Carbon Footprint-Energy Detection for Desalination Small Plant Adaptation Response

The Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) system, which can be used as a decision support tool for managing environmental sustainability, includes carbon footprint assessment as one of the available methodologies. In this study, a carbon footprint assessment was used to investigate seawater production systems...

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Published in:Energies (Basel) 2021-11, Vol.14 (21), p.7135
Main Authors: Ghani, Latifah Abdul, Ali, Nora’aini, Nazaran, Ilyanni Syazira, Hanafiah, Marlia M., Yatim, Norhafiza Ilyana
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Carbon dioxide
Carbon footprint
Clean technology
Climate change
Cost control
Desalination
Desalination plants
Emissions
Energy
Energy efficiency
Engineers
Environmental management
Footprint analysis
Greenhouse effect
Greenhouse gases
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
Raw materials
Resource recovery
Reverse osmosis
Seawater
Smog
Sustainability
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Summary:The Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) system, which can be used as a decision support tool for managing environmental sustainability, includes carbon footprint assessment as one of the available methodologies. In this study, a carbon footprint assessment was used to investigate seawater production systems of a desalination plant in Senok, Kelantan, Malaysia. Three stages of the desalination plant processing system were investigated and the inventory database was developed using the relevant model framework. Subsequently, measurements and interpretations were performed on several key indicators such as greenhouse gases, energy efficiency, acidic gases, smog, and toxic gases. Overall, the results of the study indicate that the Reverse Osmosis (RO) technology that is used in the desalination plant in the study area is one of the best options to meet the demands of the environmental sustainability agenda (SDGs). This is due to the lower carbon dioxide (CO2) emission, of about 3.5 × 10−2 kg of CO2 eq per m3/year, that was recorded for the entire operation of the system. However, several factors that influence important errors in carbon footprint decisions, such as the lack of EIA reporting data and the literature on carbon footprint in the Malaysian scenario, in addition to direct and indirect carbon input calculations, need to be identified in more detail in future research.
ISSN:1996-1073
1996-1073
DOI:10.3390/en14217135