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5.1 Life Cycle Analysis
5.1 Life Cycle Analysis
5.2 Eco Design
5.2 Eco Design
5.3 Mass Flow Analysis
5.3 Mass Flow Analysis
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Life Cycle Analysis (LCA)
Life Cycle Analysis (LCA)
atau Analisis Siklus Hidup
atau Analisis Siklus Hidup
.
.
Berikutnya
Berikutnya
akan diperkenalkan gagasan tentang
akan diperkenalkan gagasan tentang
Eco-design,
Eco-design,
yang merupakan suatu aplikasi praktis dari pemikiran
yang merupakan suatu aplikasi praktis dari pemikiran
siklus hidup didalam disain produk.
siklus hidup didalam disain produk.
Material Flow Analysis (MFA)
Material Flow Analysis (MFA)
,
,
yang merupakan suatu instrumen
yang merupakan suatu instrumen
untuk mengetahui aliran material/bahan dan energi. MFA
untuk mengetahui aliran material/bahan dan energi. MFA
digunakan pada penelitian-penelitian pada tingkat global, regional
digunakan pada penelitian-penelitian pada tingkat global, regional
dan lokal, serta pengelolaan sampah (padat) regional, misalnya
dan lokal, serta pengelolaan sampah (padat) regional, misalnya
untuk meganalisis zat-zat berbahaya.
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5.1 Life Cycle Analysis
5.1 Life Cycle Analysis
Analysis of Environmental, Financial and
Analysis of Environmental, Financial and
Social Impacts throughout the Life-cycle of
Social Impacts throughout the Life-cycle of
Products and Processes
Products and Processes
5.1 Life Cycle Analysis 5.1 Life Cycle Analysis
•
LCA merupakan suatu teknik yang
LCA merupakan suatu teknik yang
digunakan untuk mengukur aspek-aspek
digunakan untuk mengukur aspek-aspek
lingkungan yang terkait dengan suatu
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•
Aplikasi-aplikasi yang paling penting antara lain
Aplikasi-aplikasi yang paling penting antara lain
•
(1) analisis kontribusi tahapan-tahapan siklus hidup
(1) analisis kontribusi tahapan-tahapan siklus hidup
terhadap beban lingkungan keseluruhan, biasanya
terhadap beban lingkungan keseluruhan, biasanya
dengan tujuan untuk memprioritaskan pada
dengan tujuan untuk memprioritaskan pada
perbaikan-perbaikan produk atau proses dan
perbaikan produk atau proses dan
•
(2) membandingkan antar produk untuk komunikasi
(2) membandingkan antar produk untuk komunikasi
internal.
internal.
Siklus Hidup Kapas
Siklus Hidup Kapas
pesticides
irrigation
harvest transport
Ginning and
spinning Weaving and dying
Cotton seed (by product)
detergents Washing
drying Final waste
Saling Terkait satu
Saling Terkait satu
sama lain
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Contoh dari Implementasi LCA didalam Industri.
Contoh dari Implementasi LCA didalam Industri.
Suatu industri mempertimbangkan penambahan satu tahap
Suatu industri mempertimbangkan penambahan satu tahap
proses lagi terhadap lini produknya. Industri tersebut
proses lagi terhadap lini produknya. Industri tersebut
memiliki pilihan antara Mesin A ataukah Mesin B.
memiliki pilihan antara Mesin A ataukah Mesin B.
Kedua mesin memerlukan penambahan beberapa bahan
Kedua mesin memerlukan penambahan beberapa bahan
kimia dalam mendukung operasinya, masing-masing
kimia dalam mendukung operasinya, masing-masing
menggunakan tenaga yang sama per unit waktu operasi.
menggunakan tenaga yang sama per unit waktu operasi.
Mesin manakah yang sebaiknya dipilih untuk industri ini jika
Mesin manakah yang sebaiknya dipilih untuk industri ini jika
didasarkan kepada pengaruh lingkungannya?
didasarkan kepada pengaruh lingkungannya?
Life Cycle of Product Systems (Source: USEPA, 2006. Life Cycle Assessment: Principles and Practice, Cincinnati, Ohio
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Tabel dampak lingkungan dari kedua mesin, yang disajikan
Tabel dampak lingkungan dari kedua mesin, yang disajikan
dalam Eco-points. Unit-unit ini dibuat dengan analisis LCA
dalam Eco-points. Unit-unit ini dibuat dengan analisis LCA
lingkungan untuk mengukur kategori-kategori dampak
lingkungan untuk mengukur kategori-kategori dampak
lingkungan yang berbeda, seperti perubahan iklim,
lingkungan yang berbeda, seperti perubahan iklim,
toksisitas dan penipisan ozon
toksisitas dan penipisan ozon
.
