Furnace Production, Pellets, 9kW - CH - 2018 - Allocation, Cut-Off

Ecoinvent 3.
5 dataset documentation
furnace production, pellets, 9kW - CH
Dataset identification Table of content

Activity name furnace production, pellets, 9kW
Exchange summary
geography CH (Switzerland)
Dataset description
Time period 2010-01-01 to 2018-12-31
Detailed information for exchanges
Valid for the entire period
Selected impact assessment results
Synonyms wood fired stove production
wood pellets stove production Sources
ISIC rev.4 ecoinvent 2815: Manufacture of ovens, furnaces and Note: This document contains only an extract of
furnace burners the information in the dataset. Additional data
Reference product about properties of exchanges, mathematical
furnace, pellets, 9kW
relations, parameters, and contact information for
43420: Industrial or laboratory furnaces and authors and reviewers are available in the full
CPC classification ovens, except non-electric bakery ovens; other dataset, e.g. through the ecoinvent website.
industrial or laboratory […]
Link to the dataset on the ecoinvent website
Dataset type Ordinary transforming activity
Technology level Modern
Version - system
model 3.5 - Allocation, cut-off
Dataset authorship
Role Name, organisation
Data generator Marco Mina, Paul Scherrer Institute
Data entry Marco Mina, Paul Scherrer Institute
Review Emilia Moreno Ruiz, ecoinvent Centre
Review Bo Weidema, ecoinvent Centre
Exchange summary
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Byproduct
Reference product Amount
classif.
allocatable
furnace, pellets, 9kW 1 unit
product
Inputs from technosphere Amount
aluminium, wrought alloy 2 kg
cast iron 32 kg
ceramic tile 33 kg
copper 0.3 kg
electricity, low voltage 1.84e+2 kWh
flat glass, coated 0.3 kg
heat, central or small-scale, other than natural gas 6.00e+2 MJ
lubricating oil 0.4 kg
polyethylene, high density, granulate 0.2 kg
sheet rolling, steel 11.5 kg
steel, low-alloyed, hot rolled 95 kg
stone wool 2 kg
Inputs from technosphere, recyclable materials* Amount
iron scrap, unsorted -32 kg
Inputs from technosphere, wastes** Amount
inert waste, for final disposal -33 kg
scrap aluminium -2 kg
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Ecoinvent 3.5 dataset documentation
Inputs from technosphere, wastes** Amount

scrap copper -0.3 kg
scrap steel -95 kg
waste glass -2.5 kg
waste mineral oil -0.4 kg
waste mineral wool, for final disposal -2 kg
waste polyethylene -0.2 kg
*A negative input indicates a by-product output of recyclable material.
**A negative input indicates a by-product output of waste.
Dataset description
General comments
This dataset represent the production and the disposal of a wood-pellets burning stove for domestic heating. Its
assumed lifetime is 15 years, with an estimated operation time of 1700 h/a.
None.
Included activities start
From reception of furnace components at the factory gate.
Included activities ends
This activity ends with the disposal of the device in the end of its lifetime. The dataset includes the most important
materials used for the fabrication of the stove and the chimney flue pipes: steel, rock wool, aluminum, cast iron,
ceramic tiles, lubricating oil, electronic components. It includes also the energy and heat for the construction and
the disposal of the elements of the furnace. The dataset doesn"t include the basement in concrete for the stove
installation and the pellet storage silo (not necessary). Since it is used for domestic heating, transformation and
land occupation are not considered.
Sampling procedure
Literature, furnace manual available for customers, investigation and personal communication from producer and
technician.
Extrapolations
This dataset has been extrapolated from year 2011 to the year of the calculation (2018). The uncertainty has been
adjusted accordingly.
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Technology comments
Automatic pellets stove available on the European and Swiss market. The model of reference is the stove from
Austrian brand Rika, model Como. Represent the market leader wood pellets device for residential wood
combustion in a domestic environment in Switzerland (model most sold).
Geography comments
Could be used for Central European conditions.
Time period comments
This stove model is commercialized since 2010 in Europe and Switzerland and is still available on the market (end
2011).
Detailed information for exchanges

Impact contribution legend: IPCC 2013 GWP100 | ecoscarcity 2013 total | ReCiPe H total, relative to dataset total score
Reference product Annual prod.vol. Amount
furnace, pellets, 9kW 6.00e+3 unit 1 unit
Production volume comment: Extrapolated from the installed devices within the country, category "pelletoefen, wohnbereich" (from
Hozenergiestatistik report)
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impact contributions
aluminium, wrought alloy 2 kg

6.6% | 5.4% | 3.9%
Activity link: market for aluminium, wrought alloy - GLO
Comment: Estimation - blower for pellet combustion chamber.
Uncertainty distribution: lognormal; GSD2: 1.18; Pedigree matrix: [1, 5, 3, 3, 1]
Uncertainty comment:
Source: RIKA Ofentechnik GmbH 2011
cast iron 32 kg
16% | 18% | 14%
Activity link: market for cast iron - GLO
Comment: Estimation.
ceramic tile 33 kg
7.3% | 13% | 8%
Activity link: market for ceramic tile - GLO
Comment: Calculated value - weight calculated in the reference stove model (ceramic tiles are used for the external cover of the stove).
copper 0.3 kg
0.31% | 3.3% | 2.5%
Activity link: market for copper - GLO
electricity, low voltage 1.84e+2 kWh

