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Process Data set: Indoor Voltage Sensor KEVA 17.5 B20/21 (en) en

Key Data Set Information
Location CH
Geographical representativeness description Europe
Reference year 2024
Name
Indoor Voltage Sensor KEVA 17.5 B20/21
Use advice for data set The life cycle assessment of the KEVA 17.5 B20/21, an EEPS (Electronic and Electrical Products and Systems), is a “cradle-to-grave” analysis. The figure below shows the product life cycle stages and the information considered in the LCA.
Technical purpose of product or process The product declared in this Environmental Product Declaration is the indoor voltage sensor KEVA 17.5 B20/B21, including related accessories and packaging. Voltage sensors offer an alternative way of making the voltage measurement needed for the protection and monitoring of medium voltage power systems. Sensors based on alternative principles have been introduced as successors to conventional instrument transformers in order to significantly reduce size, increase safety, and to provide greater rating standardization and a wider functionality range. The voltage sensor type KEVA B is intended for use in voltage measurement in air insulated medium voltage switchgear. The voltage sensor KEVA B has been designed to be used as a post insulator but can be used as a stand-alone unit as well. The constituent materials of KEVA 17.5 B are presented below. Type Material Weight [kg] Weight [%] Metals Aluminium 0.01 0.49 Brass 0.176 8.60 Copper 0.072 3.53 Steel 0.007 0.37 Plastics PP 0.086 4.21 Other polymers 0.012 0.58 Others Epoxy resin 1.674 81.74 Others 0.01 0.49 Total 2.048 100
Classification
Class name : Hierarchy level
  • EPDNorge: Construction / Electronic and electrical components and products
General comment on data set Both primary and secondary data are used. The main sources for primary data are the bill of materials and technical drawings, while site specific foreground data are provided by ABB. Furthermore, information and data obtained from other LCA studies are also used. For all processes for which primary data are not available, generic data originating from the ecoinvent v3.9.1 database, “allocation, cut-off by classification”, are used. The LCA software used for the calculations is SimaPro 9.5. The utility consumption and waste generation by ABB, in the core manufacturing stage, is allocated to the production of one reference product according to applicable rules. For the end-of-life allocation, the “Polluter Pays” principle is adopted according to what is defined in the CEN/TR 16970 standard. However, the potential benefits and avoided loads from recovery and recycling processes are not considered because it is not required by the PCR. The materials that were excluded are glue, and adhesive, as their mass represents less than 2% of that of the whole product, as stated in the paragraph of cut-off criteria of EPDItaly015: “Materials making up the sensor itself whose total mass does not exceed 2% of the total weight of the device”. The same applies for tape and labels used in packaging, which are even a smaller fraction of the total mass. Sandblasting of capacitors and phosphating were also excluded due to the model complexity and unavailability of reference data.
Copyright Yes
Owner of data set
Quantitative reference
Reference flow(s)
Biogenic carbon content
  • Carbon content (biogenic): 0.0 kg
  • Carbon content (biogenic) - packaging: 0.0 kg
Time representativeness
Data set valid until 2029
Time representativeness description 2024-09-27 - 2029-09-27
Technological representativeness
Technology description including background system General technical specifications of the product are presented below. Technical information Unit Value Outer height/width mm 130/114 Insulation level kV 17.5/38/95 Rated primary V 15/v3 Accuracy class - 0.5 / 3P Frequency Hz 50 / 60 The production of the instrument sensors, from which medium indoor voltage sensor KEVA 17.5 B20/21 is part of, is located in the ABB Brno Videnska factory. The instrument sensors are produced and assembled directly in the ABB factory combined with components produced by ABB’s suppliers. ABB Brno ELDS adopts and implements for its own activities an integrated Quality/Environmental/Health Management System in compliance with the following standards: • UNI EN ISO 9001:2015 - Quality Management Systems- Requirements • UNI EN ISO 14001:2015 - Environmental Management Systems • UNI EN ISO 45001:2018 - Occupational Health and Safety Management system

