Energy Consumption and Lifecycle Assessment Comparison of Cutting Fluids for Drilling Titanium Alloy
Abstract
This study analyzes four cutting conditions (dry, flood, Liquid CO 2 (LCO2), and Liquid N2 (LN 2)) based on energy consumption and ecological impacts for drilling VT-20, a Titanium alloy. The lower cutting and total energy have been consumed for LCO2 as compared to others. The Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) analysis has been performed using ReCiPe 2016 midpoint (H) to identify the impact of cutting conditions on ecosystem, human health, and natural resources. Cryogenic environment with LN 2 has been found as the most ecological cutting condition next to dry machining, while flood coolant has 94-99% of total impact considering all cutting conditions.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2021
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2021.01.026
Funding Information
This work has been supported by SERB-DST, Government of India, under the project ECR/2016/000735 titled “Design and Development of Energy Efficient Cryogenic Machining Facility for Heat Resistant Alloys and Carbon Fibre Composites.”
Repository Citation
Khanna, Navneet; Shah, Prassan; Wadhwa, Jwalant; Pitroda, Anjali; Schoop, Julius M.; and Pusavec, Franci, "Energy Consumption and Lifecycle Assessment Comparison of Cutting Fluids for Drilling Titanium Alloy" (2021). Institute for Sustainable Manufacturing Faculty Publications. 15.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/ism_facpub/15
Notes/Citation Information
© 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0) Peer-review under responsibility of the scientific committee of the 28th CIRP Conference on Life Cycle Engineering.