Pub Date : 2005-12-12DOI: 10.1109/ECODIM.2005.1619218
K. Minami, Y. Nagai, T. Taura
It is thought that artifacts with abundant Latent Functions can be used continuously. However, the characteristic of artifacts with abundant Latent Functions have not been clarified. In this study, the discovery of Latent Function focusing on the relationship between the artifacts and decomposed components is investigated. The questionnaire and the interview to analyze the features of Latent Functions focused on the relationship between the artifacts and the decomposed components are conducted. In the result of analysis, more Latent Functions were discovered from the decomposed component (glass and wood, etc.) than from an artifact (table and wall clock, etc.). However, the proportion of Latent Functions discovered from the artifact including that component to the Latent Functions discovered from the decomposed components was very low
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Pub Date : 2005-12-12DOI: 10.1109/ECODIM.2005.1619303
H. Kurobe, H. Morita
In cleaning processes of semiconductor manufacturing, a method called `RCA cleaning' is used for a long time. We suggest `functional water cleaning' as the first substituted method of RCA cleaning. Functional water for wet cleaning is water that specific gases are dissolved in, mainly hydrogenated water (H2-water) and ozonated water (O3-water). In this paper, we introduce cleaning effect, impact for cost reduction and ESH (Environment, Safety, Health) protection by using functional water.
{"title":"Drastic reduction of chemical consumption in wet cleaning process for semiconductor manufacturing by using functional water","authors":"H. Kurobe, H. Morita","doi":"10.1109/ECODIM.2005.1619303","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ECODIM.2005.1619303","url":null,"abstract":"In cleaning processes of semiconductor manufacturing, a method called `RCA cleaning' is used for a long time. We suggest `functional water cleaning' as the first substituted method of RCA cleaning. Functional water for wet cleaning is water that specific gases are dissolved in, mainly hydrogenated water (H2-water) and ozonated water (O3-water). In this paper, we introduce cleaning effect, impact for cost reduction and ESH (Environment, Safety, Health) protection by using functional water.","PeriodicalId":383623,"journal":{"name":"2005 4th International Symposium on Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123361768","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2005-12-12DOI: 10.1109/ECODIM.2005.1619188
T. Furuhashi, A. Shiga, S. Takeuchi, Y. Fujita
The removal efficiency of formaldehyde, the ozone generation and also the conversion rate of formaldehyde to carbon dioxide in the corona discharge system was investigated. This system was composed of a needle discharge electrode and a conductive manganese oxide catalyst honeycomb. There was an optimal needle configuration for the maximum formaldehyde removal and the least ozone generation. Moreover, the conversion rate of the formaldehyde to the carbon dioxide at the optimal needle configuration increased gradually with the discharge power
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Pub Date : 2005-12-12DOI: 10.1109/ECODIM.2005.1619378
Y. Kawamura, H. Suzuki
A recycling plant is constructed for waste home appliances and operated from April 2000. A life cycle assessment (LCA) to compare recycling scenarios was conducted using the data from the operation. The results of the assessment show that it was effective from not only the reduction in the amount of the final disposal but also the point of the reduction in the environmental loads. Last EcoDesign2004, we reported the environmental load reduction effect in 2002. In this report, it evaluates by LCA again based on the data in 2004 that improves the recycling process based on the previous evaluation result, and it reports on the effect of the improvement
{"title":"Environmental Benefit of Waste Home Appliance Recycling II - A Trial to Reduce Environmental Loads -","authors":"Y. Kawamura, H. Suzuki","doi":"10.1109/ECODIM.2005.1619378","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ECODIM.2005.1619378","url":null,"abstract":"A recycling plant is constructed for waste home appliances and operated from April 2000. A life cycle assessment (LCA) to compare recycling scenarios was conducted using the data from the operation. The results of the assessment show that it was effective from not only the reduction in the amount of the final disposal but also the point of the reduction in the environmental loads. Last EcoDesign2004, we reported the environmental load reduction effect in 2002. In this report, it evaluates by LCA again based on the data in 2004 that improves the recycling process based on the previous evaluation result, and it reports on the effect of the improvement","PeriodicalId":383623,"journal":{"name":"2005 4th International Symposium on Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122714395","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2005-12-12DOI: 10.1109/ECODIM.2005.1619201
S. Takeuchi, K. Saitou
