ProductSystem

A product system describes the supply chain of a product (the functional unit) ...

Properties

@type

Inherited from Entity.@type

• Type: string (external doc)
• Proto-Index: 1

@id

Inherited from RefEntity.@id

• Type: string (external doc)
• Proto-Index: 2

name

Inherited from RefEntity.name

• Type: string (external doc)
• Proto-Index: 3

description

Inherited from RefEntity.description

• Type: string (external doc)
• Proto-Index: 4

category

Inherited from RootEntity.category

• Type: string (external doc)
• Proto-Index: 5

lastChange

Inherited from RootEntity.lastChange

• Type: dateTime (external doc)
• Proto-Index: 6

tags

Inherited from RootEntity.tags

• Type: List of string (external doc)
• Proto-Index: 7

version

Inherited from RootEntity.version

• Type: string (external doc)
• Proto-Index: 8

library

Inherited from RootEntity.library

• Type: string (external doc)
• Proto-Index: 9

parameterSets

A list of possible sets of parameter redefinitions for this product system.

• Type: List of ParameterRedefSet
• Proto-Index: 10

processLinks

The process links of the product system.

• Type: List of ProcessLink
• Proto-Index: 11

processes

The descriptors of all processes and sub-systems that are contained in the product system.

• Type: List of Ref
• Proto-Index: 12

refExchange

The exchange of the reference processes (typically the product output) that provides the flow of the functional unit of the product system.

• Type: ExchangeRef
• Proto-Index: 13

refProcess

The descriptor of the process that provides the flow of the functional unit of the product system.

• Type: Ref of Process
• Proto-Index: 14

targetAmount

The flow amount of the functional unit of the product system.

• Type: double (external doc)
• Proto-Index: 15

targetFlowProperty

The flow property in which the flow amount of the functional unit is given.

• Type: Ref of FlowProperty
• Proto-Index: 16

targetUnit

The unit in which the flow amount of the functional unit is given.

• Type: Ref of Unit
• Proto-Index: 17

analysisGroups

An optional list of analysis groups.

• Type: List of AnalysisGroup
• Proto-Index: 18

Python class stub

The snippet below shows the names of the properties of the corresponding Python class of the olca-schema package. Note that this is not the full class definition but just shows the names of the class and its properties.

@dataclass
class ProductSystem:
  id: str
  analysis_groups: List[AnalysisGroup]
  category: str
  description: str
  last_change: str
  library: str
  name: str
  parameter_sets: List[ParameterRedefSet]
  process_links: List[ProcessLink]
  processes: List[Ref]
  ref_exchange: ExchangeRef
  ref_process: Ref
  tags: List[str]
  target_amount: float
  target_flow_property: Ref
  target_unit: Ref
  version: str

JSON example

{
  "@type": "ProductSystem",
  "@id": "e673be33-b071-4ba2-9097-5b77a9c3ced2",
  "name": "Ingot casting",
  "refProcess": {
    "@type": "Process",
    "@id": "55fd27b1-c73d-4a76-b560-cfc461e81efd",
    "name": "Ingot casting"
  },
  "refExchange": {
    "@type": "ExchangeRef",
    "internalId": 1
  },
  "targetAmount": 1.0,
  "targetFlowProperty": {
    "@type": "FlowProperty",
    "@id": "93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66",
    "name": "Mass"
  },
  "targetUnit": {
    "@type": "Unit",
    "@id": "20aadc24-a391-41cf-b340-3e4529f44bde",
    "name": "kg"
  },
  "processes": [
    {
      "@type": "Process",
      "@id": "55fd27b1-c73d-4a76-b560-cfc461e81efd",
      "name": "Ingot casting"
    },
    {
      "@type": "Process",
      "@id": "41b31d77-5223-47a1-a24a-153ac1a9f670",
      "name": "Electrolysis"
    }
  ],
  "processLinks": [
    {
      "@type": "ProcessLink",
      "provider": {
        "@type": "Process",
        "@id": "41b31d77-5223-47a1-a24a-153ac1a9f670",
        "name": "Electrolysis"
      },
      "flow": {
        "@type": "Flow",
        "@id": "b55f8bd2-404d-4830-b053-4731e36668b9",
        "name": "liquid aluminium"
      },
      "process": {
        "@type": "Process",
        "@id": "55fd27b1-c73d-4a76-b560-cfc461e81efd",
        "name": "Ingot casting"
      },
      "exchange": {
        "@type": "ExchangeRef",
        "internalId": 2
      }
    }
  ]
}