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ecoinvent 3.9.1 cut-off, eutrophication: freshwater

A comparison of published impact results with VoLCA calculations from the same source data and the publisher’s impact factors. Points on the diagonal agree.

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Engine version
volca 0.13.0 (8c0396c, v0.13.0, linux)
Measured on
Comparison measurements and reference
Databaseecoinvent 3.9.1 cut-off
Source formatEcoSpold 2
Impact method collectionEF v3.1
Impact categoryeutrophication: freshwater
Unitkg P-Eq
Activities compared17,178
Median ratio (VoLCA / published)1.0002
Comparison band1%
Activities outside the band590
Share outside the band3.43%
VerdictAgrees: meets the agreement a release is held to
Points drawn2,081
Largest relative deviation+2,406.93%
Activity with largest deviationphosphoric acid production, dihydrate process
Published referenceecoinvent 3.9.1_cutoff_cumulative_lcia_xlsx.7z
ecoinvent 3.9.1 cut-off, eutrophication: freshwater
Each point is one activity: what ecoinvent 3.9.1 cut-off published for eutrophication: freshwater (kg P-Eq), against what VoLCA computes from the same EcoSpold 2 source under the publisher's own EF v3.1 factors. The black line is equality and the grey band is 1%. 17,178 activities were compared; 590 fall outside the band, more than a picture can hold, so 1,909 of the 17,178 are drawn, evenly spaced over the published value whichever side of the band they fall, and the 172 of the 200 farthest from equality that this walk missed are added. Where several fall on one spot, at most three markers are drawn there, since a fourth would not darken it. Median ratio 1.0002, 3.43% outside the band. This meets the agreement a release is held to: at most 5% of activities outside the band and a median ratio inside it.