Almond hulls and shells, at huller and sheller {AU}| | AusLCI, U

Unit process Australia v00.00.000

Included processes:production and supply of almonds and the seperation of almonds from shells and husks. Remark: This is an allocated byproduct of almond production. Economic allocation has been used and corrections for carbon balance have been made. Geography: Refers to an average production in Australia. Technology: Average Time period: Data collected for 2012 Version: 1.0 Record: Data entry by: Tim Grant Telephone: 0061 408104977; E_mail: tim@lifecycles.com.au; Company: LCS; Country: AU Generator: Generator/publicator: Tim Grant Telephone: 0061 408104977; E_mail: tim@lifecycles.com.au; Company: LCS; Country: AU

Sector
Material
Contributor
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Last updated
25 Jul 2013
Reference ID
0f5918d7-b19d-328d-acbb-48e88e16900a

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Quantitative reference
Almond hulls and shells, at huller and sheller {AU}| | AusLCI, U
Sampling procedure
Sampling procedure: Energy consumption for this process was sourced from the Ismail 2009 "Assessment of energy usage for cotton gins in Australia".
Creation date
25 Jul 2013
Is copyright protected
No
Is infrastructure process
No
Tags
material
Sources
Renewable Energy Production from Almond Waste/Undated/Green Ochre Pty Ltd, Mark

Product outputs

Flow AmountUnitComment
Almond hulls and shells, at huller and sheller {AU}| | AusLCI, U 1.0 kg —

Technical inputs

Flow AmountUnitComment
Almonds, unshelled, South Australia {AU}| | AusLCI, U 0.028653295128939833 kg —
Carbon correction factor {AU}| | AusLCI, U 0.4885386819484241 kg —
Electricity, low voltage {AU-SA}| market for electricity, low voltage | AusLCI, U 0.0009742120343839544 kWh —
Heat, liquefied petroleum gas, at industrial furnace >100kW/MJ/RER/adapted {AU}| | AusLCI, U 0.00005444126074498568 MJ —
Transport, truck, 28t, fleet average {AU}| | AusLCI, U 1.1461318051575933 kg*km —

Parameters

NameValueFormulaDescription
CC_Almonds 0.4 — DM Carbon Content
CarbonOut 0.5 CC_hullsandshells*DMConthullsandshells —
p_total 1745.0 (r_kernel*p_kernel+r_hullsandshells*p_hullsandshells) [AUD/227kg]
CarbonIn 0.011461318051575933 CC_almonds*DMContentAlmonds*all_hullsandshells/r_hullsandshells —
CC_Hullsandshells 0.5 — —
all_kernel 0.9799426934097422 r_kernel*p_kernel/p_total —
r_kernel 0.3 — mass ratio of fibres
Elec_HullerandSheller 34.0 — (2,1,1,1,1,na) Electricity kWh per tonne of kernal hull and shell, Source Green Ochre et al, undated
r_hullsandshells 0.7 — mass ratio of seeds
CC_trash 0.4 — —
CC_kernel 0.5 — —
DMContentAlmonds 1.0 — —
DMConthullsandshells 1.0 — —
LPG_HullerandSheller 1.9 — (2,1,1,1,1,na) LPG liters per tonne of kernal hull and shell, Source Green Ochre et al, undated
p_kernel 5700.0 — $ per tonne - from gross margin
km_hullerandSheller 40.0 — km - assumption
p_hullsandshells 50.0 — $ per tonne - pers com Ben Brown, Almonds Australia
all_hullsandshells 0.02005730659025788 r_hullsandshells*p_hullsandshells/p_total —