Cotton, ginning, Australia average {AU}| | AusLCI, U
Unit process Australia v00.00.000
Included processes: Begins with input of seed cotton, and includes energy use in ginning, proccess ends with the output of three co-products Remark: This is an unallocated co-producing proccess which produces cotton lint, cotton seed and cotton trash Geography: Refers to an average production in Australia. Technology: Average Time period: Data collected for 2012 Version: 1.0 Record: Data Entry by: Helene Cruypenninck, Tel: +61(0)3 8669 2048; email: helene@lifecycles.com.au; company: Life Cycle Strategies; Country: AU Generator: Data Entry by: Helene Cruypenninck, Tel: +61(0)3 8669 2048; email: helene@lifecycles.com.au; company: Life Cycle Strategies; Country: AU
- Sector
- Processing
- Contributor
- —
- Last updated
- 25 Jul 2013
- Reference ID
917a00cc-d35d-36e5-a894-03afe54c9fa6
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Documentation
- Quantitative reference
- Cotton, ginning, Australia average {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
- processing
- Sources
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Assessment of energy usage for cotton gins in Australia. /2009/S. A. Ismail
Product outputs
| Flow | Amount | Unit | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cotton, ginning, Australia average {AU}| | AusLCI, U | 540.4761904761905 | kg | — |
Technical inputs
| Flow | Amount | Unit | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cotton, seed cotton, {AU}| market for seed cotton | AusLCI, U | 540.4761904761905 | kg | — |
| Electricity, low voltage {AU}| electricity from coal, low voltage | AusLCI, U | 52.3 | kWh | [kWh/bale] |
| Heat, liquefied petroleum gas, at industrial furnace >100kW/MJ/RER/adapted {AU}| | AusLCI, U | 100.0 | MJ | [MJ/bale] |
| Transport, truck, 16 to 28t with 11t load {AU}| | AusLCI, U | 21619.04761904762 | kg*km | — |
Parameters
| Name | Value | Formula | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| r_trash | 0.1 | — | mass ratio of trash |
| all_fibres | 0.8950281188000656 | r_fibres*p_fibres/p_total | — |
| km_to_Gin | 40.0 | — | Typical distance to gin |
| r_seeds | 0.48 | — | mass ratio of seeds |
| p_total | 225.24432 | (r_fibres*p_fibres+r_seeds*p_seeds*m_bale/1000) | [AUD/227kg] |
| r_fibres | 0.42 | — | mass ratio of fibres |
| all_seeds | 0.10497188119993438 | r_seeds*p_seeds*m_bale/1000/p_total | — |
| p_fibres | 480.0 | — | [AUD/bale] price of lint per 227kg - average 2010-2013 |
| m_bale | 227.0 | — | [kg/bale] |
| p_seeds | 217.0 | — | [AUD/t] price of seeds - average 2010-2013 |