グレーウォーター電気凝集処理のスクリーニングライフサイクル炭素評価：印加電流、電力炭素強度、電極製造ルートの影響

Screening Life-Cycle Carbon Assessment of Greywater Electrocoagulation: Effects of Applied Current, Electricity Carbon Intensity, and Electrode Production Route (原題)

Muhammad Rasool Al‐Kilani, Khalid Bani‐Melhem, Haitham Elnakar, Khalideh Albkoor Alrawashdeh, Mutaz M. Zoubi, Qusay Y. Abu-Afifeh, Rachmad Ardhianto, Abeer Al Bsoul, Arwa W. Abdelhay, Rachid Zegait

Environments📚 査読済 / ジャーナル2026-09-23#エネルギー転換Origin: Global経営インパクト: コスト削減対象セクター: water_utilities

DOI: 10.3390/environments13100524

原典: https://doi.org/10.3390/environments13100524

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日本語

電気凝集（EC）によるグレーウォーター処理を、アルミ・鉄電極と0.1〜0.3Aの電流条件で実験し、スクリーニングLCAで炭素影響を評価した。COD除去率は電流増加で68〜96%に上昇する一方、電力消費とGWPも増大し、ホットスポットは低電流では一次アルミ生産、高電流では電力へと移行する。脱炭素電力と低炭素電極の組み合わせが高電流時の影響を大きく低減することを示した。

English

This study couples bench-scale electrocoagulation (EC) experiments on greywater with a screening life-cycle carbon assessment for Al and Fe electrodes at 0.1–0.3 A. COD removal rose from ~68% to ~96% with current, but GWP increased from 0.33–0.46 to 1.83–2.16 kg CO2e/m3. Hotspots shift from primary-Al production at low current to electricity at high current, and decarbonized electricity plus low-carbon electrodes substantially cut impacts.

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日本のGX文脈において

日本では水処理・下水道分野の脱炭素化がGX実行計画や自治体のカーボンニュートラル計画で注目されるが、本論文は開示制度やScope算定とは直接接続しない。ただし、処理強度と電力炭素強度のトレードオフを定量化する手法は、企業のScope 3・製品LCA算定や省エネ投資判断に応用可能な示唆を含む。

In the global GX context

While not directly tied to TCFD/ISSB disclosure frameworks, this work contributes to the growing life-cycle carbon accounting literature for water treatment, showing how treatment intensity, grid carbon intensity, and material production routes jointly determine climate performance. It offers a methodological template for early-stage low-carbon technology screening that could inform corporate Scope 3 and product-level LCA under CSRD and similar regimes.

👥 読者別の含意

🔬研究者:電気凝集処理の炭素影響を電流・電力・電極ルート別に定量化した初期LCA事例として、水処理脱炭素研究の手法設計に参考になる。

🏢実務担当者:水処理設備の設計・運用時に、処理目標と電力調達・電極選定の組み合わせで炭素排出を最適化する判断材料を提供する。

🏛政策担当者:下水・産業排水処理の脱炭素化政策において、電力炭素強度と資材調達を同時に考慮する必要性を示唆する。

📄 Abstract（原文）

Electrocoagulation (EC) can reduce the organic load of greywater, but increasing treatment intensity may shift environmental burdens toward electricity use and sacrificial-electrode production. This study integrated bench-scale experiments with a screening life-cycle carbon assessment to evaluate aluminum (Al) and iron (Fe) electrodes at applied currents of 0.1, 0.2, and 0.3 A. COD removal, electrolysis energy consumption, and theoretical electrode consumption were evaluated, with climate-change impacts expressed per cubic meter of treated greywater and per kilogram of COD removed. Applied current significantly affected COD removal (p < 0.001), whereas the overall effect of electrode material was not significant. Mean COD removal increased from 68.0 to 95.8% for Al and from 62.0 to 96.2% for Fe between 0.1 and 0.3 A, while specific energy consumption increased from 0.45 to 3.00 and 3.15 kWh/m3, respectively. Under the reference life-cycle scenario, total global warming potential increased from 0.46 to 2.16 kg CO2e/m3 for Al and from 0.33 to 1.83 kg CO2e/m3 for Fe. Lower-current operation also produced the lowest impact per kilogram of COD removed. Contribution analysis revealed a shift in environmental hotspots: primary-Al production dominated at 0.1 A, whereas electricity dominated Al at higher currents and Fe under all tested currents. Electricity-carbon-intensity and electrode-production-route scenarios showed that decarbonized electricity substantially reduced impacts at high current, while low-carbon Al and scrap-based steel became increasingly important as electricity-related impacts declined. The results demonstrate that the climate performance of greywater EC depends jointly on treatment target, applied current, electricity supply, and electrode production pathway. The assessment provides early-stage decision support for lower-carbon and more circular EC design but should be validated through pilot-scale operation and an expanded multi-impact life-cycle inventory.

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