Starch plant operation, from wheat flour {AU}| | AusLCI, U
Unit process Australia v00.00.001
Included processes:process begins with the input of flour and ends with a production of starch wheat starch waste and gluten. Remark: This is an unallocated coproducing process which produces starch gluten and wheat starch waste from wheat flour. Geography: Refers to an average production in the Australia. Technology: Average Time period: Data collected for 2012 Version: 1.0 Data taken from case study on from Western Bioproducts case study by CIEP to be found at http://www.ens.gu.edu.au/ciep/REPORTS/SUM3.HTML Record: Data entry by: Tim Grant Telephone: 0061 408104977; E-mail: tim@lifecycles.com.au; Company: LCS; Country: AU Generator: Data entry by: Tim Grant Telephone: 0061 408104977; E-mail: tim@lifecycles.com.au; Company: LCS; Country: AU
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- Starch plant operation, from wheat flour {AU}| | AusLCI, U
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- Creation date
- 01 Jan 2012
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Product outputs
| Flow | Amount | Unit | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starch plant operation, from wheat flour {AU}| | AusLCI, U | 1.9047619047619047 | kg | — |
Technical inputs
| Flow | Amount | Unit | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electricity, low voltage {RoW}| heat and power co-generation, natural gas, 160kW electrical, lambda=1 | Cut-off, U | 0.45 | kWh | From Western Bioproducts case study by CIEP to be found at http://www.ens.gu.edu.au/ciep/REPORTS/SUM3.HTM L |
| Heat, district or industrial, natural gas {RoW}| heat production, natural gas, at industrial furnace >100kW | Cut-off, U | 3.4 | MJ | From Western Bioproducts case study by CIEP to be found at http://www.ens.gu.edu.au/ciep/REPORTS/SUM3.HTM L |
| Tap water, at user, New South Wales {AU}| | AusLCI, U | 10.0 | kg | Maningat 2009 suggest water input of 10 times the mass of flour. |
| Transport, freight, rail {AU}| | AusLCI, U | 200.0 | kg*km | Wheat transport estimated at 200km by bulk rail |
| Wheat flour {AU}| market for wheat flour | AusLCI, U | 1.9047619047619047 | kg | 50% Starch |
Elementary flow outputs
| Flow | Compartment | Sub-compartment | Amount | Unit | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOD5 (Biological Oxygen Demand) | Emissions to water | — | 0.254 | g | From Western Bioproducts case study by CIEP to be found at http://www.ens.gu.edu.au/ciep/REPORTS/SUM3.HTM L |
Parameters
| Name | Value | Formula | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| m_flour | 1.9047619047619047 | 1/Starch_Yield | mass of wheat input per tonne of starch |
| CarbonOut | 0.7713857142857143 | m_starch*DM_Starch*CC_flour+m_wsw*DM_wsw*CC_WSW+m_gluten*DM_Gluten*CC_Gluten | — |
| CC_flour | 0.45 | 0.45 | kg C/kg DM Carbon content assumption |
| Starch_Yield | 0.525 | — | Fraction of starch yielded from wheat input. Maningat, 2009 45-60% |
| Gluten_Yield | 0.125 | — | Maningat, 2009 10-15% |
| m_gluten | 0.23809523809523808 | Gluten_Yield*m_flour | — |
| All_Starch | 0.7204116638078903 | (M_starch*C_Starch)/(M_starch*C_Starch+M_WSW*C_WSW+m_Gluten*C_Gluten) | allocation fraction for starch |
| C_Gluten | 400.0 | — | $ per tonne |
| Carbonin | 0.7714285714285714 | m_flour*CC_flour*DM_flour | Carbon input to process |
| DM_Starch | 0.9 | 0.9 | Dry matter content kg DM/kg mass assumption |
| DM_Flour | 0.9 | 0.9 | Dry matter content kg DM/kg mass assumption |
| C_WSW | 100.0 | — | estimate $ per tonne |
| CC_starch | 0.445 | 0.445 | kg C/kg DM Carbon content based on C6H10O5 |
| C_Starch | 400.0 | — | estimate $per tonne |
| CC_WSW | 0.4035 | 0.4035 | kg C/kg DM Carbon content calculated by difference from other components |
| DM_wsw | 1.0 | 1 | Dry matter content kg DM/kg mass water content not know_ dealt with on a dry mass basis |
| CC_Gluten | 0.58 | 0.58 | kg C/kg DM Carbon content based on C29H37N5O9 |
| m_wsw | 0.6 | WSW_Yield*m_flour*DM_Flour | mass of starch waste produced per tonne of starch - adjusted to dry matter basis allowing for moisture content of flour. |
| WSW_Yield | 0.35 | — | Fraction of usable waste yielded from wheat input |
| All_WSW | 0.10806174957118342 | 1-all_Starch-all_gluten | allocation fraction of the wheat starch waste |
| EcoAll | 1.0 | — | Mass allocation if 0 economic if 1 |
| m_starch | 1.0 | 1 | — |
| All_gluten | 0.17152658662092624 | (M_gluten*C_gluten)/(M_starch*C_Starch+M_WSW*C_WSW+m_Gluten*C_Gluten) | allocation fraction of the gluten |
| DM_Gluten | 0.9 | 0.9 | Dry matter content kg DM/kg mass assumption |