Process Missing/Not contributing as it should at Project Level
Posted: 05 Dec 2017 07:55
Hi Andreas,
I have a product system consisting of 7 processes:
500mL PET Bottle + PP Pump
Bottle FIll
Bottle Storage
Ship to European Market
Ship to Retail
Product Use
EOL - Landfill
The 500mL PET Bottle + PP Pump process has 9 input flows and 2 output flows. The reference flow is a single unit titled "500mL PET Bottle + PP Pump". The major inputs I would expect to see at the Project level with regard to impact assessment is the PET manufacturing, as it is the material of the bottle. The model graph at the Product System level is correct for 7 processes.
However, when I run Project Reports, the PET manufacturing is not showing in the Sankey Diagram nor Contribution tree - it is not being captured at all. I have toggled between "production - APOS, U" and "market - APOS, U" providers to see if this affected results and it did not. I am using CML 2001 LCIA method with EcoInvent datasets.
I then trialed my single 500mL PET Bottle + PP Pump process (the first process and the one with the PET manufacturing not showing up). These results also did not include the PET manufacturing! I set the Process Contributions as the PET Production (bottle grade, etc) as the input flow to the process. This showed as giving ZERO contribution to any impact, while "Other" contributed to the impact.
These results don't compute with me, after trying to sensibly work out how that could possibly be. I've tried to trouble shoot my processes (particularly this 500mL PET Bottle + PP Pump, as I must have done something wrong.
Please help if you can! I have tried to attach a screenshots of my first process General Information and Input/Output tabs.
I have a product system consisting of 7 processes:
500mL PET Bottle + PP Pump
Bottle FIll
Bottle Storage
Ship to European Market
Ship to Retail
Product Use
EOL - Landfill
The 500mL PET Bottle + PP Pump process has 9 input flows and 2 output flows. The reference flow is a single unit titled "500mL PET Bottle + PP Pump". The major inputs I would expect to see at the Project level with regard to impact assessment is the PET manufacturing, as it is the material of the bottle. The model graph at the Product System level is correct for 7 processes.
However, when I run Project Reports, the PET manufacturing is not showing in the Sankey Diagram nor Contribution tree - it is not being captured at all. I have toggled between "production - APOS, U" and "market - APOS, U" providers to see if this affected results and it did not. I am using CML 2001 LCIA method with EcoInvent datasets.
I then trialed my single 500mL PET Bottle + PP Pump process (the first process and the one with the PET manufacturing not showing up). These results also did not include the PET manufacturing! I set the Process Contributions as the PET Production (bottle grade, etc) as the input flow to the process. This showed as giving ZERO contribution to any impact, while "Other" contributed to the impact.
These results don't compute with me, after trying to sensibly work out how that could possibly be. I've tried to trouble shoot my processes (particularly this 500mL PET Bottle + PP Pump, as I must have done something wrong.
Please help if you can! I have tried to attach a screenshots of my first process General Information and Input/Output tabs.