.
Life Cycle of Product Systems (Source: USEPA, 2006. Life Cycle Assessment: Principles and Practice, Cincinnati, Ohio report no. 45268
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Mesin A B
Dampak yang ditimbulkan selama konstruksi (Ecopoints)
210 185
Dampak dari bahan kimia, penggunaan energi, pemeliharaan (Ecopoints/year)
20 24
Dampak pembuangannya setelah digunakan (Ecopoints.)
6 4
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The Concept of LCA (2)
• Some products have a dominating environmental
load in production, some in use, some in disposal:
Examples:
books, furniture, art etc.
Examples:
cars, television, airco etc.
Examples:
Ni-Cd batteries, household chemicals, fireworks etc.
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Methodology of LCA (1)
- Product development and improvement - Strategic planning - Public policy making - Marketing - Other Goal and scope definition Inventory analysis Impact assessment Interpretation Direct applications: Life cycle assessment framework
The official LCA framework according to the International Standards: ISO 14040:2006 and ISO 14044:2006
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(1) Mendefinisikan tujuan dan ruang lingkup kajian; (2) membuat model siklus hidup
produk dengan semua inflow
dan outflow lingkungan. Tahap ini sering diistilahkan sebagai tahap life cycle inventory (LCI);
(3) memahami relevansi lingkungan dari semua inflow dan outflow, tahap ini sering disebut dengan tahap life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) dan (4) interpretasi penelitian. Diagram
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Suatu model LCA merupakan model sistem teknis kompleks
Suatu model LCA merupakan model sistem teknis kompleks
yang digunakan untuk memproduksi, memindahkan,
yang digunakan untuk memproduksi, memindahkan,
menggunakan, dan membuang suatu produk.
menggunakan, dan membuang suatu produk.
Suatu model adalah penyederhanaan dari suatu realitas, yang
Suatu model adalah penyederhanaan dari suatu realitas, yang
mengimplikasikan bahwa realitas akan terdistorsi dalam
mengimplikasikan bahwa realitas akan terdistorsi dalam
beberapa cara dan hasil-hasilnya tidak terpercaya.
beberapa cara dan hasil-hasilnya tidak terpercaya.
Cara terbaik untuk menghindari salah paham atau akurasi
Cara terbaik untuk menghindari salah paham atau akurasi
parsial adalah dengan mendefinisikan tujuan dan ruang
parsial adalah dengan mendefinisikan tujuan dan ruang
lingkup LCA anda secara hati-hati. Didalam tujuan dan
lingkup LCA anda secara hati-hati. Didalam tujuan dan
ruang lingkup, akan digambarkan tentang pilihan-pilihan
ruang lingkup, akan digambarkan tentang pilihan-pilihan
yang paling penting (yang seringkali bersifat subyektif).
yang paling penting (yang seringkali bersifat subyektif).
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• Definition of functional unit, initial system boundaries and procedural aspects
Functional unit: comparison of products on the basis of equivalent
function, for example: comparison of 2 packaging systems for 1000 litres of milk by (a) 1000 disposable cartons or (b) 100 reusable bottles;
instead of comparison of 1 carton and 1 bottle.
Functional unit is basis for comparison
Methodology of LCA (3),
Goal and Scope=
?
“Compare environmental
impacts of
packaging of 1000 litres milk in carton packages or glass
bottles”
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Example of Product system and Inventory Table
Methodology of LCA (5),
InventoryPengumpulan Data
electricity
steel
plastic
production distribution use dump
incineration
reuse
recycling
LCI table with environmental interventions
Crude oil
from earth 40000 kg CO2 to air 3500 SO2 to air 20 kg NOx to air 100 kg Cd to water 5 g PAH to
water
8 kg
Etc. …….
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Methodology of LCA (9),
Impact assessmentPengukuran Dampak Effect Intervention Damage CO2 P SO2 NOx DDT Dust VOC Cd PAH CFC Heavy metals Greenhouse effect Acidification Pesticides Eutrophication Damage to Eco-systems Damage to human health Indicator Winter smog Summer smog Carconogenics
Ozone layer depl.
