OpenLCA Software Tutorial - Part 02

[@rhyswilliams9234]

For those confused by how he got the output value of Coal Transportation in kg please follow the steps below: 1. Open up "Coal Transportation" under the Flows folder 2. Select "Flow Properties" at the bottom 3. Double click on any empty cell 4. Under filter type "Mass" 5. On the far right is a column called "is reference" select Mass to be the reference 6. Save the flow 7. Close the "Coal Transportation" Process and reopen it 8. Once reopened select the Unit on the "Coal Transportation" Output and type in "kg - Mass" I hope this helps, I got stuck on this step for a while as it's never covered. Really good tutorial otherwise.

[@chanadug]

how did he got the "Energy, from gas, natural" flow data?

[@OceanusAscend18]

@@chanadug Go to elementary flow use resources and use the filter option and type energy from gas or use Unspecified and scroll and select the option.

[@vinesnation7202]

Hello from Fiji. This tutorial immensely helped me to finish a project on " Life Cycle Analysis on Expanded Polystyrene Takeaway Containers in Fiji". This video served as a guide and helped me learn the basics of LCA together with using openlca. Please continue making such videos which help others around the globe. Thank you for this. Cheers.

[@TheProcessEngineer]

It's really great to hear this. It's a huge motivation to continue the good work. Thank You.

[@larena8148]

I'm so glad I found your tutorials :) Thank you so much for your time and sharing a guide with us! I really have to say that you speak calm and clear so that I (as a non-native english speaker) have no problems to follow all the steps and understand everything.

[@TheProcessEngineer]

Thank you very much for your comment!

[@alifardan3783]

Thanks a lot, Dr., please continue with another example more features that you didn't show in this video. Much appreciation for your great efforts.

[@TheProcessEngineer]

Thank you for your appreciation. Will upload many more examples soon.

[@mouftahimawaheb4471]

@@TheProcessEngineer Thanks for your efforts

[@FunLearningHUB-FLH]

Great work sir. Perfectly got every parts clearly. Thanks a lot.

[@TheProcessEngineer]

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[@아항항아항항]

13:40 practical example start 14:28 flow 16:02 process 16:34 p1 25:22 p1 input output 25:57 p2 in out 27:40 p3 in out 29:34 parameter 30:26 product system 32:02 model graph 34:42 impact...method export 36:56 product sys calculation 40:22 use existing database p 44:14 project

[@sk.yasirarafatsiddiki9630]

Hello, great tutorial. Could you please upload a few more case studies based on openLCA for us?

[@TheProcessEngineer]

Thank you for your comment! Yes, More LCA Videos are coming soon... Please keep in touch!

[@kennedyndue8002]

Amazing explanation. I look forward to more of your next series

[@TheProcessEngineer]

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[@giuseppeguarini1498]

Thanks for this Tutorial: is very useful for OpenLCA beginners! I'm trying to develope an LCA analysis on Waste To Fuel plant.

[@TheProcessEngineer]

Thank you for the comment. Good Luck with your work!

[@Ishi_2023]

I don't usually comment but thank you for this clear and easy to understand tutorial

[@TheProcessEngineer]

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[@sreerajp9001]

Thank you so much sir for your valuable time spend on making this video. The video was really useul for people wish to work on LCA studies.

[@TheProcessEngineer]

Thank you for your comment! Yes, More LCA Videos are coming soon... Please keep in touch!

[@dhirajsutar5247]

Thank you for explaining it in easy way. I look forward for more videos related to LCA

[@TheProcessEngineer]

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[@fadimebolat320]

GREAT ONE. Well explained, thank you!

[@TheProcessEngineer]

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[@qaqcengineer21]

Thanks for the informative video, as you said new LCA video will be uploaded soon, when can we expect for it? Thanks in advance.

[@nakavlogs1422]

great learning experience.. thank you sir now half of my project work seems to be done

[@TheProcessEngineer]

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[@mahmoudabdelhamid3800]

Hello, wonderful job posting the videos. Very Informative. Can you share some more case studies on different topics like crop production ?

