

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government publication  (marcgt)

Indexterm och SAB-rubrik

Decision support systems

Discrete event simulation

Environmental impact

Foundries

Iron

Life cycle

Case-studies

Decision supports

Decisions makings

Discrete-event simulations

Environmental consequences

Environmental impact evaluation

Iron foundries

Life cycle assessment

Life cycle perspectives

Production process

Decision making

discrete-event simulation