Material analysis and environmental improvement of a flat panel television

Material analysis and environmental improvement of a flat panel television

Ingenegeren, R.A.C.

Bakker, C.A. (mentor)
Tempelman, E. (mentor)
Devoldere, T. (mentor)

Industrial Design Engineering

Design Engineering

Design for Sustainability

2011-11-09

Even though the Econova television of Philips has proved to be the best holistic environmentally friendly television, with an extremely low energy usage, it could still be improved by using lower impact materials. The eco-impact of printed circuit boards remains a main area worthy of further study. A first step is made in the direction of a circular economy by using high percentages of secondary post consumer recycled cast aluminium, supplied within Europe, in a new product proposal. Improvements were made for fast disassembly as well as for another possible end-of-life scenario: the shredding process during recycling. High-pressure die casting is great for accuracy as well as complexity. These conditions were exploited by implementing a bi-directional evolutionary structure optimization algorithm in order to achieve a lightweight construction for the flat panel television housing.

environment
sustainability
eco
impact
television
design

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Campus only

Student theses

master thesis

(c) 2011 Ingenegeren, R.A.C.