Cotton, ginning, Australia average {AU}| | AusLCI, U

Unit process Australia v00.00.000

Included processes: Begins with input of seed cotton, and includes energy use in ginning, proccess ends with the output of three co-products Remark: This is an unallocated co-producing proccess which produces cotton lint, cotton seed and cotton trash Geography: Refers to an average production in Australia. Technology: Average Time period: Data collected for 2012 Version: 1.0 Record: Data Entry by: Helene Cruypenninck, Tel: +61(0)3 8669 2048; email: helene@lifecycles.com.au; company: Life Cycle Strategies; Country: AU Generator: Data Entry by: Helene Cruypenninck, Tel: +61(0)3 8669 2048; email: helene@lifecycles.com.au; company: Life Cycle Strategies; Country: AU

Sector
Processing
Contributor
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Last updated
25 Jul 2013
Reference ID
917a00cc-d35d-36e5-a894-03afe54c9fa6

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Quantitative reference
Cotton, ginning, Australia average {AU}| | AusLCI, U
Sampling procedure
Sampling procedure: Energy consumption for this process was sourced from the Ismail 2009 "Assessment of energy usage for cotton gins in Australia".
Creation date
25 Jul 2013
Is copyright protected
No
Is infrastructure process
No
Tags
processing
Sources
Assessment of energy usage for cotton gins in Australia. /2009/S. A. Ismail

Product outputs

Flow AmountUnitComment
Cotton, ginning, Australia average {AU}| | AusLCI, U 540.4761904761905 kg —

Technical inputs

Flow AmountUnitComment
Cotton, seed cotton, {AU}| market for seed cotton | AusLCI, U 540.4761904761905 kg —
Electricity, low voltage {AU}| electricity from coal, low voltage | AusLCI, U 52.3 kWh [kWh/bale]
Heat, liquefied petroleum gas, at industrial furnace >100kW/MJ/RER/adapted {AU}| | AusLCI, U 100.0 MJ [MJ/bale]
Transport, truck, 16 to 28t with 11t load {AU}| | AusLCI, U 21619.04761904762 kg*km —

Parameters

NameValueFormulaDescription
r_trash 0.1 — mass ratio of trash
all_fibres 0.8950281188000656 r_fibres*p_fibres/p_total —
km_to_Gin 40.0 — Typical distance to gin
r_seeds 0.48 — mass ratio of seeds
p_total 225.24432 (r_fibres*p_fibres+r_seeds*p_seeds*m_bale/1000) [AUD/227kg]
r_fibres 0.42 — mass ratio of fibres
all_seeds 0.10497188119993438 r_seeds*p_seeds*m_bale/1000/p_total —
p_fibres 480.0 — [AUD/bale] price of lint per 227kg - average 2010-2013
m_bale 227.0 — [kg/bale]
p_seeds 217.0 — [AUD/t] price of seeds - average 2010-2013