The economic and environmental assessment on production stage of quayside crane

Yunjie Liu (), Qiang Jin (), Bo Wen (), Zhibao Huo (), Yuanhang Zhu (), Minghai Zhang (), Zhili Wang () and Aidang Shan ()
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Yunjie Liu: Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Qiang Jin: Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Bo Wen: Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Zhibao Huo: Shanghai Ocean University
Yuanhang Zhu: Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industry Co., Ltd.
Minghai Zhang: Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industry Co., Ltd.
Zhili Wang: Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industry Co., Ltd.
Aidang Shan: Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, 2020, vol. 22, issue 4, No 3, 2759-2778

Abstract: Abstract With the acceleration of globalization, trade between countries has become more and more frequent; as a kind of commonly used heavy lifting equipment, the influence of the quayside crane on environment during the production stage has attracted wide attention. In this paper, the world’s largest quayside crane manufacturer was selected as the study object. The environmental load of five workshops (NC pre-treatment workshop, assembling workshop, sand milling workshop, painting workshop and steel structure workshop) involved in the quayside crane (QC) production stage was studied by using the ReCiPe model; the normalized values of the 14 overall pollutants in each workshop were 1248.64, 576.75, 214.27, 85.26 and 76.69, respectively. The results showed that the sand milling workshop was the biggest electricity consumer of all processes. The sensitivity analysis revealed that the environmental pollution load was the most sensitive to the electricity consumption; the scenario analysis indicated that with the proportion of China’s renewable resources in the process of electricity generation becoming larger and larger, in comparison with that of in 2015, up to 2050, the quantity of PM 2.5 generated during the production process of QC will drop from 832 to 408 kg (high-speed development)/342 kg (low-speed development), and it is expected that the China’s haze problem could be effectively curbed in the future. Finally, the research results of this article also pointed out the direction for the future technical innovation of the QC industry. Graphical abstract

Keywords: Quayside crane; Production stage; ReCiPe model; LCIA; Environmental assessment; Clean energy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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