Paper Title
SCENARIO ANALYSIS ONUSING SOLID RECOVERED FUELS IN CEMENT PLANT
Abstract
The study examines the global warming potential of cement clinker production in Taiwan using Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) software, OpenLCA v2.1.1. It proposes five scenarios of cement clinker production i.e., Scenario 1, Scenario 2, Scenario 3, Scenario 4 and Scenario 5 with replacement of coal by 0%, 5%, 20%, 50% and 100%. Replacing coal with SRF in different ratios can lower overall GHG emissions, environmental impacts and damages, except for Photochemical Oxidation Demand. Partial coal replacement with 5% SRF reduced CO2e emissions by 2.34% compared to the base scenario of the cement company. Similarly, by replacing coal with 20%, 50%, and 100% SRF, an overall reduction in CO2e emission of 12.5%, 32.88 %, and 66.75 % was achieved. The study also shows a reduction of 66% and 10% in impact categories for climate change and fossil resource depletion, respectively. Inversely, the results for Photochemical Oxidation Formation show an increment of 84% NMVOC (Non-Methane Volatile Oxidized Compounds) emission compared from the base scenario to Scenario 5. The results of damage categories of human health, marine acidification, and ecosystem quality shows approximate reduction of 66-67% in each case respectively.
Keywords - Cement clinker, scenario analysis, SRF, clinkerization, Environmental Impacts and Damages.