TY - GEN
T1 - Life cycle assessment of steel balls
AU - Gudukeya, Loice
AU - Mbohwa, Charles
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 IEEE.
PY - 2015/4/23
Y1 - 2015/4/23
N2 - Global warming effects have become very apparent in many parts of the world causing governments to force their industries to be environmentally conscious. Small individual contributions will help abate global warming. The steel industry, if left unattended, has great potential of releasing greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. In this paper a life cycle assessment (LCA) for steel balls used as grinding media in mines that are produced at Craster International in Zimbabwe is discussed. Knowing the life cycle environmental impacts of the steel balls is very important since they produce greenhouse gases in their production. The emitted carbon dioxide, sulphur dioxide, nitrous oxides and other trace greenhouse gases have adverse effects on flora, fauna, water bodies and humans. Interviews, questionnaire and direct observation and measurements were used to generate the data. The data is analyzed and a new LCA diagram from the results of the research and recommendations was made.
AB - Global warming effects have become very apparent in many parts of the world causing governments to force their industries to be environmentally conscious. Small individual contributions will help abate global warming. The steel industry, if left unattended, has great potential of releasing greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. In this paper a life cycle assessment (LCA) for steel balls used as grinding media in mines that are produced at Craster International in Zimbabwe is discussed. Knowing the life cycle environmental impacts of the steel balls is very important since they produce greenhouse gases in their production. The emitted carbon dioxide, sulphur dioxide, nitrous oxides and other trace greenhouse gases have adverse effects on flora, fauna, water bodies and humans. Interviews, questionnaire and direct observation and measurements were used to generate the data. The data is analyzed and a new LCA diagram from the results of the research and recommendations was made.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84931058257&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/IEOM.2015.7093841
DO - 10.1109/IEOM.2015.7093841
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84931058257
T3 - IEOM 2015 - 5th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, Proceeding
BT - IEOM 2015 - 5th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, Proceeding
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 5th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management, IEOM 2015
Y2 - 3 March 2015 through 5 March 2015
ER -
