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Product
Environmental
Profile
Altivar 21
22 to 75 kW – IP54 range
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Steel
68.7 %
Aluminium alloys
14.59 %
Brass
3.64 %
Copper
1.04 %
Tin
0.03 %
Polyamide 66
1.2 %
Polycarbonate
0.54 %
PBT
0.48 %
Polyvinyl
chloride
0.43 %
Through-hole
electronic
components
3.37 %
Epoxy resin
printed Circuit
1.5 %
Others
1.97 %
Ferrite
1.24 %
EPDM
0.7 %
Surface-mounted
components
0.57 %
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Product Overview
The main function of the Altivar 21 range is control and rotation speed variation of an
asynchronous electric motor, mainly for HVAC applications.
This range comprises products from 0.75 to 75 kW, operating at voltages from 200 and 480 V,
single or three-phase.
The representative product used for carrying out assessment is the complete Altivar 21 of
rating 22 kW 400 V (ref ATV21WD22N4).
It is representative of the entire ATV21 22 to 75 kW IP54 range. Other products of the range
are produced using the same technology and on the same production process.
Environmental assessment was carried out conforming to standard ISO 14040
"Environmental management: life cycle assessment, principle and framework".
This assessment takes account of product life cycle stages.
Constituent materials
Weight of products in the range is from 29000 g to 88000 g. It is 29168 g
excluding packaging for the Altivar 21 - 22 kW 400 V assessed.
Constituent materials are broken down as follows:
Substance assessment
Manufacturing
Distribution
Products of this range are designed in conformity with the requirements
of the RoHS directive (European Directive 2002/95/EC of 27 January
2003) and do not contain, or in the authorised proportions, lead, mercury,
cadmium, chromium hexavalent, ame retardant (polybromobiphenyles
PBB, polybromodiphenylthers PBDE) as mentioned in the Directive.
This range is manufactured on a Schneider Electric production site
operating to an ISO 14001 certied environmental management system.
Constant process improvement enables reduction by an average 5 % of
annual energy consumption of the site.
Complete waste sorting enables achievement of a recovery rate of 99 %.
Packaging has been designed with a view to reducing its weight and
volume, respecting the packaging directive of the European Union.
The weight of packaging of the 14970 g, consisting of cardboard, wood
and steel (recyclable materials).
Product distribution ows are optimised by location of local distribution
centres in close proximity to market areas.
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Utilization
Products of the Altivar 21 - 22 to 75 kW IP54 range present no
environmental stress requiring particular use precautions (noise,
emissions, etc.).
Electrical energy consumed depends on product installation and use
conditions.
Power consumed varies from 632 W to 1953 W. It is 632 W for the Altivar
21 - 22 kW 400 V and represents less than 3 % of total power through the
product.
End of life
At end-of-life, products of the Altivar 21 range can either be dismantled or
ground to recover maximum value of the various constituent materials.
Recovery potential is greater than 89 %.
This percentage consists of ferrous metals, copper and aluminium alloys
and marked plastics.
Products of this range also include electronic cards to be extracted and
directed towards specialised processing channels.
End-of-life data is detailed in the product end-of-life sheet.
Environmental impacts
Life cycle assessment (LCA) was produced using EIME (Environmental
Impact and Management Explorer) software, version 1.6 and its database
version 5.4.
Product use duration is estimated as 10 years and the electrical energy
model used is the European model.
Scope of assessment is the Altivar 21 – 22 kW 400 V IP54.
Environmental impacts have been assessed on phases of Manufacturing
(M) including conversion of raw materials, Distribution (D) and Use (U).
Presentation of the environmental impacts
Environmental indicators
S = M + D + U M D U
Raw Material Depletion
Energy Depletion MJ
Water depletion
Global Warming
Ozone Depletion g≈CFC-11
Air Toxicity
Photochemical Ozone Creation
Air acidication
Water Toxicity
Water Eutrophication
Hazardous waste production kg
Unit ATV21 IP54 22 kW 400 V SE (1.000 unit)
Y-1
3
dm
g≈CO
3
m
g≈C2H
+
g≈H
3
dm
g≈PO
-12
1.18 10
3.55 105
4
4.80 10
7
2
2.24 10
2.78
9
4.61 10
3
4
4
7.93 10
3.79 10
1.83 10
6.08 10
3.19 10
3
6
2
2
-13
8.64 10
2.94 10
1.99 10
2.25 10
3.77 10
6.30 10
1.23 10
3
3
5
-2
7
2
2.40 10
4.44 10
1.26 10
1.01 10
2.39 10
3.56 10
10.8
41.6 2.69
5
5.34 10
5.22 10
2
2.97 10
1.05
1.71 2.38 10
-16
2
2
4
-3
6
3
-1
Life cycle assessment has shown that Use phase (phase U) has the
greatest impact on the majority of environmental indicators.
Assessment also shows that indicators of this phase are highly inuenced
by the "product thermal dissipation" parameter.
3.15 10
3.52 105
4.59 104
2.21 107
2.74
4.54 109
7.80 103
3.75 103
1.30 10
85.6
3.17 102
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System approach
As the product of the range are designed in accordance with the RoHS
Directive (European Directive 2002/95/EC of 27 January 2003),
they can be incorporated without any restriction within an assembly or
an installation submitted to this Directive.
N.B.: please note that the environmental impacts of the product depend on the use and
installation conditions of the product.
Impacts values given above are only valid within the context specied and cannot be directly
used to draw up the environmental assessment of the installation.
Glossary
Raw Material Depletion (RMD) This indicator quanties the consumption of raw materials during the life
cycle of the product. It is expressed as the fraction of natural resources
that disappear each year, with respect to all the annual reserves of
the material.
Energy Depletion (ED) This indicator gives the quantity of energy consumed, whether it be from
fossil, hydroelectric, nuclear or other sources.
This indicator takes into account the energy from the material produced
during combustion. It is expressed in MJ.
Water Depletion (WD) This indicator calculates the volume of water consumed, including
drinking water and water from industrial sources. It is expressed in dm3.
Global Warming (GW) The global warming of the planet is the result of the increase in
the greenhouse effect due to the sunlight reected by the earth’s surface
being absorbed by certain gases known as "greenhouse-effect" gases.
The effect is quantied in gram equivalent of CO2.
Ozone Depletion (OD) This indicator denes the contribution to the phenomenon of
the disappearance of the stratospheric ozone layer due to the emission
of certain specic gases. The effect is expressed in gram equivalent
of CFC-11.
Photochemical Ozone Creation (POC) This indicator quanties the contribution to the "smog" phenomenon
(the photochemical oxidation of certain gases which generates ozone)
and is expressed in gram equivalent of ethylene (C2H4).
Air Acidication (AA) The acid substances present in the atmosphere are carried by rain.
A high level of acidity in the rain can cause damage to forests.
The contribution of acidication is calculated using the acidication
potentials of the substances concerned and is expressed in mode
equivalent of H+.
Hazardous Waste Production (HWP) This indicator calculates the quantity of specially treated waste created
during all the life cycle phases (manufacturing, distribution and utilization).
For example, special industrial waste in the manufacturing phase, waste
associated with the production of electrical power, etc.
It is expressed in kg.
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