INFLUENCE OF REMANUFACTURING ON LIFE CYCLE STEPS: AIR COMPRESSOR STUDY CASE IN BRAZIL

摘要: Remanufacturing is a key scenario in end-of-life (EOL) management. From Life Cycle Assessment’s (LCA) point of view, means more elementary processes after the product’s use phase. However, this choice affects early steps its life cycle, usually by decreasing demand on acquisition raw-materials, lower need manufacturing processes, and an adition time. This paper aimed to discuss influences Scenario cycle. The methodology used was LCA based standards. We as study case air compressor compared with Reference where final disposal set equipment landfill. Impact Assessment performed software SimaPro®7.3 CML2000 method for Abiotic Depletion Global Warming, Total Acumulative Energy Demand (single issue). showed that EOL able decrease until 47% impacts Scenario. improvement can not always represents better environmental performance when considered numerical balance inside each