Category indicators are quantifiable representations of impact categories (ISO) and are defined according standards, such as CML-IA, Eco indicator 99, Impact 2002+ etc.)
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Methodology of LCA (8),
Impact assessment:Pengukuran Dampak
• Steps: Characterization, Classification and Normalization:
Determine which LCI results contribute to which impact category, e.g. CO2 and
CH4 to climate change
Multiply environmental interventions (resources, emissions etc.) from LCI with a
characterisation factor to get indicator results
Normalize to understand the relative magnitude of the indicator results and to get
dimensionless score (useful for comparison)Impac
t category
Char. Fa
ctor (Gl
obal Wa
rming Po
tential)
Cat. Indicator result (kg CO2 equivalent)
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Methodology of LCA (10),
Interpretation• “Phase of life cycle assessment in which the findings of either the inventory analysis or the impact assessment, or both, are combined consistent with the defined goal and scope in order to reach
conclusions and recommendations” (ISO)
• To interpret an LCA, you must check the goal and scope:
Are the the general assumptions reasonable? Is the functional unit well chosen?
Are ISO standards applied?
Has a peer review been conducted?
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Methodology of LCA (10),
Interpretation• Conduct a sensitivity analysis: analyze the impact of important choices or assumptions
What if other allocations are applied.
What if other boundaries are applied.
What if other impact assessment method is used.
• By recalculating the LCA with other assumptions, we can verify how the conclusions connect with the assumptions.
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Extending the scope of Environmental LCA (1)
• LCA is often associated with environmental impacts, but
scope can be extended to include economic and social
impacts.
• Financial LCA = Life Cycle Costing (LCC);
• Analysis of life cycle costs
• Social LCA
• Social impacts throughout life cycle of products and
processes
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Extending the scope of Environmental LCA (2)
• What are the costs and revenues incured during the
life cycle of a product or process?
• R&D
• Production • Marketing • Sales
• Etc.
• Sometimes external costs included as well (costs that
are ‘imposed’ on society or the environment):
• Monetary valuation of environmental LCI and LCIA results… but is it possible to monetise all environmental services?
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Extending the scope of Environmental LCA (3)
• Social LCA analyses social impacts, such as employment
and health:
Job quality
Quality physical health Quality social health
Earthly possessions
• Challenging to model social life cycle impacts, because
social conditions do change more rapidly
impacts from changes in employment conditions may dissipate emotions resulting from changes disappear with time
diseases get cured
people who are laid off may find new jobs)
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5.2 Eco
5.2 Eco
-Design
-Design
Life Cycle Thinking within the Design of
Products and Processes
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• What is Eco-Design?
• Implications for the Design Process.
• Consequences for Composition and Amount of Solid
Waste.
• Related Concepts: Design for Environment, Sustainable
Product Design.
Contents
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Eco-design merupakan suatu instrumen
Eco-design merupakan suatu instrumen
prosedural untuk pembuatan keputusan
prosedural untuk pembuatan keputusan
lingkungan, yang secara khusus mengarah
lingkungan, yang secara khusus mengarah
kepada disain dari produk dan proses.
kepada disain dari produk dan proses.
Eco-design ditujukan untuk memperbaiki kinerja
Eco-design ditujukan untuk memperbaiki kinerja
lingkungan dan bisnis didalam pengembangan
lingkungan dan bisnis didalam pengembangan
produk dan proses. Eco-design
produk dan proses. Eco-design
menggabungkan pemikiran siklus hidup
menggabungkan pemikiran siklus hidup
didalam mengidentifikasi
didalam mengidentifikasi
kemungkinan-kemungkinan perbaikan lingkungan.
kemungkinan perbaikan lingkungan.
What is Eco-Design?
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Eco-design juga merupakan aplikasi logis dari eco-efficiency.
Eco-design juga merupakan aplikasi logis dari eco-efficiency.
eco-efficiency didefinisikan sebagai kinerja fungsional dari
eco-efficiency didefinisikan sebagai kinerja fungsional dari
produk-produk pada siklus hidup yang dibagi kedalam
produk-produk pada siklus hidup yang dibagi kedalam
dampak-dampak lingkungan dari produk pada siklus
dampak-dampak lingkungan dari produk pada siklus
hidupnya.
hidupnya.
