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CE371 – Sustainable Civil and Environmental Engineering Systems

Spring 2024

Homework #4
Due Friday March 15 at 12:30PM on D2L
Possible points: 45
Directions:
• Complete your HW assignment electronically and submit on D2L as a single PDF.
• Your homework will be graded 90% based on your responses and 10% for neatness.
Neatness includes formatting your responses, complete sentences, clear graphs/figures (no
blurriness), labeling all graphs and figures in your responses, and citations as appropriate.

1. Life cycle impact calculation (15 pts)


a) Calculate the global warming potential and resource depletion using mass and
economic allocation (Fill the table). You should show your calculations to have partial credits
if you don’t get the right answer). (14 pts)

Impact characterization
CH4
2 kg factors
2 k g CH 4 +

GWP (CO2 eq)


l3
CH C

3 kg Product A
2 kg

(10 $/kg) CO2 1


CH4 25
0.5 kg Au

CHCl3 4
Process XYZ
2
g CO

Resource
10 k

depletion (ADP-
15 kg Cu

7 kg Product B kg Sb-eq))
(5 $/kg) Au 89.5
Ag 1.8
+ 20 kg Cu
0.1 kg Ag

Cu 0.00194
Sb 1

Product Global Global Warming Resource Resource


Warming Potential Depletion Depletion
Potential (kg CO2 eq) (ADP – kg Sbeq) (ADP- kg Sbeq)
(kg CO2 eq) (Economic (Mass allocation) (Economic
(Mass allocation) allocation)
allocation)
A 67.4 76.8 44.76 44.76

B 50.6 41.2 0.239 0.239

TOTAL 118 118 45 45


a) GWP mass process XYZ = 2*25 + 2*4 = 58
GWP mass A = 3/10 * 58+ 2*25 = 67.4
GWP mass B = 7/10 *58 + 10 = 50.6
GWP total mass = 58+2*25+10 = 118
GWP economic A = 58 *（3*10）/ (3*10+7*5) + 50 =76.8
GWP economic B = 58* (7*5)/ (3*10+7*5) +10 = 41.2
ADP mass process XYZ = 15*0.00194 = 0.0291
ADP mass A = 0.0291 * 3/10 + 0.5*89.5 =44.76
ADP mass B = 0.0291 *7/10 +(0.1*1.8+20*0.00194) = 0.239
ADP economic A = 0.0291 *3*10/((3*10+7*5) +0.5*89.5 = 44.76
ADP economic B = 0.0291*7*5/((3*10+7*5) +(0.1*1.8+20*0.00194) = 0.239
b) What is the carbon footprint of 1 kg of product B based on economic allocation? (1pts)
41.2/7 = 5.89

2. AFLEET – 30 pts

Introduction to AFLEET Online software


https://afleet.es.anl.gov/afleet/

Other useful links:


Car fuel economy information: https://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/findacar.shtml
Fuel Price: https://afdc.energy.gov/fuels/prices.html

The goal is to compare the economic and environmental life cycle impact of SUV (modeled
using the passenger car model). You plan to compare different SUV options before making a
purchase decision.

a) Fill the following table with your assumptions (that will be used in AFLEET). Fuel economy
should be found from the link above, and the purchase price from dealer/online search –
looking for a rough number, not exact. (10 pts)
Fuel economy
Maintenance
Vehicle Fuel type (MPGGE) Purchase Price ($)
cost

2023 Tesla Model Y AWD EV 131.4 48,490


Automatic (A1), Electricity

2024 Toyota RAV4 Prime 4WD 2.5 PHEV 36.6 43,000


L, 4 cyl, Automatic (AV-S6), Don’t
Regular Gas and Electricity change the
2023 Jeep Wrangler 4dr EcoDiesel Diesel 25 50,000 default
4WD 3.0 L, 6 cyl, Automatic 8-spd, values
Turbo, Diesel
2024 Ford Escape AWD HEV 2.5 HEV 39 31,000
L, 4 cyl, Automatic (variable gear
ratios), Regular Gasoline
2024 Ford Bronco Sport 4WD 1.5 Gasoline 26 35,000
L, 3 cyl, Automatic 8-spd, Turbo,
Regular Gasoline

b) Fill the table with your fuel prices assumptions for Michigan (default values are for US) (5pts)
Fuel Fuel Unit $ Fuel/Unit Reference
Gasoline Gallon 2.76 https://afdc.energy.gov/states/mi

Diesel Gallon 3.68 https://afdc.energy.gov/states/mi

Electricity kWh 0.19 https://www.energysage.com/local-


data/electricity-cost/mi
c) Assume an average mileage of 10,000 miles/yr in Michigan. Change the electricity mix to
the current electricity mix in Michigan (using https://www.epa.gov/egrid/data-explorer ).
Calculate the results and save a screenshot (or copy the results using the save/export
results). (10 pts)
d) Which one do you think is the best option when considering both economic and
environmental results? (5 pts)
Considering the balance of price and environment, the Tesla model Y should be the best
choice.

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