Emission Factor

Used nitrate salts - for solar power application (thermal storage system construction - solar tower power plant - 20 MW)

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Emission factor summary

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.8. Used nitrate salts, for solar power application' represents the mixing of the used inorganic substances sodium nitrate, technical grade and potassium nitrate, technical grade to nitrate salts, for solar power application with the molecular formulas: NaNO3 and KNO3 (commonly 60% : 40%) for reuse. It is solid under normal conditions of temperature and pressure. It is modelled as a mixture of 98% pure substances. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.

PropertyValue
NameUsed nitrate salts - for solar power application (thermal storage system construction - solar tower power plant - 20 MW)
SectorMaterials and Manufacturing
CategoryBuilding Materials
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.8
Region
Unit Type
Year
2010
Year Released
2021
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/kg
Scopes3.1, 3.2
LCA Activity
Refer to source
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR4, AR5
Data Versioning
  • Status: Replaced
  • Replaced in: 11Version log
  • Replaced by: 4a004120-839e-4bc0-8952-36931e396150

API Reference

Activity ID
building_materials-type_used_nitrate_salts_for_solar_power_application_thermal_storage_system_construction_solar_tower_power_plant_20_mw
UUID
f58fd562-c4eb-475f-adff-4cfd03677f9c_250f290a-d874-47b1-a81f-12e52a08f6bf
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