Penurunan dampak lingkungan melalui efisiensi sumberdaya
Penurunan dampak lingkungan melalui efisiensi sumberdaya
dan penurunan tingkat penggunaan zat-zat berbahaya akan
dan penurunan tingkat penggunaan zat-zat berbahaya akan
menghasilkan rasio eco-efisiensi yang lebih baik.
menghasilkan rasio eco-efisiensi yang lebih baik.
Aspek-aspek penting dari eco-design yang berhubungan dengan
aspek penting dari eco-design yang berhubungan dengan
masalah sampah antara lain intensitas material yang
masalah sampah antara lain intensitas material yang
rendah, produk dengan penggunaan energi yang rendah
rendah, produk dengan penggunaan energi yang rendah
dan penggunaan bahan dengan dampak yang rendah.
dan penggunaan bahan dengan dampak yang rendah.
What is Eco-Design?
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Studi kasus/Latihan: Cangkir Keramik ataukah Mug dari Kertas?
5.2 Eco-design 5.2 Eco-design
(Kementrian Lingkungkan Hidup Indonesia) Manakah yang lebih ramah lingkungan, cangkir berbahan keramik ataukah mug berbahan styrofoam? Untuk menemukan jawabannya, maka penelitian harus mengukur siklus hidup cangkir keramik tersebut, yaitu dari proses produksinya yang berupa pemrosesan bahan mentah hingga tidak terpakai lagi dan dibuang ke tempat sampah. Dalam hal ini diperlukan penghitungan konsumsi bahan mentah, penggunaan energi (untuk pengolahan, transportasi dan pembersihan), output bahan-bahan
berbahaya ke air dan udara serta volume kotoran yang dihasilkan.
Penghitungan ini mengabaikan beberapa dampak lingkungan lain yang biasanya bersifat lokal, seperti kebisingan, bau dan bahaya terhadap bentang alam
(landscape).
Cangkir dan piring keramik memiliki satu kekurangan: cangkir dan piring jenis ini harus dicuci. Untuk mencuci cangkir dan piring keramik didalam dishwasher
(mesin pencuci piring) tentu memiliki dampak yang lebih besar terhadap air daripada jika kita menggunakan cangkir atau piring sekali pakai. Bahan
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• The relative complex LCA procedure and the creative slightly chaotic design process are not so easy to combine:
Implications for the Design Process (2)
Problem Idea
Decision
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Implications for the Design Process (3)
Planning Idea generation Concept development Detailed design Availability of information on the product
Freedom to change the design
Complexity of the Design Process
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Implications for the Design Process (4)
Design phase Design activity LCA activity LCA information generated
Product planning
Target is defined as product/market
combination
Assessment of
strategy Strategic choices
Analysis Refinement of target and definition of requirements
LCA of reference product
Design guidelines and eco-indicators
Idea generation
Creativity techniques are used to generate
new solutions
Use of design rules
and eco-indicators Pre-selection of ideas
Concept Best ideas are selected and
elaborated
Short screenings and what-if analysis
Support in concept choices
Detailed design
Best concept is detailed; prototype and
CAD drawings
Specific questions and issues
Support in detailed design choices
Application of LCA results in Design for Environment
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Consequences for Composition and Amount of
Solid Waste (2)
• Eco-Design improves Eco-efficiency:
Eco-efficiency =
Functional performance provided by product over life cycle
Environmental Impacts of product over life cycle
eco-efficiency resource-efficiency
reduction haz. substances
= +
applying Eco-efficiency results in Eco-products…
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Consequences for Composition and Amount of
Solid Waste (3)
Consequences for solid waste:
• Reduction of natural resource extractions (materials and energy) • Reduction or elimination of hazardous materials within waste • Reduction of toxic emissions during incineration
Eco-products
Improved material and energy content
(quantity and quality) in
products
Reduced solid waste amount and
hazardousness composition
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Design for Environment (DfE): “the systematic
consideration of design performance with respect to
environmental, health, and safety objectives over the full
product and process life cycle” (
Fiksel, 1996 in Wrisberg et al. 2002).
DfE…
• focuses on existing products and processes that fulfil
a specific function (function-oriented systems)
• expands the design scope towards environmental and
social implications of products and processes
Related Concepts: Design for Environment,
Sustainable Product Design (1)
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Sustainable Product Design: investigates possibilities for
improvement on a broader scale.
