Canola oil pressing, at oil mill {AU}| | AusLCI, U

Unit process Australia v00.00.000

Included processes: This process includes the transport of canola seeds to the mill, and the processing of the seeds to canola oil and canola meal. The oil extraction refers to the solvent extraction technique. System boundary is at the oil mill. Remark: Inventory refers to the co-production of canola oil and meal. Process is unallocated, for allocated products look at Canola oil, at mill/AU and Canola meal at mill/AU ; Geography: Taken from ecoinvent data for Rape seed oil extraction which is based on different plants worldwide, mostly in Europe (incl. literature data) Technology: Typical oil mill designed for rape oil solvent extraction, with pre-pressing of rape seeds, European context. Time period: Data from 1996 to 2003, current technology in the EU Version: 1.0 Record: Data entry by: Arnaud Dauriat Telephone: 0041 76 425 99 77; E-mail: arnaud.dauriat@eners.ch; Company: ENERS; Country: CH Generator: Generator/publicator: Edgard Gnansounou Telephone: 0041 21 693 06 27; E-mail: edgard.gnansounou@epfl.ch; Company: EPFL; Country: CH

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Material
Contributor
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Last updated
15 Aug 2006
Reference ID
a61f8c58-34b6-3030-babf-926155f34d2b

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Quantitative reference
Canola oil pressing, at oil mill {AU}| | AusLCI, U
Sampling procedure
Sampling procedure: Cross-checking of various literature sources from 1998 to 2006
Creation date
15 Aug 2006
Is copyright protected
No
Is infrastructure process
No
Tags
material
Sources
Life Cycle Inventories of Bioenergy/2007/Jungbluth N.
Current Canola Oil Meal and Seed Prices/2014/Canola Council of Canada

Product outputs

Flow AmountUnitComment
Canola oil pressing, at oil mill {AU}| | AusLCI, U 2.6182 kg —

Technical inputs

Flow AmountUnitComment
Bentonite {GLO}| market for bentonite | Cut-off, U 0.0010398 kg (2,3,1,2,1,3); Data from literature survey (1998-2006) & biodiesel producers
Canola seed {AU}| market for canola seed | AusLCI, U 2.62 kg (1,1,1,2,1,3); Data from literature survey (1998-2006) & biodiesel producers - sum of all type of canola seeds
Electricity, low voltage {AU}| market for electricity, low voltage | AusLCI, U 0.15352 kWh (2,1,1,2,1,3); Data from literature survey (1998-2006) & biodiesel producers
Heat, district or industrial, natural gas {RoW}| heat production, natural gas, at industrial furnace >100kW | Cut-off, U 0.31408 MJ (2,1,1,2,1,3); Data from literature survey (1998-2006) & biodiesel producers
Hexane {GLO}| market for hexane | Cut-off, U 0.00048707 kg (2,2,1,2,1,3); Data from literature survey (1998-2006) & biodiesel producers
Oil mill {GLO}| market for oil mill | Cut-off, U 0.000000000873 Item(s) (1,4,1,3,4,5); Calculation, according to feed capacity and lifetime of the plant
Phosphoric acid, industrial grade, without water, in 85% solution state {GLO}| market for phosphoric acid, industrial grade, without water, in 85% solution state | Cut-off, U 0.00093405 kg (2,2,1,2,1,3); Data from literature survey (1998-2006) & biodiesel producers
Transport, freight, rail {AU}| | AusLCI, U 0.00092659 t*km (4,5,na,na,na,na); Based on ecoinvent Guidelines, standard distances
Transport, truck, 28t, fleet average {AU}| | AusLCI, U 0.00015443 t*km (4,5,na,na,na,na); Based on ecoinvent Guidelines, standard distances
Transport, truck, 3,5 to 16t, fleet average {AU}| | AusLCI, U 0.040692 t*km (4,5,na,na,na,na); Based on ecoinvent Guidelines, standard distances

Outputs to treatment

Flow AmountUnitComment
Wastewater treatment {AU}| | AusLCI, U 0.0000012 m3 (5,5,1,2,1,na); Calculation to close mass balance of process

Elementary flow inputs

Flow Sub-compartment AmountUnitComment
Water, cooling, unspecified natural origin/m3 — 0.00008731 m3 —

Elementary flow outputs

Flow CompartmentSub-compartment AmountUnitComment
Heat, waste Emission to airhigh population density 0.19429 MJ (2,4,1,3,1,3); ecoinvent guidelines, calculation from electricity consumption and energy balance
Hexane Emission to airhigh population density 0.00048707 kg (1,1,1,2,1,3); Emissions are taken to be equal to input of gas
Water Emission to airlower stratosphere + upper troposphere 0.034666 kg —
Water Emission to waterunspecified 0.052597 kg —

Parameters

NameValueFormulaDescription
DM_oil 0.99 — Author estimate
all_meal 0.29526401551952924 (m_meal*p_meal)/p_total —
CC_meal 0.335 — Carbon content on dry matter basis. of crude canola meal. Calculated by difference.
all_oil 0.7047359844804707 (m_oil*p_oil)/p_total —
M_seed 2.62 — From ecoivent
CC_seed 0.5 — Carbon content on dry matter basis of crude canola seed. Authors estimate
Ratio_price 0.243595078 — [CAD/CAD] ratio canola meal price / canola oil price for 2008-2012
p_meal 276.0 — Price of canola meal. Canadian dollars per tonne. 5 year average upt to 2013. Canola council of Canada
p_total 1512.6232 m_meal*p_meal+m_oil*p_oil [AUD/227kg]
p_oil 1066.0 — Price of canola oil. Canadian dollars per tonne. 5 year average upt to 2013. Canola council of Canada
DM_Meal 0.9 — Based on estimate from Canadian Canola Council that meal must have less than 12% moisture
CarbonIn 1.2314 CC_seed*DM_seed*M_seed —
DM_seed 0.94 — GRDC quotes 6% moisture, http://www.grdc.com.au/uploads/documents/GRDC_Canola_Guide_All_1308091.pdf
m_oil 1.0 — [kg] of canola oil
m_meal 1.6182 — [kg] of canola meal