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Process Data set: NALF – MV indoor air switch-fuse combination (en) en

Key Data Set Information
Location CH
Geographical representativeness description Europe
Reference year 2024
Name
NALF – MV indoor air switch-fuse combination
Use advice for data set The life cycle assessment is a “cradle-to-grave” analysis, and the system boundaries are defined according to EN 50693, as required by the PCR. For transparency reasons, the manufacturing stage is further divided into an upstream and core stage.
Technical purpose of product or process This Environmental Product Declaration is a “specific product EPD” with extrapolation rules. A representative product configuration is declared as reference product, and the results can be extrapolated for other configurations according to the provided extrapolation rules. The EPD covers the following devices of the NALF Family, including related packaging: • NALF 12/ NALF-H 12, NALFO 12/NALFO-H 12 • NALF 17/ NALF-H 17 • NALF 24/NALF-H 24, NALFO 24/NALFO-H 24 • NALF 36, NALFO 36 NALF-H is indoor air switch-fuse combination designed for operation in harsh operating conditions. In this version, insulators have longer creepage distance and they are made of indoor epoxy more resistant against water condensation conditions. The insulators in standard NALF version are made of BMC (Bulk Molding Compound). The NALF is switchfuse combination with fuse-base on pivot side and NALFO is switch-fuse combination with fuse-base on opening side provides. The apparatus can be equipped with high variety of fuse ratings, and they are provided to customers without fuses. The fuse links are supplied separately to end customer according to needs. That is why this study does not include calculations for fuses. The life cycle assessment for fuses will be included in the appropriate study. The reference flow is a single NALF-H 24 P235 device, because this configuration was the most produced in 2023 The NALF-H 24 P235 weighs 65.64 kg, and the constituent materials are presented below. Materials Name Weight [kg] Weight % Metals Steel, low-alloyed 31.866 48.547% Steel, stainless 0.066 0.101% Copper 5.940 9.049% Brass 3.893 5.931% Bronze 0.023 0.035% Zamak 0.107 0.162% Plastics Polybutylene 0.050 0.076% Polyamide 0.700 1.066% Polycarbonate 0.055 0.084% Polyester 0.001 0.002% Polyoxymethylene 0.186 0.283% Polypropylene 0.113 0.172% PTFE Teflon 0.008 0.012% Epoxy resin 22.428 34.168% ABS 0.139 0.212% Other Tungsten Copper Alloy (75%-25%) 0.013 0.020% Tungsten Copper Alloy (80%-20%) 0.010 0.015% Lubricating oil 0.006 0.009% Hot melt adhesive 0.006 0.009% Rubber 0.030 0.046% Total 65.64 100
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 database Industry Data 2.0 is also used for Polyoxymethylene (POM)/EU-27 which is not available by ecoinvent. The LCA software used for the calculations is SimaPro 9.5. The utility consumption and waste generation of ABB’s plant in the manufacturing stage are allocated to the production of one NALF by using allocation rules. Since the factory produces several products (apparatus and switchgears), only a part of the environmental impact has been allocated to the NALF production line. Surface area of each product line was chosen as partition co-efficient, as most accurate representation of manufacturing and wastes share. The amounts al-located to the production of NALF were divided by production volumes. For the end-of-life allocation, the “Polluter Pays” principle is adopted according to what is defined in the CEN/TR 16970 standard, as required by EPDItaly007. However, the potential benefits and avoided loads from recovery and recycling processes are not considered because it is not required by the PCR. According to Standard PCR EPDItaly012, the cut-off criteria can be set to a maximum of 2 % of total weight of the device. The raw material life cycle stage includes the extraction of raw materials. No cut-off rules were used to hide significant impact. In this LCA, sticking labels on the packaging have been excluded as their weights are negligible small compared to the whole device. Surface treatments like silver, nickel and zinc plating have been considered in the LCA model.
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 2024-10-29 - 2029-10-29
Technological representativeness
Technology description including background system Description NALF-H 12 NALFOH 12 NALF 12 NALFO 12 NALF 17/ NALFH 17 NALF24 / NALFO 24 NALF-H 24/ (Ref. product) NALFOH 24 NALF 36 NALFO 36 Size Pole distance [mm] 150 210 150 170 210 170 210 235 275 235 (Ref. product) 275 360 Ratings Rated voltage [kV] 12 12 17 24 24 36 Rated normal current with fuses [A] According fuse reference list Rated shortcircuit current [kARMS] 63 63 63 63 63 20 Rated transfer current [A] 1600 1600 1240 920 920 122 Rated powerfrequency withstand voltage [kV] 28 / 32 28 / 32 38/45 50 / 60 50 / 60 80 / 88 Rated lightning impulse withstand voltage[kV] 75 / 85 75 / 85 95 / 110 125 / 145 125 / 145 170 / 195 The NALF is manufactured by ABB Sp. z o.o. Poland manufacturing site located in Przasnysz. The manufacturing site is certified according to the following standards: • ISO 9001:2015 – Quality Management Systems • ISO 14001:2015 – Environmental Management Systems • ISO 45001:2018 – Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems The NALF family is produced in two different geographical locations in Przasnysz, Poland and in 10th of Ramadan City, Egypt. The main production site is the plant in Przasnysz, where all configurations of the NALF family are produced, and these relays are sold globally. The plants in 10th of Ramadan City focus on local markets and production includes only a few configurations of the NALF family. However, in this EPD, only the NALF Family manufactured Przasnysz, Poland is considered in the main scenario. Additional scenarios are considered in the Sensitivity Analysis chapter, including NALF manufactured in Egypt.

