CPM LCA Database - Production of sodium sulphate

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SPINE LCI dataset: Production of sodium sulphate
	Administrative
	Technical System
	System Boundaries
	Flow Data
	About Inventory

	Administrative Back to Contents
	Finished	Y
	Date Completed	1991-01-01
	Copyright
	Availability	Public

	Technical System Back to Contents
	Name	Production of sodium sulphate
	Functional Unit	1 kg
	Functional Unit Explanation	1 kg sodium sulphate.
	Process Type	Gate to gate
	Site
	Sector	Materials and components
	Owner
	Technical system description	Production of sodium sulphate.

	System Boundaries Back to Contents
	Nature Boundary	No such parameters are measured in this study. No emissions for oil combustion is included
	Time Boundary
	Geographical Boundary
	Other Boundaries	Observed parameters are electricity and fossil fuel consumption, but no emission from the combustion (produciton) is included. The sodium sulphate goes to the technosphere. No transports are included.
	Allocations
	Systems Expansions

	Flow Data
	General Activity QMetaData Back to Contents
	Date Conceived	1991-01-01
	Data Type	Unspecified
	Represents
	Method	The data is taken from Baumann H, Eriksson E, Rydberg T, Tillman A-M ’’Life cycle analysis of selected packaging materials. Quantification of environmental loadings.’’ Offprint from SOU 1991:77, Chalmers Industriteknik, Göteborg, Sweden which is based on data from Sundström G, ’’Energiförbrukning och miljöbelastning för distributionssystem för öl och läsk i Sverige’’, Miljöbalans Gustav Sundström AB 1990.
	Literature Reference	Baumann H, Eriksson E, Rydberg T, Tillman A-M ’’Life cycle analysis of selected packaging materials. Quantification of environmental loadings.’’ Offprint from SOU 1991:77, Chalmers Industriteknik, Göteborg, Sweden Sundström G, ’’Energiförbrukning och miljöbelastning för distributionssystem för öl och läsk i Sverige’’, Miljöbalans Gustav Sundström AB 1990.
	Notes	The inputs, (raw-)material, is not known.

	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	Electricity	0,288				MJ	Technosphere
		Input	Refined resource	Fossil fuel	0,395				MJ	Technosphere
		Output	Product	Sodium sulphate	1				kg	Technosphere

	About Inventory Back to Contents
	Publication	Baumann H, Eriksson E, Rydberg T, Tillman A-M ’’Life cycle analysis of selected packaging materials. Quantification of environmental loadings.’’ Offprint from SOU 1991:77, Chalmers Industriteknik, Göteborg, Sweden ------------------------------------------------------------ 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	To investigate what energy needs and emissions that is connected with the production and use of glass.
	Detailed Purpose	To show the energy consumption for production of sodium sulphate.
	Commissioner	- Swedish commission of packaging.
	Practitioner	Tillman, Anne-Marie - Technical Environmental Planning Chalmers University of Technology 412 96 Göteborg Sweden .
	Reviewer
	Applicability	The emission factors for stationary installations of oil combustion can be found under the activity ’’Combustion of oil’’ in this database.
	About Data	The fossil fuel is assumed to be oil. The inputs, (raw-)material, for production of sodium sulphate is not known.
	Notes

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