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The Evaluation of GHG Emissions in Railroad Construction Sector

철도건설의 온실가스 배출량 산정평가

  • 이재영 (한국철도기술연구원 철도환경연구실) ;
  • 정우성 (한국철도기술연구원 철도환경연구실) ;
  • 황인환 (한국철도시설공단 KR 연구원 정책연구소) ;
  • 김용기 (한국철도기술연구원 철도환경연구실)
  • Received : 2011.02.23
  • Accepted : 2011.04.15
  • Published : 2011.06.26

Abstract

According to governmental policies for green growth, the increase in the traffic volume of railroad is a representative method to reduce total greenhouse gas (GHG) emitted from transport. Comprehensive assessment for the GHG emission of railroad has been studied to compare the difference of transport modes just in the operating step excluded the construction step. The purpose of this study was to evaluate GHG emissions in railroad construction sector. The targets were some construction works for civil, track, building, and electric system in A line. The GHG emission source of constructing railroad infrastructure was mainly the energy consumption of heavy equipments. As a result, the civil construction sector showed more than 96% of total GHG emissions and its specific GHG emission was 2.191 ton $CO_2e/m$. Also, the specific GHG emissions of civil construction works were of the order: earthworks > tunnels > bridges > station. In future, it will be required to calculate the overall GHG emission of railroad through life cycle approaches including operation, maintenance and disposal step.

정부의 녹색성장 국가전략에 따라 철도로의 수송수요 전환은 수송분야의 온실가스 총 배출량을 저감하는 대표적인 방안 중 하나이다. 이에 수송수단간 온실가스 배출량을 비교하기 위해 철도분야의 연구가 다양하게 진행되어 왔으나, 대부분 운영단계 위주이며 건설단계는 제외되어 있다. 본 연구에서는 철도건설 시 온실가스 배출량을 평가하기 위해 A 노선의 토목, 궤도, 건축, 전철전력 공사 일부를 대상으로 선정하였다. 철도건설의 주요 온실가스 배출원은 중장비의 연료사용으로 전체 온실가스 배출량 중 토목공사가 96% 이상을 차지하였으며, 배출원단위는 2.191톤 $CO_2e/m$이었다. 토목공사를 세부적으로 살펴보면, 공종별 온실가스 배출원단위가 토공, 터널, 교량, 정거장의 순으로 나타났다. 향후 추가적으로 시스템 경계를 확장하여 철도운영, 유지보수, 폐기 단계를 포함한 전과정적인 접근을 통해 철도 전체의 온실가스 배출량을 산정하는 것이 필요하다.

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