Essays about: "End-of-life product management"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 28 essays containing the words End-of-life product management.

  1. 21. Ecolabelling. Criteria development for rechargeable batteries in ICT products

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Dmytro Kapotia; [2017]
    Keywords : lithium-ion battery Li-Ion battery ; Type I ecolabelling; rechargeable battery; product environmental properties; criteria development; sustainable development.; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : This research puts together two massive areas: voluntary certification programmes, specifically Type I ecolabelling (ISO 14024), aimed to incentivise and assist in providing customers with sustainable in all meanings products; and rechargeable batteries – inalienable element of portable electronic products. Moreover, the importance of batteries lifts up to an absolutely new level – with a rapid development of electric vehicles and energy storage systems, often used to accumulate energy from renewable energy sources. READ MORE

  3. 22. Support component reusability by integrating augmented reality and product lifecycle management

    University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för ingenjörsvetenskap

    Author : Raquel Quesada Díaz; [2016]
    Keywords : augmented reality; product lifecycle management; sustainability; remanufacturing;

    Abstract : In an ever changing market that expands continuously and where innovations cycles become shorter, there is an important increase of the renewal frequency of the electrical and electronic equipment (EEE) and vehicles. This makes the manufacture of EEE and vehicles a fast-growing source of waste in terms of used products. READ MORE

  4. 23. ICT Waste Handling : Regional and Global End-of-Life Treatment Scenarios for ICT Equipment

    University essay from KTH/Industriell ekologi

    Author : Andrew Liebmann; [2015]
    Keywords : End-of-life treatment; e-waste management; ICT network waste flows;

    Abstract : Electronic waste is the fastest growing waste stream today and information and communications technology (ICT) equipment make up a significant portion of all the electronics put on market. Due to the valuable, rare, and toxic material content of ICT equipment, their disposal requires proper treatment to ensure materials are recovered and harm to the surrounding environment and nearby residents is avoided. READ MORE

  5. 24. Green two-wheeled mobility : Material Hygiene and life cycle analysis of anelectric scooter

    University essay from KTH/Maskinkonstruktion (Inst.)

    Author : Dario Braconi; [2014]
    Keywords : electric scooter; lithium battery; permanent magnet; neodymium; Material Hygiene; Design for Disassembly; Life Cycle Assessment; LCA; scooter elettrico; batteria al litio; magnete permanente; neodimio; Material;

    Abstract : In the last years electric vehicles gained importance as a more sustainable alternative to traditional vehicles. The introduction of an electric powertrain leads to lower air-pollution emissions but it also involves the introduction of new materials in the product life cycle, e. g. READ MORE

  6. 25. Waste – an asset : Assessment of a take-back system for electric power tools

    University essay from KTH/Maskinkonstruktion (Inst.)

    Author : Hanna Cedervall; Erik Hilmertz; [2013]
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    Abstract : This master thesis has been conducted during the spring semester of 2013 at the Royal Institute of Technology in cooperation with Atlas Copco Industrial Technique. The work which has been performed was to analyze and evaluate the potential of a take-back system for discarded electric power tools. READ MORE