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materials/photovoltaics v1.0.0

silicon production, metallurgical grade, photovoltaic supply chain

Source-traceable UVEK 2025 inventory. Reference flow: 1 kilogram. Gate to gate inventory for production of MG-silicon from silica sand including materials, energy use, wastes and air emissions. Emissions …

Reference product
silicon, metallurgical grade
Geography
US
Unit
kilogram
License
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Published TRL 9
Climate change 9.81023 kg CO2-eq / kilogram
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materials/photovoltaics v1.0.0

silicon production, metallurgical grade, photovoltaic supply chain

Source-traceable UVEK 2025 inventory. Reference flow: 1 kilogram. Gate to gate inventory for production of MG-silicon from silica sand including materials, energy use, wastes and air emissions. Emissions …

Reference product
silicon, metallurgical grade
Geography
CN
Unit
kilogram
License
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Published TRL 9
Climate change 13.3412 kg CO2-eq / kilogram
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materials/photovoltaics v1.0.0

silicon production, metallurgical grade, photovoltaic supply chain

Source-traceable UVEK 2025 inventory. Reference flow: 1 kilogram. Gate to gate inventory for production of MG-silicon from silica sand including materials, energy use, wastes and air emissions. Emissions …

Reference product
silicon, metallurgical grade
Geography
NO
Unit
kilogram
License
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Published TRL 9
Climate change 5.38608 kg CO2-eq / kilogram
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materials/photovoltaics v1.0.0

polyvinyl chloride production, emulsion polymerisation, photovoltaic supply chain

Source-traceable UVEK 2025 inventory. Reference flow: 1 kilogram. Included are energy consumption and auxiliary materials. This process contains the auxiliaries and energy demand for the mentioned conversion process …

Reference product
polyvinyl chloride
Geography
RER
Unit
kilogram
License
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Published TRL 9
Climate change 0.690451 kg CO2-eq / kilogram
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materials/photovoltaics v1.0.0

vinyl fluoride production, photovoltaic supply chain

Source-traceable UVEK 2025 inventory. Reference flow: 1 kilogram. Original technosphere quantities and waste-service signs restored. Biosphere uses the CLIC ecoinvent 3.10 profile; regional water metadata is retained but …

Reference product
vinyl fluoride
Geography
US
Unit
kilogram
License
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Published TRL 9
Climate change 10.404 kg CO2-eq / kilogram
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materials/photovoltaics v1.0.0

hydrogen fluoride production, photovoltaic supply chain

Source-traceable UVEK 2025 inventory. Reference flow: 1 kilogram. Production of hydrogen fluoride from fluorspar and sulphuric acid. Basic inventory based on own assumptions. Endothermic reaction of CaF2 and …

Reference product
hydrogen fluoride
Geography
GLO
Unit
kilogram
License
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Published TRL 9
Climate change 2.10611 kg CO2-eq / kilogram
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materials/metals/vanadium v1.0.1

vanadium pentoxide and unalloyed steel production

Source: Chen, S.Y., Fu, X.J., Chu, M.S., Liu, Z.G., Tang, J., 2015. Life cycle assessment of the comprehensive utilisation of vanadium titano-magnetite. J. Clean. Prod. 101, 122–128. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.03.076. …

Reference product
vanadium pentoxide and unalloyed steel
Geography
CN
Unit
unit
License
CC BY 4.0
Published TRL 9
Climate change 1.40875 kg CO2-eq / unit
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materials/batteries/flow-batteries v1.0.1

vanadium-redox flow battery system assembly, 8.3 megawatt hour

The power capacity for this application is 1MW and the net storage capacity 6 MWh. The net capacity considers the internal inefficiencies of the batteries and the min …

Reference product
vanadium-redox flow battery system
Geography
RER
Unit
unit
License
CC BY 4.0
Published TRL 8
Climate change 1.8459e+06 kg CO2-eq / unit
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materials/batteries/flow-batteries v1.0.1

vanadium-redox flow battery stack assembly

The power capacity for this application is 1MW and the net storage capacity 6 MWh. The net capacity considers the internal inefficiencies of the batteries and the min …

Reference product
vanadium-redox flow battery stack
Geography
RER
Unit
unit
License
CC BY 4.0
Published TRL 8
Climate change 123022 kg CO2-eq / unit
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materials/batteries/flow-batteries v1.0.1

treatment of periphericals, for VRFB system

Curator note: This activity represents used periphericals, for VRFB system in RER; its declared reference amount is 1 kilogram. The original source citation is recorded in the source …

Reference product
used periphericals, for VRFB system
Geography
RER
Unit
kilogram
License
CC BY 4.0
Published TRL 8
Climate change 0.623549 kg CO2-eq / kilogram
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materials/batteries/flow-batteries v1.0.1

treatment of electrolyte solution, for VRFB system

Curator note: This activity represents used electrolyte solution, for VRFB system in RER; its declared reference amount is 1 kilogram. The original source citation is recorded in the …

Reference product
used electrolyte solution, for VRFB system
Geography
RER
Unit
kilogram
License
CC BY 4.0
Published TRL 8
Climate change -0.148427 kg CO2-eq / kilogram
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materials/batteries/flow-batteries v1.0.1

treatment of electrolyte tank, for VRFB system

Curator note: This activity represents used electrolyte tank, for VRFB system in RER; its declared reference amount is 1 kilogram. The original source citation is recorded in the …