This paper describes an extension of a method for designing products with built-in disassembly means developed in previous work, as applied to a realistic example of a desktop computer assembly. Given component geometries and revenues, the method simultaneously determines, through an optimization process, the spatial configuration of component, locator and fasteners such that the product can be most economically disassembled via a domino-like "self-disassembly" process triggered by the removal of one or a few fasteners. A multi-objective genetic algorithm is utilized to search for Pareto-optimal designs in terms of four objectives: 1) satisfaction of the distance specification among components, 2) efficient use of locators on components, 3) profit of overall disassembly process, and 4) mass fraction of retrieved components. The method is applied to a simplified model of Power Mac G4 cubereg, and the results inspired a modification to the current design that can improve the ease of disassembly
本文描述了在以前的工作中开发的具有内置拆卸手段的产品设计方法的扩展,并应用于台式计算机组装的实际示例。给定组件的几何形状和收益,该方法同时通过优化过程确定组件、定位器和紧固件的空间配置,从而通过移除一个或几个紧固件触发的多米诺骨牌式“自拆卸”过程,最经济地拆卸产品。采用多目标遗传算法,从部件间距离规范的满足度、部件定位器的有效利用、整体拆卸过程的利润、回收部件的质量分数四个方面寻找帕累托最优设计。将该方法应用于Power Mac G4立方体的简化模型,结果启发了对当前设计的修改,以提高拆卸的便利性
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Pub Date : 2005-12-12DOI: 10.1109/ECODIM.2005.1619246
B. Kuhrke, S. Feickert, E. Abele, Frank-Dieter Clesle
The present legislation of the European Union as well as the environmental responsibility will increase the number of companies, who want to execute Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs) of their product in order to full fill future legislative requirements or to improve the environmental soundness of their products. The current instruments for LCAs are only isolated solutions and not integrated in the product development processes. The integration into the day to day development work can only be realised by using information and data which is already kept in the company. This article describes an approach for an LCA Tool integrated into the SAP E-Business Solutions
{"title":"Environmental Assessment and Life Cycle Collaboration integrated in E-Business Solutions","authors":"B. Kuhrke, S. Feickert, E. Abele, Frank-Dieter Clesle","doi":"10.1109/ECODIM.2005.1619246","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ECODIM.2005.1619246","url":null,"abstract":"The present legislation of the European Union as well as the environmental responsibility will increase the number of companies, who want to execute Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs) of their product in order to full fill future legislative requirements or to improve the environmental soundness of their products. The current instruments for LCAs are only isolated solutions and not integrated in the product development processes. The integration into the day to day development work can only be realised by using information and data which is already kept in the company. This article describes an approach for an LCA Tool integrated into the SAP E-Business Solutions","PeriodicalId":383623,"journal":{"name":"2005 4th International Symposium on Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128056102","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2005-12-12DOI: 10.1109/ECODIM.2005.1619222
S. Ichikawa, H. Uchida, H. Uchida
The possibility of hydrogen generation from the organic materials using supercritical water (SCW) was demonstrated in this paper. As for the hydrogen generation rate, i.e. the rate of gasification and the concentration of hydrogen in the decomposed gases the number of OH radical is one of the most important factors, where the decrease of the concentration of CO2 and increase of methane can be observed in case of using monohydric alcohol. From the practical view point, glycerin is one of the most suitable candidates for the hydrogen generation using the SCW. Glycerin can be obtained as by-product generated in the course of the bio-diesel (BDF) production using ester reaction of vegetable oils. If the utilization of BDF is spread, the rest material of glycerin can be used for the hydrogen generation using SCW and cost merit can also be expected
{"title":"Hydrogen generation using supercritical water","authors":"S. Ichikawa, H. Uchida, H. Uchida","doi":"10.1109/ECODIM.2005.1619222","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ECODIM.2005.1619222","url":null,"abstract":"The possibility of hydrogen generation from the organic materials using supercritical water (SCW) was demonstrated in this paper. As for the hydrogen generation rate, i.e. the rate of gasification and the concentration of hydrogen in the decomposed gases the number of OH radical is one of the most important factors, where the decrease of the concentration of CO2 and increase of methane can be observed in case of using monohydric alcohol. From the practical view point, glycerin is one of the most suitable candidates for the hydrogen generation using the SCW. Glycerin can be obtained as by-product generated in the course of the bio-diesel (BDF) production using ester reaction of vegetable oils. If the utilization of BDF is spread, the rest material of glycerin can be used for the hydrogen generation using SCW and cost merit can also be expected","PeriodicalId":383623,"journal":{"name":"2005 4th International Symposium on Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing","volume":"108 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131474738","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2005-12-12DOI: 10.1109/ECODIM.2005.1619250
E. Sundin, M. Larsson, A. Nielsen
