Emission Factor

Spent activated carbon - granular (spent activated carbon - granular - Recycled Content cut-off)

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Emission factor summary

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. The product 'spent activated carbon granular' is a solid waste under the category of industrial wastes. It is primarily generated in tap water treatment. 'spent activated carbon granular' contain the following fractions: 100% granular activated carbon. By the database default (and per unit of reference product) 'spent activated carbon granular' has 3% water on wet mass basis (97% dry matter) and Carbon present is of only fossil origin (81% on a dry matter basis). It has a lower heating value of 5.65 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: treatment of spent activated carbon granular from hard coal reactivation. 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 Recyclable. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.

PropertyValue
NameSpent activated carbon - granular (spent activated carbon - granular - Recycled Content cut-off)
SectorWaste
CategoryWaste Management
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.10
Region
Unit Type
Year
2023
Year Released
2023
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
LCA Activity
Refer to source
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Replaced
  • Replaced in: 20Version log
  • Replaced by: 23c21256-161c-447d-aa78-5b57fca850ca

API Reference

Activity ID
waste_management-type_spent_activated_carbon_granular_spent_activated_carbon_granular_recycled_content_cut_off
UUID
6bc619aa-c67c-4deb-ae6b-955b45f66afd
Code Snippet
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