Carbon footprint assessment of the compressor manufacturing process in industrial plants

Abstract

     This research was survey research data analyzed by quantitative research and used a Business-to-business (B2B) life cycle assessment method. From the results of the study, it was found that the activity of raw material acquisition for compressor products had the highest greenhouse gas emissions resulting in 139 kgCO2e/unit, which was equivalent to 88% of the total activity. The primary cause of this was from the raw material that had a high green gas Emission Factor. While comparing to the production process found that the production activities had released greenhouse gas emissions equal to 19 kgCO2e/unit, which was equivalent to 12 % of the total activity. Considering the total activities of compressor production throughout the business-to-business cycle, the greenhouse gas emission was equal to 158 kgCO2e/unit. From the result, the recommended measure to decrease greenhouse gas emissions was to explore the use of alternative materials that have greater efficiency. and energy conservation in the inspection and maintenance of machinery and equipment activities.