Use of recycled natural fibres in industrial products: A comparative LCA case study on acoustic components in the Brazilian automotive sector

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 84, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-14

  Pegoretti, Thaís Dos Santos ^a   Mathieux, Fabrice ^b,c   Evrard, Damien ^b   Brissaud, Daniel ^b   Arruda, José Roberto De França ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Automotive acoustic panel; Life Cycle Assessment; Recycled cotton fibres; Renewable fibres

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; COTTON; COTTON FIBERS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INCINERATION; MULTIOBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; RECYCLING; TEXTILES;

ACOUSTIC COMPONENTS; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; AUTOMOTIVE ACOUSTIC PANEL; AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENT; DIFFERENT DENSITIES; ENTIRE LIFE CYCLES; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE CYCLE INVENTORIES;

LIFE CYCLE;

PLASTIC; POLYURETHAN;

ABSORPTION; ACOUSTICS; LANDFILL; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; PANEL DATA; RECYCLING; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ABSORPTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; BRAZIL; CASE STUDY; COTTON; DENSITY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY RECOVERY; ENERGY RESOURCE; FOSSIL ENERGY; INCINERATION; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; LANDFILL; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; LIFE CYCLE INVENTORY; RECYCLING; TEXTILE FIBER; WASTE DISPOSAL; WEIGHT;

BRAZIL;

EID: 84892607646     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2013.12.010     Document Type: Article

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