CPM LCA Database - Incineration of polyethylene

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SPINE LCI dataset: Incineration of polyethylene
	Administrative
	Technical System
	System Boundaries
	Flow Data
	About Inventory

	Administrative Back to Contents
	Finished	Y
	Date Completed	1990
	Copyright
	Availability

	Technical System Back to Contents
	Name	Incineration of polyethylene
	Functional Unit	1 kg
	Functional Unit Explanation	The incineration of 1 kg polyethylene.
	Process Type	Gate to gate
	Site	Sweden
	Sector	Grid electricity and district heat
	Owner	Sweden
	Technical system description	Incineration of polyethylene at a thermal energy plant, which uses waste as fuel.

	System Boundaries Back to Contents
	Nature Boundary	The emissions to air are accounted for.
	Time Boundary
	Geographical Boundary
	Other Boundaries	The energy extracted and the material incinerated are accounted for.
	Allocations
	Systems Expansions

	Flow Data
	General Activity QMetaData Back to Contents
	Date Conceived	1990
	Data Type	Derived, unspecified
	Represents
	Method	The data are taken from RVF: ’’Svensk avfallshantering 1990’’, Malmö, November 1990.
	Literature Reference	RVF: ’’Svensk avfallshantering 1990’’, Malmö, November 1990.
	Notes	No information is given about the emissions of CO and hydrocarbons, though emissions of these substances occour. The lack of informaiton is due to the fact that the evidence in the investigation of the emissions are too small to allow any general conclutions about these emissions.

	Flow Table and Specific Meta Data Back to Flow Data Back to Contents
	*QMetaData*	*Direction*	*FlowType*	*Substance*	*Quantity*	*Min*	*Max*	*SDev*	*Unit*	*Environment*	*Geography*
		Input	Refined resource	Polyethylene	1				kg	Technosphere	Sweden
		Output	Emission	CO2	3138				g	Air
		Output	Emission	NOx	6,88				g	Air
		Output	Product	Thermal energy	43				MJ	Technosphere

	About Inventory Back to Contents
	Publication	RVF: ’’Svensk avfallshantering 1990’’, Malmö, November 1990. ------------------------------------------------------------ Data documented by: Maria Erixon and Sara Ågren, project employed at Technical Environmental Planning, Chalmers University of Technology Documentation reviewed by: Henrikke Baumann and Anne-Marie Tillman (responsible for the course material) and Ann-Christin Pålsson (responisble for classification of the dataset), Technical Environmental Planning, Chalmers University of Technology ------------------------------------------------------------
	Intended User	A Life Cycle Assessment practi
	General Purpose	The data set is part of a study about waste treatment.
	Detailed Purpose	Exercise material in LCA course given at Teknisk Miljöplanering at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden.
	Commissioner
	Practitioner	Tillman, Anne-Marie - Technical Environmental Planning Chalmers University of Technology 412 96 Göteborg Sweden.
	Reviewer
	Applicability	The data can be used, when one wants to estimate the emissions to air and the energy extracted, when 1 kg aluminium is incinerated at a thermal energy plant, that uses waste as fuel. The data are valid for Swedish conditions, but can be used as an approximation to other countries. One should though be aware of the fact that the situation in other countries may be very different and depending on this get one gets an unreliable result. The data are based on old sources and should therefore not be regarded as information describing the current situation. It is difficult to use the data in a correct way, because so little information is given about the system.
	About Data	No information is given about the emissions of CO and hydrocarbons, though emissions of these substances occour. The lack of informaiton is due to the fact that the evidence in the investigation of the emissions are too small to allow any general conclutions about these emissions.
	Notes

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