IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/recore/v104y2015ipap206-212.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Industrial ecology-based strategies to reduce the embodied CO2 of magnesium metal

Author

Listed:
  • Kwon, Gui-Rok
  • Woo, Seung H.
  • Lim, Seong-Rin

Abstract

Light-weight magnesium metal is used to displace heavy-weight steel and iron in automobiles and decrease CO2 emissions in the vehicle operation stage. This benefit is, however, significantly offset by CO2 emissions from high energy consumption in the magnesium production process. Thus, this study presents and assesses CO2 reduction strategies to mitigate the drawbacks of magnesium metal, based on the concepts of industrial ecology: industrial symbiosis with cement plant to utilize waste slag from magnesium production; industrial and urban symbiosis to utilize waste energy from urban area; and environmental supply chain management to purchase a feedstock with lower carbon footprint. These strategies can be used to reduce the embodied CO2 of magnesium metal by 5%, 31%, and 9%, respectively, compared to that of an existing magnesium metal. The industrial ecology-based strategies can be applied to produce low-carbon products and mitigate climate change.

Suggested Citation

  • Kwon, Gui-Rok & Woo, Seung H. & Lim, Seong-Rin, 2015. "Industrial ecology-based strategies to reduce the embodied CO2 of magnesium metal," Resources, Conservation & Recycling, Elsevier, vol. 104(PA), pages 206-212.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:recore:v:104:y:2015:i:pa:p:206-212
    DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2015.08.008
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921344915300689
    Download Restriction: Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1016/j.resconrec.2015.08.008?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Samolada, M.C. & Zabaniotou, A.A., 2014. "Energetic valorization of SRF in dedicated plants and cement kilns and guidelines for application in Greece and Cyprus," Resources, Conservation & Recycling, Elsevier, vol. 83(C), pages 34-43.
    2. Liu, Changhao & Zhang, Kai, 2013. "Industrial ecology and water utilization of the marine chemical industry: A case study of Hai Hua Group (HHG), China," Resources, Conservation & Recycling, Elsevier, vol. 70(C), pages 78-85.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. An, Jing & Xue, Xiangxin, 2017. "Life-cycle carbon footprint analysis of magnesia products," Resources, Conservation & Recycling, Elsevier, vol. 119(C), pages 4-11.
    2. Lucas Reijnders, 2024. "Are Magnesium Alloys Applied in Cars Sustainable and Environmentally Friendly? A Critical Review," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(17), pages 1-18, September.
    3. Chen, Weidong & Wu, Fangyong & Geng, Wenxin & Yu, Guanyi, 2017. "Carbon emissions in China’s industrial sectors," Resources, Conservation & Recycling, Elsevier, vol. 117(PB), pages 264-273.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Bergeron, Francis C., 2016. "Multi-method assessment of household waste management in Geneva regarding sorting and recycling," Resources, Conservation & Recycling, Elsevier, vol. 115(C), pages 50-62.
    2. Huang, T.Y. & Chiueh, P.T. & Lo, S.L., 2017. "Life-cycle environmental and cost impacts of reusing fly ash," Resources, Conservation & Recycling, Elsevier, vol. 123(C), pages 255-260.
    3. Li, Xuemei & Wu, Xinran & Zhao, Yufeng, 2023. "Research and application of multi-variable grey optimization model with interactive effects in marine emerging industries prediction," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 187(C).

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:recore:v:104:y:2015:i:pa:p:206-212. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Kai Meng (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/resources-conservation-and-recycling .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.