[@TheProcessEngineer]

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[@Anuradha-ov2mr]

Really helpful.plz upload more case studies too.Thank you very much.

[@TheProcessEngineer]

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[@mouftahimawaheb4471]

thanks for this perfect tutorial, I am working on the LCA of the biogas production and this video is very useful. thanks again.

[@TheProcessEngineer]

Great to hear that. Thanks for your appreciation. Encouraging.

[@richardmartin5616]

Very Helpful Video to get a good understanding about the software. Thank you sir

[@TheProcessEngineer]

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[@ryuuzaki24]

Great tutorial, really helps to get started

[@TheProcessEngineer]

Thanks for the feedback

[@sidpradhan7060]

Thank you Dr. Mahinsasa for posting the Part 2 of OpenLCA. this is very nicely explained. I was eagerly looking forward to it. will you be uploading any further videos on OpenLCA?

[@TheProcessEngineer]

Thanks for the feedback. Yes, I hope to post many LCA related demonstrations like this through this KZbin Channel.

[@mohammadzubair4911]

@@TheProcessEngineer please upload more such case studies. Thank you

[@jaystonn]

Very much needed

[@TheProcessEngineer]

Thank you! More LCA videos are coming soon...

[@reddykiranrsr]

Yes. this tutorial really helped.

[@TheProcessEngineer]

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[@nkyibe1299]

Thank you for this tutorial. Please can you use a building for an example?

[@TheProcessEngineer]

Thank you for your comment! More LCA Videos are coming soon... Yes, will do a Building as example. Please keep in touch!

[@tanweer_faisal]

Nice video, do you also provide Trainings on openLCA?

[@saranshsharma2965]

very nice video. from starting to end didn't feel bored. Keep making video as very less helpful content of LCA is there

[@TheProcessEngineer]

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[@sustainablehampo757]

Thanks so much for this 2nd video, we are eagerly waiting for the next. I will appreciate if you can suggest books or links to study on how to use this software more. If you can analyse refrigeration system as a case study i will be more than blessed. Thanks again, My friend is from Sri lanka and she says you are very famous there. thanks

[@TheProcessEngineer]

There are very low number of resources to learn OpenLCA. You have to use the software more and more with many case studies and learn by experience. So, I am. I will try to do a refrigeration system case study in future. Nice to hear that you have a Sri Lankan Friend.

[@dzeivid4413]

Very helpful, thanks.

[@TheProcessEngineer]

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[@Zakatan_tan_tan]

Thanks for this. Very helpful

[@TheProcessEngineer]

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[@engr.onyekachukwunwachokor5347]

Thank you. Just awesome.

[@TheProcessEngineer]

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[@AlejandroRodriguez-dk9ic]

Hi, I'm from Peru. It was a great tutorial, will help me to finish my research. I'm trying to find some databases and dataset from Peru or South America. Pdt. Also the music was great 😅

[@TheProcessEngineer]

Hi, It's great to hear that. Thanks for your feedback. My sole objective is also helping many researchers in the globe.

[@giuliacirrito2235]

Thank you very much!

[@TheProcessEngineer]

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[@talitabarbosa8468]

Thanks! This tutorial helped me very much!

[@TheProcessEngineer]

Thanks for your feedback.

[@armandorosas2188]

@@TheProcessEngineer CAN YOU SHARE WITH ME ECOINVENT, AGRIBALYSE AND BIONERGY DATABESES? I CAN'T DOWNLOAD FROM OPENLCA WEBSITE, PLEASE.

[@rahulsairegulla1760]

Hi, this video was so useful and informative I have one small question like how can we get the inventory data like inputs and outputs and their quantities. Can you please suggest if any

[@TheProcessEngineer]

Thank you for your comment! You need to collect input/output data using data survey techniques, if it is a real case. If not, data can be developed using both relevant primary and secondary data referring appropriate databases, published studies, etc.

