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Process Data set: Indoor Current Sensor KECA 250 B1 (en) en

Key Data Set Information
Location CH
Geographical representativeness description Europe
Reference year 2024
Name
Indoor Current Sensor KECA 250 B1
Use advice for data set The life cycle assessment of the KECA 250 B1, 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 current sensor KECA 250 B1, including related accessories and packaging. The KECA 250 B1 is an indoor current sensor with construction done without the use of ferromagnetic core. Current measurement in KECA 250 B1 is based on the Rogowski coil principle. A Rogowski coil is a toroidal, without an iron core, placed around the primary conductor in the same way as the secondary winding a current transformer. As there is no iron core, no necessity for high burden values and thus a possibility for low current losses and only one secondary winding needed, KECA 250 B1 sensors exhibit extremely low energy consumption that is just a fraction of that transferred to heat in conventional CTs. This fact contributes to huge energy savings during its entire operating life, supporting the world-wide effort to reduce energy consumption. The current sensor type KECA 250 B1 is intended for use in current measurement in low voltage or medium voltage switchgear. In case of medium voltage switchgear, the current sensor should be installed over a bushing insulator, insulated cable or any other type of insulated conductor. General technical specifications of the product are presented below. Technical information Unit Value Outer height/width/length mm 147/37.5/176 Insulation level kV 0.72 Rated primary A 250 (up to 4 000) Accuracy class - 0.5 / 5P340 Transformation ratio - 250 A/150 mV at 50 Hz 250 A/180 mV at 60 Hz Frequency Hz 50 / 60 The production of the instrument sensors, from which medium indoor current sensor KECA 250 B1 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 The constituent materials of KECA 250 B1 are presented below. Type Material Weight [kg] Weight [%] Brass 0.010 0.86 Copper 0.070 6.36 Steel 0.003 0.23 Plastics PC 0.180 16.26 PET 0.070 6.30 PP 0.089 8.05 Other polymers 0.017 1.50 Others PUR WEVO 0.630 56.83 Others 0.040 3.59 Total 1.108 100
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 2024-12-11 - 2029-12-11
Technological representativeness

Indicators of life cycle

IndicatorDirectionUnit Production
A1-A3
 Transport
A4
 Installation
A5
 Use
B1
 Waste processing
C3
Input
  • 35.1
  • 0.0166
  • 0.00222
  • 0.316
  • 0.112
Input
  • 3.92
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
Input
  • 49
  • 0.0166
  • 0.00222
  • 0.316
  • 0.112
Input
  • 104
  • 1.07
  • 0.101
  • 1.64
  • 1.33
Input
  • 23.6
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
Input
  • 128
  • 1.07
  • 0.101
  • 1.64
  • 1.33
Input
  • 0.0316
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
Input
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
Input
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
Input
  • 0.145
  • 0.000153
  • 0.0000216
  • 0.00129
  • 0.000731
Output
  • 0.0014
  • 0.00000682
  • 5.84E-7
  • 0.00000208
  • 0.00000476
Output
  • 0.893
  • 0.0523
  • 0.0867
  • 0.00451
  • 1.07
Output
  • 0.000105
  • 3.48E-7
  • 4.3E-8
  • 0.000012
  • 0.00000218
Output
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
Output
  • 0.0727
  • 0
  • 0.0821
  • 0
  • 0.0602
Output
  • 0.00707
  • 0
  • 0.0646
  • 0
  • 0
Output
  • 0.00982
  • 0
  • 0.152
  • 0
  • 0
Output
  • 0.0201
  • 0
  • 0.273
  • 0
  • 0

IndicatorUnit Production
A1-A3
 Transport
A4
 Installation
A5
 Use
B1
 Waste processing
C3
Abiotic depletion potential - fossil resources (ADPF)
  • 128
  • 1.07
  • 0.101
  • 1.64
  • 1.33
Abiotic depletion potential - non-fossil resources (ADPE)
  • 0.000931
  • 2.43E-7
  • 2.41E-8
  • 1.42E-7
  • 6.49E-7
Acidification potential, Accumulated Exceedance (AP)
  • 0.0856
  • 0.000311
  • 0.000039
  • 0.000359
  • 0.000516
Global Warming Potential - biogenic (GWP-biogenic)
  • -0.33
  • 0.0000683
  • 0.0991
  • 0.00264
  • 0.0191
Global Warming Potential - fossil fuels (GWP-fossil)
  • 6.68
  • 0.075
  • 0.0132
  • 0.0714
  • 0.176
Global Warming Potential - total (GWP-total)
  • 6.35
  • 0.0751
  • 0.112
  • 0.0743
  • 0.196
Global Warming Potential - land use and land use change (GWP-luluc)
  • 0.0102
  • 0.0000367
  • 0.00000384
  • 0.000179
  • 0.000141
No records found.
No records found.
No records found.
No records found.
No records found.
Eutrophication potential - freshwater (EP-freshwater)
  • 0.0061
  • 0.00000529
  • 0.00000111
  • 0.0000652
  • 0.000032
Eutrophication potential - marine (EP-marine)
  • 0.0106
  • 0.000118
  • 0.0000473
  • 0.0000638
  • 0.014
Eutrophication potential - terrestrial (EP-terrestrial)
  • 0.11
  • 0.00126
  • 0.000166
  • 0.000562
  • 0.00141
Photochemical Ozone Creation Potential (POCP)
  • 0.0357
  • 0.000455
  • 0.0000553
  • 0.000181
  • 0.000467
Depletion potential of the stratospheric ozone layer (ODP)
  • 0.00000132
  • 1.64E-9
  • 1.46E-10
  • 1.28E-9
  • 1.18E-9
Water (user) deprivation potential (WDP)
  • 5.53
  • 0.00435
  • 0.000546
  • 0.0168
  • 0.0227

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