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Process Data set: 2-butoxyethanol; Technology mix; Production mix, at plant (en) en

Key Data Set Information
Location GLO
Geographical representativeness description Global dataset. Global and European data has been used for the foreground and background systems. The DQI has been adjusted to declare the achieved quality of the data set.
Reference year 2016
Name
Base name ; Treatment, standards, routes ; Mix and location types
2-butoxyethanol; Technology mix; Production mix, at plant
Use advice for data set Notice: this data set supersedes the EF3.0-compliant version (see link under "preceding data set version" below calculated with the EF3.0). The life cycle inventory is not changed from the original EF3.0 data set. The LCIA results are calculated based on the EF3.1 methods which provide updated characterisation factors in the following impact categories: Climate Change, Ecotoxicity freshwater, Photochemical Ozone Formation, Acidification, Human Toxicity non-cancer, and Human Toxicity cancer. The review report and the data quality ratings refer to the original results. The data set has been updated by the European Commission on the basis of the original EF3.0 data set delivered by the data provider.
Technical purpose of product or process Chemical substance used in the production of decorative coatings
Complementing processes
Classification
Class name : Hierarchy level
  • ILCD: Materials production / Organic chemicals
General comment on data set The dataset represents the manufacture of raw materials for the paint industry. It is based on the models created for the CEPE Raw Material database, version 3 (European Council of the Paint, Printing Ink and Artists' Colours Industry; limited access), which have been updated with PEF-compliant background sources based on Ecoinvent 3.3 and process-based EF-compliant LCI datasets for energy and transport. The inventory is based on literature and background sources, following general assumptions for the paint industry. Biogenic carbon content 0%. Water content 0%
Copyright Yes
Owner of data set
Quantitative reference
Reference flow(s)
Time representativeness
Data set valid until 2024
Time representativeness description This dataset has been extrapolated from year 1995 to the year of the last foreground model update (2016). Data set valid until end of 2024.
Technological representativeness
Technology description including background system In the technology description below, specific dataset names refer to the original modelling based on Ecoinvent 3.3. They might have been updated using the names of the equivalent EF-compliant datasets (In particular transport, infrastructure, water, heat, energy and waste datasets). This dataset was approximated with the process from Ecoinvent: “RER: ethylene glycol monoethyl ether production” (Ecoinvent Centre, 2016). Process description: The process "ethylene glycol monoethyl ether production, RER" is modelled for the production of ethylene glycol dimethyl ether from ethylene oxide in Europe. Raw materials are modelled with a stoichiometric calculation. Energy consumptions, emissions, infrastructure and transports are calculated with standard values. Ethylene glycol monoethyl ether is usually produced by a reaction of ethylene oxide with ethanol (Rebsdat and Mayer, 2000). C2H4O + C2H6O → C4H10O2 (Ecoinvent Centre, 2016).
Flow diagram(s) or picture(s)
  • diagram for 2-butoxyethanol (f4f1c6fd) Image
  • General diagram, system boundaries, chemPaint Image
LCI method and allocation
Type of data set Partly terminated system
LCI Method Principle Attributional
Deviation from LCI method principle / explanations system model: allocation, cut-off by classification
LCI method approaches
  • Allocation - market value
Deviations from LCI method approaches / explanations Allocation following the ISO 14044 hierarchy. In the foreground system, circular-footprint formula (CFF) approach is applied; the systems does not contain end-of-life co-product or secondary material input in the foreground. The background data uses EF compliant datasets when available, with respective implementation of the CFF approach. When no EF complaint dataset is available, the background is modelled with use of the datasets based on the “Recycled content cut-off” approach to allocate end-of-life by-products and secondary materials. This allocation is explained in the description of the recycled content system model (http://www.ecoinvent.org/database/system-models-in-ecoinvent-3/cut-off-system-model/allocation-cut-off-by-classification.html).
Modelling constants Direct land use change: GHG emissions from direct LUC allocated to good/service for 20 years after the LUC occurs. Carbon storage and delayed emissions: credits associated with temporary (carbon) storage or delayed emissions are not considered in the calculation of the EF for the default impact categories. Emissions off-setting: not included Fossil and biogenic carbon emissions and removals: removals and emissions are modelled as follows: All GHG emissions from fossil fuels (including peat and limestone) are modelled consistently with the most updated EF list of elementary flows on the foreground and ILCD list of elementary flows on the background. In the case that the emissions refer to the molecules CO2 and CH4, they are modelled as carbon dioxide (fossil) and methane (fossil). The resource consumption of “Carbon dioxide, in air” is calculated from the carbon in harvested plants and wild animals and increases in carbon stored in soils and plants. The latter is recorded as an output of “Carbon dioxide, to soil or biomass stock”. “Carbon dioxide, in air” is the only source of non-fossil carbon, which is mainly captured through the biological photosynthesis. Biogenic uptake and emissions are modelled separately. Carbon emissions – land use and land use change: Reductions in the carbon stored in soils and the release of carbon from the burning of biomass residues in connection to land transformation, e.g. the clear-cutting of primary forests, are recorded in the elementary exchange (resource) “Carbon, organic, in soil or biomass stock”. No land use and land use change is modelled in the foreground systems. Time period: No time discounting is reported. Emissions and removals are modelled as if released or removed at the beginning of the assessment method. Capital goods (e.g. infrastructure) and their end-of-life: The activity datasets for production infrastructure are included in the averaged background datasets, effectively accounting for the infrastructure. The activity datasets include the maintenance of the infrastructure during its lifetime, its land occupation and land transformation, and its decommissioning for waste treatment.
Deviation from modelling constants / explanations Carbon emissions – land use and transformation in the backgrounds: Reductions in the carbon stored in soils and the release of carbon from the burning of biomass residues in connection to land transformation, e.g. the clear-cutting of primary forests, are recorded in the elementary exchange (resource) “Carbon, organic, in soil or biomass stock”. All of this input is included in the corresponding emissions of Carbon dioxide, Carbon monoxide, and Methane, all with the addition “…, from soil or biomass stock”, and therefore does not contribute to any carbon content of any intermediate exchanges (Overview and methodology Ecoinvent. Section 5.6.2 Fossil and non-fossil carbon).
Data sources, treatment and representativeness
Data cut-off and completeness principles There are no intentional cut-offs due to the significance of the exchange, i.e. no exchange has been excluded because its contribution to the overall LCIA score is insignificant. All known resources and emissions are listed in the inventory. The dataset dry mass balance is checked to make sure the inventory is complete. Capital goods (e.g. infrastructure) and their end-of-life: The activity datasets for production infrastructure are included in the averaged background datasets, effectively accounting for the infrastructure. The activity datasets include the maintenance of the infrastructure during its lifetime, its land occupation and land transformation, and its decommissioning for waste treatment. Some products are supplied "burden-free" (mostly recycled materials and by-products of waste treatments) due to the allocation between primary and secondary life cycles. These products are still listed in the unit process inventory datasets in order to be able to establish the mass balance. The conditions for this process are explained in the description of the recycled content system model (http://www.ecoinvent.org/database/system-models-in-ecoinvent-3/cut-off-system-model/allocation-cut-off-by-classification.html). System boundaries: System boundaries include all processes linked to the product supply chain, i.e. extraction, production, transport, consumption and waste treatment activities. The supply chain activities are accounted for in the averaged datasets.
Deviation from data cut-off and completeness principles / explanations No strict quantitative cut-off rule is followed in the background sources. No predefined, limited list of elementary exchanges is applied. Full completeness in elementary exchanges is aimed for. The cut-off rule threshold of 95% is satisfied.
Data selection and combination principles Data is consistently based on literature sources, theoretical models and adapted datasets from databases. The relevant background data is sourced from EF3.0 core databases and EF3.0 for chemicals. When processes in these databases were not available, ecoinvent v3.3 database was used (www.ecoinvent.org).
Deviation from data selection and combination principles / explanations None
Data treatment and extrapolations principles This dataset has been extrapolated from year 1995 to the year of the calculation (2016). The uncertainty has been adjusted accordingly.
Deviation from data treatment and extrapolations principles / explanations None
Data source(s) used for this data set
Percentage supply or production covered 0 %
Completeness
Completeness of product model All relevant flows quantified
Supported impact assessment methods
Completeness elementary flows, per topic
  • Particulate matter/respiratory inorganics: All relevant flows quantified
  • Renewable primary energy consumption: All relevant flows quantified
  • Non-renewable primary energy depletion: All relevant flows quantified
  • Renewable material resource consumption: All relevant flows quantified
  • Non-renewable material resource depletion: All relevant flows quantified
  • Land use: All relevant flows quantified
  • Radioactivity: All relevant flows quantified
  • Terrestric eco-toxicity: All relevant flows quantified
  • Seawater eco-toxicity: All relevant flows quantified