Indicators of life cycle

IndicatorDirectionUnit Production
A1-A3
 Transport
A4
 Installation
A5
 Use
B1
 Waste processing
C3
Input
  • 628.8
  • 0.9527
  • 0.07533
  • 75.63
  • 7.172
Input
  • 144.2
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
Input
  • 772.9
  • 0.9527
  • 0.07533
  • 75.63
  • 7.172
Input
  • 5
  • 61.39
  • 3.772
  • 393.8
  • 74.58
Input
  • 323.7
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
Input
  • 6
  • 61.39
  • 3.772
  • 393.8
  • 74.58
Input
  • 18.59
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
Input
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
Input
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
Input
  • 4.713
  • 0.008749
  • 0.001589
  • 0.308
  • 0.03447
Output
  • 0.08945
  • 0.0003909
  • 0.00002258
  • 0.0004989
  • 0.0002749
Output
  • 227.8
  • 3
  • 1.971
  • 1.081
  • 28.69
Output
  • 0.01967
  • 0.00001995
  • 0.000001456
  • 0.002867
  • 0.0001431
Output
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
Output
  • 71.71
  • 0
  • 7.67
  • 0
  • 38.1
Output
  • 11.75
  • 0
  • 1.593
  • 0
  • 1.176
Output
  • 26.14
  • 0
  • 3.745
  • 0
  • 2.543
Output
  • 47.04
  • 0
  • 6.741
  • 0
  • 4.577

IndicatorUnit Production
A1-A3
 Transport
A4
 Installation
A5
 Use
B1
 Waste processing
C3
Abiotic depletion potential - fossil resources (ADPF)
  • 1.08E+6
  • 61.39
  • 3.772
  • 394
  • 74.58
Abiotic depletion potential - non-fossil resources (ADPE)
  • 11.2
  • 0.00001391
  • 8.143E-7
  • 0.00003405
  • 0.00005112
Acidification potential, Accumulated Exceedance (AP)
  • 828
  • 0.01781
  • 0.001467
  • 0.08591
  • 0.03044
Global Warming Potential - biogenic (GWP-biogenic)
  • 142
  • 0.003917
  • 3.88
  • 0.6314
  • 2.135
Global Warming Potential - fossil fuels (GWP-fossil)
  • 8.81E+4
  • 4.302
  • 0.2728
  • 17.11
  • 6.739
Global Warming Potential - total (GWP-total)
  • 8.84E+4
  • 4.308
  • 4.153
  • 17.79
  • 8.882
Global Warming Potential - land use and land use change (GWP-luluc)
  • 164
  • 0.002103
  • 0.0001415
  • 0.04281
  • 0.008322
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Eutrophication potential - freshwater (EP-freshwater)
  • 77.1
  • 0.0003031
  • 0.00003028
  • 0.01562
  • 0.002087
Eutrophication potential - marine (EP-marine)
  • 109
  • 0.006796
  • 0.002227
  • 0.01527
  • 0.01078
Eutrophication potential - terrestrial (EP-terrestrial)
  • 1.29E+3
  • 0.07254
  • 0.005863
  • 0.1347
  • 0.08099
Photochemical Ozone Creation Potential (POCP)
  • 501
  • 0.02608
  • 0.002316
  • 0.04342
  • 0.02531
Depletion potential of the stratospheric ozone layer (ODP)
  • 0.0282
  • 9.422E-8
  • 6.265E-9
  • 3.075E-7
  • 7.15E-8
Water (user) deprivation potential (WDP)
  • 1.61E+4
  • 0.2492
  • 0.04664
  • 4.025
  • 0.9044

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