4.9% | 5.5% | 3.7%
Activity link: market for electricity, low voltage - CH
Comment: Estimation - data comes from a comparison between old dataset v.2.2 value and communication with producer (total annual
heating value in factory/production). The value is scaled for the new capacity 9kW.
Source: RIKA innovative Ofentechnik GmbH 2011
flat glass, coated 0.3 kg

<0.1% | <0.1% | <0.1%
Activity link: market for flat glass, coated - GLO
Comment: Literature value - frontal glass in the stove door.
heat, central or small-scale, other than natural gas 6.00e+2 MJ

12% | 4.1% | 7.6%
Activity link: market for heat, central or small-scale, other than natural gas - CH
Comment: Estimation - data comes from a comparison between old dataset v.2.2 value and communication with producer (total annual
heating value in factory/production). The value is scaled for the new capacity 9kW.
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inert waste, for final disposal -33 kg

<0.1% | <0.1% | <0.1%
Activity link: market for inert waste, for final disposal - CH
Comment: Disposal of ceramic tiles.
Production volume comment: Calculated from production volume of reference product using the relative outputs.
iron scrap, unsorted -32 kg

0% | 0% | 0%
Activity link: iron scrap, unsorted, Recycled Content cut-off - GLO
Comment: Disposal of cast iron.
lubricating oil 0.4 kg

0.14% | 0.1% | 0.19%
Activity link: market for lubricating oil - RER
Comment: Estimation - lubricating oil used for lubricating different parts of the stove during the manufacturing and when is delivered. The
disposal of this small quantity can be negleted (remain within the furnace).
polyethylene, high density, granulate 0.2 kg

0.11% | <0.1% | 0.11%
Activity link: market for polyethylene, high density, granulate - GLO
Comment: Calculated value.
scrap aluminium -2 kg
<0.1% | <0.1% | <0.1%
Activity link: market for scrap aluminium - CH
Comment: Disposal aluminium.
scrap copper -0.3 kg

<0.1% | <0.1% | <0.1%
Activity link: market for scrap copper - CH
Comment: Disposal copper.
scrap steel -95 kg

0.24% | 0.24% | 1.1%
Activity link: market for scrap steel - CH
Comment: Disposal of steel for the body of the stove and chimney flue pipes.
sheet rolling, steel 11.5 kg

1.1% | 0.82% | 0.8%
Activity link: sheet rolling, steel - RER
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steel, low-alloyed, hot rolled 95 kg

51% | 49% | 58%
Activity link: market for steel, low-alloyed, hot rolled - GLO
Comment: Literature value.
stone wool 2 kg
0.69% | 0.42% | 0.46%
Activity link: market for stone wool - GLO
waste glass -2.5 kg

<0.1% | <0.1% | <0.1%
Activity link: market for waste glass - CH
Comment: Disposal of frontal glass.
waste mineral oil -0.4 kg

0.23% | <0.1% | <0.1%
Activity link: market for waste mineral oil - CH
Comment: Disposal of lubricating oil.
waste mineral wool, for final disposal -2 kg

<0.1% | <0.1% | <0.1%
Activity link: market for waste mineral wool, final disposal - CH
Comment: Disposal of insulation material used in the chimney.
waste polyethylene -0.2 kg

0.16% | <0.1% | <0.1%
Activity link: market for waste polyethylene - CH
Comment: Disposal of plastic components.
Selected impact assessment results

method category indicator score
IPCC 2007 climate change GWP 100a 3.650e+2 kg CO2-Eq
IPCC 2013 climate change GWP 100a 3.785e+2 kg CO2-Eq
ecological scarcity 2013 total total 8.932e+5 UBP
USEtox human toxicity total 0.0007857 CTU
USEtox ecotoxicity total 2.145e+4 CTU
ReCiPe Endpoint (H,A) human health total 24.8 points
ReCiPe Endpoint (H,A) ecosystem quality total 7.521 points
ReCiPe Endpoint (H,A) resources total 26.5 points
ReCiPe Endpoint (H,A) total total 58.82 points
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Source
Source information
First author: Palazzetti srl
Title: Personal communication from a production company
Year: 2011
First author: RIKA innovative Ofentechnik GmbH
Title: Oral communication RIKA Ofentechnik GmbH
Year: 2011
First author: Basler und Hofmann AG, Zürich
Title: Schweizerische Holzenergiestatistik 2010
Year: 2010
First author: RIKA Ofentechnik GmbH
Title: Stove Manual RIKA Ofentechnik GmbH
Year: 2011
Restriction of use
The restrictions of use stipulated in the EULA remain applicable for this pdf documentation.
Copyright ecoinvent Centre, 2018
Legend
The "Dataset description" section may contain different fonts:
-Information in normal font was included in the dataset by the data provider
-Information in grey italic font was added by ecoinvent to provide methodological clarity.
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Dataset identification Table of content

Inputs from technosphere, wastes** Amount

Detailed information for exchanges

Inputs from technosphere Amount

aluminium, wrought alloy 2 kg

electricity, low voltage 1.84e+2 kWh

flat glass, coated 0.3 kg

heat, central or small-scale, other than natural gas 6.00e+2 MJ

Inputs from technosphere Amount

inert waste, for final disposal -33 kg

iron scrap, unsorted -32 kg

lubricating oil 0.4 kg

polyethylene, high density, granulate 0.2 kg

scrap copper -0.3 kg

scrap steel -95 kg

sheet rolling, steel 11.5 kg

Inputs from technosphere Amount

steel, low-alloyed, hot rolled 95 kg

waste glass -2.5 kg

waste mineral oil -0.4 kg

waste mineral wool, for final disposal -2 kg

waste polyethylene -0.2 kg

Selected impact assessment results

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