Ammonium nitrate {AU}| market for ammonium nitrate | AusLCI, U

Unit process Australia v00.00.000

This data have been copied from the ecoinvent version 2.2 database and adapted to Australsian database by substituting input flows from Australasian database for ecoinvent processes where they are available. Because of the ecoinvent detail included in this data in is subject to the same copyright and distribution restrictions as the ecoivent database published in SimaPro. See system description for more detail on the substitution. Translated name: Ammoniumnitrat, als N, ab Regionallager Included processes: The unit process inventory takes into account the production of ammonium nitrate from ammonia and nitric acid. Transports of the intermediate products to the fertiliser plant as well as the transport of the fertiliser product from the factory to the regional storehouse are included. Production and waste treatment of catalysts, coating and packaging of the final fertiliser products were not included. Infrastructure was included by means of a proxy module. Remark: Refers to 2.86 kg ammonium nitrate with a N-content of 35.0% CAS number: 006484-52-2; Formula: NH4NO3; Geography: According to the reference used for this inventory, the European average is derived from mean values of several fertiliser plants within Europe. The production of raw materials and/or intermediates outside Europe was taken into account by considering the production technology in the respective country and the relative import shares. Technology: Production inventory was derived from detailed literature studies and specifications from the manufacturer, relevant for the European production. Transport specifications of the fertiliser product to the regional department store, which were not included in the reference used for this inventory, were complemented by data given in Patyk & Reinhardt (1997). Time period: Year when the principal reference used for this inventory was published. Version: 2.2 Synonyms: Ammonsalpeter Energy values: Undefined Percent representativeness: 70.0 Production volume: 2543287 tons N in 1999 in 13 European countries Local category: Landwirtschaftliche Produktionsmittel Local subcategory: Mineraldünger Source file: 00040.XML Record: Data entry by: Angelika Heil Telephone: 0041 44 377 71 54; E-mail: art@ecoinvent.org; Company: ART; Country: CH Generator: Generator/publicator: Angelika Heil Telephone: 0041 44 377 71 54; E-mail: art@ecoinvent.org; Company: ART; Country: CH

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Material
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Last updated
22 Sep 2003
Reference ID
81e695a3-c924-31ca-a386-9da63c27c27e

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Quantitative reference
Ammonium nitrate {AU}| market for ammonium nitrate | AusLCI, U
Sampling procedure
Sampling procedure: Values given in the reference originate from manufacturers and/or other data sources which in turn refer to the real situation and hence are largely secured. However, the emissions factors may be somewhat uncertain. When no information on the speciation of N - emissions was given in the reference, the most likely speciation was assessed by an expert. For particulate emissions factors into the air specified only as the total particle mass in the reference, particle size distribution was assessed based on an expert's guess.
Creation date
22 Sep 2003
Is copyright protected
No
Is infrastructure process
No
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material
Sources
Life Cycle Inventories of Agricultural Production Systems/2007/Nemecek, T.

Product outputs

Flow AmountUnitComment
Ammonium nitrate {AU}| market for ammonium nitrate | AusLCI, U 1.0 kg Europe

Technical inputs

Flow AmountUnitComment
Ammonium nitrate {RoW}| ammonium nitrate production | Cut-off, U 1.0 kg —
Transport, freight, sea, container ship, heavy fuel oil {GLO}| market for transport, freight, sea, container ship, heavy fuel oil | Cut-off, U 3800.0 kg*km —
Transport, truck, 28t, fleet average {AU}| | AusLCI, U 856.6666666666666 kg*km —

Elementary flow outputs

Flow CompartmentSub-compartment AmountUnitComment
Ammonium Emission to watersurface water 0.000736 kg (2,3,2,3,3,5)

Parameters

NameValueFormulaDescription
m_InputChemicals 2.859 0.609+2.25 kg, Total mass of input chemicals used for calculating transport