Having a life cycle perspective on products and services in the business strategy of functional sales is important as the strategy emerges and more and more companies see the benefits of controlling a larger share of the product value chain. It has become clear that a life cycle perspective needs to be addressed in such areas as manufacturing, use, maintenance and remanufacturing. This paper focuses on the product design issues for functional sales. Since the volumes of products being sold though functional sales and/or being remanufactured is increasing, these design issues need to be considered in a larger scale. In the paper, design improvements for functional sales of forklift trucks are described. Many of these improvements deal with the accessibility of parts and components during maintenance and remanufacturing operations. In general, the forklift trucks at the case study company (BT Industries) are easy to perform maintenance and remanufacturing on. However, there are improvements that could be done, and most of these seem fairly easy to perform. These results are in line with other product analyses previously conducted by the first author
{"title":"Design for Functional Sales — A Case Study of Forklift Trucks at BT Industries","authors":"E. Sundin, M. Larsson, A. Nielsen","doi":"10.1109/ECODIM.2005.1619250","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ECODIM.2005.1619250","url":null,"abstract":"Having a life cycle perspective on products and services in the business strategy of functional sales is important as the strategy emerges and more and more companies see the benefits of controlling a larger share of the product value chain. It has become clear that a life cycle perspective needs to be addressed in such areas as manufacturing, use, maintenance and remanufacturing. This paper focuses on the product design issues for functional sales. Since the volumes of products being sold though functional sales and/or being remanufactured is increasing, these design issues need to be considered in a larger scale. In the paper, design improvements for functional sales of forklift trucks are described. Many of these improvements deal with the accessibility of parts and components during maintenance and remanufacturing operations. In general, the forklift trucks at the case study company (BT Industries) are easy to perform maintenance and remanufacturing on. However, there are improvements that could be done, and most of these seem fairly easy to perform. These results are in line with other product analyses previously conducted by the first author","PeriodicalId":383623,"journal":{"name":"2005 4th International Symposium on Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing","volume":"66 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121928667","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2005-12-12DOI: 10.1109/ECODIM.2005.1619158
A. Legnani
The activity of environmental standardization in Cenelec, the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization, is very important and active. Starting several years ago (1995) with the Task Force BTTF 85-3 that monitorized the environmental matters related to the standardization in electronic and electrotechnical field (to minimising any detrimental impact of electrotechnical activities on the natural environment), is followed from the end of 2004 by the Technical Committee TC 111X "Environment", with the main task of prepare the necessary standards framework and co-ordinate the development, in co-operation with other CENELEC Technical Bodies, or when necessary produce the needed standards documents (guides, basic and horizontal standards, including technical reports), in particular when requested (with a Mandate) by the European Commission in relation to an European Directive on environmental matters.
{"title":"The Standardization of EcoDesign in EU The work of CENELEC TC 111X \"Environment\" and the program of standardisation work in the field of eco-design of Energy-using Products (EuP)","authors":"A. Legnani","doi":"10.1109/ECODIM.2005.1619158","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ECODIM.2005.1619158","url":null,"abstract":"The activity of environmental standardization in Cenelec, the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization, is very important and active. Starting several years ago (1995) with the Task Force BTTF 85-3 that monitorized the environmental matters related to the standardization in electronic and electrotechnical field (to minimising any detrimental impact of electrotechnical activities on the natural environment), is followed from the end of 2004 by the Technical Committee TC 111X \"Environment\", with the main task of prepare the necessary standards framework and co-ordinate the development, in co-operation with other CENELEC Technical Bodies, or when necessary produce the needed standards documents (guides, basic and horizontal standards, including technical reports), in particular when requested (with a Mandate) by the European Commission in relation to an European Directive on environmental matters.","PeriodicalId":383623,"journal":{"name":"2005 4th International Symposium on Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125248939","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2005-12-12DOI: 10.1109/ECODIM.2005.1619372
E. Ueda
This paper introduces four concepts of products developed by the author for a possible sustainable consumption scenarios. The proposal designs are refereed to transportation, interior-exterior lighting and home appliances fields. This paper includes description and details of possible product designs concepts for a sustainable consumption, where the proposal designs are illustrated. The proposed concepts are called "Solar-Cycle", "Adhesive Lighting", "Recycle-Receive FM" and "Ecological Vacuum Cleaner".
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