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- Title
Environmental life cycle assessment of different types of the municipal wastewater pipeline network.
- Authors
Asadollahfardi, Gholamreza; Panahandeh, Azadeh; Moghadam, Ebrahim Inanlo; Masoumi, Shima; Tayebi Jebeli, Mojtaba
- Abstract
With the onset of social life, humans have considered waste disposal as essential, and they have been able to repel it through brick and clay channels. Checking sewage pipes for energy consumption and a longer lifetime than other sewage system components is important. Climate change and exploitation of industrial resources have made environmental impacts, which are important factors in decision making. The purpose of this study was to introduce the most suitable type of sewage pipe considering environmental protection. Therefore, we applied the environmental life cycle assessment (LCA) method, using Sima Pro 8.2.3 software for the one‐kilometer length of concrete pipes (300 mm in diameter), Polyvinyl chloride (PVC), and polyethylene (PE) (315 mm in diameter). Also, the BEES method and sensitivity analysis were used to validate the results. The comparison between three types of municipal wastewater pipes indicated that PE pipes are a more environmentally friendly option than PVC, and concrete pipes in pipe recycling, reducing extraction from untapped resources, and inefficient extraction of resources. Electricity, diesel fuel, and sulfate resistance cement consumption for concrete production are the most pollution elements in the LCA of concrete pipes. Usage of PVC granular, sanitary landfill of PVC pipes, and using hydraulic drill in LCA of PVC pipes are the most elements of generating pollution. The usage of PE granules, PE pipes landfilling, hydraulic excavator, and electricity consumption in the LCA of the PE pipes are the greatest polluting parameters.
- Subjects
PRODUCT life cycle assessment; WASTE management; SANITARY landfills; POLYVINYL chloride pipe; ENVIRONMENTAL protection; WATER pipelines; ELECTRIC power consumption
- Publication
Environmental Quality Management, 2023, Vol 32, Issue 3, p97
- ISSN
1088-1913
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/tqem.21864