Key Data Set Information | |
Location | MY |
Geographical representativeness description | The data set represents the general production, technologies and the region specific characteristics in Asia. |
Reference year | 2012 |
Name |
Base name
; Treatment, standards, routes
; Mix and location types
; Quantitative product or process properties
Printing Ink; Printing Ink; non site specific; carbon black pigment
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Use advice for data set | The data set represents a cradle to gate inventory. It can be used to characterise the activities of copying and printing sector in a representative manner to enable the generation of user-specific (product) LCAs. |
Technical purpose of product or process | Printing ink used for copying and printing purposes such as newspaper printing. |
Synonyms | copying ink, carbon black toner, carbon black ink |
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General comment on data set | LCI data for printing ink is based on published information and modelled for a non site specific plant. The electricity used is modelled according to the current national grid including the country-specific properties (e.g. element and energy contents). Overseas transport including rail and truck transport to and from major ports for imported bulk resources and packaging of the finish product are excluded. |
Copyright | Yes |
Owner of data set | |
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Reference flow(s) |
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Time representativeness | |
Data set valid until | 2020 |
Time representativeness description | Annual |
Technological representativeness | |
Technology description including background system | Common printing inks consist of carbon black as pigment, resin modified with phenols as hard resin (binder) and mineral oil are mixed in a mixer. Mineral oil/solvent is used as carrier phase to increase the viscosity of the printing ink. The manufacturing process typicaly involves heating to allow for rapid solutioning. The temperature involved in the process may vary with range from120 degrees Celsius to 260 degrees Celsius. Cooking times may range from a few minutes to several hours. The cooking process continues until the reactants achieved adequtate solubility in the solvent. Additives are added and followed by final mixing to obtain the target properties.The finished product will be stored before the packaging process. |
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Type of data set | LCI result | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LCI Method Principle | Attributional | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deviation from LCI method principle / explanations | None | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Deviations from LCI method approaches / explanations | None | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Modelling constants | None | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deviation from modelling constants / explanations | None | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Data cut-off and completeness principles | Modelling is based on published information with no details on cut-off rules for each unit process. The principles of data treatment in accordance to ISO 14044 should have been addressed by the author of the publication. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deviation from data cut-off and completeness principles / explanations | None | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data selection and combination principles | The data sources for the complete product system are sufficiently consistent. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deviation from data selection and combination principles / explanations | None | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data treatment and extrapolations principles | Malaysian conditions for power and thermal energy supply were used based on statistics and technology specific data to represent the specific country conditions. Consumption data (energy and materials) of the production mix are based on technology specific documents representing region specific or global average where relevant. For the production of intermediates the same principles were applied. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deviation from data treatment and extrapolations principles / explanations | None | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Percentage supply or production covered | 100.0 % | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Annual supply or production volume | Annual supply | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sampling procedure | None | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Data collection period | Annual | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Uncertainty adjustments | None | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Completeness | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Completeness of product model | No statement | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Completeness elementary flows, per topic |
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Compliance Declarations |
Compliance |
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Approval of overall compliance
Fully compliant |
Nomenclature compliance
Fully compliant |
Methodological compliance
Fully compliant |
Review compliance
Fully compliant |
Documentation compliance
Fully compliant |
Quality compliance
Not defined |
Compliance |
Compliance system name
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Approval of overall compliance
Not defined |
Nomenclature compliance
Not defined |
Methodological compliance
Not defined |
Review compliance
Not defined |
Documentation compliance
Not defined |
Quality compliance
Not defined |
Compliance |
Compliance system name
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Approval of overall compliance
Not defined |
Nomenclature compliance
Fully compliant |
Methodological compliance
Fully compliant |
Review compliance
Not defined |
Documentation compliance
Fully compliant |
Quality compliance
Not defined |
Commissioner and goal | |
Commissioner of data set | |
Project | None |
Intended applications | This background data set can be used for the generation of user-specific (product) LCAs in copying and printing sector. |
Data generator | |
Data set generator / modeller | |
Data entry by | |
Time stamp (last saved) | 2018-12-28T11:58:04.000 |
Data set format(s) | |
Data entry by | |
Official approval of data set by producer/operator | |
Publication and ownership | |
UUID | f3a2e40e-97bf-437d-9a95-92d4d1505642 |
Date of last revision | 2018-12-28T11:58:04.000 |
Data set version | 00.00.001 |
Workflow and publication status | Data set finalised; entirely published |
Unchanged re-publication of | |
Owner of data set | |
Copyright | Yes |
License type | Other |
Access and use restrictions | Access to datasets is permitted upon approval by the authorised administrator of the Malaysian Life Cycle Inventory Database. The standard route to the datasets is via online enquiry and deliver of hardcopies of the datasets through normal mail. When special access is granted, the dataset can be used by the user to perform LCA studies, to convert into other formats, to develop own datasets etc., as long as the copyright and license conditions for the datsets of the MYLCID are met. Please note e.g that reference must be given to the "Owner of dataset" and to the "Malaysian Life Cycle Inventory Database" plus version number, when using the dataset or parts thereof. Please note also, that any modifications/omissions of the dataset results in invalidity of any existing'official approval of datset by producer/operator', that the impression must be avoided that this would still be a complete dataset of the MYLCID, and that the content of further fields has to be adjusted. |