Li Tao
Associate Professor Supervisor of Doctorate Candidates Supervisor of Master's Candidates
Gender:Female
Alma Mater:Harbin Institute of Technology
Degree:Doctoral Degree
School/Department:School of Mechanical Engineering
Discipline:Mechanical Design and Theory. Intelligent Manufacturing. Mechanical Manufacture and Automation. Mechanical Engineering. Intelligent Manufacturing Technology
Business Address:8027 room, School of Mechanical Engineering building
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Date:2019-10-19
Indexed by:Journal Article
Date of Publication:2019-02-01
Journal:JOURNAL OF MANUFACTURING SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME
Included Journals:EI、SCIE
Volume:141
Issue:2,SI
ISSN:1087-1357
Key Words:system dynamics; prospective LCA; compressor; dynamic LCA; life cycle assessment
Abstract:The deficiency of temporal information in life cycle assessment (LCA) may misrepresent the environmental impacts of products throughout the lift cycle or at a particular time in the future. For the environmental assessment of energy-consuming products, background data obtained from the LCA database fail to incorporate emissions or extractions reflecting the future situation. To overcome this knowledge gap, we developed a system dynamics (SD) model to predict the evolution of energy structure in China till 2030 and further determined the time-varying emissions of unit electric power combined with the ECOINVENT 3.1 database. Additionally, dynamic characterization factors (CFs) of global warming potential (GWP) were integrated into the life cycle impact assessment (LCIA). This study took the PCL803 large-scale centrifugal compressor as an illustrative example in which the temporal-dependent electricity was included in the dynamic life cycle inventory and the dynamic CFs of GWP were included in the LC1A. Environmental impacts were quantified and compared using the traditional and prospective LCA. Results indicated that the environmental burdens under the electricity variation were approximately 13% less than those of conventional LCA, and the GWP under dynamic CFs would be further reduced by 14.5%. The results confirmed that, when socio-economic progress, technical improvement, and dynamic CFs are not considered, the environmental assessment will lead to an overestimation of environmental loads. Therefore, the relevant time-varying parameters should be considered for accurate assessment.
Ph.D, associate professor, doctoral supervisor, graduated from Harbin Institute of technology, mainly engaged in product sustainability evaluation methods, laser repair technology, mechanical equipment energy consumption analysis and evaluation, enterprise information technology development and application. Reviewers of many domestic and foreign journals in related fields, presided over or participated in more than 20 projects of national key research and development plan, national 973 program, national Natural Science Foundation of China and enterprises, and published more than 100 papers. Ph.D Li has trained or assisted in the training of more than 50 doctoral and master degree students.
