Kim, T.
, Benavides, P.
, Kneifel, J.
, Beers, K.
, Lu, Z.
and Hawkins, T.
(2024),
Life-Cycle Analysis Datasets for Regionalized Plastic Pathways, www.osti.gov, [online], https://doi.org/10.2172/2315023, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=957284
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Life-Cycle Analysis Datasets for Regionalized Plastic Pathways
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Taemin Kim, Pahola Benavides, , , Zifeng Lu, Troy Hawkins
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The carbon intensity (CI) of producing five different resins – polyethylene terephthalate (PET), high-density polyethylene (HDPE), low-density polyethylene (LDPE), polypropylene (PP), and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) – in four different international regions – United States of America (USA), Western Europe, Middle East and Northern Africa (MENA), and China – is calculated on a cradle-to-gate basis using the Greenhouse Gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy Use in Transportation (GREET) model. The list of factors that can potentially vary the CI of the five resins in different international regions include the CI of electricity and natural gas (NG) production, steam cracking feedstock mix, propylene sourcing technology mix, terephthalic monomer (TM) mix, use of hydrogen co-product from steam cracking process, and vinyl chloride monomer (VCM) production technology mix.Citation
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