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Data set: Circuit Breaker OVB-VBF 36.20.32 HCEP variant (00.04.000)

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Full name
Circuit Breaker OVB-VBF 36.20.32 HCEP variant
Location
Reference year
2023
Valid until
2028
Reference flow(s)
Type
EPD
Parameterized?
no
LCIA results included?
yes
Category
Bygg / Elektroniske og elektriske komponenter og produkter
Synonyms
Use advice for data set
The life cycle assessment of the Circuit-breaker VBF 36.20.32 HCEP variant, 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. In terms of exclusions from the system boundary, according to Standard/PCR, capital goods such as machinery, tools, buildings, infrastructure, packaging for internal transports, and administrative activities, which cannot be allocated directly to the production of the reference product, are excluded. Auxiliary wiring used differs from customer to customer, hence that is excluded. Infrastructures, when present, such as in processes deriving from the ecoinvent database, have not been excluded. Scraps for metal working and plastic processes are also included when already defined in ecoinvent.
Data set use approval
General comment
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. 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 at the ABB manufacturing site is allocated to the production of one OVB-VBF 36.20.32 HCEP variant by using allocation rules. This is done by multiplying the resources used by the plant by the allocation key derived on the basis of volumes of the products produced in same factory. 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 the PCR EPDItaly007. This means, waste treatment processes are allocated to the product system that generates the waste until the end-of-waste state is reached. The environmental burdens of recycling and energy recovery processes are therefore allocated to the product system that generates the waste, while the product system that uses the exported energy and recycled materials receives it burden-free. However, the potential benefits and avoided loads from recovery and recycling processes are not considered because it is not required by EPDItaly007. According to PCR EPDItaly012 the cut-off criteria can be set to a maximum of 2% of the total weight of the device. In this LCA, stickers have been excluded as their weights are negligible. Manganese-Phosphating treatment performed on steel part has been excluded due to the unavailability of data and complexity of modelling. The production process of nitrogen gas, as well as its release into the atmosphere, are excluded because of the negligible mass used in the product.
LCI Method Principle
LCI Method Approaches
No records found.
Completeness of product model
No statement
Reviews
  • Independent external review by
License and access conditions
Copyright
yes
License type
Free of charge for all users and uses
Access information
None
Owner of data set
ABB Switzerland Ltd, Group Technology Management
Technical purpose
OVB-VBF breakers are used in electrical distribution for control and protection of cables, overhead lines, transformer and distribution substations, motors, transformers, generators and capacitor banks. The Scope of the Medium voltage circuit breakers is to interrupt an electric current with a mechanical actuator.
Input Products
No records found.
Co-Products
No records found.
Data set version
00.04.000
Time stamp (last saved)
2025-08-11T12:05:45
Data set format
Other versions
Compliance systems
  • EN 15804+A2 (Overall compliance: Fully compliant)
  • ISO 14025 (Overall compliance: Fully compliant)
  • ISO 21930 (Overall compliance: Fully compliant)
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