Environmental impact assessment of galvanized sheet production: a case study in Shandong Province, China
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Environmental impact assessment of galvanized sheet production: a case study in Shandong Province, China Changxing Ji 1 & Xiaotian Ma 1 & Yijie Zhai 1 & Ruirui Zhang 1 & Xiaoxu Shen 1 & Tianzuo Zhang 1 & Jinglan Hong 1 Received: 4 September 2019 / Accepted: 16 January 2020 # Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2020
Abstract Purpose Galvanized sheet is the most widely used coated steel plate globally in the industry of construction, automobile, electronics manufacturing, etc. Large amounts of resources and energy are used in galvanized sheet production, which likewise generates vast amounts of pollutant emissions. In the face of the rapid growth of the production and demand of galvanized sheet in China, it is very important to find out the key factors of the environment impact in the production of galvanized sheet. An evaluation of the environmental impact of galvanized sheet production in China was conducted by using the framework of life cycle assessment to improve resource saving and environmental protection in the galvanized sheet industry, and update the life cycle inventory database of galvanized sheet production. Methods The environmental impact assessment was carried out based on the life cycle assessment framework by the use of ReCiPe 2016 method which was applicable on a global scale to evaluate the environmental impact of galvanized sheet production. Methods of uncertainty analysis and sensitivity analysis were adopted to provide credible support. Results and discussion The midpoint categories of global warming and fossil resource scarcity, as well as the endpoint categories of human health contributed most to environmental burden, which were mainly caused by carbon dioxide emissions and coal consumption. Environmental impact was dominated by the key process of continuous casting billet production, followed by electrolytic zinc production and electricity generation. Conclusions Additional CO2-reducing measures should be implemented in galvanized sheet production to slow the effect of global warming. Moreover, biomass char reducing agents, rather than coal-based reducing agents, should be utilized in steelmaking to reduce fossil resource consumption. Furthermore, renewable energy, rather than coal-based electricity, should be used in galvanized sheet production to reduce carbon emissions and fossil resource consumption. Increasing the recycling rate of scrap steel and zinc waste can save resources and reduce environmental burden. The results of this study can provide guidance in the reduction of resource consumption and environmental burden of galvanized sheet production to the maximum extent. Keywords Life cycle assessment . Galvanized sheet . Steel . Zinc . Energy . Environmental impact
1 Introduction The galvanized sheet is a zinc-plated steel sheet, with a lad layer that acts as an adherent barrier sacrificial anode layer Communicated by Omer Tatari Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (https://doi.org/10.1007
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