Adding missing data, Castor oil

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Madhuri Nigam
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Adding missing data, Castor oil

Post by Madhuri Nigam » 01 Jul 2017 05:31

Hi All
I am trying to add Castor oil as input flow to Jute fabric production, but cant find the flow in Ecoinvent? how can I add this input to the process from some database or literature. Please help. Thanks in advance.

aciroth
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Re: Adding missing data, Castor oil

Post by aciroth » 01 Jul 2017 15:08

Hi Madhuri,
good question, I think such a dataset does not exist yet in ecoinvent, also not in other databases so far, but there seems quite some literature, I found e.g. http://www.ijastnet.com/journals/Vol_2_ ... 2012/7.pdf, http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlel ... ivAbstract (a bit old), http://www.avnir.org/documentation/book ... 012_en.pdf, which could be a starting point to create a supply chain and production process inventory.
Best wishes,
Andreas

Madhuri Nigam
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Re: Adding missing data, Castor oil

Post by Madhuri Nigam » 02 Jul 2017 04:46

Thank you Andreas
The links you shared do not seem to function. Is there any other way out? Do you suggest using a proxy data?
I am also looking for TKP (Tamarind Kernel Powder) extensively used as a sizing material for Jute fabric production in India. Also unavailable in Ecoinvent. How do you suggest to solve this issue?

aciroth
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Re: Adding missing data, Castor oil

Post by aciroth » 02 Jul 2017 13:59

Well the links work for me (I just checked)? To your new quesiton, the approach is similar as for any dataset that you need to model, find process descriptions, understand how the process works, and then estimate, and in perfect situations perform measurements and surveys, to get information about the process.

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Re: Adding missing data, Castor oil

Post by Madhuri Nigam » 03 Jul 2017 18:58

Thank you Andreas.

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