LAYERS of material flows for E-tech elements

电子科技元素的物料流层

• 批准号: NE/L002388/1
• 负责人: David Manning
• 金额: $ 8.58万
• 依托单位: Newcastle University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2013 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=NE%2FL002388%2F1
• 关键词: LAYERS; material; flows; tech; elements

To achieve carbon reduction targets as we move increasingly away from the use of fossil fuels, the infrastructure of electricity generation and transport will change as wind generation and electric vehicles become more important. Both of these require very specific materials, the so-called E-tech elements, and the ability of the mining industry to supply these is a matter of strategic significance. The provision of new technology on the required scale carries a significant risk of failure to secure materials needed to deliver the politically-agreed targets.Our proposal sets out to develop a generic approach to understanding and modelling the supply chain through Material Flow Analysis, uniquely adding a geological component with associated spatial visualisation and uncertainty. We will use standard methodology (ISO 14041), which is part of the ISO 14001 family; and these management systems are familiar to stakeholders.We add to these layers descriptions of geological (and so geographical) distribution of sources of selected E-tech elements, following through to consider the implications of space (geographical location) and time (including lead times from exploration through mining to product) at all stages of the supply chain. Using this approach, we will produce a tool that enables users to understand where bottlenecks arise in the supply chain, informing decisions that relate to resource use that include end-of-life recovery of these elements and providing constraints that inform policy makers. Our proposal involves close liaison with key representatives of non-academic users of E-tech elements.

为了实现碳减少目标，随着我们越来越远离化石燃料的使用，随着风力和电动汽车变得越来越重要，发电和运输的基础设施将发生变化。这两者都需要非常具体的材料，所谓的电子技术元素，以及采矿业提供这些材料的能力是战略意义的问题。在所需量表上提供新技术的规定具有未能确保实现政治上所需的材料的重大风险。我们的提案设定了开发一种通用方法，通过材料流量分析来理解和建模供应链，独特地添加了与相关空间可视化和不确定性相关的地质成分。我们将使用标准方法（ISO 14041），这是ISO 14001家族的一部分；这些管理系统对利益相关者很熟悉。我们在这些层次的描述中对所选电子技术元素的地质（以及地理）分布的描述进行了描述，然后在供应链的所有阶段考虑了空间（地理位置）和时间（包括从探索到挖掘到产品的时间（包括时间）的含义）。使用这种方法，我们将生成一种工具，使用户能够了解供应链中瓶颈在哪里出现的位置，从而为与资源使用有关的决策提供了信息，这些决策包括这些元素的寿命终结恢复以及提供为决策者提供信息的约束。我们的建议涉及与电子技术元素非学术用户的主要代表密切联络。

项目成果

LAYERS: A Decision-Support Tool to Illustrate and Assess the Supply and Value Chain for the Energy Transition

• DOI: 10.3390/su14127120
• 发表时间: 2022-06
• 期刊: Sustainability
• 影响因子: 3.9
• 作者: O. Heidrich;A. Ford;R. J. Dawson;David A. C. Manning;E. Mohareb;M. Raugei;J. Baars;M. Rajaeifar