Location: RER - Europe
This dataset represents the production of 1 kg of hydrogen peroxide. Hydrogen peroxide is a colourless liquid with a slightly sharp odour at higher concentrations. Due to its characteristics as a strong oxidising agent, hydrogen peroxide is widely used as a bleaching agent in the paper and the textile industry. Further important uses are e.g. wastewater treatment, disinfection applications or hydrometallurgical processes. In dilute solutions H2O2 acts as a very efficient antiseptic.
This dataset is based on a study performed by EMPA and Boustead Consulting, commissioned by CEFIC, and contains data from 8 European producers of hydrogen peroxide.
References:
Althaus H.-J., Chudacoff M., Hischier R., Jungbluth N., Osses M. and Primas A. (2007) Life Cycle Inventories of Chemicals. ecoinvent report No. 8, v2.0. EMPA Dübendorf, Swiss Centre for Life Cycle Inventories, Dübendorf, CH.
Boustead I. and Fawer M. (1998) Ecoprofile of hydrogen peroxide. Peroxygens - a sector group of CEFIC, Brussels (Belgium), Online-Version under: http://www.cefic.org/sector/peroxy/ecohydro/tc.htm.
Undefined unit processes (UPRs) are the unlinked, multi-product activity datasets that form the basis for all of the system models available in the ecoinvent database. This is the way the datasets are obtained and entered into the database by the data providers. These activity datasets are useful for investigating the environmental impacts of a specific activity (gate-to-gate), without regard to its upstream or downstream impacts.