Process information
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| Location | CH |
| Geographical representativeness description | Europe |
| Reference year | 2024 |
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| Use advice for data set | The life cycle assessment of the KECA 80 C85, 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 80 C85, including related accessories and packaging. Current sensors offer an alternative way of making the current 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 construction is based on Rogowski coil principle. The current sensors have combined class for both measuring or protection purposes. The current sensors can be mounted in any position. The current sensors shall be fixed on insulated and shielded cables or other conductors. The constituent materials of KECA 80 C85 are presented below. Type Material Weight [kg] Weight [%] Metals Bronze 0.001 0.19 Copper 0.115 40.6 Plastics PA 0.015 5.25 PC 0.03 10.53 PP 0.092 32.69 PUR 0.010 3.63 Other polymers 0.009 3.10 Others Others 0.01 3.44 PUR WEVO 0.002 0.57 Total 0.283 100 |
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| 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 |
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| Data set valid until | 2029 |
| Time representativeness description | 2024-10-17 - 2029-10-17 |
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| Technology description including background system | General technical specifications of the product are presented below. Technical information Unit Value Outer height/width mm 116.5/25.5 Insulation level kV 0.82 Rated primary A from 80 up to 4 000 Accuracy class - 0.5/5P630 (IEC 60044-8) 0.5-A2/5P 85kA (IEC 61869-10) Frequency Hz 50 / 60 The production of the instrument sensors, from which medium indoor current sensor KECA 80 C85 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 |
Modelling and validation
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Methodological compliance
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Review compliance
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Quality compliance
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Nomenclature compliance
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Methodological compliance
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Review compliance
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Documentation compliance
Fully compliant |
Quality compliance
Fully compliant |
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Approval of overall compliance
Fully compliant |
Nomenclature compliance
Fully compliant |
Methodological compliance
Fully compliant |
Review compliance
Fully compliant |
Documentation compliance
Fully compliant |
Quality compliance
Fully compliant |
Administrative information
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| Time stamp (last saved) | 2025-08-31T13:08:08 |
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| UUID | a91ae6fe-6e9d-431e-9112-7ccebc6ece0c |
| Date of last revision | 2025-07-31T14:22:37.131631Z |
| Data set version | 00.04.000 |
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| Registration number | NEPD-7819-7156 |
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| Copyright | Yes |
| License type | Free of charge for all users and uses |
| Access and use restrictions | None |
Environmental indicators
Indicators of life cycle