Manufacturing

Manufacturing

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  • Date Submitted: 06/01/2011 7:36 AM
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Josheel Johari Joganathan
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This is extra data to help you guys. It pertains to the methods I used to model the turbine.

Question 3
Sub-assembly | Materials Used in SimaPro 7 | Data obtained from libraries: | Manufacturing process used in SimaPro 7 | Disposal Scenario | Mass(metric tonne) |
Rotor Assembly(Includes blades, nose cone and hub)Total | * Carbon fibre I * GGG70 I Cast Iron * Rolled steel, 10% recycled, structural applications/AU U | IDEMAT 2001IDEMAT 2001Australian Data 2005, unit processes inventories | * Autoclave/AU U * Reprocessing steel in EAF/AU U * Forging aluminium I | * Landfill * 90% Recycled * 90% Recycled | * 20 * 11.3 * 5.737 tonnes |
Nacelle(Includes frame, cover, rotor shaft, bearings, generator, transformer and gearbox)Total | * GGG70 I Cast Iron * 30CrNiMo8 I (engineering steel) * X10CrNiMoNb I(stainless steel) * Rolled steel, 10% recycled, structural applications/AU U | IDEMAT 2001IDEMAT 2001IDEMAT 2001Australian Data 2005, unit processes inventories | * Forging aluminium I * Forging aluminium I * Forging aluminium I * Forging aluminium I | * 90% Recycled * 90% Recycled * 90% Recycled * 90% Recycled | * 18 * 13 * 7.8 * 6.345.1 tonnes |
TowerTotal | * Rolled steel, 10% recycled, structural applications/AU U | Australian Data 2005, unit processes inventories | * Rolling steel I | * 90% Recycled | * 126126 tonnes |
FoundationTotal | * Concrete, readymix, AU, 22% Slag with environmental credit to concrete/AU U * Rolled steel, 10% recycled, structural applications/AU U | Australian Data 2005, unit processes inventoriesAustralian Data 2005, unit processes inventories | * None * None | * Left on site, assumed reused in the next lifecycle | * 805 * 27832 tonnes |
Total Wind Turbine Mass | | | | | 1040 tonnes |

* Basic information of the materials as well as manufacturing method and transportation was provided in...

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