Examples:
•
Alternative Function Fulfilment (changes the way in
which a specific function or need is fulfilled)
• System innovation (redesigning of product production
systems, creating ‘closed-loop’ economies etc.)
Related Concepts: Design for Environment,
Sustainable Product Design (2)
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5.3 Material Flow Analysis
5.3 Material Flow Analysis
(MFA)
(MFA)
Analysis of Material Flows
Analysis of Material Flows
in a Region
in a Region
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MFA
• suatu instrumen pengukuran yang menggabungkan
aspek-aspek sumberdaya dan polusi dari
masalah-masalah lingkungan didalam perekonomian kita. Material
Flow Analysis (MFA
• MFA adalah suatu pengukuran sistematis dari
aliran-aliran bahan di suatu kawasan.
• Ada dua jenis MFA yaitu bulk-MFA atau b-MFA yang
difokuskan kepada aliran bahan (misalnya bahan-bahan
bangunan, produk sampah elektronik) dan yang kedua
adalah Substance Flow Analysis (SFA) yang bertujuan
untuk menganalisis aliran zat tunggal atau kelompok zat
(seperti logam berat, nitrogen organik).
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Ada dua jenis MFA
•
bulk-MFA atau b-MFA yang difokuskan kepada aliran
bahan (misalnya bahan-bahan bangunan, produk
sampah elektronik)
•
Substance Flow Analysis (SFA) yang bertujuan untuk
menganalisis aliran zat tunggal atau kelompok zat
(seperti logam berat, nitrogen organik).
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MFA dan Pengelolaan Sampah Modern.
5.3 Material Flow Analysis 5.3 Material Flow Analysis
Definisi dan sasaran dari pengelolaan sampah terus
mengalami perubahan.
Pengelolaan sampah yang terorganisir muncul ketika
manusia mulai mengumpulkan sampah dan membuangnya.
Apa yang dilakukan ini merupakan langkah penting untuk
menjaga kebersihan dan membantu mencegah munculnya
wabah (epidemik) penyakit.
Masalah baru.
Pertama, (landfill) menyebabkan terjadi masalah polusi air
tanah dan menghasilkan gas-gas rumah kaca.
Kedua, lokasi landfill semakin langka pada kawasan-kawasan
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MFA dan Pengelolaan Sampah Modern.
5.3 Material Flow Analysis 5.3 Material Flow Analysis
Saat ini, pengelolaan sampah merupakan suatu konsep
terpadu yang terdiri dari praktik-praktik yang berbeda dan
pilihan perlakuan yang terdiri dari strategi pencegahan dan
pengumpulan; langkah-langkah terpisah untuk memproduksi
barang yang bisa didaur ulang atau pemrosesan berikutnya
dengan menggunakan teknologi pengolahan secara biologis,
fisika, kimiawi, dan thermal; dan jenis-jenis landfill yang
berbeda.
Setiap orang saat ini memiliki kesempatan-kesempatan (dan
juga tanggungjawab) untuk memisahkan antara kertas, kaca,
logam, bahan yang bisa terurai, plastik, sampah berbahaya,
dan bahan-bahan lainnya kedalam kelompoknya
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Why MFA? (1)
…hence, material flows and stocks from the economy are crucial to the understanding of environmental problems
Material flows and accumulations
Quantity-Throughput
Quality-Hazard potential
Throughput Hazard
potential
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Why MFA? (2)
… and eventually solutions are based on an analysis of
environmental problems in material/physical terms (Van der Voet, 1996)
Environment: resource base Environment: resource base
Extractions of materials Natural
Resource Depletion
Environment: resource base Environment:
waste sink Pollution
Waste Absorption
Quantitatively: lower materials throughput Qualitatively: less hazardous materials
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What is MFA? (1)
MFA is a tool for systematic research of flows and stocks of materials from ‘cradle to grave’ (LCA!) in a region:
MFA is useful for:
•Identification of sources of environmental pollution
•Identification of accumulations of hazardous substances
•Identification of potential control points,
useful for environmental management
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What is MFA? (2)
• MFA describes the industrial ‘metabolism’ of a region: the transfer, storage and transformation of substances within an anthropogenic (=human controlled) system and the exchange of these
substances with the environment (Brunner and Rechberger 2004).
