| UPIOM: A New Tool of MFA and Its Application to the Flow of Iron and Steel Associated with Car Production. | |
| | |
MedLine Citation:
|
PMID: 21174465 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
|
Identification of the flow of materials and substances associated with a product system provides useful information for Life Cycle Analysis (LCA), and contributes to extending the scope of complementarity between LCA and Materials Flow Analysis/Substances Flow Analysis (MFA/SFA), the two major tools of industrial ecology. This paper proposes a new methodology based on input-output analysis for identifying the physical input-output flow of individual materials that is associated with the production of a unit of given product, the unit physical input-output by materials (UPIOM). While the Sankey diagram has been a standard tool for the visualization of MFA/SFA, with an increase in the complexity of the flows under consideration, which will be the case when economy-wide intersectoral flows of materials are involved, the Sankey diagram may become too complex for effective visualization. An alternative way to visually represent material flows is proposed which makes use of triangulation of the flow matrix based on degrees of fabrication. The proposed methodology is applied to the flow of pig iron and iron and steel scrap that are associated with the production of a passenger car in Japan. Its usefulness to identify a specific MFA pattern from the original IO table is demonstrated. |
| | |
Authors:
|
Shinichiro Nakamura; Yasushi Kondo; Kazuyo Matsubae; Kenichi Nakajima; Tetsuya Nagasaka |
Related Documents
:
|
3739745 - Effect of surplus amount of oxygen on the cerebrocortical microcirculatory reactions as... 3726445 - Cerebral effects of scalp cooling and extracerebral contribution to calculated blood fl... 3701425 - Effects of fluid-percussion brain injury on regional cerebral blood flow and pial arter... 1565225 - Bacterial meningitis in children: pathophysiology and treatment. 9073005 - The impact of inspiratory effort on inspiratory flow through turbuhaler in asthmatic pa... 17785125 - Knowledge, attitude and practices (kap) regarding blood donation prevalent in medical a... |
Publication Detail:
|
Type: Journal Article Date: 2010-12-21 |
Journal Detail:
|
Title: Environmental science & technology Volume: 45 ISSN: 1520-5851 ISO Abbreviation: Environ. Sci. Technol. Publication Date: 2011 Feb |
Date Detail:
|
Created Date: 2011-01-31 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
|
Nlm Unique ID: 0213155 Medline TA: Environ Sci Technol Country: United States |
Other Details:
|
Languages: eng Pagination: 1114-20 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
|
Graduate School of Economics, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, Ecotopia Science Institute, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan, Industrial Ecology Programme, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, and Research Center for Material Cycles and Waste Management, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Japan. |
Export Citation:
|
APA/MLA Format Download EndNote Download BibTex |
| MeSH Terms | |
Descriptor/Qualifier:
|
|
From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine
Previous Document: Kinetics and Mechanism of the Glyoxal + HO(2) Reaction: Conversion of HO(2) to OH by Carbonyls.
Next Document: Nanoscale structure of the cell wall protecting cellulose from enzyme attack.