Improvements in energy consumption and environmental impact by novel single shot melting process for casting
- Submitting institution
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University of Sunderland
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 1077
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.06.165
- Title of journal
- Journal of Cleaner Production
- Article number
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- First page
- 1532
- Volume
- 137
- Issue
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- ISSN
- 0959-6526
- Open access status
- Technical exception
- Month of publication
- June
- Year of publication
- 2016
- URL
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http://sure.sunderland.ac.uk/id/eprint/10769/
- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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3
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- This research was to assess the potential energy and resource savings when using CRIMSON process as an alternative casting process. For this reason, CRIMSON process was compared to conventional sand casting as a case study. The validation was performed through mould design optimization and environmental impact assessment. Using CFD the casting system design can be optimised, and for the case presented this resulted in 21% material loss reduction. LCA analysis, using two different assessment methods, showed that the environmental impact can be reduced in average by 57% when using CRIMSON instead of conventional sand casting process.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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