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Process Data set: Enviline™ ESS 3000 - Energy Storage System (en) en

Key Data Set Information
Location CH
Geographical representativeness description Europe
Reference year 2024
Name
Enviline™ ESS 3000 - Energy Storage System
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 device of the Enviline™ ESS 3000 Energy Storage System, including related accessories and packaging. When trains brake, their kinetic energy is converted into electricity and returned on the traction power line. Most of the time, on-board loads and distant trains can only take a portion of this energy, and the surplus is wasted into resistors. Trains also draw excessive peaks of power during their acceleration. This causes voltage drops which can lead to performance problems and results in large demand charges and peak power penalties from the utility company. The Enviline™ ESS captures this braking energy and returns it seconds later to sustain the acceleration and is an ideal solution for demand charge reduction and voltage support. General technical information of the reference product are presented below. Description ESS 3000 Rating Nominal voltage 3000 V Rated system voltage 3600 V Rated system power up to 2.1 MW Rated system current up to 580 A Rated energy up to 33.8 kWh Duty cycle class I-X Size Width 3.4 m Height 2.3 m Depth 1.6 m Weight 5010 kg The product is manufactured by ABB Sp. z o.o. located in Bielsko-Biala. The constituent materials of Enviline™ ESS 3000 the reference product are presented below. Type Material Weight [kg] Weight % Metals Steel 2751.84 54.88 Aluminum 287.39 5.73 Copper 194.22 3.87 Other non-ferro 16.88 0.34 Plastics Epoxy glass 148.37 2.96 Polyester resin 43.28 0.86 Polycarbonate 29.52 0.59 Other plastics 26.88 0.54 Polyamide 14.71 0.29 Others Electronics 1324.22 26.41 Cables 176.98 3.53 Total 5014.29 100
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. According to Standard EN 50693, the cut-off criteria can be set to a maximum of 5 % of the overall environmental impacts. The raw material life cycle stage includes the extraction of raw materials. No cut-off rules were used to hide significant impact. Fiber-optic cables and their connectors are neglected, due to lack of adequate material in library and complexity of model. Although, their mass represents less than 0,01% of that of the whole panel. The packaging is also included in the functional unit. Sticking labels have been excluded since their weight is negligibly small compared to the whole product. All product manuals are excluded, due to not being printed and are available in ABB Library and on the Internet. Surface treatments like galvanizing and tin plating, also coating powder 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 2024-11-14 - 2029-11-14
Technological representativeness

Indicators of life cycle

IndicatorDirectionUnit Production
A1-A3
 Transport
A4
 Installation
A5
 Use
B1
 Waste processing
C3
Input
  • 1.21E+5
  • 65.6
  • 2.16
  • 1.46E+6
  • 605
Input
  • 3.41E+3
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
Input
  • 1.24E+5
  • 65.6
  • 2.16
  • 1.46E+6
  • 605
Input
  • 1.06E+6
  • 4.23E+3
  • 112
  • 7.61E+6
  • 6.2E+3
Input
  • 1.52E+4
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
Input
  • 1.08E+6
  • 4.23E+3
  • 112
  • 7.61E+6
  • 6.2E+3
Input
  • 1.95E+3
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
Input
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
Input
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
Input
  • 774
  • 0.603
  • 0.0215
  • 5.95E+3
  • 3.51
Output
  • 8.78
  • 0.0269
  • 0.000646
  • 9.83
  • 0.0246
Output
  • 1.33E+4
  • 207
  • 102
  • 2.11E+4
  • 1.31E+3
Output
  • 1.76
  • 0.00137
  • 0.0000408
  • 55.2
  • 0.0116
Output
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
Output
  • 1.44E+3
  • 0
  • 83.8
  • 0
  • 3.56E+3
Output
  • 143
  • 0
  • 78.1
  • 0
  • 427
Output
  • 451
  • 0
  • 181
  • 0
  • 701
Output
  • 887
  • 0
  • 327
  • 0
  • 1.26E+3

IndicatorUnit Production
A1-A3
 Transport
A4
 Installation
A5
 Use
B1
 Waste processing
C3
Abiotic depletion potential - fossil resources (ADPF)
  • 1.08E+6
  • 4.23E+3
  • 112
  • 7.61E+6
  • 6.2E+3
Abiotic depletion potential - non-fossil resources (ADPE)
  • 11.2
  • 0.000958
  • 0.0000228
  • 2.38
  • 0.00427
Acidification potential, Accumulated Exceedance (AP)
  • 828
  • 1.23
  • 0.0433
  • 1.68E+3
  • 2.81
Global Warming Potential - biogenic (GWP-biogenic)
  • 142
  • 0.27
  • 1.2E+2
  • 1.21E+4
  • 114
Global Warming Potential - fossil fuels (GWP-fossil)
  • 8.81E+4
  • 296
  • 13.3
  • 3.32E+5
  • 1.8E+3
Global Warming Potential - total (GWP-total)
  • 8.84E+4
  • 297
  • 133
  • 3.45E+5
  • 1.91E+3
Global Warming Potential - land use and land use change (GWP-luluc)
  • 164
  • 0.145
  • 0.00406
  • 829
  • 0.671
No records found.
No records found.
No records found.
No records found.
No records found.
Eutrophication potential - freshwater (EP-freshwater)
  • 77.1
  • 0.0209
  • 0.00119
  • 306
  • 0.174
Eutrophication potential - marine (EP-marine)
  • 109
  • 0.468
  • 0.0539
  • 299
  • 1.46
Eutrophication potential - terrestrial (EP-terrestrial)
  • 1.29E+3
  • 5
  • 0.187
  • 2.65E+3
  • 8.39
Photochemical Ozone Creation Potential (POCP)
  • 501
  • 1.8
  • 0.0619
  • 855
  • 2.46
Depletion potential of the stratospheric ozone layer (ODP)
  • 0.0282
  • 0.00000649
  • 1.62E-7
  • 0.00607
  • 0.00000638
Water (user) deprivation potential (WDP)
  • 1.61E+4
  • 17.2
  • 0.525
  • 7.81E+4
  • 95.4

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