Harvest and haulout, green cane {AU}| | AusLCI, U
Unit process Australia v00.00.000
Included processes: Data includes the harvest and haulout of cane to the transport siding. Remark: This inventory has been developed as part of the AusAgLCI initiative funded by a partnership of Australian Research and Development Corporations (RIRDC, CRDC, GRDC, SRDC, HAL, MLA, DA, FWPA) and Research Agencies (CSIRO, USQ and Q DAFF), with technical support from Life Cycle Strategies. More detail on inventory development can be found in the 'AusAgLCI Methodology for developing Life Cycle Inventory' documents located at www.auslci.alcas.asn.au.Sugar losses during harvesting have not been reported for burnt cane harvesting. Geography: Refers to an average production in Australia. Technology: Average Time period: Data collected for 2012 Version: 1.0 Record: Data entry by: Tim Grant Telephone: 0061 408104977; E_mail: tim@lifecycles.com.au; Company: LCS; Country: AU Generator: Generator/publicator: Marguerite Renouf, Telephone:; E_mail: m.renouf@uq.edu.au; Company: The University of Queensland; Country: AU
- Sector
- Processing
- Contributor
- —
- Last updated
- 13 Jun 2007
- Reference ID
0ba69fbe-f1ba-3e69-a574-5e7302c131a4
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Documentation
- Quantitative reference
- Harvest and haulout, green cane {AU}| | AusLCI, U
- Sampling procedure
- Fuel input and machinery and infrastructure requirements are based on actual industry data. Emissions to water of sugar lost during green cane harvesting were derived from field measurements.
- Creation date
- 13 Jun 2007
- Is copyright protected
- No
- Is infrastructure process
- No
- Tags
- processing
- Sources
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Field trials measuring sugar losses for sugarcane harvesting./2000/C. Whiteing
Handbook of Biological Wastewater Treatment/2011/A. van Haandel
Working Towards Payment Methods for Harvesting/2004/T. Willcox
Product outputs
| Flow | Amount | Unit | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harvest and haulout, green cane {AU}| | AusLCI, U | 1000.0 | kg | — |
Technical inputs
| Flow | Amount | Unit | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agricultural trailer {RoW}| agricultural trailer production | Cut-off, U | 0.022616 | kg | — |
| Harvester {GLO}| market for harvester | Cut-off, U | 0.015 | kg | Estimate based on state fleet of 900 harvesters, assumed to weight 5t, ammortized over the total state cane harvest (29,846,636t cane/yr) over the assumed service life (10 yeas). SD^2 derived from (3,2,1,1,1,3, 3.0) |
| Shed {GLO}| market for shed | Cut-off, U | 0.00012 | m2 | Estimate based on 900 sheds to service the state fleet of harvesters, each with an area of 200m2, ammortized over the total state cane harvest (29,846,636t cane/yr) over the assumed service life (50 years). SD^2 derived from (3,2,1,1,1,3, 3.0) |
| Tractor engine operation, on farm, per litre of diesel consumed {AU}| | AusLCI, U | 1.7466 | l | Diesel fuel combustion in harvesters and tractors for harvest and on-farm haulout of harvested cane to rail / road siding, estimated using an established correlation between fuel use and mass of cane harvested (1.7531-0.0065 * Yield) (Willcox et al., 2004) |
| Tractor, 4-wheel, agricultural {GLO}| market for tractor, 4-wheel, agricultural | Cut-off, U | 0.022616 | kg | — |
Elementary flow outputs
| Flow | Compartment | Sub-compartment | Amount | Unit | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COD (Chemical Oxygen Demand) | Emissions to water | river | 0.1456 | kg | Emissions of COD to surface water via runoff of sugar loss during green cane harvesting. Derived from measured losses of sugar (kg/t cane harvested) during harvesting (Whiteing et al., 200?), and assumptions about the frequency of rainfall after harvesting, assumptions about the fraction that is actually lost, and the theoretical COD:sucrose ratio (van Haandel and van der Lubbe, 2011). |