[@babanzarah7488]

Hello Dr. Mahinsasa, Thank you for this easy to follow tutorial for beginners like me. However, you mentioned that yous elected the Recipe Mid-point method for the impact assessment because there was no exact impact assessment method for the selected location. So what method to choose in case there was an impact assessment on the location under consideration?

[@TheProcessEngineer]

Thank you for your comment! In such case that the location of the case study has a specific impact assessment method, better to use that method. For example, for Europe, you may use IMPACT 2002+

[@adolfohermida6493]

Hello Dr! why did you use high population density if you previoulsly said from "low population density"? it is also valid? thanks for your tutorial Dr

[@TheProcessEngineer]

You need to apply this based on the location. If your case is situated in low population area, you may select low population density and vice versa.

[@ahmadk1195]

Thank you very much for this!

[@TheProcessEngineer]

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[@mohammedabdalghafoor5656]

valuable lecture.. thank you.. i need inventory data references for PV panels and Diesel fuel, may you please help me?

[@arinifauziyah2116]

thank you so much

[@TheProcessEngineer]

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[@jagadeesh163]

Thank you so much for such clear and step wise explanation. I am new to openlca and it was very helpful for me.. I would like to know how you have entered the (MWh) unit for coal combution.. i could not find the proper units from the units section. could you please help me out with this? Thanks a lot

[@brobiv2452]

i have the same issue, have you solved it

[@muneshmaheshwari8851]

Hello Sir, its really useful tutorial for learning open LCA but I have a question " How can we select all the data at once while importing the impact assessment methods?

[@brobiv2452]

HOW DID U GET THE COAL COMBUSTION IN MWH

[@TheProcessEngineer]

Power Plant has power generating capacity in MW. If you multiply by the number of hours that you combusted coal, then you get it in MWh

[@brobiv2452]

@@TheProcessEngineer yeah, thanks for replying after 2-3 years

[@willandwill513]

How can we get the emission data.. and input data, if there are many

[@pincopallo9551]

Hello from Italy! I am currently working with openlca and ecoinvent database. I have to apply the zinc coating to a steel tube with lateral area of 2.07 m^2, 6 m of height and 78 kg. At the beginning I used directly 2.07 m^2 for the process called zinc coating coil but my final impact results were too high. Then I read in the description of the coating process this phrase: "This module is applicable, if continuous zinc coating (galvanising) of hot or cold rolled strip- or wire-coils has to be inventoried. Data given per tonne of coated product are transformed by dividing them by the mean surface area of 64 m2/t." To obtain the right m^2 is it correct to use make the following calculations: 78/1000/64? Thank you for your answer!

[@ogagaodokuma5443]

please how can I get the ecoinvent database? could you help me?

[@pincopallo9551]

@@ogagaodokuma5443 hi man! The only way is paying or through your university ☹️

[@ogagaodokuma5443]

@@pincopallo9551 Thanks for the heads up. I hear they grant free licenses to students in low and middle income countries. I would have to go through that path as I meet the qualifications to apply.

[@pincopallo9551]

@@ogagaodokuma5443 oh yeah I remember that! You are right! Try with it! I hope you will be able to do it.

[@shariqrahman8947]

Sir Can u please make a video on the concrete production Like the emission ( CO2,SOx, NO etc) from the energies in the production of cement, Coarse Aggregate, Fine Aggregate

[@TheProcessEngineer]

Thank you for your comment! More LCA Videos are coming soon... Yes, will do a video on concrete production. Please keep in touch!

[@NITINMWAGH]

Thank You sir!!

[@TheProcessEngineer]

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[@jamesd.wounuah4535]

Thanks for the video, well explained! However, I have some questions: why didn't you link the 'coal mining' process to the 'coal transportation' process rather than dependently linking them to the 'coal combustion' process? Is the mined coal completely different from the one transported? if no or yes, why and/or how? Thanks again in advance for your clarification.

