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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Ind Ecol. 2021 Feb 1;25(1):20–35. doi: 10.1111/jiec.13044

TABLE 3.

Example cumene inventory with in corporation of mock CBI

Flow name Units Source Process attribution—Public
Process attribution—CBI example
Average
U.S. LCI
Facility
count
Maximum Flow reliability
score
Average
U.S. LCI
Facility
count
Maximum Flow reliability
score
% Change
with CBI
Products and services:
 Cumene kg CDR 1.00 8.00 1.00 NA 1.00 8.00 1.00
Heat inputs to production:
 Industrial processes; petroleum industry; process heaters; natural gas fired MJ e-GGRT 0.14 3.00 4.09  2.00 0.11 3.00 4.09 2.00 −22
 External combustion boilers; industrial; natural gas; 10–100 million BTU/hr MJ e-GGRT 0.098 2.00 4.83  2.00 0.28 3.00 4.83 2.00 184
 External combustion boilers; industrial; process gas; petroleum refinery gas MJ e-GGRT 0.20 4.00 2.84  2.00 0.63 5.00 2.62 2.00 212
 Industrial processes; petroleum industry; process heaters; process gas fired MJ e-GGRT 1.05 3.00 4.26  2.00 0.76 4.00 3.73 2.00 −28
 External combustion boilers; industrial; natural gas; >100 million BTU/hr MJ e-GGRT 0.54 6.00 1.94  2.00 0.44 6.00 1.94 2.00 −19
Releases:
 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene kg TRI 5.4E-08 5.00 7.0E-07 2.15 2.8E-07 6.00 1.3E-06 1.88  411
 1,3-Butadiene kg NEI 1.0E-07 5.00 4.1E-07 1.62 7.6E-08 6.00 3.6E-07 1.69 −26
 2,2,4-Trimethylpentane kg NEI 6.4E-08 4.00 1.5E-07 2.00 5.0E-08 5.00 1.5E-07 2.00 −23
 Acetophenone kg NEI 1.2E-06 3.00 0.0026 2.25 6.0E-07 3.00 3.6E-05 2.25 −50
 Ammonia kg TRI NEI 3.4E-07 6.00 0.0017 2.33 5.4E-08 7.00 2.4E-05 2.96 −84
 Benzene kg NEI 5.9E-06 8.00 6.0E-04 2.19 1.0E-05 9.00 2.3E-05 2.18 72
 Benzo[g,h,i,]perylene kg TRI NEI 8.1E-13 4.00 4.4E-12 3.39 1.3E-11 5.00 6.5E-11 3.77 1451
 Carbon dioxide kg e-GGRT 0.013 5.00 0.052 2.10 0.0096 6.00 0.046 2.03 −26
 Carbon monoxide kg NEI 6.2E-07 7.00 2.6E-04 1.83 1.8E-06 8.00 4.7E-06 2.03  185
 Chlorine kg NEI TRI 1.5E-10 3.00 7.4E-09 4.52 5.4E-10 4.00 7.4E-09 3.89  271
 Cumene kg NEI TRI 1.9E-05 7.00 1.3E-04 2.21 1.9E-05 8.00 1.3E-04 2.19 −1
 Cumene hydroperoxide kg TRI 3.0E-08 3.00 5.3E-06 1.31 1.8E-08 3.00 5.3E-06 1.31 −40
 Cyclohexane kg TRI 7.0E-08 6.00 2.3E-07 1.99 6.5E-08 7.00 2.2E-07 1.80 −6
 Diethanolamine kg TRI NEI 3.8E-08 3.00 9.5E-08 2.00 1.1E-07 4.00 4.5E-07 2.00  189
 Dinitrogen monoxide kg e-GGRT 4.5E-08 5.00 1.8E-07 1.99 3.6E-08 6.00 1.5E-07 1.94 −21
 Dioxin and dioxin compounds kg TRI 4.2E-15 3.00 1.1E-12 2.98 2.5E-14 4.00 1.1E-12 2.59  488
