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. 2022 Mar 24;2022:3872069. doi: 10.1155/2022/3872069

Table 4.

Carbon emissions produced during on-site construction.

Working activities Item Construction machine Energy Energy consumption Carbon emissions (t)
Foundation Earth excavation Crawler type mechanical single bucket excavator within 1.0 m³ Diesel 1,209.33 kg 4.44
Stone excavation Crawler type mechanical single bucket excavator within 1.0 m³ Diesel 766.86 kg 2.81
Motorized air compressor within 9 m3/min Electricity 1,433.42 kWh 1.66
Impact drilling pile Crawler type mechanical single bucket excavator within 1.0 m³ Diesel 114.23 kg 0.42
Trucks within 10 t Diesel 310.87 kg 1.14
Truck crane within 16 t Diesel 278.41 kg 1.02
JK8 percussion drill Electricity 10,157.69 kWh 13.10
Mud separator Electricity 74.55 kWh 0.10
Mud mixer Electricity 434.89 kWh 0.56
Mud pump within Φ 100 mm Electricity 1,275.30 kWh 1.65
AC arc welder within 42 kV A Electricity 331.52 kWh 0.43
Manual digging pile Single barrel slow winch within 50 kN Electricity 15,087.19 kWh 19.46

Bridge substructure Concrete Concrete delivery pump within 60 m3/h Electricity 18,372.52 kWh 23.70
Truck crane within 25 t Diesel 2,868.75 kg 10.53
Steel Truck crane within 25 t Diesel 2,562.28 kg 9.40
Automatic steel seam welder Electricity 4,148.22 kWh 5.35
AC arc welder within 32 kV A Electricity 9,809.58 kWh 12.65
Bearing Truck crane within 20 t Diesel 206.96 kg 0.21
AC arc welder within 32 kV A Electricity 178.36 kWh 0.23

Bridge superstructure Concrete Concrete delivery pump within 60 m3/h Electricity 43,544.45 kWh 56.17
Truck crane within 25 t Diesel 40,285.13 kg 147.85
Cast-in-place T-beam reinforcement AC arc welder within 32 kV A Electricity 44,693.70 kWh 57.66
AC butt welder within 150 kV A Electricity 20,485.11 kWh 26.43
Centralized and standardized processing of rebar CNC vertical rebar bending center Electricity 711.17 kWh 0.92
AC arc welder within 32 kV A Electricity 44,693.70 kWh 57.66
AC butt welder within 150 kV A Electricity 20,485.11 kWh 26.43
Prestressed concrete Concrete delivery pump within 60 m3/h Electricity 98,556.12 kWh 127.14
Single-cylinder slow-motion winch within 30 kN Electricity 2,681,021.27 kWh 3,458.52
Single-cylinder slow-motion winch within 50 kN Electricity 934,667.96 kWh 1,205.72
Φ100 mm electric multistage water pump (≤120 m) Electricity 204,479.87 kWh 263.78
AC arc welder within 32 kV A Electricity 51,668.13 kWh 66.65
Steel strand Prestressed steel tensile machine Electricity 2,284.49 kWh 2.95
Bellows rolling machine Electricity 571.23 kWh 0.74
Prestressed reinforcement Prestressed stretching machine within 900 kN Electricity 6980.95 kWh 9.01
Bellows rolling machine Electricity 621.10 kWh 0.80
Single-cylinder slow-motion winch within 50 kN Electricity 6,607.41 kWh 6.61

Other installation Optical cable laying Trucks within 10 t Diesel 134.38 kg 0.49
Engine-driven air compressor within 17 m3/min Electricity 46.36 kWh 0.06
Electric cable laying Trucks within 10 t Diesel 33.58 kg 0.12
Truck crane within 5 t Diesel 9.95 kg 0.04