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Genearal - record for time, energy, and optimization of workflow on GVCS and related projects | Genearal - record for time, energy, and optimization of workflow on GVCS and related projects | ||
=Materials= | |||
*Wood - 8.5MJ/kg | |||
=Specific - Energy of Production= | =Specific - Energy of Production= | ||
*14-17 kWhr are used for producing 1 kg of PLA plastic 3D printing filament! See excellent industrial ecology paper, p. S84 at [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jiec.12618/pdf] | *14-17 kWhr are used for producing 1 kg of PLA plastic 3D printing filament! See excellent industrial ecology paper, p. S84 at [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jiec.12618/pdf] | ||
*'''Note that this is the same amount of energy as that required to smelt 1 kg of aluminum from aluminum oxide!''' | *'''Note that this is the same amount of energy as that required to smelt 1 kg of aluminum from aluminum oxide!''' | ||
Revision as of 21:10, 20 August 2020
Genearal - record for time, energy, and optimization of workflow on GVCS and related projects
Materials
- Wood - 8.5MJ/kg
Specific - Energy of Production
- 14-17 kWhr are used for producing 1 kg of PLA plastic 3D printing filament! See excellent industrial ecology paper, p. S84 at [1]
- Note that this is the same amount of energy as that required to smelt 1 kg of aluminum from aluminum oxide!