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Life Cycle Assessment of an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle. ENDURUNS Project Case

  • Pedro José Bernalte Sanchez
  • , Fausto Pedro Garcia Marquez*
  • , Mayorkinos Papaelias
  • , Simone Marini
  • , Nikolla Gjeci
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The use of the autonomous vehicles for marine and submarine works has evolved considerably in the last decade. The appearance of new imaging, navigation and communications technologies allow large operability possibilities. The Autonomous Underwater Vehicles are used currently for several offshore missions and applications. There exists some innovative purposes in the line of the sustainable development and green energy mobility. ENDURUNS project is an European research initiative in the framework of “Horizon 2030” with the aim of seabed survey. The novelty of this project is the use and implementation of renewable energy (Hydrogen Fuel Cell) for the underwater vehicle developed, achieving the zero emissions objective. This paper analysed the product environmental management using the Life Cycle Assessment methodology, ISO 14040. This analysis reports different values of Damage and Environmental Impact. The Eco-Indicator 99 method is employed with the SimaPro software. The results obtained from the analysis are used to evaluate the Life Cycle environmental impact.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIoT and Data Science in Engineering Management
Subtitle of host publicationProceedings of the 16th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Industrial Management and XXVI Congreso de Ingeniería de Organización
EditorsFausto Pedro García Márquez, Isaac Segovia Ramírez, Pedro José Bernalte Sánchez, Alba Muñoz del Río
PublisherSpringer
Pages266-271
Number of pages6
Edition1
ISBN (Electronic)9783031279157
ISBN (Print)9783031279140
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 25 Mar 2023

Publication series

NameLecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies
Volume160
ISSN (Print)2367-4512
ISSN (Electronic)2367-4520

Bibliographical note

Acknowledgements:
The work reported here with has been supported by the European Project H2020 under the Research Grants H2020-MG-2018-2019-2020, ENDURUNS.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
    SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
  2. SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
    SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
  3. SDG 13 - Climate Action
    SDG 13 Climate Action
  4. SDG 14 - Life Below Water
    SDG 14 Life Below Water

Keywords

  • Autonomous underwater vehicle
  • ENDURUNS project
  • Environment impact
  • Life cycle
  • Renewable energies
  • Sustainable development

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Information Systems
  • Media Technology
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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