## 4 Life Cycle Inventory Results
### Palm-Oil-Based Electricity Production Inventory
#### 4.1.2 Industrial Phase Inventory  
The palm oil mill type studied is in Esmeraldas province at latitude: 0\({}^{\circ}\)1'34.25\" N, longitude: 79\({}^{\circ}\)23'54.65\" W. The facility has a processing capacity of 5.6 t of FFB per hour (90 t of FFB per day). The distance from the plantation to the facility is 31.5 km by road. Process data were obtained from monthly reports provided by the management department. The average crude palm oil (CPO) yield in the studied oil mill is 0.185 t per ton of FFB processed. Fiber residues, 150 kg per ton processed, are used as fuel for generating steam that supplies 97.6% of the total energy demand of the plant; the rest is purchased from the grid. Nevertheless, a diesel-based electricity generator is used in case of electricity shortage and to start engines. Economic allocation was selected in the extraction phase. Table 5 presents the inputs used in this production phase. \begin{table}
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**Characteristic** & **No.** \\ \hline FFB yield (t ha year) & 18 \\ Plant density (ha) & 142 \\ Plantation lifetime (years) & 25 \\ Total area (ha) & 2800 \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular} Source: In situ surveys.  
\end{table} 
Table 3: Plantation characteristics. Emissions at the Industrial Phase  
Emissions to water were estimated using the methodology developed by [PERSON] et al. (2016), and emissions to air using [PERSON] el al. (2017). Emissions to water and air due to the use of the national electricity grid of Ecuador were adapted from [PERSON] et al. (2018) using the electricity mix for the year 2018. These emissions are included in Tables 5 and 6. \begin{table}
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**Inputs/Outputs** & **Unit** & **Amount** \\ \hline \multicolumn{3}{c}{**Inputs**} \\ \hline Urea & kg & 7.6 \\ Ammonium sulphate & kg & 1.4 \\ Triple superphosphate & kg & \(9.5\times 10^{-1}\) \\ Di ammonium phosphate & kg & \(2.2\times 10^{-1}\) \\ Potassium sulphate & kg & \(3.0\times 10^{-2}\) \\ NPK (15–15–15) compound & kg & 5.2 \\ Potassium chloride & kg & \(1.4\times 10^{1}\) \\ Transport & tkm & 8.2 \\ CO\({}_{2}\) & kg & \(1.1\times 10^{3}\) \\ Glyphosate & kg & \(4.1\times 10^{-1}\) \\ Metsulfuron & kg & \(6.9\times 10^{-1}\) \\ Benfuracarb & kg & \(6.1\times 10^{-2}\) \\ Gasoline & l & \(2.0\times 10^{-1}\) \\ \hline \multicolumn{3}{c}{**Output**} \\ \hline Carbon dioxide (air) & kg & \(1.0\times 10\) \\ Ammonia (air) & kg & \(7.6\times 10\) \\ Nitrate (air) & kg & \(1.3\) \\ Dinitrogen monoxide (air) & kg & \(8.5\times 10^{-2}\) \\ Nitrogen monoxide (air) & kg & \(8.5\times 10^{-3}\) \\ Glyphosate (air) & kg & \(1.4\times 10^{-2}\) \\ Metsulfuron-methyl (air) & kg & \(2.3\times 10^{-3}\) \\ Nitrate (groundwater) & kg & \(1.3\) \\ Cadmium (groundwater) & mg & \(3.8\times 10^{-1}\) \\ Copper (groundwater) & mg & \(2.3\times 10\) \\ Zinc (groundwater) & mg & \(4.4\times 10\) \\ Lead (groundwater) & mg & \(2.0\times 10^{-1}\) \\ Chromium (groundwater) & mg & \(1.7\times 10^{2}\) \\ Phosphate (river) & kg & \(8.3\times 10^{-3}\) \\ Glyphosate (river) & kg & \(3.2\times 10^{-4}\) \\ Metsulfuron-methyl (river) & kg & \(8.1\times 10^{6}\) \\ Glyphosate (groundwater) & kg & \(4.4\times 10^{-2}\) \\ Metsulfuron-methyl (groundwater) & kg & \(5.3\times 10^{-3}\) \\ Glyphosate (soil) & kg & \(5.9\times 10^{-1}\) \\ Metsulfuron (soil) & kg & \(5.9\times 10^{-1}\) \\ Cadmium (soil) & mg & \(6.8\) \\ Copper (soil) & mg & \(4.8\times 10^{2}\) \\ Zinc (soil) & mg & \(2.5\times 10^{2}\) \\ Lead (soil) & mg & \(2.5\times 10\) \\ Chromium (soil) & mg & \(7.5\times 10^{2}\) \\ Nickel (soil) & mg & \(1.4\times 10^{2}\) \\ FFB & t & 1 \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
\end{table} 
Table 4: Inputs and outputs in the agricultural production of 1 FFB t.