Indicators of life cycle

IndicatorDirectionUnit Production
A1-A3
 Transport
A4
 Installation
A5
 Use
B1
 Waste processing
C3
Input
  • 56.2
  • 0.0284
  • 0.00234
  • 135
  • 0.192
Input
  • 4.53
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
Input
  • 60.8
  • 0.0284
  • 0.00234
  • 135
  • 0.192
Input
  • 128
  • 1.83
  • 0.107
  • 701
  • 2.02
Input
  • 3.41
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
Input
  • 131
  • 1.83
  • 0.107
  • 701
  • 2.02
Input
  • 0.0621
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
Input
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
Input
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
Input
  • 0.133
  • 0.000261
  • 0.0000226
  • 0.548
  • 0.000884
Output
  • 0.00213
  • 0.0000117
  • 6.13E-7
  • 0.000888
  • 0.00000707
Output
  • 1.65
  • 0.0895
  • 0.0912
  • 1.92
  • 1.94
Output
  • 0.000154
  • 5.95E-7
  • 4.52E-8
  • 0.00511
  • 0.00000373
Output
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
Output
  • 0.166
  • 0
  • 0.0862
  • 0
  • 0.154
Output
  • 0.0131
  • 0
  • 0.0679
  • 0
  • 0
Output
  • 0.0181
  • 0
  • 0.16
  • 0
  • 0
Output
  • 0.0372
  • 0
  • 0.287
  • 0
  • 0

IndicatorUnit Production
A1-A3
 Transport
A4
 Installation
A5
 Use
B1
 Waste processing
C3
Abiotic depletion potential - fossil resources (ADPF)
  • 131
  • 1.83
  • 0.107
  • 701
  • 2.02
Abiotic depletion potential - non-fossil resources (ADPE)
  • 0.00211
  • 4.15E-7
  • 2.53E-8
  • 0.0000606
  • 0.00000115
Acidification potential, Accumulated Exceedance (AP)
  • 0.178
  • 0.000531
  • 0.000041
  • 0.153
  • 0.000812
Global Warming Potential - biogenic (GWP-biogenic)
  • -0.415
  • 0.000117
  • 0.104
  • 1.12
  • 0.0562
Global Warming Potential - fossil fuels (GWP-fossil)
  • 7.58
  • 0.128
  • 0.0139
  • 30.5
  • 0.156
Global Warming Potential - total (GWP-total)
  • 7.18
  • 0.128
  • 0.118
  • 31.7
  • 0.212
Global Warming Potential - land use and land use change (GWP-luluc)
  • 0.0141
  • 0.0000627
  • 0.00000404
  • 0.0762
  • 0.000235
No records found.
No records found.
No records found.
No records found.
No records found.
Eutrophication potential - freshwater (EP-freshwater)
  • 0.0135
  • 0.00000904
  • 0.00000117
  • 0.0278
  • 0.0000548
Eutrophication potential - marine (EP-marine)
  • 0.0148
  • 0.000203
  • 0.0000497
  • 0.0272
  • 0.000319
Eutrophication potential - terrestrial (EP-terrestrial)
  • 0.18
  • 0.00216
  • 0.000175
  • 0.24
  • 0.00212
Photochemical Ozone Creation Potential (POCP)
  • 0.0549
  • 0.000778
  • 0.0000581
  • 0.0773
  • 0.000672
Depletion potential of the stratospheric ozone layer (ODP)
  • 2.93E-7
  • 2.81E-9
  • 1.54E-10
  • 5.47E-7
  • 1.77E-9
Water (user) deprivation potential (WDP)
  • 4.88
  • 0.00743
  • 0.000574
  • 7.17
  • 0.0234

IndicatorUnit Production
A1-A3
 Transport
A4
 Installation
A5
 Use
B1
 Waste processing
C3
1This impact category deals mainly with the eventual impact of low dose ionizing radiation on human health of the nuclear fuel cycle. It does not consider effects due to possible nuclear accidents, occupational exposure nor due to radioactive waste disposal in underground facilities. Potential ionizing radiation from the soil, from radon and from some construction materials is also not measured by this indicator.
2The results of this environmental impact indicator shall be used with care as the uncertainties on these results are high or as there is limited experiences with the indicator.
Potential Human exposure efficiency relative to U235 (IRP) 1
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
Potential incidence of disease due to PM emissions (PM) 2
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
Potential Soil quality index (SQP) 2
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
Potential Comparative Toxic Unit for humans - non-cancer effects (HTP-nc) 2
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
Potential Comparative Toxic Unit for humans - cancer effects (HTP-c) 2
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
Potential Comparative Toxic Unit for ecosystems (ETP-fw) 2
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0