  • Freshwater ecotoxicity: All relevant flows quantified
  • Human toxicity: All relevant flows quantified
  • Acidification: All relevant flows quantified
  • Eutrophication: All relevant flows quantified
  • Summer smog: All relevant flows quantified
  • Ozone depletion: All relevant flows quantified
  • Climate change: All relevant flows quantified
Validation
Type of review Scope / Method(s) of review Data quality indicators
Independent external review
Scope name Method name
Unit process(es), single operation
  • Expert judgement
  • Documentation
Documentation
  • Expert judgement
  • Documentation
LCIA results
  • Sample tests on calculations
  • Documentation
LCI results or Partly terminated system
  • Expert judgement
  • Documentation
  • Overall quality: Fair - 2.6
  • Methodological appropriateness and consistency: Not applicable
  • Precision: Fair - 3.0
  • Geographical representativeness: Good - 2.0
  • Time representativeness: Good - 2.5
  • Technological representativeness: Fair - 3.0
Reviewer name and institution Complete review report
Compliance Declarations
Compliance
Compliance system name
Approval of overall compliance
Fully compliant
Nomenclature compliance
Fully compliant
Methodological compliance
Fully compliant
Review compliance
Fully compliant
Documentation compliance
Fully compliant
Quality compliance
Not defined
Compliance
Compliance system name
Approval of overall compliance
Fully compliant
Nomenclature compliance
Fully compliant
Methodological compliance
Fully compliant
Review compliance
Fully compliant
Documentation compliance
Fully compliant
Quality compliance
Fully compliant
Compliance
Compliance system name
Approval of overall compliance
Fully compliant
Nomenclature compliance
Not defined
Methodological compliance
Fully compliant
Review compliance
Fully compliant
Documentation compliance
Not defined
Quality compliance
Not defined
Compliance
Compliance system name
Approval of overall compliance
Fully compliant
Nomenclature compliance
Not defined
Methodological compliance
Fully compliant
Review compliance
Not defined
Documentation compliance
Fully compliant
Quality compliance
Not defined
Compliance
Compliance system name
Approval of overall compliance
Not defined
Nomenclature compliance
Fully compliant
Methodological compliance
Not defined
Review compliance
Not defined
Documentation compliance
Not defined
Quality compliance
Not defined
Commissioner and goal
Commissioner of data set
Project Provision of "Chemicals for paints" process-based product environmental footprint-compliant life cycle inventory datasets. Contract number: 070201/2019/819371/SER/ENV.B.l.
Intended applications To be used in the implementation of a regular Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) studies and Organisation Environmental Footprint (OEF) studies exclusively under the specified Product groups and sectors as defined in the Product Environmental Footprint Category Rules (PEFCR) and Organisation Environmental Footprint Sectorial Rules (OEFSR) listed in http://ec.europa.eu/environment/eussd/smgp/PEFCR_OEFSR.htm and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the EULA exclusively until 31st December 2024.
Data generator
Data set generator / modeller
Data entry by
Time stamp (last saved) 2022-11-21T07:27:51.451+01:00
Data set format(s)
Data entry by
Publication and ownership
UUID f4f1c6fd-5368-4f59-b887-76e56b9cde8b
Date of last revision 2022-01-28T07:59:32+01:00
Data set version 03.01.000
Preceding Data set version
Workflow and publication status Data set finalised; entirely published
Owner of data set
Copyright Yes
Reference to entities with exclusive access
License type Free of charge for some user types or use types
Access and use restrictions To be used for the implementation of regular Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) studies and Organisation Environmental Footprint (OEF) studies exclusively under the specified Product groups and sectors as defined in the Product Environmental Footprint Category Rules (PEFCR) and Organisation Environmental Footprint Sectorial Rules (OEFSR) listed in http://ec.europa.eu/environment/eussd/smgp/PEFCR_OEFSR.htm and in accordance with the terms and conditions of the EULA (available at https://lcdn-cepe.org/) exclusively until 31st December 2024. Any use of this dataset or any derivative data not within the specific context of one of the PEF/OEF projects or after the end of 2024 is not permitted.

Inputs

Type of flow Classification Flow Location Mean amount Resulting amount Minimum amount Maximum amount
Product flow Other Services / Other services 1.0 kg1.0 kg
Product flow Other Services / Other services 1.0 kg1.0 kg

Outputs

Type of flow Classification Flow Location Mean amount Resulting amount Minimum amount Maximum amount
Product flow ILCD / Materials production / Organic chemicals 1.0 kg1.0 kg
LCIA Method Data set Mean amount Unit Kommentar
0.008270152966616425
mol H+ equivalents
2.1217469216033864
kg CO2 Equivalents
1.238891076515E-7
disease incidence
4.205192772180367
CTUe
0.001449707753144
kg N equivalents
3.43668830229E-4
kg P equivalents
0.0159283205649
mol N equivalents
6.862144075984785E-10
CTUh
1.0759971879116175E-8
CTUh
0.1297285634328
kBq U235 equivalents
3.445756033843
dimensionless (pt)
1.920671270453E-9
kg CFC11 equivalents
0.007276361450378613
kg NMVOC equivalents
60.24920319922
MJ
8.629793474483E-6
kg Sb equivalents
0.6227060227584
m3-world equivalents