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المؤلفTomas, Dvorak
المؤلفMeeks, Sanford
المؤلفDvorak, Lucas
المؤلفRineer, Justin
المؤلفKelly, Patrick
المؤلفRamakrishna, Naren
المؤلفHenig, Thomas
المؤلفKucukvar, Murat
المؤلفOnat, Nuri C.
المؤلفTatari, Omer
المؤلفShah, Amish
المؤلفSalazar, Jessica
المؤلفZeidan, Omar
تاريخ الإتاحة2023-08-31T16:41:19Z
تاريخ النشر2023-09-01
اسم المنشورInternational Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics
المعرّفhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.05.022
الاقتباسDvorak, T., Meeks, S., Dvorak, L., Rineer, J., Kelly, P., Ramakrishna, N., ... & Zeidan, O. (2023). Evaluating Carbon Footprint of Proton Therapy Based on Power Consumption and Possible Mitigation Strategies. International Journal of Radiation Oncology* Biology* Physics.
الرقم المعياري الدولي للكتاب0360-3016
معرّف المصادر الموحدhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360301623004984
معرّف المصادر الموحدhttp://hdl.handle.net/10576/47144
الملخصPurposeThere is increasing concern about rising carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and their hazardous effect on human health. This study quantifies the energy utilization of proton therapy, assesses the corresponding carbon footprint, and discusses possible offsetting strategies toward carbon-neutral health care operations. Methods and MaterialsPatients treated between July 2020 and June 2021 using the Mevion proton system were evaluated. Current measurements were converted to kilowatts of power consumption. Patients were reviewed for disease, dose, number of fractions, and duration of beam. The Environmental Protection Agency calculator was used to convert power consumption to tons of CO2 equivalent (CO2e) for scope-based carbon footprint accounting. ResultsThere were 185 patients treated and a total of 5176 fractions delivered (average, 28). Power consumption was 55.8 kW in standby/night mode and 64.4 kW during BeamOn, for an annual total of 490 MWh. BeamOn time was 149.6 hours, and BeamOn consumption accounted for 2% of the machine total. Power consumption was 52 kWh per patient (breast, highest at 140 kWh; prostate, lowest at 28 kWh). Annual power consumption of the administrative areas was approximately 96 MWh, for a program total of 586 MWh. The carbon footprint for BeamOn time was 4.17 metric tons of CO2e, or 23 kg per patient course (breast cancer, 60 kg; prostate, 12 kg). The annual carbon footprint for the machine was 212.2 tons CO2e, and for the proton program, 253.7 tons CO2e, with an attributed footprint of 1372 kg CO2e per patient. The corresponding CO2e offset for the program could be 4192 new trees planted and grown for 10 years (23 trees per patient). ConclusionsThe carbon footprint varied by disease treated. On average, the carbon footprint was 23 kg of CO2e per patient and 253.7 tons of CO2e for the proton program. There are a number of reduction, mitigation, and offset strategies possible for radiation oncologists that should be explored, such as waste minimization, less treatment commuting, efficient energy use, and renewable electricity power use.
اللغةen
الناشرElsevier Inc.
الموضوعMitigation Strategies
العنوانEvaluating Carbon Footprint of Proton Therapy Based on Power Consumption and Possible Mitigation Strategies
النوعArticle
الصفحات22-30
رقم العدد1
رقم المجلد117
ESSN1879-355X
dc.accessType Abstract Only


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