[@manuelmammen2707]

Hey James, I may be able to answer your question. So if you notice the Input parameter for the Coal Transportation process was amount energy and not the coal in itself and that's why it was linked directly to the final step of combustion. So in the example in the video, you link the coal mined physically to combustion and then you link the energy that the transportation uses to transport 60 tonnes of coal. You can also link the mining process to the transport process, the only thing that changes is the reference flow which would be then be in terms of mass* km transported and then you also specify the mode of transport in the input section. Ofcourse in this example we didn't have the data for this so that's why the first method is preferred. Check out the tutorial in openLCA for PET Bottle comparison - It will complement your learning of the Software. Cheers!

[@lugasrakaadrianto3307]

Will there be further examples?

[@TheProcessEngineer]

Yes, More LCA Videos are coming soon... Please keep in touch!

[@AmitKumar-pt7hb]

can get impact assemnet method section.. do i hav to see part 1

[@animeshghosh1406]

Thanks for this video. want more from gas power plat

[@TheProcessEngineer]

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[@suharafernando3662]

Can you explain how to do get the emissions for a building using only BOQ data

[@awamkojawabdoo8458]

Hi I'm huzaifa from Pakistan. Student of agricultural engineering i work on LCA for sugarcane crop by using of LCA but some comond is not understand please guide me

[@brobiv2452]

where did you find these values from

[@TheProcessEngineer]

These Input/Output Data are from an Example developed by myself. In real case study, you need to collect the data appropriate to that specific case.

[@Silence_mm]

sorry,I don't know why I can't change the unit kg into megawatt hour

[@Srikanth-yl8hf]

Hello sir, I am using this software for my Undergraduate degree Final year project. My topic is to perform the Life cycle assessment for crude palm oil production. Your videos are really helpful but on the other side, I would like to get your suggestion about how can i develop my simulation. I couldn't find much relevant data's related to palm oil in this software. Any database suggestion that i need to import in this software?. I hope you will guide through my project. Thanks and regards,

[@ogagaodokuma5443]

Hello Srikanth, did you eventually find a database that had what you were looking for?

[@Srikanth-yl8hf]

@@ogagaodokuma5443 Thanks for your reply sir. I ady submitted my FYP, 2 years already😊😊.

[@ogagaodokuma5443]

@@Srikanth-yl8hf that's good sir. I'm currently doing my Masters project on LCA of Mobile Phone recycling. I'm curious about the database you used because I can't find some data on the ecoinvent 3.8

[@Srikanth-yl8hf]

@@ogagaodokuma5443 honestly speaking, it is better to use simapro software. Openlca dont have much data. Simapro is helpful buddy

[@ashwa6528]

@srikanth How do you collect the data for the project?

[@kandyajith]

great

[@TheProcessEngineer]

Thanks

[@teferaeniyew7996]

You select packages at the but the last comparison is done on fertilizers, why?

[@TheProcessEngineer]

In this tutorial, just wanted to show an example of comparing two life cycles using existing data in OpenLCA for beginners. That's why an easier Fertilizers case was selected. Will do many more advanced examples in future.

[@adarshpandey5263]

What is the topic name Lca of ____???__

[@esharahasheli4749]

Most helpful video. Can I please know if there is a freely available database to use for Sri Lankan electricity

[@TheProcessEngineer]

Thank you very much for your comment! Only GHG emission factors are available at IPCC. You can calculate using default factors based on the shares by different energy sources in Sri Lankan Grid Electricity.

[@jazibzafar775]

your units system is different from example and your are just using mass simple units. other this how can we change units in impacts indicator

[@TheProcessEngineer]

Yes, it's a very simple example to demonstrate how to enter our own data to model a life cycle for beginners. In this example the inventory data are in mass units. If you want you can change the units of impact indicators in OpenLCA. You have to edit in the downloaded impact assessment method file. I will show this in a future video.

[@nimabahrami2528]

@@TheProcessEngineer thank you. cant wait to watch that.

[@erangalanka4942]

How can i contact you