Reference product
used electrolyte tank, for VRFB system
Geography
RER
Unit
kilogram
License
CC BY 4.0
Published TRL 8
Climate change 2.69419 kg CO2-eq / kilogram
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materials/batteries/flow-batteries v1.0.1

treatment of stack, for VRFB system

Curator note: This activity represents used stack, for VRFB system in RER; its declared reference amount is 1 kilogram. The original source citation is recorded in the source …

Reference product
used stack, for VRFB system
Geography
RER
Unit
kilogram
License
CC BY 4.0
Published TRL 8
Climate change 2.37392 kg CO2-eq / kilogram
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materials/batteries/flow-batteries v1.0.1

process control system assembly, for VRFB system

Here, it is assumed that a monitoring system is required per stack and thus one BMS is required to control them. It must be noted that this is …

Reference product
process control system, for VRFB system
Geography
RER
Unit
kilogram
License
CC BY 4.0
Published TRL 8
Climate change 6.66498 kg CO2-eq / kilogram
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materials/batteries/flow-batteries v1.0.1

battery management system assembly, for VRFB system

Here, it is assumed that a monitoring system is required per stack and thus one BMS is required to control them. It must be noted that this is …

Reference product
battery management system, for VRFB system
Geography
RER
Unit
kilogram
License
CC BY 4.0
Published TRL 8
Climate change 15.459 kg CO2-eq / kilogram
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materials/batteries/flow-batteries v1.0.1

stack monitoring interface assembly, for VRFB system

Here, it is assumed that a monitoring system is required per stack and thus one BMS is required to control them. It must be noted that this is …

Reference product
stack monitoring interface, for VRFB system
Geography
RER
Unit
kilogram
License
CC BY 4.0
Published TRL 8
Climate change 5.79524 kg CO2-eq / kilogram
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materials/batteries/flow-batteries v1.0.1

pipes assembly, for VRFB system

The pipes are steel pipes with a Teflon® lining. The required length of the cables is derived from the stack geometry so that a length of 30 meters …

Reference product
pipes, for VRFB system
Geography
RER
Unit
kilogram
License
CC BY 4.0
Published TRL 8
Climate change 16.64 kg CO2-eq / kilogram
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materials/batteries/flow-batteries v1.0.1

pumps assembly, for VRFB system

Two centrifugal pumps are required to pump the electrolyte into the cells. In addition, in each electrolyte circuit, two pumps are arranged redundantly. For the design of the …

Reference product
pumps, for VRFB system
Geography
RER
Unit
kilogram
License
CC BY 4.0
Published TRL 8
Climate change 2.09893 kg CO2-eq / kilogram
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materials/batteries/flow-batteries v1.0.1

gasket production, FKM, for VRFB system

FKM gaskets represent the first modeled variant. An important type of FKM is the terpolymer consisting of vinylidene fluoride (VDF), hexafluoropropylene (HFP) and tetrafluoroethylene (TFE). The respective ecoinvent …

Reference product
gasket, FKM
Geography
RER
Unit
kilogram
License
CC BY 4.0
Published TRL 8
Climate change 36.3432 kg CO2-eq / kilogram
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materials/batteries/flow-batteries v1.0.1

polyvinylchloride cell frame production, for VRFB system

Each cell is surrounded by an extruded polyvinylchloride (PVC) frame. Thus, the corresponding ecoinvent dataset for polyvinylchloride is used. Since the frame is shaped by extrusion, the corresponding …

Reference product
polyvinylchloride cell frame, for VRFB system
Geography
RER
Unit
kilogram
License
CC BY 4.0
Published TRL 8
Climate change 3.1014 kg CO2-eq / kilogram
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materials/batteries/flow-batteries v1.0.1

current collector production, for VRFB system

As a current collector, copper plates with a thickness of 20 mm are used at both ends of the stack. It is assumed that 1 kg of copper …

Reference product
current collector, for VRFB system
Geography
RER
Unit
kilogram
License
CC BY 4.0
Published TRL 8
Climate change 9.00439 kg CO2-eq / kilogram
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materials/batteries/flow-batteries v1.0.1

electrolyte tank production, for VRFB system

The vanadium electrolyte is stored in plastic tanks. These tanks must be composed of materials which are resistant to corrosion in the very low pH environment. Glass fiber …

Reference product
electrolyte tank
Geography
RER
Unit
kilogram
License
CC BY 4.0
Published TRL 8
Climate change 4.2955 kg CO2-eq / kilogram
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materials/batteries/flow-batteries v1.0.1

vanadium electrolyte solution production

The electrolyte composition is derived from technical data sheet of the manufacturer Gfe GmbH, and is confirmed by private correspondence with experts. The vanadium concentration within the electrolyte …

Reference product
vanadium electrolyte solution
Geography
RER
Unit
kilogram
License
CC BY 4.0
Published TRL 8
Climate change 5.67625 kg CO2-eq / kilogram
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materials/batteries/flow-batteries v1.0.1

stack frame assembly, for VRFB system

The stack frame is a steel structure consisting of two double T-profiles which correspond to the dimensions of the stack. The dimension and weight are estimated based on …

Reference product
stack frame, for VRFB system
Geography
RER
Unit
kilogram
License
CC BY 4.0
Published TRL 8
Climate change 3.71545 kg CO2-eq / kilogram
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materials/batteries/flow-batteries v1.0.1

bipolar plate production, for VRFB system

The materials of the bipolar plate must have particular properties because of its multiple responsibilities and the challenging environment in which the VRFB operates. This study focuses on …

Reference product
bipolar plate, for VRFB system
Geography
RER
Unit
kilogram
License
CC BY 4.0
Published TRL 8
Climate change 2.53375 kg CO2-eq / kilogram
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