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    Activity 14 CO2-Inventory

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    The document discusses how to calculate the aggregated carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions per functional unit for a life cycle inventory. It provides a step-by-step procedure for building the inventory that involves finding direct emission factors for each unit process, determining intermediary flows per functional unit, and calculating elementary flows and total emissions. An example calculation is also presented.

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    The document discusses how to calculate the aggregated carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions per functional unit for a life cycle inventory. It provides a step-by-step procedure for building the inventory that involves finding direct emission factors for each unit process, determining intermediary flows per functional unit, and calculating elementary flows and total emissions. An example calculation is also presented.

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    The document discusses how to calculate the aggregated carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions per functional unit for a life cycle inventory. It provides a step-by-step procedure for building the inventory that involves finding direct emission factors for each unit process, determining intermediary flows per functional unit, and calculating elementary flows and total emissions. An example calculation is also presented.

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    Life Cycle Inventory

    Calculate the aggregated CO2 emission per FU


    Olivier Jolliet, PhD
    Building the inventory: stepwise procedure
    Aluminum
    Find the direct emission and extraction factors of each unit process liquid
    1 (UP, e.g Al hydroxide), i.e. the direct elementary flows per unit of this UP
    1 kg

    (e.g. kgCO2/kgAl hydroxide): See next slide

    Identify the amount of each Unit process per FU, i.e the intermediary flow Aluminum
    2 per functional unit (FU) determined when building the product system hydroxide
    and the process tree (e.g. in kgAl hydroxide/FU): see next slide 2.96 kg/FU
    CO2 emissions
    Multiply this amount of each UP per FU (e.g. kgAl hydroxide/FU) Al hydroxide
    3 by the direct emission or extraction factors of this UP (e.g. kgCO2/kgAl hydroxide) kgCO2/FU

    …
    to calculate the elementary flows of each UP per FU (e.g. kgCO2/FU)
    4 Calculate the aggregated inventory flows of the total system per FU CO2 emissions
    by summing up all corresponding elementary flows per FU of all UPs.
    3 Calculation of the kgCO2 emitted per kgAl liquid

    Q2 Combine intermediary flows per FU with direct emissions to


    1) Calculate the emissions of kg carbon dioxide per FU
    for each process and the total aggregated emissions per FU Aluminum,
    primary,liquid
    2) Identify the two processes contributing most to the total ? 1.50 kg /kg CO2 Al liquid
    FU=1 kg
    3) Compare the total emission per FU with the
    aggregated CO2 emission per FU (slide 4)
    Aluminum oxide Anode, aluminum Cathode, aluminum Electricity mix
    0 kgCO2/kgAl oxide electrolysis electrolysis
    1.93 kg/FU 0.449 kg/FU 0.0181 kg/FU 57.4 MJ/FU

    0.935 kgCO2/kganode 0.901 kgCO2/kganode 0.098 kgCO2/MJ


    0 kgCO2/kgAl hydroxide Aluminum
    hydroxide
    2.96 kg/FU

    Bauxite Heat, Transport, Transport


    light fuel oil transoceanic freight truck
    4.14 kg/FU 14.9 MJ/FU 34.1 t∙km/FU 1.21 t∙km/FU
    0.005 kgCO2/kgBauxite
    0.090 kgCO2/kgoil 0.010 kgCO2/t-km 0.094 kgCO2/t-km
    Aggregated inventory: aluminum primary liquid
    Heat, waste 66.6 MJ

    4 Natural gas in ground 525 dm3 Aluminum,


    Arsenic 1.88 mg

    primary, Arsenic, ion 44.0 mg


    Brown coal in ground 1.20 kg
    liquid Benzo[a]pyrene 2.74 mg
    Hard coal in ground 2.01 kg Carbon dioxide, fossil 9.40 kg
    1 kg
    Crude oil in ground 1.18 kg Carbon monoxide, biogenic 91.8 g
    CFC-14 252 mg
    Uranium in ground 58.3 mg
    Dioxins 1.74 ng
    Aluminum in ground,
    24% in bauxite, 11% in crude ore 1.16 kg HFC-116 28.2 mg
    Hydrogen fluoride 676 mg
    Occupation, forest, intensive 0.101 m2a
    Methane, biogenic 51.7 mg
    Nitrogen oxides 19.6 g
    PAH 88.7 mg
    Particulates, ,2.5m 4.95 g
    Sulfur dioxide 38.0 g

    These are ALL elementary flows since by definition the aggregated inventory is
    the sum of all elementary flows per FU of all unit processes

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