 Ethyl benzene kg NEI 1.0E-07 7.00 1.3E-04 1.95 1.8E-07 8.00 6.6E-07 1.99 74
 Ethylene kg TRI 1.8E-06 5.00 7.5E-06 2.12 1.4E-06 6.00 6.6E-06 1.86 −26
 Ethylene glycol kg NEI TRI 1.2E-09 2.00 5.0E-09 3.14 8.7E-10 3.00 4.4E-09 3.81 −28
 Formaldehyde kg NEI 1.6E-09 2.00 9.1E-09 2.00 1.9E-09 3.00 9.1E-09 2.00 13
 Hexane kg NEI 1.8E-07 6.00 4.8E-07 2.01 1.9E-07 7.00 4.2E-07 2.03 5
 Hydrochloric acid kg NEI TRI 1.5E-08 4.00 5.3E-06 3.74 1.1E-08 5.00 5.3E-06 2.98 −23
 Hydrogen fluoride kg NEI 4.7E-12 3.00 3.2E-11 4.08 9.2E-10 4.00 5.0E-09 3.43 19631
 Lead kg TRI NEI 2.9E-11 4.00 1.2E-09 4.32 3.2E-11 5.00 1.1E-09 4.53 8
 Mercury kg NEI TRI 1.6E-10 5.00 6.7E-10 2.30 1.3E-10 6.00 6.5E-10 2.94 −20
 Methane kg e-GGRT 1.0E-05 5.00 5.0E-05 2.15 1.0E-05 6.00 4.5E-05 2.08 3
 Methanol kg NEI TRI 1.5E-07 5.00 1.2E-06 2.51 1.1E-07 5.00 1.2E-06 2.51 −28
 Methyl tert-butyl ether kg NEI 4.7E-09 3.00 1.9E-08 2.00 5.6E-09 3.00 1.7E-08 2.00 20
 Molybdenum trioxide kg TRI 5.7E-11 2.00 5.2E-10 5.00 4.6E-11 3.00 5.2E-10 5.00 −19
 Naphthalene kg NEI 1.2E-08 5.00 3.4E-08 2.00 3.3E-08 6.00 1.3E-07 2.02  181
 Nickel kg NEI 2.5E-10 3.00 1.7E-09 4.08 3.6E-10 4.00 1.7E-09 4.37 43
 Nitrogen oxides kg NEI 1.0E-06 7.00 3.2E-04 1.91 1.5E-06 8.00 2.2E-05 1.87 48
 Phenol kg NEI TRI 4.8E-07 5.00 1.0E-05 2.66 4.0E-07 6.00 9.8E-04 2.56 −16
 PM10 primary kg NEI 1.8E-06 8.00 6.4E-05 2.79 4.0E-06 8.00 1.0E-04 3.03  128
 Polycyclic aromatic compounds kg TRI NEI 1.7E-09 5.00 7.0E-09 3.21 1.4E-09 6.00 6.9E-09 2.84 −19
 Propylene kg TRI 7.8E-06 7.00 2.2E-05 2.10 6.4E-06 8.00 2.2E-05 1.90 −19
 Styrene kg NEI 3.7E-09 3.00 1.5E-08 2.00 7.0E-09 4.00 2.3E-08 2.00 86
 Sulfur dioxide kg NEI 6.1E-07 7.00 2.5E-06 2.25 3.2E-06 7.00 1.4E-05 2.66  423
 Sulfuric acid kg TRI 2.0E-07 2.00 1.3E-06 1.33 5.5E-07 3.00 2.1E-06 1.58  179
 Toluene kg TRI NEI 1.3E-06 7.00 5.2E-06 2.00 1.4E-06 8.00 5.0E-06 2.03 5
 Volatile organic compounds kg NEI 6.2E-05 8.00 0.055 2.14 6.4E-05 8.00 3.5E-04 2.15 4
 Xylenes (mixed isomers) kg NEI 2.6E-07 7.00 9.3E-07 2.00 1.8E-06 7.00 8.6E-06 2.02 580

Notes: Results shown for heat inputs and air releases that occur at more than two facilities. Results include the process attribution refinement. Demonstration of the CBI inclusion approach uses a mock value of 158 thousand metric tons per year for any CBI chemical production instance.

CBI, confidential business information; CDR, Chemical Data Reporting; e-GGRT, Electronic GreenhouseGas Reporting Tool; NEI, National Emissions Inventory; LCI, life cycle inventory; TRI, toxics release inventory.