• Examples:
Sources, pathways and sinks for mercury in a watershed
Nitrogen flows and stocks in the Malang area
• Sometimes MFA is applied on systems of smaller scale; for example the flows and stocks of heavy metals in a waste incineration plant
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Systematic analysis of regional material flows and
stocks
• Systematic description of
Flows and Stocks of materials in a region where activities in the anthroposhere are taking place
• There is an exchange of
materials between and within anthropogenic (economic) and environmental
subsystems
Systematic overview of material flows in a region
Economy-En
vironm ent Bo
undary
em ‘wat er’
th’
Proces
ses within sub
system ‘air’
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Rationale of MFA: The Mass Balance Principle (1)
• Mass balance: the law of conservation of mass • Mass output = Mass input + Mass accumulation
1
3 2
Xp-q: Material Flow from process ‘p’ to process ‘q’
• X0-1 = X1-2 + X1-3
• X1-2 = X2-0
• X1-3 = X3-0
• X = X + X
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Advantages of applying Mass Balance Principle
1. Mass balances can be applied at different system levels: • Single processes
• Complex combinations of processes at smaller and larger scales:
Household
Country World
2. Valuable tool to calculate regional streams that are hardly measurable, like in waste residual outputs (Ayres 1989).
3. Efficient way to obtain accurate results even when some data are missing
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Framework of MFA (1)
Goal and system definition
Quantification of flows and stocks
Interpretation
Problem
1
2
3
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Framework of MFA (1)
Goal definition = selection of substance or material to be
investigated: single element (Substance Flow Analysis) or group of substances (Material Flow Analysis)
System definition = definition of system boundaries and relevant processes
a. Spatial boundary: Geographical or administrative boundary (e.g. watershed or country)
b. Temporal boundary: Flows per hour or month or year. Often 1 year because of data availabillity
c. Selection of relevant processes: Only processes that are significant to the substance(s) under investigation
1
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Framework of MFA (2)
Quantification of stocks and flows:
Calculate mass flows of goods that enter and leave processes (measurements or applying mass balance)
Calculate substance flows within these flows (multiplying mass flows of goods with element concentrations)
Calculate stocks: is there any type of accumulation occuring?
Example of mass flow of goods and a substance (Cadmium) in a municipal waste incinerator
2
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Framework of MFA (3)
• Interpretation of results:
What is the relative contribution of processes to certain flows? Where are hotspots and potential control points?
Is there a possibility of problem shifting when certain flows will
be restricted?
3
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Framework of MFA (4)
• MFA is a cyclical process: start with provisional data and rough estimations; refine and improve system until required data quality is achieved
Systematic overview of MFA procedures
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Applications of MFA: resource management
• Analysis and planning of resources
• Identification of depletion and accumulation of
materials in society; forecasting of resource scarcities
and ‘secondary’ sources (recycling, landfills)
Example: natural resources are transformed to
‘anthropogenic’ resources; stocks in landfills
become important for future mining of
substances
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5 – Environmental Assessment Tools
Applications of MFA; resource management
• Resource study: Copper cycle in Asia
Copper cycle in Asia The units are Gg Cu/year; Lith=Lithosphere
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5 – Environmental Assessment Tools
Applications of MFA; environmental management
• Identification of existence, size and fate of
hazardous substances in a region
• Identification of hotspots and control points
• Identification of problem shifts
Example (hypothetical): “A Material Flow Account of a harbour
watershed shows a large flow of mercury in wastewater. Laboratories are relatively the largest contributors. In wastewater treatment plants, absorption and deposition to sludge are a major removal mechanism for mercury. When mercury flows in wastewater are restricted by
means of imposing advanced treatment technology to wastewater treatment plants in the region, then mercury outflows to landfills are likely to increase.”
substance
source
problem shift
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5 – Environmental Assessment Tools
Applications of MFA in soil management
5 – Environmental Assessment Tools
5 – Environmental Assessment Tools
Applications of MFA; solid waste management
• MFA discerns between flows of ‘goods’ and ‘substances’
Important because substances cause environmental
problems, while flows of substances can only be controlled indirectly via flows of the goods that contain the substances.
“It is not the good leachate of a landfill that imposes danger to the groundwater. The danger resides in the cocktail of
hazardous substances in the leachate of the landfill.” (Brunner and Rechberger 2004)
• MFA can identify appropriate recycling options
Elemental composition of materials determine whether a
material is appropriate for recycling • MFA identifies side-effects of recycling
Accumulation of heavy metals in soils when sewage sludge
is used as agricultural fertilizer