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. 2020 May 20;13(10):2351. doi: 10.3390/ma13102351

Table 1.

Inventory data adjusted to 1 kg of lightweight aggregates for the different phases analyzed: raw materials, extraction, transport and manufacturing.

Elementary Flow Units SW-0OP SW-1.25OP SW-2.5OP SW-5OP LCIA Dataset
1140°C-4′ SW-5OP LCIA Dataset 1160°C-4′ 1160°C-8′ 1160°C-16′ 1180°C-4′ 1180°C-8′ 1180°C-16′
Extraction and transport of raw materials
Clay kg 1.1 1.08625 1.0725 1.0725 1.0725 1.0725 1.0725 1.0725 1.0725 1.0725 1.0725 1.045 Clay {GLO}| market for | Alloc Def, U
Olive pomace kg - 0.01375 0.0275 0.0275 0.0275 0.0275 0.0275 0.0275 0.0275 0.0275 0.0275 0.055 -
Water m3 0.0000736 0.0000736 0.0000736 0.0000736 0.0000736 0.0000736 0.0000736 0.0000736 0.0000736 0.0000736 0.0000736 0.0000736 Water, well, in ground, ES
kg 0.0134 0.0134 0.0134 0.0134 0.0134 0.0134 0.0134 0.0134 0.0134 0.0134 0.0134 0.0134 Tap water {GLO}| market group for | Alloc Def, U
Transport raw materials tkm 0.0747 0.0747 0.0747 0.0747 0.0747 0.0747 0.0747 0.0747 0.0747 0.0747 0.0747 0.0747 Transport, freight, lorry, 16-32 tons {GLO}| market for | Alloc Def, U
Extraction plant p 2.00 × 10−10 2.00 × 10−10 2.00 × 10−10 2.00 × 10−10 2.00 × 10−10 2.00 × 10−10 2.00 × 10−10 2.00 × 10−10 2.00 × 10−10 2.00 × 10−10 2.00 × 10−10 2.00 × 10−10 Clay pit infrastructure {GLO}| market for | Alloc Def, U
Energy and material inputs at LWA manufacturing plant
Electricity kWh 0.028881403 0.022153249 0.015425095 0.017592282 0.019882295 0.015423668 0.017590141 0.019880155 0.015421528 0.017588001 0.019878014 0.001957372 Electricity, medium voltage {GLO}| market group for | Alloc Def, U
Heat MJ 2.549810045 2.482528506 2.415246966 2.606578178 2.808809101 2.415232697 2.606556773 2.808787697 2.415211292 2.606535369 2.808766293 2.280569731 Heat, district or industrial, other than natural gas {GLO}| market group for | Alloc Def, U
Packaging film kg 0.0004813 0.0004813 0.0004813 0.0004813 0.0004813 0.0004813 0.0004813 0.0004813 0.0004813 0.0004813 0.0004813 0.0004813 Packaging film, low density polyethylene {GLO}| market for | Alloc Def, U
Linerboard kg 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.002 Linerboard {RoW}| market for linerboard | Alloc Def, U
Direct emissions due to thermal transformation of raw materials
Water m3 0.0000067 0.0000067 0.0000067 0.0000067 0.0000067 0.0000067 0.0000067 0.0000067 0.0000067 0.0000067 0.0000067 0.0000067 Emissions to air - Water/m3
CO2 m3 0.178700361 0.200883398 0.223066435 0.223066435 0.223066435 0.223066435 0.223066435 0.223066435 0.223066435 0.223066435 0.223066435 0.26743251 Emissions to air - CO2
Water m3 0.00008568 0.00008568 0.00008568 0.00008568 0.00008568 0.00008568 0.00008568 0.00008568 0.00008568 0.00008568 0.00008568 0.00008568 Emissions to water - Water, RoW

SW-(0-5)OP means Spanish White clay with 0, 1.25, 2.5 and 5 wt% olive pomace addiction; LCIA means life cycle inventory analysis.