Table 5.
Evaluation of carbon emissions from procurement and haulage.
| Stage II | Process | Vehicle | Capacity (t/L) | No. of Loadings | Total Fuel (L) |
ECF (Fuel Based Equipment) |
Embodied Carbon (t) CO2e/t |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Excavation and Procurement | Clay procurement | Pickup excavator | 10 | 275 | 275 | 3.25 | 893.75 | |
| GS procurement | Pickup excavator | 10 | 118 | 118 | 3.25 | 383.5 | ||
| CLS | Pickup excavator | 10 | 2 | 2 | 3.25 | 6.5 | ||
| Total CO2 | 1283.75 | |||||||
| Haulage | Process | Vehicle | Capacity (t/L) |
Distance
(km) |
Trips |
Total fuel
(L) |
Embodied carbon
CO2e/t (t) |
|
| Haulage | Clay | Heavy-duty dumper | 25 | 1 | 55 | 55 | 3.25 | 178.75 |
| Granite sand | Heavy-duty dumper | 25 | 1 | 24 | 23.58 | 3.25 | 76.635 | |
| Calcium lignosulfonate | Heavy-duty dumper | 25 | 1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 3.25 | 1.277 | |
| Total CO2 | 256.66 | |||||||
| Total CO2(t) emissions in Stage II = 1540.4 | ||||||||