Emission Factor

Sewage sludge - dried (clinker production)

Emission factor summary

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. The product 'sewage sludge dried' is a solid waste under the category of industrial wastes. It is primarily generated in plastics and chemicals production. 'sewage sludge dried' contain the following fractions: 100% average dried raw sewage sludge. By the database default (and per unit of reference product) 'sewage sludge dried' has 1% water on wet mass basis (99% dry matter) and Carbon present is of only non-fossil origin (40.96% on a dry matter basis). It has a lower heating value of 3.2 MJ/kg. This kind of by-product (recyclable or waste) is generated from ordinary transforming activities and as such can be considered for modelling waste outputs of comparable composition. In the ecoinvent database this by-product is used in the following processes: clinker production. Based on the aforementioned treatments this by-product receives it is a non-hazardous waste. This by-product can be modelled on two levels: treatment activity and market activity. The former one refers to the specific technology treating the by-product while the latter level represents a mix of treatments. Users are encouraged to inspect the modelling assumptions of the treatment activities and when selecting the market to additionally inspect the treatment mix. Collection and transportation of this by-product is accounted in the respective market activity users are advised to inspect and modify the average transportation distances for a case specific modelling. The cut-off classification is Waste. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is -1.

PropertyValue
NameSewage sludge - dried (clinker production)
SectorWaste
CategoryWaste Product
Sourceecoinvent
Region
Unit Type
Year
1998
Year Released
2023
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
LCA Activity
Refer to source
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
waste_type_sewage_sludge_dried_clinker_production-disposal_method_na
UUID
5996f03d-0462-4f26-aeb5-a21f27c578ea
Code Snippet
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