limestone production, crushed, washed, UPR, ecoinvent 3.6, Undefined

Categories:
ISIC4 categories:
B:Mining and quarrying/08:Other mining and quarrying/081:Quarrying of stone, sand and clay/0810:Quarrying of stone, sand and clay
Location:
GLO - Global
Reference year: 2000 - 2002
Description

Location: GLO - Global
Infrastructure data are estimated based on a site visit and sketches of the process. The value of the infrastructure is normalized with a annual production capacity of about 195'000 tons of product per year. The estimated lifespan of the machines is 25 years. Assumed size partition of dust emissions for crushing, screening and transport processes: 50% >10µm (PM10), 45% between 10 µm and 2.5 µm, 5%<2.5 µm. Limestone, crushed, washed is a pre-product for the milling process. 50% of the electricity consumption is covered by the grid and 50% by a hydropower plant nearby. The infrastructure for electricity transportation from power plant to KFN is not included. 50% of the electricity consumption is covered by the grid and 50% by a hydropower plant nearby. The infrastructure for electricity transportation from power plant to KFN is not included.
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.

Technology

The company works on a technically high level; heavy machines (excl. building machines) are operated electrically; air recirculated in closed loop to avoid dust emissions; ground water used for washing.

Process type
Unit
Supported nomenclature
ecoinvent 3.6
LCI modeling approach
Before modeling
Multifunctional modeling
NONE
Format
ECOSPOLD2
Aggregation type
NOT_APPLICABLE
Data provider
ecoinvent
Review status
External
Cost
For sale
License

ecoinvent EULA