Assessment of greenhouse gas emissions and environmental impacts in the manufacturing process of thermoelectric coolers: A life-cycle impact perspective.

ABSTRACT: A path to carbon neutrality requires the development of refrigeration units that use no refrigerant or emit less greenhouse gas (GHG), such as Thermoelectric coolers (TECs). Using the life cycle inventory assessment (LCIA), the environmental impacts of the manufacturing process of TECs were analyzed, including greenhouse gas emissions, human carcinogenic toxicity (HCT), terrestrial ecotoxicity (TE), freshwater ecotoxicity (FE), mineral resource scarcity (MRS), and fossil resource scarcity (FRS). The alumina plate manufacturing process produces the most GHG emissions because it uses a lot of electricity in the sintering process. The type of energy source significantly affects GHG emissions, HCT, FE, and FRS but has only a limited impact on TE and MRS. Also, TE, FE, and MRS are affected by t

SUBMITTER: Kim HY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11750548 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature