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Process Data set: Chicken processing , chilled wholed meat (en) en

Key Data Set Information
Location BR
Geographical representativeness description Data for the region of Goiás state of Brazil
Reference year 2018
Name
Chicken processing , chilled wholed meat
General comment on data set This dataset is a good estimation for describing the production of a chicken meat processing industry to produce 1 kg of chilled wholed meat. The average data is from a Brazilian company located at Goiás state that processes 330,000 live chicken per day. The inventory includes process resources and emissions in a cradle-to-gate perspective, and also manufacturing operations in a black-box approach. The activity starts with the arrival of the chick in the shed. The activity ends with the end of the chicken's life in the cooling process after live chicken reception followed by its numbness and bleeding, scalding, gutting, and cooling activitities. Processes inputs and outputs for the main auxliar operations (water and wastewater treatment plants and water steam generation) were also included in the system boundaries.
Copyright Yes
Owner of data set
Quantitative reference
Reference flow(s)
Time representativeness
Data set valid until 2019
Time representativeness description Primary 'in loco' data from the production processes of the evaluated company as well as date of publication of main literature sources.
Technological representativeness
Technology description including background system Mass production industrial processes based on available primary data for the evaluated manufacturer of chicken meat in Brazil that processes up to 330,000 live chicken per day.
Mathematical model
Variable / parameter Formula Mean value Minimum value Maximum value Uncertainty distribution type Relative StdDev in % General comment
gd_price_waste 0.5 % This parameter was added by GreenDelta during the implementation of the ecoinvent database in openLCA. It is used by those exchanges which did not have a price specified by ecoinvent for being wastes (i.e. negative reference product), and that were considered that they should have a cost/revenue specified. The prices used for them, equal to the prices of the same product in other processes of the database, are modified by this parameter with value 0.5 (i.e. half the price of the normal product), considering that the reference product of a waste treatment process might have a lower price in reality than the same flow produced by a production process. However, you can modify this value to 0 if you prefer to consider no price for them like ecoinvent, or also 1 if you do not want to distinguish wastes from other products.
gd_price_product 1.0 % This parameter was added by GreenDelta during the implementation of the ecoinvent database in openLCA. It is used by those exchanges which did not have a price specified by ecoinvent and that were considered to be products or co-products of waste treatments (i.e. positive reference product), and that they should have a cost/revenue specified. The prices used for them, equal to the prices of the same product in other processes of the database, are modified by this parameter with value 1. However, you can modify this value to 0 if you prefer to consider no price for them like ecoinvent.
ei_price_product 1.0 % This parameter was added by GreenDelta during the implementation of the ecoinvent database in openLCA. It is used by those exchanges which did not have a price specified by ecoinvent in this specific system model, but yes in at least one of the other two system models. The prices used for them, equal to the prices of the same product and provider in the other system model, are modified by this parameter with value 1. However, you can modify this value to 0 if you prefer to consider no price for them in this system model like ecoinvent.
LCI method and allocation
Type of data set Unit process, black box
LCI Method Principle Other
Deviation from LCI method principle / explanations Attributional approach
Modelling constants The LCI is entirely done with an attributional methodology. No allocation or substitution methods have been considered in the process.
Data sources, treatment and representativeness
Data cut-off and completeness principles All relevant input/output flows were addressed (cut-off of 95% mass basis), while personnal and capital goods were excluded from the cradle to gate product system.
Deviation from data cut-off and completeness principles / explanations None.
Data selection and combination principles Sample size of one year (12 months) of time series of data about processes consumptions and emissions from/to environment. Uncertanty of data was also estimated based on pedigree sheet and log-normal distritution of data.
Deviation from data selection and combination principles / explanations None.
Data treatment and extrapolations principles This dataset has been extrapolated from year 2018/2019. The uncertainty has been adjusted accordingly to the data quality sheet from ecoinvent.
Data source(s) used for this data set
Sampling procedure Average values representing one year of production were obtained from on-site measurements and internal companies documents such as records of raw material consumption, emissions and waste management inventories, during 2018/2019. When process input/output data was not avaiable, secondary data were used from literature.
Data collection period The data was collected during 1 year of sampling between 01/2018-01/2019.
Completeness
Completeness of product model No statement
Commissioner and goal
Project MARQUES, Thamiris Linhares. Avaliação da ecoeficiência e da Pegada Hídrica do processamento da carne de frango no centro oeste do Brasil. Dissertação (Mestrado em Engenharia de Produção) - Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Campus Sorocaba, Sorocaba, 2019.
Intended applications This LCI can be used for any types of LCA studies.
Data generator
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Time stamp (last saved) 2023-01-19T16:47:04.529-02:00
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Publication and ownership
UUID 368e1afa-b5ce-41aa-8252-392f346e11eb
Date of last revision 2023-01-19T16:24:53.098-02:00
Data set version 00.00.013
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Owner of data set
Copyright Yes
Access and use restrictions The data set can be used free of charge by anybody to perform LCA studies, to distribute it to third parties, to convert it to other formats, to develop own data sets etc.

Inputs

Type of flow Classification Flow Variable Mean amount Resulting amount Minimum amount Maximum amount
Product flow D:Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply / 35:Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply / 351:Electric power generation, transmission and distribution / 3510:Electric power generation, transmission and distribution 1.584 MJ1.584 MJ
Product flow A:Agriculture, forestry and fishing / 01:Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities / 014:Animal production 1.25 kg1.25 kg
Product flow water supply / production 9.4 kg9.4 kg
Product flow Energy carriers and technologies / Heat and steam 0.181 kg0.181 kg
Product flow
C:Manufacturing / 20:Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products / 201:Manufacture of basic chemicals, fertilizers and nitrogen compounds, plastics and synthetic rubber in primary forms / 2011:Manufacture of basic chemicals 4.7E-4 kg4.7E-4 kg
General comment Inputs for the treatment of water (process water additives)
Product flow
C:Manufacturing / 20:Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products / 201:Manufacture of basic chemicals, fertilizers and nitrogen compounds, plastics and synthetic rubber in primary forms / 2013:Manufacture of plastics and synthetic rubber in primary forms 3.8E-6 kg3.8E-6 kg
General comment Inputs for the treatment of water (process water additives)
Product flow
C:Manufacturing / 24:Manufacture of basic metals / 242:Manufacture of basic precious and other non-ferrous metals / 2420:Manufacture of basic precious and other non-ferrous metals 5.7E-5 kg5.7E-5 kg
General comment Inputs for the treatment of water (process water additives)

Outputs

Type of flow Classification Flow Variable Mean amount Resulting amount Minimum amount Maximum amount
Product flow 1.0 kg1.0 kg
Product flow End-of-life treatment / Waste water treatment 8.145 kg8.145 kg
Elementary flow
Elementary flows / Emission to water / fossil- 6.2E-4 kg6.2E-4 kg
General comment Outputs from the wastewater treatment
Elementary flow
Elementary flows / Emission to water / fossil- 0.0019 kg0.0019 kg
General comment Outputs from the wastewater treatment
Product flow
0.038 kg0.038 kg
General comment Coproduct from the chicken meat processing
Product flow
0.113 kg0.113 kg
General comment Coproduct from the chicken meat processing
Product flow
0.081 kg0.081 kg
General comment Coproduct from the chicken meat processing
Product flow
0.044 kg0.044 kg
General comment Coproduct from the chicken meat processing
Product flow
0.031 kg0.031 kg
General comment Coproduct from the chicken meat processing
Elementary flow
Elementary flows / Emission to water / fresh water 4.5E-4 kg4.5E-4 kg
General comment Outputs from the wastewater treatment
Elementary flow
Elementary flows / Emission to water / fresh water 8.1E-6 kg8.1E-6 kg
General comment Outputs from the wastewater treatment
Elementary flow
Elementary flows / Emission to water / fresh water 0.0052 kg0.0052 kg
General comment Outputs from the wastewater treatment
Elementary flow
Elementary flows / Emission to water / fresh water 1.0E-4 kg1.0E-4 kg
General comment Outputs from the wastewater treatment