Life Cycle Assessment of Fiber Composites_final__rättad
Life Cycle Assessment of Fiber Composites_final__rättad
Life Cycle Assessment of Fiber Composites_final__rättad
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The overall goal <strong>of</strong> this study was to investigate the environmental impacts <strong>of</strong><br />
fiber composites by conducting LCA <strong>of</strong> Stena Hollandica super structure.<br />
The objective <strong>of</strong> this study is to<br />
• study the application <strong>of</strong> fiber composites and use previous LCAs to<br />
study impacts <strong>of</strong> fiber composites<br />
• collect data on fiber composites and enter it in to Simapro 6.4 database<br />
which is the s<strong>of</strong>tware used to conduct <strong>Life</strong> <strong>Cycle</strong> Analysis (Pre<br />
consultants, 2006)<br />
• study the impacts <strong>of</strong> fiber composites on the environment emphasizing<br />
on its marine application and by using comparative life cycle assessment<br />
<strong>of</strong> Stena Hollandica superstructures.<br />
1.3. Research Methodology<br />
The methodology used for this study is firstly data and information was<br />
gathered through literature review on fiber composites. Present and future<br />
applications were also studied along with impacts <strong>of</strong> some <strong>of</strong> these applications.<br />
The literature collected on impacts <strong>of</strong> fiber composites was based on various<br />
LCA. The impact data gathered <strong>of</strong> these fiber composites was also entered into<br />
Simapro for future studies. In order to further study the impacts <strong>of</strong> fiber<br />
composites in marine applications an LCA <strong>of</strong> Stena Hollandica superstructure<br />
is conducted where sandwich fiber composite material has been used. This<br />
LCA helped in order to study the impacts these fiber composites and it would<br />
help in the future to choose most environment friendly structure. Simapro 6.4<br />
s<strong>of</strong>tware was used to model the superstructure and study its impact.<br />
1.4. Structure <strong>of</strong> the thesis<br />
This thesis comprises <strong>of</strong> 5 chapters. The second chapter consists <strong>of</strong> fiber<br />
composites and their properties. It describes which are the classes <strong>of</strong> fiber<br />
composites and why and how do fiber composites compete with so many other<br />
materials. It also has the existing and future application <strong>of</strong> fiber composites.<br />
This part looks into all research work done on different applications <strong>of</strong> fiber<br />
composite and also focuses on what are the future applications <strong>of</strong> fiber<br />
composites and impacts <strong>of</strong> fiber composites on environment for which various<br />
previous LCAs conducted have been used.<br />
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