doi: 10.18178/ijesd.2018.9.8.1103
Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Clinker Production with Conventional and Alternative Fuels Usage in Turkey
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B. Pekey
- the Environmental Engineering Department
Abstract
Recently, a considerable increase has beenoccurred in cement manufacturing, which is a highly intensiveenergy and resource consuming and carbon emission industry,in parallel with industrialization and urbanization. Turkey isthe fourth largest cement producer in the world. Therefore,assessing the life cycle of clinker that is the main material ofcement, defining the most important environmental impactsarising from clinker production and practicing the best availableproduction techniques is vital for environmental sustainability.In this study, life cycle assessment of clinker production withconventional fuels was carried out in Turkey (which was namedas scenario 1). Additionally, alternative scenarios usingalternative fuels (refused derived fuel and dried sludge) weredeveloped and comparative life cycle assessment (LCA) studywas performed. As a result of the study, the mostenvironmentally-friendly scenario was determined as Scenario 6using dried sludge to produce one tone clinker.
Keywords
- Alternative fuel
- clinker
- environmental impact
- life cycle assessment
How to Cite
S. Çankaya and B. Pekey, "Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Clinker Production with Conventional and Alternative Fuels Usage in Turkey," International Journal of Environmental Science and Development, vol. 9, no. 8, pp. 213-217, 2018. https://doi.org/10.18178/ijesd.2018.9.8.1103
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