substance

Vinyl chloride

Formula: C2H3Cl
CAS: 75-01-4
InChIKey: BZHJMEDXRYGGRV-UHFFFAOYSA-N
ChEBI: CHEBI:28509

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Made by

Vinyl chloride monomer by the balanced EDC process (direct chlorination and oxygen-based oxychlorination)Main productConcept · not reviewed

Used by

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Routes compared

One route in the Atlas makes Vinyl chloride: nothing to compare yet. A comparison appears when a second route is added.

Per 1 kg of Vinyl chloride: inventory from each route's LCI dataset, unallocated; footprints per the functional unit of their own LCA.

Route	Tier, design maturity, review status	Geography, year	Energy	Feedstocks	Key emissions	Footprint	Comparability
Vinyl chloride monomer by the balanced EDC process (direct chlorination and oxygen-based oxychlorination)balanced EDC/VCM unit: direct chlorination (low- or high-temperature) and oxygen-based oxychlorination, thermal cracking of EDC in natural-gas-fired furnaces; air-based oxychlorination, unbalanced units and the acetylene route are not modelled	Tier 1 (sourced conceptual)Design maturity: Concept (research)Not independently reviewedDataset review: unreviewed	RER, 2013	Natural gas (as methane) to the EDC cracker furnaces: 0.076 kg Electricity: 0.16 kWh Steam, as heat delivered: 0.278 kWh	Ethylene: 0.465 kg Chlorine: 0.59 kg Oxygen to oxychlorination: 0.139 kg Combustion oxygen, from ambient air: 0.329 kg (free) Process water (washes, quench, scrubbers): 0.601 kg Copper chloride oxychlorination catalyst (make-up): 0.000091 kg	CO2 from the cracker furnaces, the vent treatment and the oxychlorination vent: 0.24 kg Water vapour from the furnaces and the vent treatment: 0.18 kg NOx from the EDC cracker furnaces: 0.0000741 kg CO from the EDC cracker furnaces: 0.00000847 kg CH4 from natural gas combustion: 0.000019 kg 1,2-Dichloroethane (EDC), fugitive: 0.000008 kg Vinyl chloride, fugitive: 0.000007 kg	no footprint	–

ISO 14044 requires a critical review (by a panel of interested parties, ISO/TS 14071) of a comparative assertion intended to be disclosed to the public. These routes are listed side by side for screening; a statement that one is better than another needs that review. None of these routes has had such a review.