How to add combustion of LPG?

Question

I'm trying to model the use of LPG in furnaces. In the ecoinvent v3.11 cut-off database, I can only find a market flow for LPG, which includes production and transport, but not combustion. How can I add the combustion phase to my own calculation? I am using the Environmental Footprint (EF) 3.1 method for impact assessment.

Answer 1

Hi there,

yes. Indeed, those flows are for the production of LPG. So, what do you produce while combusting LPG? Ecoinvent has the combustion of natural gas: heat production, natural gas, at industrial furnace >100kW or heat production, light fuel oil, at industrial furnace >100kW; So combustion of methane or light fuel oil which both don't fit what you describe. However, there is transport, passenger, car, liquefied petroleum gas which is used for transprot. Maybe this helps you for modelling the combustion?