Question: A cellphone manufacturing system runs two processes A and B . An analysis of the system indicated that C H 4 and C C l

A cellphone manufacturing system runs two processes A and B. An analysis of the system indicated
that CH4 and CCl4 are created in the processes according to the amount of time that they are
running:
kgCH4=2A+1B
kgCCl4=0.005A+(8***10-5)***B3
where A and B represent the time in hours that each process is operated. The company wants to
know how their emissions of GHGs are impacted by running the processes for different times. The
GWP100 values of CH4 and CCL4 are 28 and -2,110, respectively.
a) What is the GWP of the system if A is run for 4 hours and B is run for 4 hours?
b) Create a "spider plot" (see slide 5 of L17) to assess the sensitivity of the GWP of the system to
Processes A and B. The x axis should be expressed as a percentage change in each input ( A and
B, hours) from -75% to +75% assuming a base case of 4 hours each. The y axis should be GWP
(kgCO2e).
c) From your spider plot, is GWP more sensitive to Process A or B? What are the GWP values if the
time of process A was increased by 75% while holding B constant at 4 hours? How about
increasing B by 75% while holding A constant at 4 hours?
d) Create similar spider plots for Processes A and B with respect to their mass of emissions of CH4
and CCl4 versus operating time.
e) Interpret your graphs from b) and d). Assuming the company hired you to help them improve
their environmental performance, what would you tell them about the advantages and
disadvantages of increasing or decreasing operation of Processes A and B? Be sure to do a quick
Google search of CH4 and CCl4 before answering.
 A cellphone manufacturing system runs two processes A and B. An

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