LCA as a tool to aid in the selection of retrofitting alternatives

The present study is the authors’ intention to evidence the advantages of using the LCA methodology, specifically as a tool applicable to shipboard and maritime industry operations, in order to estimate and compare environmental loads resulting from these. The intended application of the methodology is through a comparative assertion between three different contemporary ballast water treatment technologies. Each system is assessed and compared to the other, while being functionally modelled using a case vessel scenario, and weighted and reviewed using the ISO 14040 and 14044 guidelines. The study will document the true benefit of the methodology, as a tool to assist in the decision-making process for ship-owners and fleet managers, during the process and practical evaluation of ship retrofitting, e.g. choosing and retrofitting from a different array of ballast water treatment system alternatives. Additionally, a cost–benefit analysis is carried out against the systems, shown in comparison with the environmental impact results, and thus resulting on a more accurately holistic assessment.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oceaneng.2013.12.010
• Record URL:
  • http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S002980181300440X
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/00298018
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Blanco-Davis, Eduardo
  • Zhou, Peilin
• Publication Date: 2014-2-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 33-41
• Serial:
  • Ocean Engineering
  • Volume: 77
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Pergamon
  • ISSN: 0029-8018
  • EISSN: 1873-5258
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00298018

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Ballast (Ships); Environmental impacts; Life cycle analysis; Retrofitting; Ship operations; Water quality management
• Subject Areas: Design; Environment; Marine Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment; I15: Environment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01506316
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 31 2014 2:46PM