Development of Parametric Trend Life Cycle Assessment for marine SOx reduction scrubber systems
Jang, Hayoung and Jeong, Byongug and Zhou, Peilin and Ha, Seungman and Nam, Dong and Kim, Joongwon and Lee, Jae-ung (2020) Development of Parametric Trend Life Cycle Assessment for marine SOx reduction scrubber systems. Journal of Cleaner Production, 272. pp. 1-14. 122821. ISSN 0959-6526 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.122821)
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Abstract
In response to the impending international maritime regulation, MARPOL Annex VI Reg. 14, to curb sulphur oxides (SOx) arising from shipping activities, this paper aimed to evaluate the environmental impacts of the entire life cycle of three different SOx reduction scrubber systems: (1) ‘wet open-loop’, (2) ‘wet closed-loop’, and (3) ‘wet hybrid’. To achieve this goal, the paper developed ‘the Parametric Trend Life Cycle Assessment (PT-LCA)’ which was introduced to proceed the extensive analysis for a number of case ship studies and quantify various emissions, such as greenhouse gases (GHG), sulphur oxides (SOx), nitrogen oxides (NOx), associated with the proposed systems from cradle to grave. A case study designed with the database consisting of 1,565 ocean-going Ro-Ro vessels based on Lloyd’s Register has revealed that, in terms of Global Warming Potential (GWP) and Acidification Potential (AP), closed-loop scrubbers were proven more environmentally friendly than open-loop scrubbers, but the opposite was true for Eutrophication Potential (EP). By identifying specific trends in scrubber systems in relation to various input parameters, the assessment contributed to improving environmental sustainability, as well as the total estimated amount of numerical environmental impacts that the scrubber systems have for the international fleets. The proposed framework enabled us not only to evaluate the different emission levels of systems applied to various ships but also to obtain the general trends of emission levels over ship parameters, which were expressed as formulae. The novelty of this paper can be placed on the provision of an insight into the optimal selection of scrubber systems depending on ship characteristics. It could also offer an insight into the improvement of current environmental regulations and guidelines by means of PT-LCA.
ORCID iDs
Jang, Hayoung ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9497-5076, Jeong, Byongug ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8509-5824, Zhou, Peilin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4808-8489, Ha, Seungman, Nam, Dong, Kim, Joongwon and Lee, Jae-ung;-
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Item type: Article ID code: 72862 Dates: DateEvent1 November 2020Published11 July 2020Published Online11 June 2020Accepted15 January 2020SubmittedNotes: Crown Copyright © 2020 Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Hayoung Jang, Byongug Jeong, Peilin Zhou, Seungman Ha, Dong Nam, Joongwon Kim, Jae-ung Lee, Development of Parametric Trend Life Cycle Assessment for marine SOx reduction scrubber systems, Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 272, 2020, 122821, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.122821 Subjects: Naval Science > Naval architecture. Shipbuilding. Marine engineering Department: Faculty of Engineering > Naval Architecture, Ocean & Marine Engineering Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 24 Jun 2020 11:14 Last modified: 18 Dec 2024 01:26 Related URLs: URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/72862